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Digital Livelihoods: The Promises and Perils of Remote Work for Refugees (June 30, 2020)

27 December 2020

By: Dr. Philip Rushworth On Friday, 12 June, we hosted a panel of researchers and practitioners at The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement at Cambridge University t o discuss remote work for refugees . This guest post covers some of the key themes from our discussion. You can watch the video recording of our full...

The Impact of Covid-19 on Migrants and Migration in the Gulf States (June 1, 2020)

27 December 2020

By : Dr Georgia Cole It is fitting that the Centre for Global Human Movement’s first Global Conversation on Covid-19 began with a discussion on the virus’ impact on migrants in the Gulf States . As Froilan Malit, Jr. outlined at the start of his talk, all but two states within the Gulf Cooperation Council, namely Oman and...

COVID-19 and State of Preparedness for the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (June 1, 2020)

27 December 2020

By: Dr Mohammad Tarikul Islam Since the 1970s large numbers of the Rohingya, an ethnic minority group from Myanmar has crossed into neighboring Bangladesh fleeing persecution. Bangladesh now hosts around one million Rohingya refugees , many living in makeshift camps in the area of Cox’s Bazar. These refugees reside in 34...

Borders, Politics, and Pandemics: The Risks of Technosolutionism in the Time of COVID-19 (May 22, 2020)

27 December 2020

By: Dr. Petra Molnar As the ‘Feared Outsiders’, refugees, immigrants, and people on the move have long been linked with bringing disease and illness across borders. During periods of immigration in 20th century America , for instance, immigrants were continuously stigmatized as carriers of germs and contagion. In the media...

COVID-19 Impact on Zoonotic Disease Risk Solutions in Displaced Populations (May 12, 2020)

27 December 2020

By: Dorien Braam While walking through the mud among the improvised tented shelters of an informal camp housing Syrian refugees in Jordan, I was approached by a desperate mother and her young disabled son. Amina [1] showed me a hand-written prescription of the medication she needed but had been unable to obtain, after...

How Humanitarian Blockchain Can Deliver Fair Labor to Global Supply Chains (April 30, 2020)

27 December 2020

By: Ashley Mehra , Dr John G. Dale This article is part of our ongoing series on Technology and Human Rights . Blockchain technology in global supply chains has proven most useful as a tool for storing and keeping records of information or facilitating payments with increased efficiency. The use of blockchain to improve...

“For now, we are still circling”: Stories of Displacement from Eritrea (April 26, 2020)

27 December 2020

By : Dr. Georgia Cole Monday 27 th January started in typical fashion for a day of data collection in Kampala, Uganda. I was there to interview Eritreans who had travelled to Uganda from the Gulf States, where they had spent anywhere between a few months and several decades working in cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah and...

Designs for a Refugee Shelter Rooftop: Architectural Summer School (March 30, 2020)

27 December 2020

By : Toby Parsloe In August 2019 I undertook what was the most challenging and fulfilling project of my academic career to date. Through the generous support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, I organised a collaborative architectural summer school for students at the University of Cambridge and the Technical...

In the Fight Against Islamophobia, Solidarity with Other Marginalized Groups is Key (February 6, 2017)

27 December 2020

This is part of an ongoing series on Impressions of Post-Election America . This article, written by CAMMIGRES Forum’s co-founder Nooreen Reza, was originally published in Kajal Magazine on 29 January 2017 . If you are interested in contributing to this series, contact us . The day after Barack Obama was first elected...

Romanians in the UK: the less visible side of the debate (July 19, 2016)

27 December 2020

by Alexandra Bulat | University of Cambridge, MPhil ’16, Sociology This report summarises the findings and themes from Alexandra Bulat’s (Sociology, University of Cambridge) MPhil dissertation , “Double standards?: Romanians’ attitudes towards the British, co-nationals and other minorities in the UK”, submitted June 2016...

Digital Livelihoods: The Promises and Perils of Remote Work for Refugees (June 30, 2020)

The Impact of Covid-19 on Migrants and Migration in the Gulf States (June 1, 2020)

COVID-19 and State of Preparedness for the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (June 1, 2020)

Borders, Politics, and Pandemics: The Risks of Technosolutionism in the Time of COVID-19 (May 22, 2020)

COVID-19 Impact on Zoonotic Disease Risk Solutions in Displaced Populations (May 12, 2020)

How Humanitarian Blockchain Can Deliver Fair Labor to Global Supply Chains (April 30, 2020)

“For now, we are still circling”: Stories of Displacement from Eritrea (April 26, 2020)

Designs for a Refugee Shelter Rooftop: Architectural Summer School (March 30, 2020)

In the Fight Against Islamophobia, Solidarity with Other Marginalized Groups is Key (February 6, 2017)

Romanians in the UK: the less visible side of the debate (July 19, 2016)

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