Assessment of Rwanda Refugee Camps in the Context of the Villagization Process
Undergraduate researcher for the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity and Engaged Learning Fellow Sienna Dugan, researched secondary sources and primary research through site visits, participatory observation, and interviews with key informants to compile this report which is structured like a case study with additional literature review. All photography is original to the student from her in-field research.
Undergraduate researcher for the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity and Engaged Learning Fellow Sienna Dugan, researched secondary sources and primary research through site visits, participatory observation, and interviews with key informants to compile this report which is structured like a case study with additional literature review. All photography is original to the student from her in-field research.
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development of weapons of mass destruction. The growing number of internationally displaced
persons has now made this of the most complicated issues of the world. In search of the most
effective way to assist such vulnerable groups UNHCR is working diligently with partner
organizations to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an
economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character.3
Although created in response to those displaced in repercussion to WWII, UNHCR now
reports that the world is currently witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record, half of
whom displaced are under the age of 18. Although numbers of those displaced continue to
increase, rates of resettlement in other countries continues to decrease. In addition to this, a
majority of those in seek of refuge are generated from and hosted in Asia and Africa. With
increasing numbers of displaced persons, reintegration strategies, which often fall outside of the
mandate of UNHCR are continuously being explored. These strategies are complex and often
unsustainable.
Further research for creative solutions to prolonged displacement must be
conducted.
3 “Background on the Right to Development.” OHCHR, www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/Backgroundrtd.aspx.
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