Dr Rob Sharp, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex It has now been well over two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As of February…
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Solidarity in Europe two years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Tagged with: Asylum Seekers & Refugees, participatory methods, solidarity, Ukraine
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How time reveals hidden power in the refugee camp
Dr Melissa Gatter is Lecturer in International Development (University of Sussex) While a universal experience, the passing of time is not an equal one. For those whose mobility is policed, time becomes more immediately present, almost tangible, as they must…
Not a burden: Somali refugees transform Dollo Ado into an onion export zone
Fekadu Adugna is Project Coordinator at the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa and a member of the Protracted Displacement Economies (PDE) team. Dollo Ado is a district in south-eastern Ethiopia bordering Somalia to the east…
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Emotions in the fieldwork
Claude Samaha, Lead Researcher at Basmeh & Zeitooneh and a member of the Protracted Displacement Economies (PDE) team. Resnik argues that ‘an objective researcher (or project, report, or study) is like a judge who attempts to give a fair hearing to both…
‘Mana pfasha’: The incredible resilience of Rwandan refugees in Masisi, DRC
José Mvuezolo Bazonzi, Coordinator of Groupe de Recherche et d’Etudes Stratégiques sur le Congo (GREC) at the University of Kinshasa, and a member of the Protracted Displacements Economies (PDE) team. Generally settled in planned camps – with or without the…
Tagged with: Asylum Seekers & Refugees, Migration and Development; Africa
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On Generosity, Sponsorship and the Right to Asylum
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