India had the legal ability to classify migrant workers as internally displaced and offer them protection, but instead they were marooned and left to the mercy of fate.
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The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What’s needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities.
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.
The conflict has put a temporary lid on plans that have been in the making for more than a decade since rich liquefied natural gas reserves were discovered in the Rovuma Basin.
What are the drivers behind violent attacks against minorities in Turkey?
Official policies at the international level and within host countries do not adequately address the challenges posed by forced displacement across the world
As both citizens and internal migrants, millions of Indians have been left to fend for themselves.
A faltering peace agreement between the US and the Taliban and stalled intra-Afghan negotiations mean sustainable development has been ignored.
The survival resource of the world’s most vulnerable people – their social networks – may become compromised
More than two out of three displaced people are not refugees, but remain within their own country.
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Assistant Professor, Leiden University
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Professor of Law, University of Sussex
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Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Daniel Maxwell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Henry J. Leir Professor in Food Security, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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Research Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University
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Senior Researcher for Resilience at Mercy Corps and a Visiting Fellow, Tufts University
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Doctoral student at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Wales
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