Essays about: "forced displacement"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 59 essays containing the words forced displacement.

1. 16. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
   Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

   Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

3. 17. The role of economic actors in the Colombian armed conflict

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2022]
   Keywords : History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis assesses the role of two economic actors in the Colombian armed conflict: a multinational company in the agricultural sector and artisanal and small-scale miners in the extractive sector during one of the worst episodes of violence in the Urabá region of Colombia (1990 – 2003). The document combines an analysis of particular business characteristics and a description of the historical legacies that shaped the economic patterns of the areas where the businesses operated. READ MORE

4. 18. Integration inequality among compact IDP settlements of Georgia: Settlement design and its impact on sustainable income generation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Nishnianidzze Omari; [2021]
   Keywords : Internal Displacement; Settlement Design; Compact IDP settlements; Reintegration; Employment; IDPs in Georgia;

   Abstract : Georgia, the Post-Soviet, transition country with struggling economy and territorial disputes has been dealing with forced migration since 1990s. In 2008, the country experienced another internal displacement wave and about 30,000 people were forced to flee from their homes. READ MORE

5. 19. Refugeehood in Uganda’s rapidly urbanizing cities: An investigation of the South Sudanese refugees’ use of assets and community self-reliance to overcome humanitarian protection challenges in Arua city, Northern Uganda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Vittorio Capici; [2021]
   Keywords : Urban forced displacement; secondary cities; Northern Uganda; self-settled refugees; collective livelihoods; community assets; refugee-led organisations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In contrast with most studies analyzing urban forced displacement in Uganda, this study moves beyond the capital Kampala to explore urban refugeehood issues in one of the country’s secondary cities. The case study investigates how a community of self-settled South Sudanese refugees living in the northern Ugandan city of Arua copes with the challenges of self-settlement, self-reliance and recognition. READ MORE

6. 20. What is the value of home? : A quantitative study on the effects of natural resource extraction on conflict-induced displacement

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Theodor Stensö; [2021]
   Keywords : natural resources; conflict-induced displacement; forced displacement;

   Abstract : Conflict-induced displacement, a relatively novel term, is well researched but not well  understood. There is a significant amount of findings on this subject, but many have been disproven at a later stage, leaving behind a research field largely lacking in substantial findings. READ MORE