
FMR 52 - From the Editors
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The new issue of FMR explores the ideas and practices that are being tried out in order to engage both development and humanitarian work in support of ‘transitions’ and ‘solutions’ for displ...

Our belief in the need for and the efficacy of humanitarian action is partly based on its actual effectiveness over the years in addressing...

Now is the time to consolidate the shift towards full global recognition that the challenge of forced displacement is an integral part of th...

Attempts to address the drivers of forced displacement and to provide sustainable solutions for refugees, IDPs and returnees need a more nua...

The viability of the ECOWAS integration scheme implemented as a solution for those Liberians who continued to stay in Ghana is seen to be li...

In post-conflict Liberia and Sierra Leone, partnerships that were mutually supportive and that included the displaced themselves facilitated...

With the prospect of peace comes the need to find solutions for those displaced during 50 years of fighting.

The World Bank brings distinctive qualities to the role it can play in furthering the humanitarian to development transition and is signific...

There is value in creating space within a humanitarian response to invest in interventions that go beyond addressing the immediate risks and...

Elderly people are likely to face specific constraints in displacement, yet the durable solutions devised by many states tend to follow a on...

The international community has been piloting an integrated humanitarian, development and government response to the crisis in the region of...

Development has its place in dealing with the roots of displacement but it is not an alternative to important measures.

While refugee families lack access to work and struggle to survive, there are skills gaps around the world that could benefit from skilled r...

Palestine refugees in Lebanon, being classified as foreigners or migrants, suffer restrictions on their employment.

Engaging refugees in the economic development of Ecuador’s Esmeraldas Province would provide them with livelihoods and also combat the perce...

The Solutions Alliance is exploring ways of better engaging with the private sector to harness their capacity to turn displacement challenge...

In situations of internal displacement, a variety of political, operational, ethical and practical challenges complicate our understanding a...

If protection capacity building is successful, it can contribute to establishing asylum systems that lead to local integration.

Energy services are essential to the most basic human needs.

Uganda has chosen inclusion over marginalisation; rather than coerce refugees into camps, Uganda upholds their rights to work, to attend sch...

In camp-like settlements, the aid provided by aid agencies with a development orientation can do little more than improve livelihood conditi...

Oral histories provide a means to productively include forcibly displaced people in the work and practices of those looking for solutions fo...

Many of the hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees to whom Yemen offered prima facie refugee status over the decades are having to return...

Securing refugees’ access to work opportunities would help to ameliorate the problems associated with a primarily humanitarian response.

The Brazilian government has extended an allowance, which was created to assist poor Brazilian families, to refugees.

The continuation of the predicament of those who remain displaced from the Kashmir Valley since 1989 results from the unintended consequence...

Gender and kinship intersect with a variety of other important factors in differential experiences of return.

Tanzania’s offer of citizenship to some 200,000 refugees received international attention and support.

Tanzania’s refugee integration could serve as a blueprint for expanding the framework of durable solutions globally.

Refugees can contribute significantly to the economy of countries of refuge.

So-called stabilisation contexts are risky for repatriation and therefore it is especially important to maintain the legal and practical dif...

Loud nationalistic voices and powerful vested interests stand in the way of cooperation between the Rakhine and Muslim communities and solvi...

Incorporating refugee-run organisations into development programmes.

Over the last three years, the Solutions Alliance has gradually emerged as a multi-stakeholder initiative to overcome the so-called humanita...

Huge numbers of people in Nigeria's north-east have been affected by poverty, environmental degradation and Boko Haram violence.

It is questionable whether current planning practices can safeguard against the risks associated with displacement and resettlement.

By the end of February 2016, Canada had fulfilled its promise to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees.

Assisted Voluntary Return programmes often send women and children back to places of insecurity and uncertainty.

Poor age assessment procedures may have devastating consequences.

Sweden's recent turnaround on asylum was triggered by various factors, including insufficient domestic preparedness and the humanitarian fai...

Following the passage of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act in December 2013, hundreds of LGBT individuals fled to Kenya seeking safety.

There is little protection and assistance available for Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries, especially as these countries are predomin...

A non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, Lebanon does not grant refugee status to Iraqis, many of whom end up spending long periods o...

Communication of information has emerged as a particular concern for camp residents in Thailand since discussions about repatriation gained...

From a statement made to the United Nations General Assembly, 20 November 1967.