REF and Samuel Hall to launch major study on return and reintegration in South Sudan
What are the individual, community and structural factors impacting displacement patterns in South Sudan?
1801, 2023
1201, 2023
“We have impoverished each other”: the depletion of resources for host communities and the dilemma of durable solution for the IDPs in the Konso Zone and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia
Ethiopia set a world record for internally displaced people (IDPs) two times (in 2018 and 2021) in three years. As of March 2022, an estimated 5,582,000 persons were displaced within the country due to armed conflicts and natural disasters. Konso Zone situated in Southern Nations Nationalities and peoples Region (SNNPRS) and Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State (BGRS) are among the regions badly affected by conflict and displacement. About one hundred thousand of
2110, 2022
Caught between a rock and a hard place: Conflict, displacement, and drought in Konso, Ethiopia
This blog is related to an upcoming research study on conflict and displacement in two regional states in Ethiopia. “… Whether we stay in this camp or return to our village, it is all the same. All our assets have been burnt down and destroyed. Now, even if peace will be restored, we have nothing left to lead our household. There is no rain to cultivate. Even these people who
1309, 2022
Who are the ‘returnees’ in South Sudan?
South Sudan is experiencing different types of movements that are often labelled as ‘return’. Despite ongoing insecurity and a chronic shortage of essential services, it has been estimated that 505,511 refugees[1] and 1,183,666 IDPs have returned to their areas of origin within the country since 2018.[2] At the same time, with an estimated 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 2.2 million refugees registered in hosting countries, South Sudan remains
0509, 2022
The “Maid Trade” – The case of women migrants from Uganda to the Gulf Countries.
This blog is related to an upcoming report by the Research and Evidence Facility on women’s labour migration to the Gulf Countries. The full report will be available in September 2022. I am a single mother of three children trying to fend for myself, the children and build a house. I went to Oman in 2014 through an agent who processed everything for me. I boarded a bus with four
0308, 2022
Closing the environment-migration gap in climate policy and programmes in the Horn of Africa
This blog series is related to the REF’s ongoing study on climate change and migration in the Horn of Africa. This research study is being carried out in Ethiopia (Somali Region), Kenya (Tana River County) and Somaliland (Togdheer and Maroodijeex regions). The study investigates how people use migration as a strategy for adapting to environmental change and how people’s circumstances and profiles influence their migration decisions. The study also explores
1107, 2022
REF conference 2022: towards greater inclusion and protection for migrants and forcibly displaced persons
In June 2022, the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) of the EU Trust Fund for Africa in the Horn of Africa convened its second international conference around the theme ‘Migrants and Forcibly Displaced Persons: Towards Greater Inclusion and Protection’.
1705, 2022
Disability inclusion for refugees in Ethiopia: an urgent need
The Research and Evidence Facility commissioned a rapid review of existing evidence on disability inclusion for refugees in Ethiopia, focusing on the experiences, protection needs, barriers and opportunities to providing protection.
0404, 2022
Job opportunity: Research officer, Nairobi (6 months)
Sahan Africa is recruiting a Research Officer to support the work of the Research and Evidence Facility.
2303, 2022
How does technical and vocational training influence mobility and conflict?
Despite the immediate success of TVET and employment interventions, the nature of relationship between TVET and irregular migration and conflict behaviour remains unclear.