Why and how should we research the deportation of foreigners? Epistemological, methodological and ethical issues in deportation studies
04.09.2020 - Nassim Majidi Co-Director and Migration Pillar lead was invited to give a presentation at a workshop convened by the University of Wolverhampton. The workshop brought together practitioners and scholars to discuss the genealogy of deportation studies and the epistemological, methodological and ethical challenges of deportation research. Building on the Samuel Hall report: ‘Coming Back to Afghanistan: Deported Minors’ Needs at a time of COVID 19’; Nassim stressed the importance of integrating demographics in research on deportation outcomes and advocated for the increased use of longitudinal studies in order to better understand the effects of deportation among affected groups.
London, United Kingdom
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Techfugees: Kenya Re-Launch Webinar
24.06.2020 - Jared Owuor, Samuel Hall’s Regional Operations Officer, joined a panel discussion to celebrate the re-launch of Techfugees in Kenya. Samuel Hall is collaborating with Techfugees to boost their effort to gather data to measure the impact of coronavirus on refugee communities across the world. The objective for Techfugee’s global list of partners is to collectively build strong evidence-based advocacy that can inform policy-makers on best responses to protect displaced people. Watch the video here.
Nairobi, Kenya
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Protected: Children on the Move: Unsettling Narratives of Care, Childhood and the Migration ‘Crisis’
16.06.2020 - Nassim Majidi Co-Director and Migration Pillar lead will be attending a symposium on ‘Children Caring on the Move’ (CCoM) organised by a cross collaboration of the Open University, UCL, University of Bedfordshire, University of Liverpool, University of Northampton, and University of Oxford. CCoM is a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.The three part symposium will address the following questions: (a) How is care recognised, understood, constrained, fractured, and practiced in the context of a multiplicity of “migration crisis” narratives? (b) How do diverse global understandings of care and childhood come into contact, conflict with, and/or amplify each other and “migration crisis” narratives? (c) What are the diverse and diffuse effects of the intersections of care, childhood, and “migration crisis” narratives for children and young people living migrating in and through diverse global contexts?
London, United Kingdom
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Reintegration in Different Origin Countries: Challenges in Implementing Recommendations and Good Practices
09.06.2020 - Nassim Majidi Co-Director and Migration Pillar lead will be attending a workshop hosted by the OECD. The workshops brings together key stakeholders to discuss best practices and key findings from the OECD report; which assessed partnerships on sustainable reintegration initiatives among government agencies, CSO’s and key implementers within origin countries and EU initiatives. In addition, participants will deliberate on actionable recommendations for establishing partnerships with and within origin countries and actionable recommendations that can be tailor made to the institutional settings and national contexts of origin countries.
Paris, France
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Humanitarian Data Partnerships: Expert Discussions on Regulation, Ethics and Accountability
17.02.2020 - Hervé Nicolle, Samuel Hall’s Co-Director and Resilience Pillar lead, participated in the expert meeting which was co-convened by the Tilburg Law School and International Committee of the Red Cross, and shared his experience in the session on ethics. The event is part of the global data justice initiative and is thus exploring the phenomenon of ‘data partnership’ within the humanitarian sector in order to identify and address the regulatory, ethical and accountability concerns associated with this model of humanitarian aid. Expert meetings took place in the Netherlands, Geneva and Nairobi - with the Nairobi one focusing on how the sector can better govern the collected data within partnerships between humanitarian organisations and private entities.
Nairobi, Kenya
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ReDSS & ILO Refugee Research Seminar
19.11.2019 - Samuel Hall’s Resilience Pillar lead, Hervé Nicolle, presented in Addis Ababa to share findings from the ILO Jijiga Rapid Labour Market Assessment particularly focusing on the range of socio-economic considerations and employment pathways from the perspectives of both hosts and refugees, with focus on the cooperatives and TVET pathways to entrepreneurship. The session also covered how to best utilise research in programming and policy.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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GCR Academic Network Workshop, Convened by UNHCR in Geneva
13.11.2019 -Data Standards and Analytics Pillar Lead Stefanie Barratt attended the GCR Academic Network Workshop to discuss Samuel Hall’s work and other research relevant to the four objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees, namely: 1) easing pressures on host countries; 2) enhancing refugee self-reliance; 3) expanding access to third-country solutions; and 4) supporting conditions in countries of origin for return in safety and dignity. and its linkages to policy and practice. She took part in the dedicated MARKET PLACE session to exchange with other researchers and experts on research linked to the objectives of the GCR.
Geneva, Switzerland
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Regional policy dialogue: African Perspectives on Emergent Imperatives for the Population and Development Agenda
11.11.2019 - On 11th November 2019, Samuel Hall participated in a regional policy dialogue on African perspectives on emergent imperatives for the population and development agenda. The session explored the intersection of broad demographic trends - the rapidly expanding youth population, urbanisation, and the distinctive context of the Horn of Africa and West Africa – which include conflict and insecurity, political fragility, high levels of displacement and environmental change in addition to also looking into cross-border trade, free movement zones and economic development.
Nairobi, Kenya
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The Cities, Mobility and Membership Research Collaborative Launch
30-31.10.2019 - The Cities, Mobility and Membership Research Collaborative Launch brought together scholars, practitioners and policy-makers from around the globe with the objective of advancing empirical and normative research to understand and meet the challenges posed by human mobility to cities in the 21st Century. Samuel Hall's Resilience Pillar Lead, Hervé Nicolle, participated in this two-day conference to promote integrated approaches to conceptual and evidence-based research and policy analysis on the topic of cities and human mobility.
Florence, Italy
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Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI)
29-30.10.2019 - Samuel Hall participated at the " Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI)" to reflect on major RSRI achievements and milestones. Moreover, the workshop aimed to identify priority initiatives that would inform RSRI work moving forward, facilitate collaborative learning and knowledge exchange among partners, and improve RSRI coordination mechanisms to ensure greater inclusion and consultation among partners.
Amman, Jordan
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Humanitarian Transition in Kenya: Actors, dynamics, ethics
29-30.10.2019 - Samuel Hall's Migration and Displacement Pillar Lead participated at the two-day 6th edition international conference on "Humanitarian Transition in Kenya: Actors, dynamics, ethics." The overall goal of the conference was to stimulate debate and share knowledge to advance action in the service of the most vulnerable people. Over the course of the two days, around 70 personalities and experts of international aid and solidarity were brought together in six panel discussions to provide a space for dialogue about the reflections and practices of local, national and international actors, with a view to clarifying the realities and challenges of the humanitarian system in Kenya, the modalities of its humanitarian transition and the related ethical issues.
Nairobi, Kenya
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A European Dialogue on the return and reintegration of migrants
17-18.10.2019 - Samuel Hall’s Data Standards & Analytics Pillar Lead, Stefanie Barratt, participated in the European Dialogue on Return and Sustainable Reintegration of Migrants. A joint initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The European Dialogue took a closer look at the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and specifically on Objective 21 which refers to ‘cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration’. Building on our experience in devising appropriate metrics, Samuel Hall staff specifically addressed the topic of measuring reintegration.
Berlin, Germany
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ALNAP 32nd Annual Meeting: Relevant for Whom? Responding to diverse perspectives and priorities in humanitarian action
15-16.10.2019 - Samuel Hall’s Data Standards & Analytics Pillar Lead, Stefanie Barratt, participated in the ALNAP 32nd Annual Meeting: "Relevant for Whom? Responding to diverse perspectives and priorities in humanitarian action" hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. In a breakout session on “Relevance and M&E”, we discussed how the nebulous notion of relevance might be measured so that organisations can ensure that people in crisis get the support that is most relevant to them.
Berlin, Germany
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GCRF: South-South Migration, Inequality, and Development Hub - Ethiopia-South Africa, Egypt-Jordan, and Burkina Faso-Cote d’Ivoire
24.09.2019 - GCRF planned to launch the South-South Migration Hub on inequality, development, and migration along the following migration corridors: Ethiopia-South Africa, Egypt-Jordan, and Burkina Faso-Cote d’Ivoire. Samuel Hall is a constituent of this consortium. The mission of this hub is to ensure that South-South migration reduces inequality and contributes to development
Nairobi, Kenya
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Understanding durable solutions, return and reintegration: From theory to practice
30.08.2019 - Samuel Hall participated in a discussion on the return and reintegration of returnees in fragile contexts and the policy discourses around the topic. The goal of the discussion was to provide a set of standards to be aimed for when engaging on return and (re)integration to inform policy and practice. This began with an overview of the durable solutions framework and a detailed discussion of reintegration frameworks from academia and practice using evidence from three countries (Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria).
Nairobi, Kenya
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Data Analysis Workshop for the Afghanistan Energy Study
25-26.07.2019 - Samuel Hall (SH) teams recently wrapped up a year-long panel data collection exercise during which SH tracked over 3,000 households and 250 businesses / community institutions to investigate their energy usage throughout the year. This workshop will bring together World Bank and SH staff to discuss the findings of this exercise (both data-related and methodological), prepare the drafting of the final results report, and talk about the dissemination of outputs as well as potential follow-up research.
Berlin, Germany
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Principles of Migration Research Partnerships Conference
01.07.2019 - Organised by the Migration Leadership Team at ACMS/WITS University.
Johannesburg, South Africa
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GCRF Workshop on Migration and Displacement
21-22.03.2019 - This workshop, organised through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), focused on understanding concepts of and paths to vulnerability in the context of migration and inequality.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Aarhus Conference
02-01.03.2019 - Aarhus University hosted a 2-day conference entilted “Exploring Dimensions of Afghan Migration to Europe: Experiences, Discourse and Politics.” Migration & Displacement Pillar Lead Nassim Majidi was invited to make contributions that explored diverse aspects of the lives of Afghan migrants in Europe, including persons who arrived recently and others who established themselves in their country of settlement. The presentation was entilted 'Changing Demographics of Deportation To Afghanistan: Children, Women and Families.'
Aarhus, Denmark
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Changing Places: Migration and Displacement in the Horn of Africa - REF Regional Forum
21-22.01.2019 - Samuel Hall participated in the forum entitled 'Changing Places:Migration and Displacement in the Horn of Africa’ convened by the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) of the EU Trust Fund for Africa in the Horn of Africa to reflect, share ideas, and explore new pathways towards improving policy and practice relating to migration. Migration & Displacement Pillar Lead Nassim Majidi was invited to be a speaker on the panel and gave a presentation entitled 'Obstacles to the protection of migrants: A comparative study on safe and free movement in East Africa.'
Nairobi, Kenya
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