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Monday, June 30, 2014

Persecuted and Unwanted: Plight of Rohingya Refugees in India

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-Kriti Chopra Introduction The Rohingyas have been described as the ‘World’s least wanted’ and the ‘World’s most persecuted minorities’. ...

The Crisis of South Sudan

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- Kaikho Osha South Sudan, the newest formed nation, born out of decades of conflicts, still looks a long way from reconciliation. The conf...

Australia and Sri Lankan Boat Refugees

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The Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has refused to confirm claims by refugee activists that a boat carrying Tamil asylum see...

Ireland to Resettle Syrian Refugees

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The UN’s refugee agency has welcomed the Ireland’s decision to resettle 220 refugees in 2015 and 2016, including many from war-torn Syria. ...

Refugees in Stand-off With Police at Berlin School

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Hundreds of police officers have surrounded a former school in Berlin which has been occupied by refugees who refuse to leave. The predomin...

Ukrainian Refugee Exodus Continues

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The republics in Russia’s North Caucasus will receive over 500 refugees from southeast Ukraine, a Russian Emergencies Ministry source told...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Statelessness in India

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Shuvro Prosun Sarker The principal objective behind any research on statelessness in India should be to find out the communities/groups wi...

The Enduring ‘Problem ‘ of Refugee Protection in Hong Kong

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Luke Marsh The HKSAR stands unique in the world as a post-industrialized state which is not subject to the terms of the 1951 Convention r...

The Rohingya Scenario: Role of Bangladesh and India in Myanmar’s Concealed Tragedy

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Kruthika N.S. In Myanmar around June 2012 , a Buddhist woman was raped and killed by three Muslim men. In a revenge attack following the i...

A Place for the Poor: Slum Dwelling in Dhaka City

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Annemiek Prins A wall between the rich and poor is being built, so that poverty does not annoy the powerful and the poor are obliged to di...

Summary of UNHCR Protection Manual

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- Shreeparna Dutta UNHCR has recently launched its online Protection Manual . The Protection Manual is organized by theme/subject. Under e...

Climate Refugee Problem: In Light of New IPCC Report

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Deva Prasad M. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) report which was finalized after the five day long conference on 30th...

Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India: Will they be Granted Citizenship?

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Arpita Sengupta Sri Lankan refugees came to India during the Sri Lankan Civil War which continued erratically from 1983 to 2009 and milli...
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Compiled by- Kruthika NS Walter G. Craddock Paper Prize: Dr. Lopita Nath , Associate Professor of History and Chair, University of the I...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Social Media and Humanitarian Disasters

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Ishita Dey It is important to highlight at the outset that social media is personal and public in nature. The personal status messages rang...

IDPs from Swat Province in Uncertainty as Peace Talks Fail between

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Compiled by Ishita Dey On 15 February 2014, a news report in TOI carried a report of how families were looking forward to the peace talks ...

Afghan Refugees in India Fear Return

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Compiled by Ishita Dey As of 2011, there were more than 18000 refugees in India (External Affairs Ministry) and out of them 10,000 reporte...

Australia to Shut Down for Mainland Immigration Centres

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Compiled by Ishita Dey Australia has been under the scanner for its immigration policies and in its latest attempt to securitise borders t...

Q&A Session with Meghna Guhathakurta

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This report is prepared by Shreya Ghosh. She was a participant of the Eleventh Annual Orientation Course on Forced Migration, 2013 [ Meghna...

“Shaping Technology” for the Protection of Refugees

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Marko Szilveszter MACSKOVICH The incorporation of innovation into the humanitarian workflow, striving to find new solutions, especially fr...