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UNICEF Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe: Humanitarian Situation Report #36 (Jan – Jun 2020)

17 August 2020

Highlights • A total of 26,800 refugees and migrants (19% children) have arrived in Europe through the Mediterranean since January. With COVID-19, the number of arrivals decreased almost by a quarter, compared to the same period in 2019. This is the case in all countries except Italy where, arrivals have increased partly...

Human Smuggling: Structure and Mechanisms. Dr Paolo Campana

3 August 2020

New article by our Steering Group Member Dr Paolo Campana in ' Crime and Justice' Paolo Campana (2020), ‘ Human Smuggling: Structure and Mechanisms ’. Crime & Justice Human smuggling is a form of illegal trade in which the commodity is an assisted illegal entry into a country. While this is hardly a new phenomenon...

Residential trajectories of high-skilled transnational migrants in a global city: Exploring the housing choices of Russian and Italian professionals in London

3 August 2020

A paper by our Steering Group member Dr Sabina Maslova and Prof Russell King has been published in Cities. Maslova, S. and King, R. (2020) Residential trajectories of high-skilled transnational migrants in a global city: Exploring the housing choices of Russian and Italian professionals in London . Cities , 96, January...

Newsletter - Jul 2020

25 July 2020

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement Newsletter – July 2020 CONTENT NEWS EVENTS CALLS NEWS Centre Events Our Centre events are now on pause for the Summer break but please do visit the recordings of some of the very interesting panels we hosted as part of our Global Conversations Series. Thank you to all that...

“Idomeni - Waiting for Home” – a documentary photo-book

20 July 2020

We would like to introduce you to Idomeni - Waiting for Home a documentary photo-book made by our long-standing colleague, Alkisti in collaboration with sociologist Nina Walch and the Intiative Minderheiten Tirol . The book aims to document and tell the story of those trapped in the refugee settlement of Idomeni, along the...

Newsletter - Oct 2018

17 July 2020

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement NEWSLETTER October 2018 Contents NEWS AND CENTRE CALLS WHAT’S ON VACANCIES Welcome to the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement aims to build on strong institutional engagement by the University with one of the...

UNICEF Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe: Humanitarian Situation Report #35 (Jan - Mar 2020)

14 July 2020

COVID-19 Fundraising Appeal The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global health, humanitarian, socio-economic and human rights crisis, exacerbating the vulnerabilities of affected children. Since the outbreak began in December 2019, the coronavirus has spread to over 215 countries...

UNICEF Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe: Humanitarian Situation Report #34 (Jan- Dec 2019)

14 July 2020

Highlights Children made up a quarter of the 120,560 refugees and migrants arriving in Europe through Mediterranean migration routes in 2019. Nearly 80 per cent of them were registered in Greece alone. • In 2019, with UNICEF support nearly 19,500 children benefitted from psychosocial counselling, case management and...

Global Conversations - Technology, Remote Work and Sustainable Livelihoods for Refugees

22 June 2020

Please find here the video of our fourth episode in a new series "Global Conversations - Frontlines during Covid-19." There is an urgent need for scalable, sustainable and replicable models of job creation for refugees, and technology has the potential to provide this. Yet, this potential has not been fully realised for...

World Refugee Day 2020

19 June 2020

EVERYONE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE - EVERY ACTION COUNTS World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or...