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Displacement, dignity, and (global) development 
Convenor:
Palash Kamruzzaman (University of South Wales)
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Formats:
Papers Mixed
Stream:
Mobilities: bringing and leaving
Sessions:
Friday 19 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

The rising number of displaced people across the world represents one of the major global challenges for political leadership and international development. The panel seeks to explore evidence-based policy suggestions for dignified resolutions for displaced people and communities.

Long Abstract:

Put simply, the recent statistics on global displacement are shocking. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 2019 report, nearly 70.8 million people were displaced at the end of 2018. The number of globally displaced people has been doubled in the last 20 years from its previous peak at 3.7 per 1000 people in 1992 to 9.3 per 1000 people in 2018 resulting in an alarming trend of around 37000 people are becoming newly displaced every day. Displaced people (as refugees; asylum seekers and internally displaced persons (IDPs)) are fleeing war, persecution, violent conflicts, and human rights violations and thereby represent one of the major global political and development challenges of the current time.

While it is overwhelmingly the developing countries that are most affected, displacement often takes away the dignity of the displaced people who are already likely to have experienced torture, trauma, and worst forms of violence and crime. There is a paucity of literature suggesting whether humanitarian interventions uphold/further or detract the dignity of vulnerable displaced communities (ODI, 2019).

In this context, this panel aims to explore what roles state/political leadership, market, and civil society can play in finding dignified resolutions for displaced people and communities? What roles are there for the development researchers, academics, and policymakers - because 'no one becomes a refugee by choice; but the rest of us can have a choice about how we help' (UNHCR, 2019).

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Friday 19 June, 2020, -