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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...

Italian-Maghrebis in Belgium (July 11 and July 28, 2016)

27 December 2020

by Hanane El Hajouli | University of Bologna This essay on Italian-Maghrebi youth and families in Belgium has been adapted from the author’s Masters thesis (Italians-Maghrebi: an ethnographic exploration) that was prepared in Italy and at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Italy started to undergo the economic...

Review- Za’atari Refugee Camp: Life in the Desert (May 26, 2016)

27 December 2020

by Melissa Gatter Melissa Gatter completed fieldwork in Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan during February and March 2016. Access to Za’atari was secured through an internship with the organization Save the Children whose offices are located in Amman. She supported the Media, Communications, and Advocacy department...

Deadly Crossings - Launch of report on border-related deaths at the Channel crossings

30 November 2020

Harsher Channel border enforcement will only cause more suffering, say IRR & migrants’ rights groups 297 known border-related deaths between the Franco-British border since 1999 – an average of one death every 4 weeks Powerful report accounts for each death, humanising those behind the statistics Report is...

queer qandī Journeys and Destinations film fest - Report

25 November 2020

Sponsored by The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement Organisers: Elmira Zadissa and Ramona Zadissa at QTI Coalition of Colour Summary: queer qandī Journeys and Destinations film fest was a queer film festival focused on issues of migration and movement made in SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. The...

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)

Italian-Maghrebis in Belgium (July 11 and July 28, 2016)

Review- Za’atari Refugee Camp: Life in the Desert (May 26, 2016)

Deadly Crossings - Launch of report on border-related deaths at the Channel crossings

queer qandī Journeys and Destinations film fest - Report

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