August Press Review
International Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service and UNHCR establish a new site to host Sudanese refugees fleeing unrest UNHCR, 28 August 2024 In this article, the UNHCR documents the establishment of a new site to host people that have fled the devastating war in Sudan in the Amhara region following the closure...
Missing Migrants and IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) webinar
Did you know migrants are facing many challenges including locating their loved ones who have gone missing? There are many migrants traveling with little to no documentation. Without documentation it is hard to find these individuals and locate loved ones if they go missing. Migrants are dying in the sea, in deserts (especially in the Sahara in the African Context (1)) and at various unofficial border posts because of the increase in monitoring and border policing...
Detention and Migration
One of the fundamentals of ensuring dignity and protection of human rights of people on the move is ensuring they are not subject to arbitrary or unlawful arrest, detention, and deportation. Migration and freedom of movement are fundamental tenants of what makes us human. Detention of people on the move, particularly for the purpose of deportation or regularising sojourn, should only be as a last resort and alternatives to detention should be prioritised....
