Cash-based interventions have the potential to foster empowerment, autonomy & self-reliance, but unequal implementation & politics surrounding #biometric-enabled #CashAssistance threaten these aims. Roda Siad’s FMR 73 article: fmreview.org/digital-disrup… #Displacement #Refugees

📢 NEW blog from Clement Amponsah explores the reality of participatory spaces in the #GlobalSouth on #climate justice & resilience. Community inclusion is encouraged, but local voices are marginalised in the policymaking process. Read now: qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/decolonis… St Antony's College, University of Oxford

📣 Interested in applying to funded Master’s at Oxford & other universities? Join Graduate Horizons! 🎓📚 🌐 RLRH will support 80+ students affected by displacement - based anywhere in the world - as they apply for degrees. ‼️ Please share! Details here: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/rlrh-laun…

Graduate Horizons provides 1:1 support to prepare application materials & identify fully-funded scholarships at Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Sciences Po Paris & many others across the globe. 🌎🌍🌏 Are you elible to apply?: forms.gle/roRtmVFerwXAtm…

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Registration on the database of #refugees in Kenya has placed Kenyan nationals at risk of #statelessness. This article discusses how this came about & considers the importance of #DataSecurity, #privacy & subject rights. See fmreview.org/digital-disrup… by Sos Gitahi @amnestykenya

🗨"Has it led to a reduction in deaths over those years? Probably not... but is it an important source of data in those policy discussions about how to address irregular migration around the world? Yes it is." Have you listened to our latest episode on #GlobalData and #Migration

Our first PILnet-Refugee-Led Research Hub Legal Fellow, Lidya Tewelde Habtay, has just successfully completed her studies at Oxford! She received invaluable support from Refugee-Led Research Hub to get this amazing opportunity. Please share their Graduate Horizons programme with others who could benefit:

Academic and scholarship application support available for refugees applying for Master's degrees from the fantastic team at Refugee-Led Research Hub rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/rlrh-laun… Andonis Refugee Education UK

This article discusses the ejajot (informed consent) of many #Rohingya #refugees not being taken during the joint verification exercise, which led to the #biometric registration of almost a million Rohingya people. See: fmreview.org/digital-disrup… M Sanjeeb Hossain CPJ BRACU

The use of #technology in #immigration #detention & alternatives to immigration detention could lead to the erosion of #migrants and #refugees’ #HumanRights, or it could enable greater freedom and dignity. Read: fmreview.org/digital-disrup… International Detention Coalition (IDC) #TechEthics

Informed litigation is vital to uphold the rights of #migrants subject to automated decision-making. This article introduces the NewTech Litigation Database, a tool developed to contest the use of automated systems in #migration & #asylum processes. See: fmreview.org/digital-disrup…

🎉Congratulations to Corneliu Bjola. who has been awarded the new title of Professor of Digital Diplomacy! The post is the first Professorship in Digital Diplomacy at any university – reflecting the growing importance of this exciting field qeh.ox.ac.uk/news/corneliu-…

📢 Exciting news! We're now accepting submissions for Volume 12 of the Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration. We welcome academic articles, field reports, legal analysis, policy critiques & creative works on forced migration. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 September 🔗 shorturl.at/9b8VP

🎉🏆Warm congratulations to all the students who won prizes in our masters' courses this year! See who won what: qeh.ox.ac.uk/news/congratul…

#PredictiveAnalytics to forecast future #migration & #displacement are receiving increased attention. This is because they serve a number of political functions. Read Steffen Angenendt & Anne Koch’s FMR 73 article: fmreview.org/digital-disrup… #Technology

The Core Paradox of International Refugee Law - With Emily Arnold-Fernández of Forced Migration Review, Rez Gardi of R-SEAT: Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table, James Hathaway of Michigan Law School, John Thon Majok of The Wilson Center, & Leah Zamore of NYU Law. Register for #ILW2024 here: ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2024-regis…

A fantastic opportunity to get involved with Migration Oxford, shape one of the largest networks of international migration scholars and join our friendly team! See below for more details🔥 #MigrationJob #MigrationVacancy #MigrationOxford #Coconvenor #Migration #COMPAS