Migration and Displacement in Iraq Conference, April 19-21, 2017
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the University of Kurdistan Hewler (UKH), and Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), were pleased to have organized the “Migration and Displacement in Iraq” conference, which took place from April 19-21 in Erbil, Iraq.
The conference focused on various aspects of forced migration, such as durable solutions and the end of displacement, early recovery and stabilization, livelihood, social cohesion and transitional justice, conflict resolution and violence reduction, house land and property. Please click here to download the conference programme.
This co-hosted event was financed by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration of the US State Department.
Objectives of the Conference:
• To share research findings on IDPs and returnees with relevant stakeholders
• To meet and network with relevant stakeholders in the field and inform local institutions of the research work done by humanitarian and development actors
• To offer government counterparts information that can be used it to produce an evidence-based road map for the alleviation and progressive resolution of internal displacement in the country.
Click below links to watch videos of the sessions and the pdf format of researche presentationsgiven at each session:
Session 1: Internal Displacement and Durable Solutions - video not available
- Access to Durable Solutions Among IDPs in Iraq (Dr. Rochelle Davis - Georgetown University, Lorenza Rossi - IOM)
- Integrated Location Assessment (ILA) (Laura Nistri - IOM/DTM)
- Displacement as Challenge and Opportunity Urban Profiling Exercising in KRI 2016 (Shadman Mahmoud - UNHCR)
- Political and Social Opinions of the IDPs in Iraq (Dr. Iessam Asaad Muhsin - Nahrain University, Bagdad)
- Geographical Analysis of the Phenomenon of Displacement in Iraq and its Economic and Social Impact (Dr. Murad Ismael Ahmed - University of Kirkuk)
Session 2: Returning IDPs and Obstacles to Return
- Obstacles to Return in Retaken Areas (Olga Aymerich - IOM Researcher, Sinan Zeyneloglu - IOM Iraq Consultant)
- Recording Rights, Negotiating Returns: Innovations in Housing, Land, & Property Rights Restitution (Dr. Jon Unruh - McGill University)
- Challenges and Prospects for the Return of Displaced People in Iraq (Readh Mahdi Abdulkadhim - Ejaab Organization for Youth Development)
Session 3: International Migration
- Turning Back: Policy and Data Analysis of Iraqis Moving Back from Europe (Alex Odlum - Mixed Migration Platform & ACAPS)
- Migration Flows from Iraq to Europe (Benedetta Cordaro - DTM Research Officer / IOM)
- Rethinking Borders: Dynamics of Syrian Displacement in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq (Dr. Filippo Dionigi - London School of Economics and Political Science)
Special Session: Insider Stories
- Jurf Al‐Sakhar after Liberation in 2014 & the Reasons for the Non‐Return of its IDPs (Ahmed B. Bukli - IOM Iraq)
- Social Cohesion Between IDPs and the Host Community in Karbala (Asseel Hussian Talib - Karbala Provincial Council)
Session 4: Identities and Protection
- Endangered Minority Group Languages Amongst the IDPs of Northern Iraq (Ms. Deborah Morgan-Jones - University of Kurdistan Hewler)
- Living Conditions of Internally Displaced Persons in Five Locations in Iraq (Ali Nassir Muthanna - AMAR International Charitable Foundation)
- Social Cohesion and Displacement in Iraq: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Narratives (Dr. Rochelle Davis - Georgetown University)
- Identities in Motion: Understanding Localized Fragility & Identity Dynamics in Displacement and Return (Nadia Siddiqui - Researcher from Social Inquiry)
- Islamic NGOs in Social Provision in Iraq: Enhancing Social Cohesion or Sectarian Division? (Dr. Janan Aljabiri - International Federation of Iraqi Refugees.)
- Returnees and Stayees in Recently Liberated Areas: Social Cohesion in Retaken Areas (Anne Hadood - IOM, Dr.Sinan Zeyneloglu - UNDP)
- The Impact of IDPs and Syrian Refugees on the Social Cohesion of Kurdistan Region Iraq (Hemin H. Mirkhan - University of Kurdistan Hawler)
- Economic Impacts of Displacement in Iraq: Causes and Solutions (Dr. Heaitham Abdullah Suleiman - Basrah University)
- Stages of Providing Aid to Displaced Population (Ammar Daaer Fatih - Ministry of Migration and Displacement)
- Local Governance and Iraq’s Internal Displacement Crisis (Dr. Asya El-Meehy - UNESCWA)
- Geo-political Analysis of Forced Migration in Iraq: Dimensions and Solutions (Dr. Talaat Mohammed Taher Albotany - University of Rapren, Sulaymaniyah)
Session 7: Transitional Justice and De-Mobilisation
- Retribution and Restoration in Societal Recovery After Islamic State (Dave van Zoonen - The Middle East Research Institute)
- Non-violent Conflict Resolution (Ahmed Jassim - Mercy Corps)
- Women in Peace and Security in Diyala (Jacqueline Parry & Olga Aymerich - IOM Iraq)
- The Challenge of Displacement and the Internal Migration and Its Impact on Federalisation in Iraq (Dr. Farah Shakir - Academic)
Session 8: Closing panel: Displacement in Iraq
- Internal Displacement Crisis in Iraq After the Occupation in June 2014: Causes and Durable Solutions (Prof. Fahad Khazar - Basrah University)
- Awareness Raising for Returning IDPs to ISIL Retaken Areas (Dr. Jon Unruh - McGill University)
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