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Publications on Vulnerable groups

Children on the Move

Cover page of Children on the Move
Pub date: 
Apr 2013
This publication targets policymakers and practitioners in the field of migration and child protection, along with academics and activists, and sheds light on the situation of migrant children.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
child labour, migrant child, unaccompanied minors

Publication: Migration of Unaccompanied Minors from West Africa to North Africa

logo publication MNA Afrique
Pub date: 
Jan 2013
This report realized on the basis of a documentary study addresses the question of the protection of unaccompanied minors from West Africa to North Africa from a transnational point of view.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors

Developments in International Protection and Asylum in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform International protection 2011
Pub date: 
Nov 2012
This EMN Inform presents the main developments that took place in 2011 with regard to international protection comprising statistics, the Common European Asylum System, intra-EU Solidarity , external dimension and unaccompanied minors.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups, Asylum, External Dimension
Publication type:
EMN inform
Keywords:
CEAS, resettlement, solidarity, unaccompanied minors

World Disasters Report 2012 - Focus on Forced Migration and Displacement (IFRC)

Cover page of the report IFRC
Pub date: 
Oct 2012
Following the report published by the IFRC, over 70 million people are forced migrants, more than 1 in every 100 of the world's citizens, displaced by conflict, political upheaval, violence and disasters but also by climate change and development projects.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups, Migration
Keywords:
displacement, forced migration, protection

Women and Girls fleeing conflict (UNHCR)

cover report
Pub date: 
Sep 2012
This paper: "Women and and Girls fleeing conflict: Gender and the interpretation and application of the 1951 refugee convention" was commissioned in te context of a project on Developing Guidelines for the protection of people fleeing violence and conflict accross borders.
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Main theme:
International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
conflict, gender

The Middle East and North Africa - IOM Annual Report 2011

Cover page of the IOM annual report 2011 Middle East & North Africa
Pub date: 
Aug 2012
2011 stands out not only for the migration dynamics that have flowed into, out of and within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but also for the unprecedented social movements that have transformed the political culture. IOM addresses challenges and oppportunites experienced in 2011.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups, Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
assistance, AVRR, crisis, MENA region, migration management

UNHCR: 2011 Global Trends report

Coverpage of the yearbook
Pub date: 
Jun 2012
The UNHCR 2011 Global Trends report has been published today. The report analyses the statistical trends and changes in the global populations of concern to UNHCR, i.e. refugees, returnees, stateless persons and certain groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups, Asylum, Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
UNHCR; global trends; statistics

Gender Related Asylum Claims in Europe: a Comparative Study (Asylum Aid)

Image study on gender related asylum claims
Pub date: 
Jun 2012
Asylum Aid published a study on "Gender Related Asylum Claims in Europe". The study is a Comparative Analysis of Law, Policies and Practice Focusing on Women in Nine EU Member States.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups, Asylum
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
gender equality, gender related asylum claim, gender related persecution

Elderly migrants: seniors in our country

Cover page of the publication "Elderly migrants: seniors in our country"
Pub date: 
Jan 2012
This publication from the King Baudouin Foundation, reviews 22 projects building bridges between elderly migrants and existing services. Based on such experiences, tracks are identified to further involve elderly migrants in the society.
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Main theme:
Integration, Vulnerable groups, Migration
Keywords:
assistance, health care, senior migrant

Comparative Study on practices in the field of return of minors (ECRE)

Cover page of the comparative study from ECRE
Pub date: 
Nov 2011
The study generates a checklist which aims to assist Member States in developing their processes for considering the return of children informed by national good practices.
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Main theme:
Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission
Keywords:
Directive retour