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IOM - Community Mapping and Socio-Economic Profiling of Communities of Return in West Africa

IOM - Community Mapping and Socio-Economic Profiling of Communities of Return in West Africa

August 2019

Samuel Hall was commissioned by IOM under the EUTF-funded joint initiative to conduct a regional assessment of communities of return in 11 West African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Senegal). The Joint Initiative seeks to strengthen the reintegration of returning migrants. Along with a socio-economic assessment of each community, Samuel Hall mapped key stakeholders, their capacities and existing services to support IOM regional offices in developing effective reintegration activities.

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ReDSS - Somalia Solutions Analysis Update

ReDSS - Somalia Solutions Analysis Update

May 2019

Led by the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS) in partnership with the EU RE-INTEG, Durable Solutions Programme and Danwadaag Solutions Consortia, with financial support from ECHO, Danida and DFID, research was conducted by Samuel Hall and the Somali Disaster Resilience Institute (SDRI). The report presents a progress review and update on durable solutions programming in displacement-affected communities in three urban centres in Somalia: Mogadishu, Baidoa and Kismayo.

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EUTF/Samuel Hall - Mid-Term Review of the EUTF Regional Development and Protection Programme in Kenya: Support to the Development of Kalobeyei

EUTF/Samuel Hall - Mid-Term Review of the EUTF Regional Development and Protection Programme in Kenya: Support to the Development of Kalobeyei

November 2018

In 2018, Samuel Hall in collaboration with the EU reviewed the Kalobeyei Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan (KISEDP) project to assess whether objectives had been achieved, and where obstacles and opportunities exist to inform future iterations of the project.

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Migration & Displacement, Data Standards & Analytics, East & Southern AfricaMaryam MeddinNovember 28, 2018development, education, children, health services, durable solutions, European Union, EU, EUTF, Kenya

UNESCO - Inclusion of Afghan Refugees in the National Education Systems of Iran and Pakistan

UNESCO - Inclusion of Afghan Refugees in the National Education Systems of Iran and Pakistan

November 2018

This paper was commissioned by the Global Education Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2019 GEM Report, Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls, accessible here.

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Resilience, Migration & Displacement, South & Central AsiaMaryam MeddinNovember 5, 2018education, refugees, inclusion, UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, migration, displacement, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan

Save the Children - From Europe to Afghanistan: Experiences of child returnees

Save the Children - From Europe to Afghanistan: Experiences of child returnees

October 2018

This report assesses the impact on children of being returned from Europe to Afghanistan. Through interviews with individual children, their parents or guardians, and with governmental and non-governmental actors, it builds a picture of children’s material, physical, legal and psychosocial safety during the returns process.

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Migration & Displacement, Children & Youth, South & Central AsiaMaryam MeddinOctober 28, 2018children, returnees, violence, vulnerability, reintegration, Europe, Afghanistan, Save the Children, Return

Open Society Foundations - Free and Safe Movement in East Africa

Open Society Foundations - Free and Safe Movement in East Africa

October 2018

A multi-region study analysing migration policy and practices in Central, East and Southern Africa. This report reviews findings at the East African sub-regional level at a time of growing attention to fostering mobility and mobility’s gain for protection and development.

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Migration & Displacement, East & Southern AfricaMaryam MeddinOctober 28, 2018Open Society Foundations, migration, displacement, integration, movement, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, EAC, Rwanda, African Centre for Migration & Society, University of Witwatersrand

Save the Children - Durable Solutions For Returnee Children: What Do We Know?

Save the Children - Durable Solutions For Returnee Children: What Do We Know?

September 2018

This report addresses a gap in knowledge about the often-difficult conditions of children’s return to the areas of (their parents’) origin. It gives an overview of what is known (and what is not) about the return of displaced children to Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Syria, four of the most important contexts of return today.

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Migration & Displacement, Data Standards & Analytics, Children & Youth, East & Southern Africa, Middle East &North Africa, South & Central AsiaMaryam MeddinSeptember 28, 2018durable solutions, children, returnees, child-sensitive, Iraq, Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan, child returnees, Save the Children

ReDSS - Local Integration Focus: Refugees in Ethiopia

ReDSS - Local Integration Focus: Refugees in Ethiopia

February 2018

This report provides recommendations on how to improve local integration and self-reliance programming, assessing the level of local integration in Gambela (Gambela city and Pugnido Camp) and Somali regions (Jigjiga and Kebribeyah Camp) for refugees who have lived in Ethiopia for 20 years.

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Migration & Displacement, East & Southern AfricaMaryam MeddinAugust 28, 2018integration, migration, Ethiopia, voluntary repatriation, resettlement, repatriation, ReDSS, Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat, Jijiga, Kebribeyah, reintegration, durable solutions

IOM - Migrant Smuggling to Canada

IOM - Migrant Smuggling to Canada

May 2018

This study focuses on assessing migrant vulnerabilities, protection needs and exposure to exploitation
before migration, during their transit and upon arrival through a qualitative research based on migrants’
experiences of irregular migration to Canada, with a focus on Afghan and Syrian migrants.

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Migration & Displacement, Middle East &North Africa, South & Central AsiaMaryam MeddinMay 28, 2018IOM, International Organisation for Migration, protection, exploitation, trafficking, smuggling, Afghanistan, Syria, migration, vulnerability, Canada, immigrants

DEMAC - Creating Opportunities to Work With Diasporas in Humanitarian Settings

DEMAC - Creating Opportunities to Work With Diasporas in Humanitarian Settings

May 2018

This report sets out to understand how Diaspora organisations (DOs) contribute to strengthening humanitarian response in crisis settings. We explore opportunities to work with DOs in humanitarian action through six case studies of DOs operating in Somalia and Syria.

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Migration & Displacement, Middle East &North Africa, West & Central Africa, East & Southern AfricaMaryam MeddinMay 28, 2018Diaspora Emergency Action & Coordination, DEMAC, humanitarian response, Syria, Nigeria, Somalia, diaspora organisations

Syria's Spontaneous Returns

Syria's Spontaneous Returns

July 2018

This study seeks to provide an analysis of the current returns to Syria. The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has displaced millions of people inside and outside the country sparking an international humanitarian crisis. There is no clear picture of the number or conditions in places of return. This research contributes to filling this gap.

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Migration & Displacement, Middle East &North AfricaMaryam MeddinFebruary 5, 2018international humanitarian crisis, Syria, asylum, displacement, immigration, Return, returnees, durable solutions

NRC - The Challenges Displaced Afghans Face in Securing Durable Solutions

NRC - The Challenges Displaced Afghans Face in Securing Durable Solutions

January 2018

This policy brief explores the situation faced by returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan, calling for a collective approach across the humanitarian-developmentpeace nexus.

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Migration & Displacement, South & Central AsiaMaryam MeddinJanuary 28, 2018migration, displacement, durable solutions, Afghanistan, IDPs, protection, Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, displaced communities, displaced persons

NRC - A Research Study on the Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan

NRC - A Research Study on the Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan

January 2018

This analysis focuses on assessing the causes of prolonged and multiple displacement and seeks to present the key protection challenges still confronting displacement-affected Afghans today. Combining the voices of IDPs with analysis of primary data collected from IDPs and secondarily displaced returning refugees across Afghanistan.

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Migration & Displacement, South & Central AsiaMaryam MeddinJanuary 5, 2018IDPs, Afghanistan, Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, displacement, conflict, protection, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, displaced persons, humanitarian services

IOM/DFID - Setting Standards for an Integrated Approach to Reintegration

IOM/DFID - Setting Standards for an Integrated Approach to Reintegration

January 2018

This report, prepared and conducted by Samuel Hall under the IOM DFID-funded MEASURE Project, outlines recommendations to support sustainable reintegration of migrants who return to their home countries in the framework of AVRR programmes.

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Migration & Displacement, Resilience, GlobalMaryam MeddinJanuary 1, 2018returnees, IOM, DFID, MEASURE, migration, displacement, Kenya, reintegration

NRC - Going "Home" to Displacement

NRC - Going "Home" to Displacement

December 2017

The data presented in this case study is drawn from 2017 research on IDPs’ protection needs carried out by Samuel Hall for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). A large quantitative survey was conducted in Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunduz and Nangarhar provinces, where data was collected in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Of 2,580 respondents, 1,161 were returnee-IDPs and 1,420 other IDPs. The sample data is neither representative nor random, but combined with focus group discussions with displaced people and other community members, the research captures their narratives, protection needs and experiences.

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Migration & Displacement, South & Central AsiaSamuel HallDecember 28, 2017NRC, Norwegian Refugee Council, Afghanistan, displacement, returnees, Reintegration, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunduz, Nangarhar, IDPs, protection, displaced persons

UNHCR - The Multi-Dimensional Integration Index: Pilot Results

UNHCR - The Multi-Dimensional Integration Index: Pilot Results

June 2017

The Multi-Dimensional Integration Index (MDI) focuses exclusively on displacement-related vulnerabilities. Based on UNHCR’s definition of reintegration, it assumes that the displaced are integrated when they are indistinguishable from the local non-displaced population.This report presents MDI pilot findings.

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Migration & Displacement, South & Central AsiaSamuel HallJune 9, 2017research tools, integration, reintegration, UNHCR, displaced persons, Afghanistan

ODI - Journeys on Hold

ODI - Journeys on Hold

March 2017

Samuel Hall supported ODI in the development of this working paper that sets out to better understand whether, by providing alternative options, it is possible for policy-makers to prevent or reduce irregular migration from countries- and regions-of-origin. It looks at two measures in particular: in-country livelihood support, such as vocational trainings and loans, and refugee resettlement programming. Findings draw on qualitative interviews with Eritreans in both the northern province of Tigray as well as the country’s capital, Addis Ababa.

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Migration & Displacement, East & Southern AfricaSamuel HallMarch 16, 2017refugee settlement, livelihoods, Eritrea, Ethiopia, refugees, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian development, Tigray, Addis Ababa, ODI, irregular migration, vocational training, loans, refugee resettlement

DRC/UDI - Returns to Somalia: Setting Protection and Livelihood Standards

DRC/UDI - Returns to Somalia: Setting Protection and Livelihood Standards

September 2016

Returns to (post-)conflict and fragile settings, from Afghanistan to Somalia, are increasing. The literature is clear on the return challenges to such contexts, and the diverse array of expectations of (re-)integration that differ depending on age, gender, timing and duration of exile, and conditions in exile. What this report measures is therefore not the impact of a program, as the overall context includes this complex backdrop of hopes and dreams, caught by reality and ultimately, by unplanned outcomes.

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Migration & Displacement, East & Southern AfricaSamuel HallSeptember 16, 2016returnees, Somalia, voluntary return, Return, post-conflict, fragile settings, Afghanistan, reintegration, AVRR, livelihoods, protection standards

NRC - Thinking Forward About Livelihoods for Refugees in Ethiopia

NRC - Thinking Forward About Livelihoods for Refugees in Ethiopia

August 2016

This study was commissioned by NRC Ethiopia to document lessons learned as well as to provide a strategic framework to inform NRC’s positioning on integrated programming. It examines the role of NRC in the provision of refugee livelihoods and education.

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Migration & Displacement, East & Southern AfricaSamuel HallAugust 16, 2016education, livelihoods, resilience, migration, Ethiopia, refugees, NRC, Norwegian Refugee Council, refugee livelihoods

ReDSS - Durable Solutions Review in East Africa

ReDSS - Durable Solutions Review in East Africa

July 2016

By reviewing existing initiatives, frameworks and commitments in the search of durable solutions in the region, this study conducted by Samuel Hall looks at good practices, challenges and opportunities. The objective is to have a better understanding of the current landscape to improve coordination and to inform a learning and capacity development agenda across stakeholders.

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Migration & Displacement, East & Southern AfricaSamuel HallJuly 16, 2016durable solutions, Horn of Africa, East Africa, capacity development