Good Practices for Urban Refugees Database
A site created by UNHCR staff to gather together good examples of policy and practical implementation for those working with urban refugees. Items have been submitted by NGOs, civil society organisations, academic researchers government and community based groups. It is possible to search by keyword or browse guidelines and tools by creator, sector and region. […]
World refugee day 2016
Find out why we need to support refugees by consulting the UNHCR Global Trends report 2015. More than 65.3 million people were displaced in 2015 These charts from UN Dispatch clearly show the gravity of the situation and recent trends.
New website on Disaster Displacement
This aims to create a single platform or place where information can be found about people displaced by natural crises, disasters and climate change. It is supported by Federal Republic of Germany in order to implement the recommendations of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda. It currently contains news and documents relating to refugees, displacement and humanitarian […]
Refugee use of mobile phones
The Open University has released a research report on how refugees use smartphones. It was led by Prof. Marie Gillespie and was carried out in partnership with France Medias Monde. It investigates the physical and digital journeys of Syrian and Iraqi refugees documenting the digital media services used for news so the EU can develop […]
Palestinian refugees
UNRWA Audiovisual Archive for Palestine Refugees http://archive.unrwa.org/about-archive/ United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)’s new photo and film archive offers free access to hundreds of iconic images of refugees from 1948 onwards taken by UNRWA staff. A wide range of topics are covered including Middle-East conflict and refugee camps. The archive can be searched or […]
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