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Category: Blogs
Is the state fuelling the migration industry? The migration economy of Metema
Besides regulating migration, the state is involved in the migration industry along the route between Ethiopia and Sudan, both directly and indirectly.
A Full Circle: Refugee returns between Kenya and Somalia
Kenya and Somalia present an interesting and often delicate case study of circular refugee movements. Spurred by limited data and analysis, circular refugee returns between the neighbouring countries became the focus of our rapid review
A new perspective on rural-urban livelihoods in the face of environmental change
Our latest paper explores the relationship between environmental change and the way people move and adapt their livelihoods.
The Conversation: Ethnic violence in Tigray has echoes of Ethiopia’s tragic past
Laura writes about the current situation in Tigray and the border town of Humera where she studied for her PhD.
Mobile people’s mobile phones – how do information and communication technologies (ICTs) affect mobility and migration in the Horn of Africa?
Our latest report explores how this increased access and use of ICTs affects people’s aspirations, decisions, needs and capabilities to move.
Resilience in action on the drylands of Turkana
To understand resilience, I realised I should instead start living, working, resting, playing, and hearing stories as much as my untrained body would allow—there where shade is only found in the shadows of clouds.
Localisation and participation within the rollout of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Kenya
The success of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) is dependent in large part on the extent to which greater self-reliance and inclusion of refugees and host communities is achieved. This can only be established by examining the extent to which initiatives, activities, structures and processes of a country’s rollout procedures engage with the perspectives and priorities of displacement-affected communities.
New rapid review: Localisation and participation within the rollout of the CRRF in Kenya
Research and Evidence Facility to pleased to publish our latest rapid review: Localisation and participation within the rollout of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Kenya. This rapid review analyses the
ODI blog: Why so many Sudanese are prepared to risk their lives to reach the UK
Read the ODI blog from Margie Buchanan-Smith and Susanne Jaspars: ‘Why so many Sudanese are prepared to risk their lives to reach the UK’ The blog explores the REF and