1) Guidelines on International Protection No. 12: Claims for refugee status related to situations of armed conflict and violence under Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the regional refugee definitions
On 2 December 2016, UNHCR published: “Guidelines on International Protection No. 12: Claims for refugee status related to situations of armed conflict and violence under Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the regional refugee definitions,” available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/583595ff4.html
The Guidelines can also be accessed by selecting 'Thematic Guidelines’ in the 'UNHCR' drop down menu on the left-hand side of the Refworld landing page.
2) Political and Humanitarian Responses to Syrian Displacement
A new book on Syrian displacement, Political and Humanitarian Responses to Syrian Displacement is now available ( https://www.routledge.com/Political-and-Humanitarian-Responses-to-Syrian-Displacement/Deardorff-Miller/p/book/9781138209800 ). In this publication Sarah Deardorff Miller examines Syrian displacement since the start of the 2011 conflict, considering how the neighboring host states of Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon have responded to Syrian refugees, and how the international community has assisted refugees and IDPs. The book also considers EU and US responses to Syrian displacement. It draws on media reports, research briefs, scholarship, and NGO/UN reports to map out the complex responses thus far, and seeks to better inform policymakers, scholars and others interested in understanding Syrian displacement.
3) 2016 Africa Report on Internal Displacement
http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/2016/africa-report-2016?source=mailchimp
IDMC has published a new report on internal displacement in Africa.
The Africa Report on Internal Displacement finds that in 2015 alone, 3.5 million people were newly displaced by conflict, violence and rapid-onset disasters in Africa. This is an average of more than 9,500 people per day uprooted from their homes. At the end of 2015, a total of 12.4 million people were living in ongoing displacement in 21 African countries as a result of conflict and violence.
Preliminary figures for the first half of 2016 suggest that this year will be no better. In future, climate change will only exacerbate this trend, with recurrent floods, drought, rising temperatures and environmental degradation amplifying people’s exposure and vulnerability.
The figure of 12.4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) is more than double Africa’s 5.4 million refugee population across the continent, and is a reminder of the protracted nature of many conflicts in Africa. But it still underestimates the full scale of Africa’s internal displacement crisis because data over time is not available for the millions more who become trapped in displacement as a result of disasters and development projects.
Moreover, these figures do not account for those displaced by slow-onset hazards, such as the recent and ongoing droughts that have had devastating impacts and caused untold displacement in places like Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. These blind spots in our understanding of internal displacement hamper efforts to provide effective protection and assistance to those displaced, let alone to prevent it from happening in the first place.
The Africa Report on Internal Displacement is the first report to bring together comprehensive data and analysis on internal displacement across the continent. Launched with support from the African Union and the Norwegian Refugee Council, the report also examines some of the root causes of broader displacement and migration patterns within and outside of Africa.
In publishing this report, IDMC, the global monitor on internal displacement, commits to providing tools and expertise that can help national, regional and international policy-makers plan for and find lasting solutions to displacement.
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