Virtual Academic Conference

On 19 January 2021, eight regional sessions took place in the East and Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, Europe and Latin America

East and Horn of Africa Sessions: 

The Role of Connected Learning in Advancing Protection Efforts

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Can the Global Compact ease East Africa’s refugee burden?

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Southern Africa Sessions:

Strategies on Refugee Protection in Southern Africa

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Local Integration of Refugees: the Southern African experience

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Europe Sessions:

Developing protection from the outset.

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Unpacking EU Asylum Policy in light of The UN Global Compact on Refugees: The Impacts of Containment on Trust and Refugee Protection.

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Latin America Sessions: Contributions from the Cartagena Regime: International Protection, Durable Solutions and Challenges.

Part 1 – International Protection

Part 2 – Durable Solutions and New Challenges

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On 21 January 2021, eight regional sessions took place in Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, West and Central Africa and North America.

Asia Pacific Sessions:

The Rohingya refugee crisis: Reflections from the region

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 Re-examining displacement in the context of disasters and climate change

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Middle East and North Africa Sessions:

Legal and Policy Frameworks in Refugee Hosting Countries: Perspectives from the MENA region

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International Cooperation in the face of the Syrian Refugee Crisis

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West and Central Africa Sessions: 

West and Central Africa

Refugee Protection in West and Central Africa: Legal and Policy Frameworks, Solutions, and Challenges

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Partnerships for Managing Protracted Displacement in West Africa

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North America Regional Sessions:

Realizing protection and solutions within North America

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North America within the global refugee regime

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