Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: IRAQ Country Report
Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: IRAQ Country Report

William Kh. Warda, Hamed Shihab Almaffraji | Hammurabi Human Rights Organization

This report focuses on a less-researched topic, namely the integration of refugees and displaced populations in Iraq in the period 2011-2017. It elaborates on the extent to which policies, programs and practices at various local, regional and national levels are consistent with the country's general policy and integration plans and are compatible with the norms of international law concerning integration and human rights standards. The report also highlights the factors and reasons that impede the social integration of refugees and displaced populations into Iraqi society, and reflects the prevailing understanding of “integration” among decision-makers, local and regional stakeholders, and refugees.

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Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020Hammurabi Human Rights Organization, IraqComment
Border Experiences and Practices of Refugees - Comparative Report
Border Experiences and Practices of Refugees - Comparative Report

Sabine Hess - Göttingen University | Vasileios Petrogiannis - Uppsala University

This report analyzes how refugees are impacted by border-management policies and migration controls, and how they experience these policies and respond to them. It is based on 507 interviews with refugee migrants who made their way to Lebanon, Turkey, as well as a number of European countries between 2013 and 2018, being conducted by the eleven national Respond Teams. The empirical data not only allows us to reconstruct the effects of the existing border regimes on the lives of those who are their main object and target; we also outline how this analytical perspective on the practices and experiences of refugee migrants also enriches our understanding of what a “border” is today, and how it has been practiced by the respective nation-states in recent years.

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Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020Göttingen University, Germany, Uppsala University, SwedenComment