Examining the militarised hierarchy of Sierra Leone's Ebola response and implications for decision making during public health emergencies

ST Boland, D Balabanova, S Mayhew - Globalization and Health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background In September, 2014, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for
militarised assistance in response to the rapidly escalating West Africa Ebola Epidemic …

From recipients of aid to shapers of policies: Conceptualizing government–United Nations relations during the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon

C Geha, J Talhouk - Journal of Refugee Studies, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This article explores the influence of national politics on shaping responses to refugee crises
in the Middle East. The article focuses on the case of Lebanon, typically described as a …

The politics of vulnerability in refugee admissions under the EU-turkey statement

N Welfens, Y Bekyol - Frontiers in political science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Resettlement and humanitarian admission programs claim to target 'particularly vulnerable',
or 'the most vulnerable'refugees. If the limited spots of such programs are indeed foreseen …

A location optimization approach to refugee resettlement decision-making

B Cilali, K Barker, AD González - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Whether due to customary or emerging causes, the growing refugee population precipitates
a variety of issues globally. Resettlement of refugees is a multi-disciplinary issue that should …

Securitising public health emergencies: a qualitative examination of the origins of military intervention in Sierra Leone's Ebola Epidemic

ST Boland, S Mayhew… - BMJ Public Health, 2023 - bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
Introduction The 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Epidemic remains the largest recorded
Ebola outbreak. In response to the escalating number of cases in Sierra Leone in the …

Migration studies and disability studies: Colonial engagements past, present and future

N Burns - Intersectional Colonialities, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Taking the work of migration studies scholars exploring the relationship between colonialism
and migration as the focus, the chapter introduces conceptual engagements with key …

Refugees, gender and disability: Examining intersections through refugee journeys

L Fiske, C Giotis - The Palgrave handbook of gender and migration, 2021 - Springer
Abstract 'Disability'is inherently intersectional. A displaced person will always have a socially
constructed gender, the implications of which will be different in each geographic and …

Vulnerability-Making at Europe's Edge: How Policies, Documents, and Spatiality Intra-Act in the Context of Young Refugees

L McAdam-Otto - Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
When young refugees who arrive in the European Union (EU) are categorized as
“unaccompanied minors,” an implicit assumption and ascription coincides with their …

The tension between INGOs' accountability to donors' agendas and to the affected population and its impact on their access to human rights

T Zibin, A Zibin, A Al-Essa - International Journal of Human Rights in …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to discuss the main reasons behind the tension between
accountability to donors and accountability to beneficiaries, in terms of obtaining the basic …

Forced Migration and Resilience: Introduction

M Fingerle, R Wink - Forced Migration and Resilience: Conceptual Issues …, 2020 - Springer
This introductory chapter provides an overview to the general context of forced migration
and its relationship to resilience research and links this context with the objectives of this …