Unite, Act, Deliver: the nexus between climate change and human mobility at COP28
Unite, Act, Deliver: the nexus between climate change and human mobility at COP28 By Annemarijn Cozijnsen On December 12, 2023, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). COP28 was an important UN Summit - lasting from November 30 until December 12, 2023 -, bringing nations and other stakeholders together in order to [...]
The New Scalabrinian Mission in Uganda
Uganda hosts more refugees than any other country in Africa and is now a case study. What is the situation in Kampala, the area where you serve? Can you tell us about the Scalabrinian mission? (When was it opened, etc...) Thank you for this question. Kampala is one of the fastest growing African cities in terms of markets and business. This has become a pull factor for some economic [...]
The struggle for education faced by refugees girls in Uganda
I am Father Karim KONSEIMBO, a member of a Catholic religious institute called the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), founded in Algeria in 1868 by Cardinal Charles Lavigerie. The Society of Missionaries of Africa was officially registered in Uganda on April 1st, 1987. Here we are part of the pastoral agents of the Diocese of Arua Uganda. For our mission with the refugees here we have a [...]
Meet Annemarijn – SIMI’s new intern
Hello everyone! My name is Annemarijn Cozijnsen and I am a Dutch student following the MA Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution at The American University of Rome. Next to that, I am a Research Fellow at the Regional Academy on the United Nations 2023, for which I’m conducting research for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). I did my bachelors in Liberal Arts & Sciences at [...]
Rethinking Internal Displacement
Laker, Frederick (2022). Rethinking Internal Displacement. Geo-political Games, Fragile States and the Relief Industry. New York: Berghahn Books. 298 pp. (in Studi Emigrazione, LX, n. 230, 2023 - ISSN 0039-2936). Internal displacement has created an unprecedent challenge for the international community. As former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon already stated in 2013, overcrowded relief camps are arguably «the most significant humanitarian challenge that we face». To date, the [...]
Meeting of bishops and national delegates for migration – Szombathely
A meeting of the Migration and Refugee Section of the Commission for Social Pastoral Care of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), was held in Szombathely, Hungary, from November 12 to 14. "Free to choose whether to migrate or stay" was the theme of the meeting, which, echoing that of this year's World Migrant and Refugee Day, offered an in-depth reflection on the meaning and possibilities of the freedom [...]