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Local communities: first and last providers of protection (Forced Migration Review 53)

FMR 53 - Effective community-based protection programming: lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Oxfam’s work with local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted the organisation to develop guidance for themselves and for others working in similar situations.

FMR 53 - Community Liaison Assistants: a bridge between peacekeepers and local populations

Community Liaison Assistants may be UN peacekeeping’s most effective instrument for community engagement, with the potential to play a critical role in the protection of civilians.

FMR 53 - Refugee community development in New Delhi

Recognising that process is as important as outcomes, a community development approach can be effective in supporting local communities as providers of first resort.

FMR 53 - Community policing in Kakuma camp, Kenya

Community policing has become a popular way of promoting local ownership of security in refugee camps in Kenya and more widely, but it can also fall victim to its ambivalent position at the intersection of refugee communities and state policing.

FMR 53 - The role of community centres in offering protection: UNHCR and Al Ghaith Association in Yemen

Community centres play an important role in offering protection for displaced communities, particularly for members of those communities who have specific needs.

FMR 53 - The role of cultural norms and local power structures in Yemen

Community power structures and attitudes in Yemen are key factors in how IDPs can gain protection and assistance.

FMR 53 - The role of community in refugee journeys to Europe

For Eritreans and Syrians coming to Europe, community networks both encourage the initial decision to go and provide elements of support along the way.

FMR 53 - Integrating protection into disaster risk preparedness in the Dominican Republic

Addressing protection as a key element of community-based disaster risk reduction and preparedness efforts is essential to safeguarding human rights in disaster and emergency settings.

FMR 53 - Filling the funding gap for community protection

An initiative to help local communities build resilience against violent extremism may offer useful lessons in how to help local communities access funding to support their self-protection efforts.

FMR 53 - Preparing for self-preservation

External actors need a far deeper understanding of local communities’ experience of and strategies for self-protection, and a far greater commitment to support those communities.

FMR 53 General - Rethinking gender in the international refugee regime

Currently the instruments of refugee status determination make asylum claims depend on images of women that are characterised by victimisation and motherhood.

FMR 53 General - Colombia: the peace process and solutions for forced migrants

If, as seems likely, Colombia reaches a peace agreement to end its long internal conflict, the settlement may create the political and legal conditions to solve the phenomenon of forced migration of its citizens.

FMR 53 General - Statelessness and the refugee crisis in Europe

The European Union needs to issue a Directive on common standards for statelessness determination procedures with a view to mitigating the particular impacts of statelessness in the context of the continuing refugee crisis in Europe.

FMR 53 General - Refugee women as entrepreneurs in Australia

The 'Stepping Stones to Small Business' programme in Australia is appreciated by participants but has shown that 'entrepreneurship' is a problematic concept in the context of women from refugee backgrounds.

FMR 53 General - Power, politics and privilege: public health at the Thai-Burma border

Power, politics and privilege: public health at the Thai-Burma border.

FMR 53 General - Humanitarian visas: building on Brazil's experience

Brazil’s humanitarian visas are an important tool in complementary protection, offering legal pathways for forced migrants to reach a safer country.

FMR 53 General - Engaging with innovation among refugees and IDPs

Traditional humanitarian actors should develop mechanisms to support innovation by displaced people.

FMR 53 General - South African midwives caring for immigrant and refugee women

Over recent years South Africa has accepted many refugees and asylum seekers, among whom are women requiring maternity services.

FMR 53 - FMR Reader Survey 2016: results and observations

We are very grateful to the approximately 550 individuals who took the time to respond to our recent Reader Survey.

Thinking ahead: displacement, transition, solutions (Forced Migration Review 52)

FMR 52 - From the Editors

Our belief in the need for and the efficacy of humanitarian action is partly based on its actual effectiveness over the years in addressing the needs of, among others, forced migrants.

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