The video of our launch event for FMR 75 on ‘Dangerous journeys’ is now online!

See: youtube.com/watch?v=TyfQWF…

Speakers: Ngang Fru Delvis, Ralph Mamiya, Jana Röthlisberger, Ndumbeh Saho, Malvika Verma, Sanjula Weerasinghe

#Refugees #Asylum #Migration

Join us at the FMR 76 launch event on the 26th November, 2pm UK time. A lively panel of authors will discuss the theme of 'Climate change: choices for displaced people'. Register here: bit.ly/4nQy8wg

Mi artículo más reciente sobre migraciones forzadas en Forced Migration Review @FMReview acerca de buenas prácticas desde la Comunicación para el Cambio en dos casos fmreview.org/climate-choice…

Movement is not always an option. New article on climate (im)mobility in #MiddleEast in @FMReview shows that many who need to move in #Yemen, #Iraq, & #Syria are involuntarily entrapped by financial constraints & legal barriers. @BramFrouws 
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 #COP30

'FMR 76: Climate change: choices for displaced people' is now live on our website! As COP30 begins, please share this timely issue widely with your networks. fmreview.org/climate-choices

"Every migrant lost on a dangerous journey is someone's child, parent or friend. Writing for FMR meant honoring those lives by reaching people who can prevent the next loss. Not just academics, but aid workers at borders & officials whose policies determine life & death"

@Houman_Oliaei wrote for FMR75 about the brokers who facilitate dangerous journeys through the Americas.

Read his article: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

We have now made our selection for our forthcoming issue, FMR76 'Climate Change: Choices for displaced people'. We have a fantastic set of articles and are busy editing, ahead of an expected launch at the end of Oct

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Podcast series: ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’, launches on 25 September, 14.00 CET with international experts Roger Zetter, Emeritus Prof. in Refugee Studies & Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO.

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b502e…

@ilo #PROSPECTS

It was a pleasure working with @NaTakallam's translators, and we were delighted to engage with an organisation that shares our values. Many thanks for a valuable contribution to these issues!

People who are #refugees or seeking #asylum have rights under int'l law to seek safety yet often need to undertake increasingly dangerous journeys.

States are developing so-called ‘managed migration’ approach, but is it fit for purpose?

@JFCrisp, FMR 75: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

Caption on image: Refugees displaced from the Berhale camp in the north-west of Ethiopia. Credit: Hiyas Bagabaldo © IOM

Alt-text: A UN van in desert, towards which 2 women walk, seen from the back, carrying parcels. 2 white jeeps, other people & belongings in background.

Does the 'migration management' paradigm provide a realistic alternative to dangerous journeys?

In a new article for @FMReview, @JFCrisp examines the strengths and weaknesses:

fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

A joint operation on the Ocean Viking seeks to save lives & protect the rights of #migrants & #refugees. But the regulatory challenges it faces highlight the need for a more conducive environment for humanitarian action.

Read @AnnaJBowen in FMR 75: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

Caption on image: Nightime rescure on board the Ocean Viking. Credit: Tess Barthes/SOS-MEDITERRANEE

Alt-text: A dark sea at night. A small boat filled w/people is centre, lit by the spotlight of a small search & rescue boat in the top left of the photo.

#SAR #Migration #HumanRights

Multi-stakeholder humanitarian diplomacy at global and regional levels, including transregional dialogues, is key for mobilising State efforts to address missing #migrant cases.

This article surveys what’s working: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

#MissingMigrants #Migration @ICRC

Caption: ICRC taking part in the 2022 International Migration Review Forum. Credit: Florian von König

Alt-text: A large lecture hall, view from back to front. There are two big video screens to either side of the stage, 4 men on the stage, the audience scattered with people.

Migrant children separated from family face heightened risks - violence, trafficking, & going missing. Smugglers, border policies, & lack of safe routes fuel this crisis.

Read the article: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

#Migration #ChildProtection @ICRC

Caption: Collecting data as part of the missing migrants project. Credit: Cruz Roja Colombiana 2024

Alt-text: A woman in a Red Cross jacket speaks to a group of young people. They are all sat around a table, with blurred faces.

Malvika Verma outlines how a supportive environment for search & rescue in Niger made possible an effective humanitarian response to migrants in distress in the desert, offering lessons for other contexts.

See: fmreview.org/dangerous-jour…

@MSF @MSF_Sea

#Migration #Migrants #SAR

Caption on image: Conducting a desert rescue in the Agadez region. Credit: Innocent Kunywana/MSF

Alt-text: 4 men push a white pickup truck filled with belongings through bare desert, under a clear blue sky.