People in South Sudan have experienced decades of forced displacement and cross-border mobility, resulting in families split across the country and neighbouring Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. As of 2021,
Tag: mobility
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
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’.
From a ‘crisis of migration’ to everyday ‘mobile livelihoods’
Caitlin Sturridge outlines the growing evidence for understanding mobility as a relatively unremarkable part of everyday life, development and change.
Land, climate change and internal migration: Experiences of the young Wolayta of Southwestern Ethiopia
New research from Bereket Tsegay investigates how land fragmentation, climate change, and livelihood opportunities and aspirations influence young people’s migration from the Wolayta zone in Southern Ethiopia.
Informality and procedural innovation at borderlands: Lessons from Mandera
A blog from Ngala Chome on his personal experience of border crossings and the impacts of formal border infrastructure.
Webinar: Cross-border movements between Kenya and Somalia
This webinar examines the dynamics of cross-border movements between Kenya and Somalia.
The relationship between economic/employment opportunities and migration
This webinar explored efforts by governmental and non-governmental organizations to expand economic and employment opportunities in the Horn of Africa and the influence of these initiatives on mobility dynamics, especially among young people.
COVID-19 and forced immobility in the Horn of Africa
Oliver Bakewell, Research & Evidence Facility Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic overlays a new form of disaster on the already complex array of chronic and periodic crises that beset the people
IGAD conference: Human Mobility in the context of COVID-19
From February 22-24, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) convened a scientific conference on Human Mobility in the context of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa. The conference examined the immediate and longer-term impact of COVID-19 on migration and displacement in and around the IGAD region.