*OxMo Updates*

  · Now accepting multimedia submissions for First Hand section

  · Encouraging short, critical, thought provoking Field, Law, and 
Policy Monitor Articles.

  · Visit our new website www.oxmofm.com

*Call for Papers*

As the most recent graduates of the MSc of Forced Migration program at 
the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, we are excited to 
announce the launch of our free electronic publication the Oxford 
Monitor of Forced Migration (OxMo) written, reviewed and edited by 
students. OxMo aims to engage with issues of forced migration within the 
broader context of human rights through monitoring political, legal and 
social developments that pertain to displacement, asylum and return. We 
set no geographic limitations. Ultimately, we endeavor to contribute to 
strengthening the human rights of forced migrants by bringing attention 
to the many difficulties that forced migrants face. Equally, we are 
committed to giving expression to positive developments taking shape 
that seek to counter and alleviate displacement predicaments.

In addition to this, having identified that the student community 
remains a highly valuable yet under-tapped intellectual resource, we 
hope to establish a forum in which students may contribute meaningfully 
to the wider academic discourse and to participate in trans-national 
dialogues with like-minded others.

Our biannual publication will place great emphasis on: presenting 
critical analyses of forced migration issues, projects and policies in 
relation to international organizations and the work of NGOs and 
national governments; highlighting innovative practices and developments 
geared towards countering forced migration predicaments; reporting best 
practices, examining local/grass roots developments, and fostering a 
space for students, who themselves have been or are currently forcibly 
displaced, to present their perspectives on current situations. OxMo 
will be divided into five sections:

  1. Policy
  2. Law
  3. Field
  4. First Hand (restricted to those who have first hand experienced of 
forced displacement), and
  5. Academic Articles.

We anticipate that as well as our student-based readership 
practitioners, academics, NGOs, government representatives, general 
interest readers and forced migrants alike will find our analyses 
insightful and critically engaging.

The editorial team would like to invite current students, including 
recent graduates, undergraduates and those on vocational programs to get 
involved by submitting short articles of no more than 1000-1500 words in 
length for the Field, Law, and Policy Monitor sections as well as the 
First Hand section, or academic articles of no more than 6000 words in 
length (including bibliography) on an issue that relates to any of the 
topics and areas mentioned above. We will also gladly accept multimedia 
submissions such as videos, photos and spoken word pieces for the First 
Hand section*. Please clearly indicate the section under which your 
submission should be considered. We encourage astute, critical, thought 
provoking pieces! (Don’t be shy if you haven’t published before or if 
English is not your first language!)

The submission deadline for our first issue is October 24th, 2010.

Please go to our website www.oxmofm.com for submission details and for 
further information about each section and for any additional inquiries, 
please email us at [log in to unmask]

We invite all of you to take part in this exciting venture and to 
encourage other students who are working on issues of forced migration 
and human rights, wherever in the world they may be, to get involved and 
help promote greater understanding of the plight of millions of forced 
migrants.

Please send all replies to: [log in to unmask]

Kind regards,

V. Tai Sayarath

Editor-in-chief

*multimedia pieces can be in any one of the following languages: French, 
Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch Italian, Greek Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, 
Turkish, Kurdish, Hebrew, Czech, Slovak, Thai, Laotian and Japanese. If 
you do not find your language included here, please check our website 
for regular updates.

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