Typically, refugee camps or settlements, whether in Greece, Jordan or Libya, are seen as lawless environments. They are characterized by a lack of structure, rules and norms.
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2020
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At the start of Refugee Week, a timely study reminds us of the experiences and 'cultural acclimatisation' of recent arrivals.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2020
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Abu Bakr's family had packed up their improvised tents in Sindh, south-east Pakistan, by mid-October 2019. Three months earlier, they had lost their houses and fields due to uncharacteristically heavy monsoon rains. Now they ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2020
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Research by assistant professor of history Abigail Cooper into the refugee camps set up for African Americans during the Civil War has revealed stories of courage and bravery and a new understanding of how blacks built a ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2020
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Tanzania says it has reached an agreement with Burundi to begin sending back all Burundian refugees from October. The repatriation effort will take place in collaboration with the United Nations. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation ...
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2019
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How can you send documents, watch educational videos or work collaboratively in regions where there is no internet coverage or electricity? These were the challenging questions taken up by researchers at the University of ...
Hardware
Jun 12, 2019
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Local villagers helped Shamsark off the boat, all but carrying her and her three small children as they stumbled up the slippery bank to safety. She took one look back across the river, through the grey mist to the orange ...
Social Sciences
Jun 04, 2019
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With every touch of a screen, new technologies including smartphones and social media have made the world smaller. Rana Abudayyeh, Robin Klehr Avia Professor of Interior Design in UT's College of Architecture and Design, ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2019
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Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated along India's eastern coast on Thursday as authorities braced for a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal that was forecast to bring extremely severe wind and rain.
Environment
May 02, 2019
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"I've already earmarked a customer for this drum—I need to get a move on!"
Environment
Apr 09, 2019
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