Forced Migration Review

28/05/2025

FMR 75 - Dangerous journeys: saving lives and responding to missing migrants and refugees is now online! Visit https://www.fmreview.org/dangerous-journeys/ to read the full issue and let us know what you think in the comments below.

FMR 75 Dangerous journeys: Saving lives and responding to missing migrants and refugees Dangerous journeys are taken every day by refugees and other migrants, often with tragic consequences. This issue explores how more lives can be saved on land and sea and how disappearances can be prevented or....

20/02/2025

This , we invite you to view the 1st of 2 online launch events for our issue 73 on disruption & .

View ‘How digital technologies are transforming ’ economic, social & cultural ’ here: https://youtu.be/aBI-e1PKE5g?si=7vOy5wy3H13Lic80

FMR73 launch, part 1: Digital inclusion: How digital technologies are transforming refugees’ economic, social and cultural inclusionJun 5, 2024 01:00 PM via ...

19/02/2025

To avoid restrictive institutional funding policies, Palestinian organisations are turning to online crowdfunding. However, this source of funds also has limitations and places power in the hands of corporations & individual donors.

Read: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/onland-abusrour/

To avoid restrictive institutional funding policies, Palestinian organisations are turning to online crowdfunding. However, this source of funds also has limitations and places power in the hands of corporations and individual donors.

19/02/2025

📢 Join us for an exciting book launch and panel discussion! 🎉✨

We’re celebrating the launch of Social Science: A Very Short Introduction by Professor Alexander Betts with a thought-provoking conversation on the future of social science. As AI and machine learning reshape research methods, and interdisciplinarity continues to grow, social science is evolving rapidly. This panel brings together Oxford’s leading thinkers to explore emerging trends in research, impact, and inclusivity—asking how social science can remain relevant in an era of change.

The speakers will be:
Alexander Betts (moderator) - Professor of Forced Migration & International Affairs
Nandini Gooptu - Professor of South Asian Studies
Marnie Howlett - Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics
Lucie Cluver - Professor of Child and Family Social Work

Ben Ansell - Professor of Comparative Demographic Institutions
📖 Whether you’re passionate about policy, sustainability, technology, or education, this is a must-attend event! Join us in person at Pembroke College, Oxford or tune in online for a lively discussion on the next chapter of social science.

The event is being organised in collaboration with the Social Sciences Division, the Economic and Social Research Council Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership, and the The Oxford SDG Impact Lab.

📅 6 March | 16:00-18:00 GMT
📍 Pembroke College, Oxford & Online

🔗 Spaces are limited—RSVP now!

In-Person via Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/yc7jf5me
Online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/2du64j7x

ODID - Oxford Department of International Development | Oxford University Social Policy and Intervention | Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford | Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, University of Oxford | Refugee Studies Centre

18/02/2025

Results-based is an underused tool for forced response; it can be used to overcome challenges around policy implementation and maximise programme impact & cost efficiency.

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Evidence from Colombia shows that results-based financing is an underused tool for forced displacement response; it can be used to overcome challenges around policy implementation and maximise programme impact and cost efficiency.

17/02/2025

The humanitarian sector is facing an unprecedented gap. Organisations are making hard choices in prioritising which populations to reach.

Learn about 4 principles for effective humanitarian boundary-setting: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/donnelly-dhingra/

The humanitarian sector is facing an unprecedented funding gap, and organisations are making hard choices in prioritising which populations to reach. This article outlines four principles for effective humanitarian boundary-setting.

13/02/2025

The lack of transparency in where & how humanitarian funding is spent on in Jordan impacts the potential to plan a more sustainable, cost-efficient response & raises questions for the sector.

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The lack of transparency in where and how humanitarian WASH funding is spent on Syrian refugees in Jordan impacts the potential to plan a more sustainable, cost-efficient response and raises questions for the sector.

13/02/2025

The video recording of our launch event for FMR 74 on ‘ response’ is now online!

English: youtu.be/_3GaEwJ1-j0
Arabic: youtu.be/WOYkLHwSqCc
Spanish: youtu.be/WX7UcDEFfDg
French: youtu.be/fdRLPrXyfz8

A warm thanks again to Caitlin Sturridge, Alya Al-Mahdi, Mohammad Azizul Hoque, Martha Guerrero Ble, & Sara Arapiles for their contribution to this event.

FMR 74 ‘Financing displacement response’ online launch event, December 12th 2024,13:00 (UTC).Speakers:• Caitlin Sturridge, ODI, UK (moderator)• Alya Al Mahdi...

20/01/2025

living in Aysaita camp in Ethiopia and Dadaab in Kenya struggle to meet their own basic needs and share the little they have with others in more severe need, yet this can give the impression that such communities are better off than they actually are.

www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/mcateer/

Funding from the Gulf for refugee women’s empowerment could enhance self-reliance and women’s autonomy through flexible and innovative economic solutions, yet it risks reinforcing traditional gender roles and perpetuating inequalities.

16/01/2025

The Russian invasion has prompted a new phenomenon: significant reverse remittances from within Ukraine to displaced Ukrainians in other countries. This has implications for the individual recipients, host countries & for Ukraine itself.

Read: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/romashchenko/

Funding from the Gulf for refugee women’s empowerment could enhance self-reliance and women’s autonomy through flexible and innovative economic solutions, yet it risks reinforcing traditional gender roles and perpetuating inequalities.

15/01/2025

from the Gulf for women’s empowerment could enhance self-reliance & women’s autonomy through flexible & innovative economic solutions, yet risks reinforcing traditional gender roles & perpetuating inequalities.

Read more at: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/erdilmen/

Funding from the Gulf for refugee women’s empowerment could enhance self-reliance and women’s autonomy through flexible and innovative economic solutions, yet it risks reinforcing traditional gender roles and perpetuating inequalities.

14/01/2025

The World Bank has become a prominent player in forced response. The Bank could strengthen its contribution further through better coordination w/humanitarian agencies & more meaningful participation.

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The World Bank has become a prominent player in forced displacement response. The Bank could strengthen its contribution further through better coordination with humanitarian agencies and more meaningful refugee participation.