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Local communities: first and last providers of protection (Forced Migration Review 53)

FMR 53 - The role of community in refugee journeys to Europe

For Eritreans and Syrians coming to Europe, community networks both encourage the initial decision to go and provide elements of support along the way.

FMR 53 - Integrating protection into disaster risk preparedness in the Dominican Republic

Addressing protection as a key element of community-based disaster risk reduction and preparedness efforts is essential to safeguarding human rights in disaster and emergency settings.

FMR 53 - Filling the funding gap for community protection

An initiative to help local communities build resilience against violent extremism may offer useful lessons in how to help local communities access funding to support their self-protection efforts.

FMR 53 - Preparing for self-preservation

External actors need a far deeper understanding of local communities’ experience of and strategies for self-protection, and a far greater commitment to support those communities.

FMR 53 General - Rethinking gender in the international refugee regime

Currently the instruments of refugee status determination make asylum claims depend on images of women that are characterised by victimisation and motherhood.

FMR 53 General - Colombia: the peace process and solutions for forced migrants

If, as seems likely, Colombia reaches a peace agreement to end its long internal conflict, the settlement may create the political and legal conditions to solve the phenomenon of forced migration of its citizens.

FMR 53 General - Statelessness and the refugee crisis in Europe

The European Union needs to issue a Directive on common standards for statelessness determination procedures with a view to mitigating the particular impacts of statelessness in the context of the continuing refugee crisis in Europe.

FMR 53 General - Refugee women as entrepreneurs in Australia

The 'Stepping Stones to Small Business' programme in Australia is appreciated by participants but has shown that 'entrepreneurship' is a problematic concept in the context of women from refugee backgrounds.

FMR 53 General - Power, politics and privilege: public health at the Thai-Burma border

Power, politics and privilege: public health at the Thai-Burma border.

FMR 53 General - Humanitarian visas: building on Brazil's experience

Brazil’s humanitarian visas are an important tool in complementary protection, offering legal pathways for forced migrants to reach a safer country.

FMR 53 General - Engaging with innovation among refugees and IDPs

Traditional humanitarian actors should develop mechanisms to support innovation by displaced people.

FMR 53 General - South African midwives caring for immigrant and refugee women

Over recent years South Africa has accepted many refugees and asylum seekers, among whom are women requiring maternity services.

FMR 53 - FMR Reader Survey 2016: results and observations

We are very grateful to the approximately 550 individuals who took the time to respond to our recent Reader Survey.

Thinking ahead: displacement, transition, solutions (Forced Migration Review 52)

FMR 52 - From the Editors

Our belief in the need for and the efficacy of humanitarian action is partly based on its actual effectiveness over the years in addressing the needs of, among others, forced migrants.

FMR 52 - Forced displacement: a development issue with humanitarian elements

Now is the time to consolidate the shift towards full global recognition that the challenge of forced displacement is an integral part of the development agenda.

FMR 52 - The reality of transitions

Attempts to address the drivers of forced displacement and to provide sustainable solutions for refugees, IDPs and returnees need a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of violence and of war-to-peace transitions.

FMR 52 - Forgotten people: former Liberian refugees in Ghana

The viability of the ECOWAS integration scheme implemented as a solution for those Liberians who continued to stay in Ghana is seen to be limited.

FMR 52 - Reflecting on Liberia and Sierra Leone

In post-conflict Liberia and Sierra Leone, partnerships that were mutually supportive and that included the displaced themselves facilitated rapid and enduring results.

FMR 52 - Peace in Colombia and solutions for its displaced people

With the prospect of peace comes the need to find solutions for those displaced during 50 years of fighting.

FMR 52 - A perspective from the World Bank

The World Bank brings distinctive qualities to the role it can play in furthering the humanitarian to development transition and is significantly scaling up its engagement on forced displacement.

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