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Title	Description	People	Date
FMR 51 - Migrant arrivals and deaths in the Mediterranean: what do the data really tell us?	The policy and media gaze focuses on numbers of migrant arrivals and deaths. There are problems in the data for both categories.	Frank Laczko, Ann Singleton, Tara Brian, Marzia Rango	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Irregular migration by sea	Irregular migration by sea is not a solely Mediterranean phenomenon.	N/A	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Afghan and Somali (post-)conflict migration to the EU	There are invisible drivers of migration for Afghans and Somalis to Europe, caused by decades of conflict. Although officially considered as ‘post-conflict’, the reality is very different.	Nassim Majidi	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Understanding why Eritreans go to Europe	Why do Eritreans risk their lives on perilous journeys to Europe? Why they don’t stay in neighbouring countries where they could get safety and protection?	Mogos O Brhane	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - No option but Europe	Asylum seekers’ stories point to the need for effective protection for refugees and to facilitate greater opportunities to access it, both within Europe and beyond.	Yotam Gidron, Olivia Bueno	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Iraqi refugee households in Jordan: the active search for solutions	For Iraqi refugees in Jordan the decision to leave for Europe is very much influenced by the experience of waiting in the region.	Mirjam A Twigt	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa	As Europe grapples with the challenges of responding to the arival of large numbers of migrants, it is vital to keep in mind that the people involved have not left their homes and countries for no reason. Many of them would rather have stayed at home.	J O Moses Okello	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - EU cooperation with third countries: rethinking concepts and investments	Despite ‘externalising’ its immigration agenda, the EU has largely failed to develop a coherent and effective overall strategy, to the detriment of migrants and would-be asylum seekers.	Elizabeth Collett	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - The road more travelled? Onward movement of asylum seekers and refugees	The phenomenon of onward movement creates formidable challenges for states, asylum seekers and refugees, and the international protection system as a whole.	Madeline Garlick	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - European Union readmission agreements	The use of readmission agreements has prompted a debate on their compliance with international law, in particular the provisions on protection for refugees and asylum seekers.	Mehdi Rais	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - A coast-guard officer’s perspective: reinforcing migration through legal channels	Given that we cannot always rescue refugees or economic migrants in danger at the EU’s maritime borders, efforts are needed to reinforce legal channels for migration to Europe and to prevent refugees and migrants being exploited by criminal networks.	Kostas Karagatsos	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - The extra-territorial processing of asylum claims	Calls for the creation of asylum processing centres outside the EU are being renewed. But significant objections and obstacles remain.	Sarah Léonard, Christian Kaunert	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Refugees in Serbia: on the way to a better life	More than 450,000 people passed through Serbia from the beginning of 2015 until the middle of November. However, even in 2014 the numbers were large, and growing.	Maša Vukčević, Jelena Momirović, Danka Purić	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Passing through Greece	The eagerness of refugees and migrants to leave Greece and travel to other European countries is quite evident.	Marco Mogiani	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Bulgaria’s struggle at the frontline	Bulgaria has struggled to deal appropriately with mass irregular migration. It has also failed to address integration.	Eleanor E Roberts	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Protecting asylum seekers in mixed flows: lessons from Bulgaria	In the context of a large number of arrivals, states may introduce blanket measures aimed at preventing irregular migration. These, however, may curtail the rights of asylum seekers.	Mariya Shisheva	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Envisioning a Common European Asylum System	A bolder approach is needed if the European Union is to overcome fragmentation and manage refugee movements effectively and in accordance with international obligations.	Volker Türk	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Are asylum and immigration really a European Union issue?	Attempts to find an EU-wide solution to asylum may be preventing the finding of workable solutions at the bi-lateral or national level.	Joanne van Selm	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Social protection: a fourth durable solution?	Although asylum seekers and refugees in Europe and in Latin America are very different in terms of numbers, a solution being implemented by Brazil and Ecuador may show the European Union a way forward on sharing the responsibility within a regional bloc.	Carolina Montenegro	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - In search of fairness in responsibility sharing	The cycle of mutual mistrust between EU Member States that prevents solidarity can only be broken if responsibility is assessed fairly on the basis of objective indicators.	Philippe De Bruycker, Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Volunteers and asylum seekers	People in communities where asylum seekers and refugees have appeared offered various forms of support to the new arrivals as states failed to provide even the essentials.	Serhat Karakayali, J Olaf Kleist	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - A welcoming policy in post-socialist East Germany	Apparently, East European countries are less willing to accept refugees than other European countries. Their experience of ethnic and cultural diversity is weak and a genuine welcome has still to be developed.	Anna Steigemann, Frank Eckardt, Franziska Werner	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Migration terminology matters	Failure to employ correct terminology has consequences beyond semantics. More efforts are needed to educate people – especially those whose words are widely disseminated – in the correct use of migration-related terminology.	Paola Pace, Kristi Severance	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Separated and unaccompanied children in the EU	A growing body of EU law, policy and practical measures address the situation of separated and unaccompanied children who arrive in the EU.	Rebecca O’Donnell, Jyothi Kanics	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Ukrainian asylum seekers and a Polish immigration paradox	The recognition rate for Ukrainian asylum seekers in Poland remains at an extremely low level, with the concept of ‘internal flight alternative’ serving as the legal basis for rejection of many asylum applications.	Marta Szczepanik, Ewelina Tylec	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Removing ‘non-removables’	EU law and policy on non-removable irregular immigrants – such as unsuccessful asylum seekers who cannot be returned to their country of origin – have political and humanitarian consequences.	Katharine T Weatherhead	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Europe, don’t copy Australia	Praise for Australia’s policy of turning away asylum seekers is misguided.	Keeya-Lee Ayre	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Europe and the future of international refugee policy	There is new thinking – that European leaders should embrace – on how to promote long-term responses to the Syrian refugee crisis that protect and uphold human dignity.	El Hassan bin Talal	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Choice and preference in a matching market for refugees	We propose a system that will at the same time give refugees choices and states control by ‘matching’ the preferences of each to the other’s.	Will Jones, Alexander Teytelboym	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - Legal and practical issues raised by the movement of people across the Mediterranean	States must deal with each other on a basis of equity and equality, rather than outmoded and unrealistic expectations of sovereign entitlement	Guy S Goodwin-Gill	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 - From Syria to Brazil	Precisely because of the difficulties Syrians face in entering the EU, Brazil has opened up to them.	Marília Calegari, Rosana Baeninger	19 December, 2015
FMR 51 General - Economic reintegration of returnees in Liberia	Since the early 2000s, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization has been implementing economic recovery programmes for returnees in certain post-conflict countries.	Naohiko Omata, Noriko Takahashi	15 December, 2015
FMR 51 General - Thirty years of development-induced displacement in China	To accelerate the process of poverty reduction in its poorer regions, China decided in 2001 to implement a national programme of displacement of populations living in areas considered environmentally fragile.	François Dubé	15 December, 2015
FMR 51 General - Refugee Status Determination in Albania	There are some shortcomings in Albania’s RSD despite the country’s efforts to develop its procedures in line with international standards.	Xymena Dyduch	15 December, 2015
FMR 51 General - The face of refugees	Personal contact with refugees helps us not only to see the people behind the need but also to better understand the obstacles they face.	Jesus Quintanilla Osorio	15 December, 2015
FMR 51 General - Challenges to the right to work in Ecuador	The right to work is important for refugees and asylum seekers – to support themselves, to facilitate local integration and to contribute to the host society. However, they often face obstacles in accessing work in host societies...	Adeline Sozanski, Karina Sarmiento, Carlos Reyes	15 December, 2015
FMR 50 - From the Editors	An introductory note on FMR 50, 'Dayton + 20: twenty years on from the Dayton Agreement in the Balkans', from the Editors.	Marion Couldrey, Maurice Herson	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Foreword: Addressing the legacy of violence	The aim of creating ethnically homogeneous statelets was curbed at Dayton but the dominance of ethnic politics was not.	Valentin Inzko	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Annex 7: why are we still discussing it?	Annex 7 to the Dayton Peace Agreement was designed to address the displacement of 2.2 million people during the Bosnian war of 1992-95. Its job is not yet done.	María del Pilar Valledor Álvarez	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Political and social consequences of continuing displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina	Twenty years after Dayton, failures to facilitate effective refugee and IDP return have had a social and political impact at both community and state level.	Lana Pašić	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 years on from Dayton	The coming two-and-a-half years represent what is possibly the last window of opportunity to accomplish what the Dayton Peace Agreement’s Annex 7 set out to achieve.	Andrew Mayne	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Resolving a protracted refugee situation through a regional process	Despite its shortcomings, the Regional Process in the Western Balkans offers a number of lessons for resolving protracted refugee situations.	Olga Mitrovic	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Voices in displacement	“These people are as if lost in time and space.” Still displaced after 20 years, residents of collective centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina share their frustration. They need to be listened to.	Claudia Meyerhoefer	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Property rights and reconstruction in the Bosnian return process	Sidelining a rights-based approach in the area of property restitution and reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina resulted in an unequal impact on rural versus urban displaced populations.	Inmaculada Serrano	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Resolving protracted displacement through social housing	A social housing methodology recently introduced in Bosnia and Herzegovina illustrates the need for certain key components in any strategy to address the shelter and livelihoods needs of vulnerable citizens.	Marc D’Silva, Sanela Imamovic	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Asking the right questions in research on psychosocial well-being	New research is attempting to address the lack of empirical grounding for much of the psychosocial programming in post-war trauma in the Western Balkans.	Selma Porobic	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Wartime division in peacetime schools	An ethnically divided educational system in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to limit the sustainable return of those displaced by the war, and to hamper reconciliation and the reconstruction of society.	Valery Perry	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Their last name is ‘refugee’: return and local activism	Sustainable refugee return can only take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina when ordinary people and human rights activists are included as full participants in the recovery process.	Peter Lippman	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Human rights shortcomings of the Dayton Peace Agreement	When a peace agreement guarantees the rights of certain groups but not all, limitations to the enjoyment of human rights are inevitable.	LIsbeth Pilegaard, Jasminka Dzumhur	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - If women are left out of peace talks	The exclusion of women from the process of making peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina has diminished the prospects for sustainable peace. When will we learn that no peace can be sustainable and just without the active and meaningful participation of women?	Gorana Mlinarević, Nela Porobić Isaković, Madeleine Rees	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Interpretations of Annex 7: assessing the impact on non-returnees in the UK	Emphasising the crucial role of refugee returns to the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina risks minimising the agency of those who choose not to exercise their rights under Annex 7.	Gayle Munro	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - The role of remote voting in encouraging return	Once there is a genuine possibility of going home, what influences a forced migrant’s decision to return to a pre-conflict residence, often in the face of very difficult conditions? What role can remote voting play?	Djordje Stefanovic, Neophytos Loizides	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Home after Dayton: IDPs in Sarajevo	The experiences of displaced people in Sarajevo show that living in a place that people perceive to be safe and to provide opportunities can be more desirable than returning to one’s place of origin. Participatory urban projects can help foster community.	Gruia Badescu	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - The compound effects of conflict and disaster displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina	Some IDPs living in protracted displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as many Roma IDPs, were especially vulnerable to the effects of the May 2014 flooding and landslides.	Wesli H Turner	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Prijedor: re-imagining the future	Public memorialisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is an act of remembering not just those who died in the conflict but also the multi-ethnic reality of earlier times. Articulation of this, however, is being obstructed in cities like Prijedor.	Damir Mitrić, Sudbin Musić	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Mass evacuations: learning from the past	Twenty years after the evacuations from the Bosnian ‘safe areas’, humanitarians continue to struggle with dilemmas around humanitarian evacuations.	Caelin Briggs	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 - Bosnia revisited: a retrospective on the legacy of the conflict	It is instructive to review the legacy the conflict in Bosnia and the post-war settlement in order to appreciate how this conflict set the stage for major institutional developments in the field of humanitarian protection.	Brad K Blitz	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 General - Inconsistency in asylum appeal adjudication	New research findings indicate that factors such as the gender of the judge and of the appellant, and where the appellant lives, are influencing asylum appeal adjudication.	Nick Gill, Rebecca Rotter, Andrew Burridge, Melanie Griffiths, Jennifer Allsopp	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 General - Sheltering displaced persons from sexual and gender-based violence	Providing a variety of safe shelter types, each with its own unique strengths and limitations, within a single area could help meet the diverse and changing needs of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.	Julie Freccero	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 General - Changing how we measure success in resettlement	Refugees should be treated not as poor, traumatised foreigners but as strong and capable people who can be resources in their countries of resettlement.	Justin S Lee, Suzie S Weng, Sarah Ivory	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 General - Young Afghans facing return	A project in the UK aiming to prepare young men for return to Afghanistan through an assisted voluntary return programme was unsuccessful. A different, longer-term approach might have been more appropriate and more effective.	Kim Robinson, Lucy Williams	1 September, 2015
FMR 50 General - A fragmented landscape of protection	Changing concepts of protection and a growing diversity in the practice of protection and in the range of humanitarian and other actors doing protection work have led to a fragmentation of effective protection for forced migrants.	Roger Zetter	1 September, 2015
FMR 49 - From the Editors	An introductory note on FMR 49, 'Disasters and displacement in a changing climate', from the Editors.	Marion Couldrey, Maurice Herson	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Foreward	In order to make progress on disasters, climate change and human mobility, it is essential to bring together different strands of the discussion to develop a comprehensive response that also anticipates future challenges associated with climate change.	Børge Brende, Didier Burkhalter	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - The Nansen Initiative: building consensus on displacement in disaster contexts	The Nansen Initiative consultative process has identified a toolbox of potential policy options to prevent, prepare for and respond to the challenges of cross-border displacement in disaster contexts, including the effects of climate change.	Walter Kälin	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - National Adaptation Plans and human mobility	In order to avoid displacement when possible, displacement and human mobility issues need to be better integrated within national and regional adaptation planning processes.	Koko Warner, Walter Kälin, Susan Martin, Youssef Nassef	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - The state of the evidence	Researchers have much to do, not only to understand climate- and disaster-induced migration but also to transmit their understanding for the use of policymakers and practitioners.	Justin Ginnetti	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - The necessity for an ethnographic approach in Peru	A movement of people is rarely explained by environmental or climatic factors alone. Therefore an analysis which does not take into consideration the cultural consequences of climate change for affected societies is incomplete.	Geremia Cometti	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - An integrated focus	The key to successfully addressing the challenges of environmental, climatic and natural disasters is integrating migration concerns – including displacement – into all climate change, disaster risk reduction and development policies and frameworks.	William Lacy Swing	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - West Africa: a testing ground for regional solutions	West Africa has a very mobile population and high vulnerability to natural hazards. It also, however, has a number of regional cooperation agreements and may therefore be a useful testing ground for addressing cross-border disaster displacement.	Julia Blocher, Dalila Gharbaoui, Sara Vigil	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Development and displacement risks	The impact of climate change induces systemic patterns of socio-economic erosion that also affect the dynamics of disaster displacement and that require parallel responses.	Glaucia Boyer, Matthew McKinnon	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Developing temporary protection in Africa	Formalised temporary protection arrangements in Africa could significantly improve access to territory and human rights for people displaced across borders by disasters. Such arrangements must adhere to states’ existing protection obligations.	Tamara Wood	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Climate effects on nomadic pastoralist societies	Oman and Mongolia reflect the modern climatic and social challenges to mobile pastoral livelihoods.	Dawn Chatty, Troy Sternberg	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Guidance for ‘managed’ relocation	The international community has been slow to develop climate change-specific instruments to guide the relocation process beyond those that relate to displacement generally.	Brent Doberstein, Anne Tadgell	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Preparing for planned relocation	Preparing for planned relocation	FMR	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Lessons from planned relocation and resettlement in the past	Placing contemporary deliberations about relocation within a longer historical and intellectual framework reveals unexpected connections and salutary lessons.	Jane McAdam	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Post-disaster resettlement in urban Bolivia	Post-disaster resettlement programmes can be unsuitable and ineffective, often exacerbating the vulnerability of people to the effects of climate change.	Gemma Sou	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Focusing on climate-related internal displacement	Global attention should place a primary focus on the application of best practice and the development of innovative initiatives to solve climate-related internal displacement, rather than on grappling with the far rarer movements of people across borders.	Scott Leckie, Ezekiel Simperingham	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Brazil’s draft law for environmental migrants	Brazil is developing a long-term solution for filling a legislative gap affecting environmental migrants.	Isabela Piacentini de Andrade	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Disasters, displacement and a new framework in the Americas	There is a startling range of positive examples of national law, policy and practice all across the Americas that states have used to respond to the migratory consequences of disasters.	David James Cantor	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Temporary protection arrangements to fill a gap in the protection regime	Predictable measures are needed to provide protection for people displaced across borders by disasters, where there is currently a gap.	Volker Türk	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Refugees, climate change and international law	How can the category of ‘climate refugee’ be considered within international law in the 21st century?	María José Fernández	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Displacement as a consequence of climate change mitigation policies	Climate change mitigation policies and ‘green solutions’, such as biofuels, are also creating displacement.	Sara Vigil	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Statelessness and environmental displacement	Stateless people and migrants are at greater risk of displacement and are less likely to receive assistance; in turn, environmental displacement (especially multiple migrations) heightens the risk of becoming stateless.	Jessie Connell	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - A role for strategic litigation	Strategic litigation to protect individuals at risk can usefully support higher-level protection initiatives.	Matthew Scott	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Floods and migration in the Czech Republic	Residents’ strategies are generally aimed at either protection from or adaptation to flooding. Large-scale migration from the floodplains of rivers has not been seriously considered, even in high-risk zones.	Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman, Barbora Duží	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - 'One Safe Future’ in the Philippines	The Philippine government’s ‘One Safe Future’ programme relocated disaster-affected poor families in areas where structures enabling opportunities are lacking.	Lloyd Ranque, Melissa Quetulio-Navarra	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Post-disaster resettlement in the Philippines: a risky strategy	Experience in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan suggests that resettlement as a strategy for mitigating disaster-induced displacement can create significant protection risks.	Alice R Thomas	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Cross-border migration with dignity in Kiribati	The ‘migration with dignity’ policy is part of Kiribati’s long-term nation-wide relocation strategy.	Karen E McNamara	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Land, disasters and mobility in the South Pacific	The adaptive characteristics of customary land systems deserve greater recognition in disaster or climate change policy frameworks.	Daniel Fitzpatrick	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Not drowning but fighting: Pacific Islands activists	Focusing on climate-induced migration, rather than mitigation, can be at odds with grassroots demands and can make the future uninhabitability of some Pacific Islands appear as a foregone conclusion.	Hannah Fair	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Samoa: local knowledge, climate change and population movements	The voices of scientists, academics, politicians and development practitioners dominate the climate change debate, yet local knowledge, values and beliefs are essential elements of navigating the way forward for affected communities.	Ximena Flores-Palacios	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Facilitating voluntary adaptive migration in the Pacific	Voluntary adaptive migration across int'l borders will be a critical component of an overall adaptation strategy for at-risk individuals and households in the Pacific in order to increase their resilience to natural hazards and prevent future displicement	Bruce Burson, Richard Bedford	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Integrating resilience in South Asia	Communities can strengthen their resilience by integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and poverty reduction measures.	Mi Zhou, Dorien Braam	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - “Everyone likes it here”	Sea-level rise threatens communities of the Lakshadweep islands. But what happens when belongingness, religious beliefs and the identity of being an islander make them stay?	Himani Upadhyay, Ilan Kelman, Divya Mohan	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Building adaptive capacity in Assam	A starting point for adapting to longer-term climate change could be adaptation to short-term climate variability and extreme events. Making more informed choices about the use of remittances can enhance the adaptive capacity of receiving households.	Soumyadeep Banerjee, Suman Bisht, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Mixed motivations and complex causality in the Mekong	Many climate change-affected communities have already been using migration as a means to adapt to and withstand the challenges to their livelihoods and security. Strengthening of existing protections for all migrants is clearly advantageous.	Jessica Marsh	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - One good reason to speak of ‘climate refugees’	The concept of ‘environmental refugees’, or ‘climate refugees’, has been progressively abandoned, as having no legal basis. I want to argue that there are good reasons to use the term.	Francois Gemenne	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Governance questions for the international community	The Nansen Initiative has highlighted significant questions about how the international community should collectively think about displacement and mobility issues relating to natural disasters and climate change, and how to improve the governance thereof.	Alexander Betts	18 June, 2015
FMR 49 - Building respectful solutions	Tribes in coastal Alaska and Louisiana in the United States are among the communities at immediate risk of displacement due to climate change impacts.	Colleen Swan, Chief Albert P Naquin, Stanley Tom	18 June, 2015

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