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“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...

Black Lives Matter

19 June 2020

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement stands with students and all other colleagues in the University of Cambridge who wish to acknowledge that universities are not free from racial discrimination and who wish us all to do better to ensure equality and fairness in all that we do and say, working towards full...

Statement of solidarity with the BLM and anti-racist movements by SSAHE

18 June 2020

As social scientists studying migration and racism, we have long been concerned with the ways in which racism impacts all of society, both migrants and citizens. We strongly condemn the ways in which racism inflicts violence and structural disadvantages on racialised Black, minority ethnic, refugee and migrant groups...

Global Conversations - Refugees and migrants at the US-Mexico Border during Covid-19

26 May 2020

Please find here the video of our second episode in a new series "Global Conversations - Frontlines during Covid-19." We were joined from San Antonio, Texas, by Mr Isaac Bencomo , who is part of efforts aimed at delivering primary and emergency care to displaced and migrant populations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas in Mexico...

Policy Report: COVID-19 situation in Syria by the Syria Public Health Network

5 May 2020

Policy Report on COVID-19 in Syria and possible policy responses Aim: The aim of this policy report is to summarise key aspects relating to the COVID-19 response across Syria, documenting existing vulnerabilities and proposing locally appropriate policy recommendations. This report has been developed by the Syria Public...