MPC Publications
The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) is delighted to present to you a new INTERACT Position paper:
Residential Integration - Towards A Sending Country Perspective: http://bit.ly/1knIUJd by Ben Gidley, Maria Luisa Caputo
This position paper explores the key issues relating to how residential integration - a foundation dimension of migrant and minority integration - might be understood and further researched from a "country of origin" perspective. A series of questions are addressed: Are there transnational residential strategies of migrants? Is residential integration an indicator of integration, e.g. can owning a house be an indicator of integration? Are residential patterns in the receiving country negotiated in any way by the state of origin? And what is the role of home country institutions in assuring residential integration or separation? Looking at the nature and quality of the housing that minorities occupy, assessed in terms of factors such as tenure, overcrowding and disrepair, and at the patterns of migrant residence in receiving societies, including clustering or its absence, the paper covers the existing state of the art and methodology used in the field, before arguing for a shift to a country of origin perspective, beyond simply using country of origin as a variable in determining residential integration outcomes, but instead re-framing the issue in a transnational perspective. It introduces a new theoretical and methodological framing, shifting the emphasis from a static "social physics" to a processual, pathway-focused approach.
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Dear partners,
We are pleased to announce the 'Proposed Elements for Consideration in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction' by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG).
The SRSG's 'Proposed Elements' draws on consultations of all stakeholders that began in early 2012, including online, local, national, regional and global events. Further guidance came from the SRSG's advisory groups, country reports through the UNISDR HFA Monitor, the findings of the biennial UN Global Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction of 2009, 2011 and 2013, relevant deliberations of the United Nations General Assembly, as well as a growing literature and practice on disaster risk and resilience.
You can find the document and background information here: http://www.preventionweb.net/posthfa/proposed-elements
Kind regards,
UNISDR - the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Human Rights Comment - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Strasbourg, 20/12/2013 - One of the world's biggest refugee crises of recent times is unfolding on Europe's doorstep, but most European governments have reacted with complete indifference. Close to 4 million people are internally displaced in Syria and almost 3 million have left the country since the beginning of the conflict. The vast majority of the refugees benefit from the hospitality of Syria's neighbouring countries, including Turkey, which have taken the brunt of this humanitarian crisis. As for the rest of Europe, the response has so far been limited to providing humanitarian assistance to some of these countries. However, when it comes to actually receiving refugees, Europe has been much less generous and often negligent in abiding by its human right obligations.
Read more here: http://humanrightscomment.org/2013/12/20/syrian-refugees-a-neglected-human-rights-crisis-in-europe/#more-360
For the Migration Law list archives, go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/MIGRATIONLAW
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DARA: RISK REDUCTION INDEX IN WEST AFRICA LAUNCHED
View full report: http://bit.ly/1icPEF2
View launch overview and photos: http://bit.ly/1ehUo9w
From the DARA website:
The RRI aims to help governments, civil society and other actors understand the underlying risks and that render communities more vulnerable to natural hazards, so that they can be addressed from a more integrated perspective. The report provides an analysis of the capacities and conditions for Disaster Risk Reduction in six West African countries: Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Niger and Senegal across four risk drivers: environment and natural resources; socioeconomic conditions and livelihoods; land use and built environment; and governance.
The RRI has identified links between underlying risk factors and increased vulnerability, raising awareness around the need for greater risk management initiatives, and has highlighted the need to work with regional organisations to address cross-border challenges.
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