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Home Again? Categorising Obstacles to Returnee Reintegration in Iraq Format INTRODUCTION: EXAMINING SUSTAINABLE REINTEGRATION As of December 2020, Iraq has witnessed the return of 4.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their places of origin in the aftermath of the ISIL conflict. This is a significant returnee population and, while the movement home is a first step toward reintegration, it is not necessarily an indication of longer-term sustainability per se. The analysis in this report, by IOM Iraq, the Returns Working Group (RWG), and Social Inquiry, builds upon on and complemen...

On January 14, 2021, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted about Palestinian refugees, proclaiming “(less than) 200,000 Arabs displaced in 1948 are still alive and most others are not refugees by any rational criteria.” A month earlier, on December 11, a group of 22 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that he instruct the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration to declassify a report on the approximate number of Palestinian refugees, with the intention of redefining and disenfranchising millions of Palestinian refugees of their ...

Program/Project Management Job in Djibouti about Protection and Human Rights, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from UNHCR; closing on 04 Mar 2021

Advocacy Key Messages on Relocations of IDPs in Mozambique - February 2021 Format For relocations of internally displaced persons the humanitarian community should be guided by the principles elaborated in the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Kampala Convention on Internal Displacement, to which Mozambique is a signatory, and the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons. Among other principles, these require movements of populations to be safe, voluntary and dignified. While acknowledging and welcoming the strong engagement of the authorities to pro...

Humanitarian organisations in Yemen pilot ‘Durable Solutions’ to help reduce aid dependency Format Since 2014, conflict and an economic crisis have driven over four million Yemenis from their homes; over one in ten Yemenis are currently displaced and almost 90% of those have been so for over a year. The situation in Yemen has become a protracted crisis and shows no sign of improving. This puts huge pressure on humanitarian actors providing assistance and so more sustainable solutions are required. To rise to this challenge, ACTED and its partner organisations are working in a Consortium t...