Understand the needs of displaced people and identify solutions that last
Press release: EU-funded project TRAFIG presents its final findings
Across the world, 16 million refugees and an unknown number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) experience long-lasting conditions of economic precarity, marginalization, rightlessness and future uncertainty. Their needs and preferences are widely ignored. The EU-funded project TRAFIG (Transnational Figurations of Displacement) investigated such protracted displacement situations and developed alternative solutions that are tailored to the capacities of displaced persons. In a “Synthesis Report” TRAFIG presents its final findings. Policy recommendations are presented in a “Policy Handbook”. Read more
Final TRAFIG conference
Understanding protracted displacement and peoples’ own responses
The phrase “Nothing is more permanent than the temporary” pointedly describes the situation in which many refugees around the world find themselves. The final conference of the EU-funded research project TRAFIG (Transnational Figurat... Read more
Recommendations for refugee protection in Germany \ Family knows no borders
Living in different countries at the same time is not an exception but the rule in the everyday lives of refugees. This is also evidenced by a new study that deals with the situation of refugees in Germany TRAFIG practice note no. 10 recommends recognising and actively using the transnational (fam... Read more
New TRAFIG study \ Lives in limbo and marginalisation: Protracted displacement in Greece and Italy
Whereas attention to protracted displacement in developing countries has increased in international discourse, only few attempts have been made to link this debate to that on migrants’ marginalisation and exclusion in Europe. Based on research in Greece and in Italy TRAFIG working paper no. 9 show... Read more
New TRAFIG study \ Urban refugees in Dar es Salaam turn their exile into a new home
Tanzania hosts around 265,000 registered refugees. Almost 85 per cent of these live in camps in rural areas, but an increasing number has moved to cities. Even though their presence is officially not acknowledged, Dar es Salaam, the country’s largest city, is home to an estimated number of ten thous... Read more
Now more than ever: Afghans in Pakistan need more mobility and durable solutions to stay
New TRAFIG Publication \ Now more than ever: Afghans in Pakistan need more mobility and durable solutions to stay
With the take-over of the Taliban in mid-August, Afghan peoples’ history of forced displacement has entered into a new phase. Currently, up to three million Afghans live in neighbourin... Read more
Workshop confirms the risks of declining support for Syrian refugees in Jordan
28 June 2021, Irbid-Jordan, Yarmouk University
Over one million Syrians have been displaced in Jordan for the last ten years. According to new research, many Syrian refugees in Jordan do not yet see themselves returning to Syria within the next two years. Even though the crisis in Syria continues... Read more
New TRAFIG publication \ Starting up and starting over: Refugee entrepreneurs in East Africa
Entrepreneurship can be an important avenue for refugees to support themselves financially, and it can also boost their social and economic inclusion. A new policy brief, based on studies conducted by the EU Horizon 2020 research project TRAFIG in two refugee-hosting countries in Africa, Ethiopia an... Read more
New TRAFIG publication \ Identifying third-country solutions for refugees: The promise of complementary pathways
In light of the increasing numbers of people displaced and the duration of displacement globally, complementary pathways stand to offer an important tool for expanding solutionsto protracted displacement. (UNHCR, 2019). TRAFIG Policy Brief 3 illustrates how facilitating movement for forced migrants ... Read more
New TRAFIG publication \ "It’s been almost 10 years, and we still have nowhere else to go" - Protracted displacement of Syrian refugees in Jordan
Syrian refugees’ stay in Jordan has become increasingly protracted, with the durable solutions of return in safety and dignity, local integration and resettlement remaining out of reach for most. TRAFIG Working Paper No. 6 investigates key dimensions of figurations of displacement in Jordan: conne... Read more
New TRAFIG publication \ Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: How networks help to move out of protracted displacement
Eritrea has been in the top ten list of source countries for cross-border displacements throughout the last decade. In 2019, over half a million refugees came from the six million population country. TRAFIG working paper no. 5 examines the case of forced migration from Eritrea to Ethiopia as one o... Read more
New TRAFIG publication \ Displaced persons’ networks in the DR Congo
Press Release, 21.12.2020
The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is trapped in protracted conflict. As a result of this, many inhabitants of Bukavu have experienced displacement in their lives or have seen loved ones being forced to leave their places of origin. TRAFIG working paper no... Read more
Launch Working Paper Transnational Figurations
New publication \ Transnational Figurations of Displacement-Conceptualising protracted displacement and translocal connectivity through a process-oriented perspective Read more
First annual review of EU-funded Horizon 2020 research and innovation project TRAFIG
People living in protracted displacement situations are a highly vulnerable—this is not only visible during the Covid-19-pandemic. The EU-funded research project TRAFIG (Transnational Figurations of Displacement) aims at generating new knowledge to help develop solutions for protracted displacement ... Read more
Learning from the past–Protracted displacement in the post-World War II period
From a historical perspective, efforts to resolve specific protracted displacement situations have been diverse since World War II and the massive growth of displacement in the Global South from the late 1970s onwards. With a focus on the Horn of Africa, East Africa, the Middle East and South Asia,... Read more