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We are Forced Migration Review, a world-renowned publication based at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

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"Every migrant lost on a dangerous journey is someone's child, parent or friend. Writing for FMR meant honoring those lives by reaching people who can prevent the next loss. Not just academics, but aid workers at borders & officials whose policies determine life & death."

-Houman Oliaei, FMR75
October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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We have now made our selection for our forthcoming issue, FMR76 'Climate Change: Choices for displaced people'.

We have a fantastic set of articles and are busy editing, ahead of an expected launch at the end of the month.

Sign up for our emails to be notified! www.fmreview.org/fmr-alerts/
October 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The latest issue of FMR explored Dangerous Journeys and asked:

-how can more lives be saved on land and at sea?
-where tragedies occur, how can more support and resolution be provided for those left behind?

Read a blog post that pulls out some of the findings:
www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/dangero...
Three boats afloat on the sea
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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There's still time to sign up for the online launch event for our latest issue, FMR75 'Dangerous Journeys: Saving lives and responding to missing #migrants and #refugees'

Tuesday 3rd June at 3pm UK time

Register for the webinar: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Join us for “#Financing #Displacement Response in a Changing World,” a dynamic discussion on the current state of forced displacement and the innovative solutions needed to tackle the challenges of international #aid.

May 15 at 4pm BST /8 am PT.

Register for the webinar: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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May 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Join us for our launch event for our latest issue 'Dangerous journeys: Saving lives & responding to missing #migrants & #refugees'!

Date: 3 June

Time: 15:00 Oxford / 10:00 New York / 16:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi / 20:00 Dhaka

To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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📢Calling potential authors! Our call for article proposals for our issue on #ClimateChange: choices for displaced people’ is now live!

Proposals due 8th May
Articles due 10th July
Publication in October 2025

See: www.fmreview.org/climate-change-cfa/

#Displacement #Refugees #IDPs
Photo caption: Tackling rising floodwaters in the village of Nhier, South Sudan. Credit: UNHCR Alt-text: A man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks towards the camera along a stone path cutting through floodwater. A woman in orange dress is a bit behind him and there are two children in a boat in the background. Some trees dot the flooded landscape, bright blue sky.
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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'My experience with the magazine can be described in 3 words: expertise, promptness & efficiency. Thanks to the exceptional performance of FMR team, I revealed to the general public unexpected aspects of financial assistance to forced migrants from #Ukraine.' - Taras Romashchenko, author, FMR 74
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March 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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FMR’s next issue on 'Dangerous Journeys’ is due out in May & then we’ll be working toward our October issue on a #ClimateChange -related theme.

To be notified when issues go online & when calls for article proposals are live, sign up for email alerts at: www.fmreview.org/fmr-alerts/

#Displacement
Image caption: Untitled, painting by Abdullah Rahmani, 2020. Reproduced with the permission of the artist. Alt-text: Painting of a group of migrants disembarking a raft in the ocean, in waist deep water close to shore. The sky is paiting with sunset colours and cloud, in the foreground is a very young man with a tyre intertube around his neck and one shoulder, walking towards us. Behind him is another man in an orange life best, and a group of people still in the raft.
March 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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'Writing for [FMR] has been an opportunity to contribute to the reflection & debate on one of the greatest challenges of the response to forced #displacement, which is financing & for one of the most complex & protracted #humanitarian crisis, the DR Congo.'

-Rémy Kalombo, author FMR 74

#Refugees
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March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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'As a displaced researcher & practitioner, writing for FMR reinforced my belief that lived experience must be complemented by research & thoughtful documentation. – Alya Al-Mahdi, author, FMR 74 - #Financing #displacement response
Photo of the author sitting at a laptop, looking over her shoulder and smiling at the camera. She has brown hair and a flowing beige blouse, and patterned skirt. Behind her desk and laptop is a window looking out onto the side of another building.
March 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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'Writing for FMR was a rewarding experience, where I had the chance to share insights on Brazil's response to the [Venezuelan] crisis. It was a valuable process, & I'm grateful for FMR's role in highlighting important issues that shape our world today." Cláudio Antônio Klaus Júnior, author, FMR 74
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March 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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An index developed to understand the experience of displaced women shows they have less access to inclusion, justice & security than host counterparts.

For policy implications & the importance of gathering gender-disaggregated data: buff.ly/4nWtt9E

#IWD2025
Caption: A Somali refugee client visits the microfinance office in Melkadida refugee camp in Ethiopia to withdraw money from her account. Credit: UNHCR / Ariadne Kypriadi Alt-text: A woman in a magenta dress and hijab in profile stands, taking some cash from the woman sitting across the desk from her. On the desk is a laptop, a landline telephone, some paperwork, & an appointment book. A bookshelf filled with black lever arch files is in the background.
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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To avoid restrictive institutional funding policies, Palestinian organisations are turning to online crowdfunding. However, this source of funds has limitations & places power in the hands of corporations & individual donors.

Read: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/onland-abusrour/
Caption on photo: A woman looks at the GoFundMe website. Credit: Amjad Khawaja Description of photo: We see the back of a woman in a white hijab and blue coat typing at a desktop computer. Lime green wall in the background.
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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العدد 74 من نشرة الهجرة القسرية "#تمويل #استجابة_النزوح" متاح الآن على الإنترنت!

العربية: www.fmreview.org/response-displacement-ar/financing/

#النزوح #التمويل
غلاف نشرة الهجرة القسرية العدد 74 باللغة العربية. "مراجعة الهجرة القسرية" في أعلى اليسار، "الإصدار 74" في أعلى اليمين، بالخط الأبيض. هناك صورة لأيدي رجل تعد النقود. ثم عنوان العدد “تمويل الاستجابة للنزوح” في الأسفل بالخط الأبيض. الخلفية زرقاء داكنة.
January 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Our Arabic, Spanish, and French editions of FMR 74 are now online!

Arabic: www.fmreview.org/ar/financing-displacement-response/

Spanish: www.fmreview.org/sp/financiacion-respuesta-desplazamiento/

French: www.fmreview.org/fr/financement-reponse-deplacement/

Thank you for bearing with us!
غلاف نشرة الهجرة القسرية العدد 74 باللغة العربية. "مراجعة الهجرة القسرية" في أعلى اليسار، "الإصدار 74" في أعلى اليمين، بالخط الأبيض. هناك صورة لأيدي رجل تعد النقود. ثم عنوان العدد “تمويل الاستجابة للنزوح” في الأسفل بالخط الأبيض. الخلفية زرقاء داكنة. Portada del número 74 de RMF en español. "Revisión de migración forzada" en la parte superior izquierda, "Número 74" en la parte superior derecha, en fuente blanca. Hay una foto de las manos de un hombre contando dinero en efectivo. Luego, el título del tema “Financiamiento de la respuesta al desplazamiento” en la parte inferior en letra blanca. El fondo es azul oscuro. Couverture du numéro 74 de FMR en espagnol. « Forced Migration Review » en haut à gauche, « Issue 74 » en haut à droite, en caractères blancs. Il y a une photo des mains d’un homme comptant de l’argent. Puis le titre du numéro « Financement de la réponse aux déplacements » en bas, en caractères blancs. Le fond est bleu foncé.
January 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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As the year comes to a close, we invite you to revisit FMR’s 2024 issues:

#Digital disruption & #displacement: www.fmreview.org/digital-disruption/

#Financing displacement response: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/

See you in 2025!

#Refugees #AsylumSeekers #IDPs #Funding
Photo of FMR 73 and FMR 74 print copies on a wood veneer surface, with plants in the background. FMR 73 cover depicts a woman in a colourful jihab, close up on her face in profile, having her eyes scanned by a white and blue scanner held by a hand we see from the right of the photo. FMR 74 cover depicts a pair of hands counting cash, the individual is wearing a winter jacket.
December 17, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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We’d like to thank Caitlin Sturridge, Alya Al-Mahdi, Mohammad Azizul Hoque, Martha Guerrero Ble, & Sara Arapiles for their contribution to our launch event for FMR 74 last week.

A recording of the event in all 4 languages, coming soon...

#Refugees #Displacement #ForcedMigration #Funding
Cover of FMR issue 74 in English. ‘Forced Migration Review’ in the top left, ‘Issue 74’ in the top right, in white font. There is a photo of a man’s hands counting cash. Then the title of the issue ‘Financing displacement response’ at the bottom in white font. The background is dark blue.
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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There will be an online launch event for the ‘Financing displacement response’ issue of Forced Migration Review on Thursday, 12 December from 1-2pm (scheduled speakers in the thread).

The event will be in English w/interpretation into Arabic, Spanish & French.

To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Cover of FMR issue 74 in English. ‘Forced Migration Review’ in the top left, ‘Issue 74’ in the top right, in white font. There is a photo of a man’s hands counting cash. Then the title of the issue ‘Financing displacement response’ at the bottom in white font. The background is dark blue.
December 9, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Join us for our launch event for our latest issue ‘Financing displacement response’!

Date: 12.12.24

Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.

To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing
Credit: © UNHCR/Colin Delfosse Caption: Cash distribution to displaced people after floods in N'djamena, Chad, 2023. Description: Two hands exchange cash, a light coloured tile floor and dark yellow curtain in the background.
December 2, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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FMR 74 now online in English on our new website!

Due to technical issues, the other language editions will be published tomorrow.

See: www.fmreview.org/financing-displacement-response/

#Refugees #Displacement #Funding
Cover of FMR issue 74. ‘Forced Migration Review’ in the top left, ‘Issue 74’ in the top right, in white font. There is a photo of a man’s hands counting cash. Then the title of the issue ‘Financing displacement response’ at the bottom in white font. The background is dark blue.
November 27, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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We are just putting the finishing touches to FMR 74: 'Financing displacement response' – coming soon!

#Refugees #Displacement #ForcedMigration #Funding #Financing
Credit: © UNHCR/Colin Delfosse Caption: Cash distribution to displaced people after floods in N'djamena, Chad, 2023. Description One set of hands passing cash across to a second pair of hands.
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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"Genuine awareness stems from amplifying narratives rooted in direct personal experience. As a #refugee and #stateless person, I found it a privilege to contribute to Forced #Migration Review. The article raised awareness and refined my articulation of issues” - Ali Johar
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October 14, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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📢 Calling potential authors! Our call for article proposals for our issue on ‘Dangerous Journeys: Saving lives & responding to missing #migrants & #refugees is now live!

Submit by 11th Nov. Publication May 2025.

For full information, see: www.fmreview.org/dangerous-journeys-cfp

#Displacement
Caption: Untitled, painting by Abdullah Rahmani, 2020. Reproduced with the permission of the artist. Description: A young man stands in the surf up to his knees in the centre of the photo, a tyre intertube around him. In the background is a rubber dinghy with a handful of people still in it, and one man in an orange life vest walking away from the raft.
October 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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Appel aux auteurs potentiels ! Notre appel à propositions d’articles pour notre numéro « Routes Dangereuses : Sauver des vies et répondre aux migrants et réfugiés disparus » est désormais en ligne, ici: www.fmreview.org/routes-dangereuses-propositions
Légende : Sans titre, peinture d'Abdullah Rahmani, 2020. Reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'artiste. Description : Un jeune homme se tient dans les vagues jusqu'aux genoux au centre de la photo, un pneu intertube autour de lui. À l’arrière-plan se trouve un canot pneumatique avec une poignée de personnes encore à l’intérieur, et un homme portant un gilet de sauvetage orange s’éloignant du radeau.
October 3, 2024 at 10:35 AM