
FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - A field study of migration and adversity
The migratory journeys of birds can reflect the same complexity of issues that trigger and affect human displacement.
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When people are forced to leave their homes, they usually also leave behind their means of economic activity. In their new location, they may not be able, or permitted, to work. This has wid...

The migratory journeys of birds can reflect the same complexity of issues that trigger and affect human displacement.

Health challenges in the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert are faced by both human and animal populations, and therefore response...

In our main feature, authors explore the complex interactions of the constraints and opportunities involved, drawing on case-studies from ar...

Host countries need to assess the potential for opening their labour markets to refugees, and enhancing access to decent work.

Organisations supporting recently resettled refugees to find employment should focus on providing them with the tools to navigate the employ...

The granting to Syrian refugees in Turkey of the right to access formal work was a first step towards their economic integration but a numbe...

The launch of Red Cross Denmark’s Fast Track programme, which focuses on early refugee employment, offers an opportunity to explore the rela...

Refugee doctors face a number of barriers to practising medicine, despite the significant contributions that they can make.

Multi-sited fieldwork in Uganda allows for an exploration of the complex patterns of engagement between refugees’ economic activities and lo...

In Rwanda, Congolese refugees have the same freedom of movement and right to work as Rwandans but the experiences and economic activities of...

Our research with rural grocery store managers in Denmark suggests that the integration of asylum centres into the local social and economic...

Those seeking to support economic development for internally displaced people in Colombia need to understand how and why many IDPs collabora...

Some displaced people and their host communities have benefited economically from the consequences of conflict in Syria’s Raqqa province. Ot...

The majority of Germany’s refugees and asylum seekers rely on government welfare and face serious obstacles to self-reliance. Integration po...

References are often made to forced migrants’ digital literacy, including use of smartphones to organise journeys and communicate once at th...

Investing in refugees’ well-being is a global public good, and the international community should work to reduce malnutrition and increase a...

Showcasing refugees’ skills connects refugees to global work opportunities, and also shifts narrative from one of refugees being burdens to...

Qualification certificates play a central role in the labour market integration of highly educated refugees but validating them presents con...

The international community is increasingly emphasising the need to bridge the humanitarian–development gap. But what does this mean on the...

A new study on the effects of humanitarian assistance in response to the Syria crisis finds significant positive impacts for regional econom...

Work permits have been at the centre of the policy debate on the hosting of Syrian refugees in Jordan. This approach needs also to involve e...

Research with Syrian women refugees in Jordan suggests that, despite significant challenges, the gig economy has some potential to help refu...

Market-based approaches in northern Uganda demonstrate the benefits of supporting local markets instead of distributing in-kind aid.

Improving access to work, as well as livelihoods programming itself, is required if the lives and livelihoods of Eritrean refugees in Ethiop...

The refugee assistance regime that prevails today seems to insist that the best, or only, solution to protracted refugee situations is firml...

The help and assistance that refugees offer each other is central to the lives of many displaced people. Recognising this allows support for...

Refugees in Kenya face multiple barriers to accessing their rights. The work of paralegals who are themselves refugees and who support and f...

Established by a resettled Somali refugee and now under the leadership of his children, Kobciye resource centre works to empower Somali refu...

Many of the approximately 50,000 Syrian refugees living in Berlin continue to depend largely on State assistance; some refugees have also cr...

Refugee-led education initiatives in West Java, Indonesia, show how refugee communities can work with supporters to overcome service gaps fa...

The work of community-based organisations led by and in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) refugees in N...

More research is needed, across disciplines, to better understand the important and varied roles that animals play in the lives of people in...

In South Sudan, tensions arose when refugees arrived with their livestock, disrupting the existing relationships between the local populatio...

Refugee camps offer good opportunities for cooperation between humanitarian and animal welfare organisations for the benefit of displaced pe...

Animals play an important role in many people’s lives in displacement. Camp planners and managers need to take animals’ needs into greater a...

There needs to be better understanding not only of the importance of animals in the lives of displaced people but also of the potential risk...