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.
Economies: rights and access to work (Forced Migration Review 58)
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 wide-ranging implications. This issue includes 22 articles on the main feature theme of Economies: rights and access to work. It also includes two ‘mini-features’, one on Refugee-led social protection and one on Humans and animals in refugee camps. See more at: www.fmreview.org/economies.
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FMR 58 Humans and animals in refugee camps - Animal and human health in the Sahrawi refugee camps
Health challenges in the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert are faced by both human and animal populations, and therefore responses must function for the benefit of both.
FMR 58 - From the editors
In our main feature, authors explore the complex interactions of the constraints and opportunities involved, drawing on case-studies from around the world and highlighting the roles of new actors, new technologies and new-or renewed-approaches.
FMR 58 - Refugees’ right to work and access to labour markets: constraints, challenges and ways forward
Host countries need to assess the potential for opening their labour markets to refugees, and enhancing access to decent work.
FMR 58 - Supporting recently resettled refugees in the UK
Organisations supporting recently resettled refugees to find employment should focus on providing them with the tools to navigate the employment market in a sustainable way that leads to their personal development.
FMR 58 - Integrating refugees into the Turkish labour market
The granting to Syrian refugees in Turkey of the right to access formal work was a first step towards their economic integration but a number of challenges remain.
FMR 58 - From refugee to employee: work integration in rural Denmark
The launch of Red Cross Denmark’s Fast Track programme, which focuses on early refugee employment, offers an opportunity to explore the relationship between local employment of refugees and the sustainability of rural life.
FMR 58 - Integrating refugee doctors into host health-care systems
Refugee doctors face a number of barriers to practising medicine, despite the significant contributions that they can make.
FMR 58 - Refugees’ engagement with host economies in Uganda
Multi-sited fieldwork in Uganda allows for an exploration of the complex patterns of engagement between refugees’ economic activities and local economies, in urban, emergency and protracted settings.
FMR 58 - Refugees and host communities in the Rwandan labour market
In Rwanda, Congolese refugees have the same freedom of movement and right to work as Rwandans but the experiences and economic activities of these two populations are very different.
FMR 58 - The role of rural grocery stores in refugee reception
Our research with rural grocery store managers in Denmark suggests that the integration of asylum centres into the local social and economic life in rural areas is a key factor in successful refugee reception.
FMR 58 - Collaboration with criminal organisations in Colombia: an obstacle to economic recovery
Those seeking to support economic development for internally displaced people in Colombia need to understand how and why many IDPs collaborate with armed groups and criminal organisations.
FMR 58 - Syrian economies: a temporary boom?
Some displaced people and their host communities have benefited economically from the consequences of conflict in Syria’s Raqqa province. Others need support – and the type of support needed will change as circumstances change.
FMR 58 - Obstacles to refugees’ self-reliance in Germany
The majority of Germany’s refugees and asylum seekers rely on government welfare and face serious obstacles to self-reliance. Integration policies must eliminate these obstacles to promote mutual long-term benefits for refugees and their new communities.
FMR 58 - The new world of work and the need for digital empowerment
References are often made to forced migrants’ digital literacy, including use of smartphones to organise journeys and communicate once at their destinations. Other digital skills, including those relating to the workplace, are of greater relevance.
FMR 58 - Investing in refugees: building human capital
Investing in refugees’ well-being is a global public good, and the international community should work to reduce malnutrition and increase access to education for refugees in order to help build human capital and achieve better economic outcomes for all.
FMR 58 - Towards greater visibility and recruitment of skilled refugees
Showcasing refugees’ skills connects refugees to global work opportunities, and also shifts narrative from one of refugees being burdens to host countries to one in which refugees are recognised as skilled workers for whom countries should be competing.
FMR 58 - Validating highly educated refugees’ qualifications
Qualification certificates play a central role in the labour market integration of highly educated refugees but validating them presents considerable challenges. Sweden and Norway have introduced some positive developments to address such difficulties.
FMR 58 - Refugee livelihoods: new actors, new models
The international community is increasingly emphasising the need to bridge the humanitarian–development gap. But what does this mean on the ground in terms of refugees’ livelihoods and economic inclusion?
FMR 58 - The macro-economic impacts of Syrian refugee aid
A new study on the effects of humanitarian assistance in response to the Syria crisis finds significant positive impacts for regional economic growth and job creation.