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Rwanda returnee operation
Document collected by the University of Texas Libraries from the web-site of the Reseau Documentaire International Sur La Region Des Grands Lacs Africains (International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region). The Reseau distributes "gray literature", non-published or limited distribution government or NGO documents regarding the Great Lakes area of central Africa including Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.UT Librarie
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Assistance aux réfugiés en prevenance du Rwanda; services communautaires, Zaire-Goma (Nord-Kivu) du 18-04-94 au 30-06-94
Document collected by the University of Texas Libraries from the web-site of the Reseau Documentaire International Sur La Region Des Grands Lacs Africains (International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region). The Reseau distributes "gray literature", non-published or limited distribution government or NGO documents regarding the Great Lakes area of central Africa including Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.UT Librarie
Emergency response plans: panacea for emergency preparedness and control in university libraries in Nigeria
The study examined library personnel awareness of the availability of emergency response plans, their
forms and roles in safety routine preparedness and control in federal and state university libraries in
Southwest Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach
The survey research design alongside a multiâstage sampling procedure comprising purposive,
randomisation and total enumeration techniques guided the study. The population consisted of 327
library personnel drawn from 12 federal and state university libraries (i.e., six each). The questionnaire
and structured interview methods were used for data gathering. Of the 327 copies of the questionnaire
administered, 249 copies, representing 76.1%, were duly completed and found valid for analysis.
Whereas the acceptance threshold of â„90% response rate and a criterion mean of 2.50 were adopted
for making judgements regarding the research questions, while the hypothesis was tested using chisquare
statistics with crossâtabulation
Review of Humanitarian Refuge in the United Kingdom: Sanctuary, Asylum, and the Refugee Crisis
This article traces the United Kingdomâs tepid response to the recent refugee crisis confronting Europe today and reviews Britainâs approach to providing sanctuary from its ideological/historical origins to its policy enactments over time (1905-2016). That approach resonates with the deep tensions the issue of immigration raises within the nation state and the intense uncoupling of refuge and sanctuary from its humanitarian initiatives. We juxtapose the U.K. governmentâs engagement with the refugee crisis against its âtradition of humanitarianismâ in which Britain has idealized itself as sanctuary to those who have fled from persecution, torture, or conflict. This historic ideal of refuge has been challenged with numerous immigration and asylum-related policies as well as increased securitization of border controls in response to the changing political context since 1905. We argue that âsanctuaryâ is a diminished and contentious component of its present-day humanitarianism involving increased securitization and asylum policies with stringent immigration controls. We trace the United Kingdomâs harsh and restrictive stance toward the refugee and the asylum seeker through a series of policies from the Aliens Act in 1905 to the Dubs Amendment of 2016 which seek to delegitimize refugees, enact tighter barriers to entry, and cast them as economic âmigrantsâ and as suspect figures in a post-9/11 world
Urbanizing refuge: interrogating spaces of displacement
Refugee spaces are emerging as quintessential geographies of the modern, yet their intimate and everyday spatialities remain under-explored. Rendered largely through geopolitical discourses, they are seen as biopolitical spaces where the sovereign can reduce the subject to bare life. In conceptualizing refugee spaces some scholars have argued that, although many camps grow and develop over time, they evolve their own unique form of urbanism that is still un-urban. This article challenges this idea of the camp as space of pure biopolitics and explores the politics of space in the refugee camp using urban debates. Using case studies from the Middle East and South Asia, it looks at how the refugee spaces developed and became informalized, and how people recovered their agency through âproducing spacesâ both physically and politically. In doing so, it draws connections between refugee camps and other spaces of urban marginality, and suggests that refugee spaces can be seen as important sites for articulating new politics
UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2020
âAs the year 2020 got underway, an estimated 79.5 million people remained forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order, and few could have anticipated how dramatically the novel coronavirus would affect their lives in the months ahead. Yet COVID-19âs socio- economic impact has weighed heavily on the worldâs most vulnerable, including forcibly displaced and stateless people, leaving them in critical need of solidarity and support
A Cross-Generational Study of Contraception and Reproductive Health Among Sudanese and Eritrean Women in Brisbane, Australia
This study conducted in Brisbane, Australia, was undertaken with a cross-section of Sudanese and Eritrean mothers and daughters. We explored and documented the womenâs intergenerational experiences and knowledge of reproductive health and contraception. Underpinned by a qualitative approach, focus group discussions were undertaken along with key informant interviews with health and multicultural sector professionals. Through examination of knowledge shared, the analysis distilled key aspects of intergenerational fears, cultural safety, and health. Participants proposed recommendations on how refugee and migrant women in Australia and resettled countries globally can more effectively and holistically exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights
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