The international refugee system, constructed in the aftermath of World War II, has enabled millions of refugees in every region to find safety in other countries. President Trump’s expected action...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an...
By: Angela Sherwood, Megan Bradley, Lorenza Rossi, Rufa Guiam and Bradley Mellicker In November 2013, the strongest storm ever recorded at landfall devastated the central Philippines. Super Typhoon...
The relationship between displacement and security would appear to be obvious: refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are often displaced because of a lack of security, and cannot find...
This study considers the different elements of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Disaster Management Centre (DMC)’s efforts over the last decade and assesses their impact in...
By: Elizabeth Ferris, Suleiman Mamutov, Kateryna Moroz and Olena Vynogradova Internal displacement is a new phenomenon in Ukraine. Until March 2014, the country’s experience with forced migration had...
Editor’s Note: This paper examines the role of regional organizations in supporting disaster risk management across South Asia. As this paper went to press, a 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, the most...
By Elizabeth Ferris and Melanie Teff While Iraq is much in the news these days, there are important gaps in coverage by the mainstream press. Media explanations of the current crisis tend to...
By Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Today on Earth Day, it’s important to consider the numerous ways of approaching the...
By Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy The international humanitarian system is presently over-stretched with multiple...