6th IASFM Conference in Jerusalem, 1998 - International Association for the Study of Forced Migration

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6^th IASFM Conference 1998 in Jerusalem

The second International Conference on Forced Migration (6^th IRAP) took place in Jerusalem from 13-16 December 1998. As the fifth IRAP in Eldoret, Kenya, the conference was hosted in a focal area of forced migration, this time in Palestine. It took place at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem. The planned venue had been the Rashad El-Shawa Cultural Center in Gaza, Gaza Strip.

Due to Clinton's visit to the Gaza Strip just during the conference which became known shortly before, the 6^th IRAP had to be relocated within few days to Jerusalem. This challenging task had been mastered excellently by the team from the local host of the conference, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP).

More than 100 abstracts of presentations for the 6th IRAP from researchers all over the world were sent to the chair of the former program committee, Karin Geuijen. Out of the proposals, the program committee developed the conference program (see overview below).

About 130 researchers from all over the world attended the the 6^th IRAP in Jerusalem.

The International Association for the Study of Forced Migration & Gaza Community Mental Health Programme extend their special thanks to the donor governments and organizations that have made this conference possible:

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation

Bread for the World - Germany

Canada Fund

UNESCO

Al-Qattan Foundation - UK

Dutch Ministry of Justice

Dutch Interchurch Aid

Ford Foundation

Institute for International Education - New York

British Council - Kampala and Nairobi

Lutheran World Federation - Uganda

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW 6TH IRAP CONFERENCE ON FORCED MIGRATION
JERUSALEM, 13 - 16 DECEMBER 1998

Time	Sunday 13 Dec	Monday 14 Dec	Tuesday 15 Dec	Wednesday 16 Dec
9.00 - 10.00	Registration	Keynotes on ‘Current Issues’ - Mr. P. Tarran, World Council of Churches - Prof. J. Hathaway, Michigan Law School	Keynotes on ‘Host Responses’ - Mr. E. Nazarski, European Council on Refugees and Exiles - Prof. B. Stein, Michigan State University	Keynotes on ‘Social Reconstruction and Repatriation’ - Dr. L. Takkenberg, UNWRA - Prof. B. Chimni, Nehru University
10.00 - 10.30	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee
10.30 - 12.00	Opening speeches - Chair: Prof. A. Hansen, Pres. IASFM - Welcome: Dr. E. Al Sarraj, Dir. GCMHP	Workshops II.1 Palestinian refugees, international law and asylum in the Arab world II.2 New asylum procedures in African countries II.3 Internal forced migration and displacement 1	Workshops III.1 Perspectives on mental health of refugees in host countries III.2 Palestinian diaspora III.3 East Africa Breakaway Group: Relations between refugees and host countries 1	Workshops IV.1 Decisions on repatriation by host counties and refugees IV.2 Palestinians in Palestine IV.3 Repatriation and reconciliation: decisions at the local and individual level
12.00 - 13.30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13.30 - 15.00	Workshops I.1 Gender issues I.2 Palestinian refugees and cultural identity I.3 Sudanese refugees in Egypt	Workshops II.4 East Africa Breakaway Group: Refugee law and practice in African countries II.5 Internal forced migration and displacement 2 II.6 Asylum procedures and security issues	Workshops III.4 Refugee admission and integration policy in 'northern' countries 1 III.5 East Africa Breakaway Group: Relations between refugees and host countries 2 III.6 Refugee children and psychosocial care	Workshops IV.4 Perspectives on mental health of refugees after repatriation IV.5 Reconciliation and repatriation in Latin American countries IV.6 Post-Soviet diaspora politics
15.00 - 15.30	Teabreak	Teabreak	Teabreak	Teabreak
15.30 - 17.00	Workshops I.4 Refugee children in Rwanda I.5 Psychosocial work with refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa I.6 Special session on information about forced migration (studies)	Workshops II.7 Refugee causing conflicts and conflict-generating refugee diasporas in Africa II.8 Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons II.9 East Africa Breakaway Group: Camp policy	Workshops III.7 Refugee admission and integration policy in 'northern' countries 2 III.8 Refugees and asylum policy in the Great Lakes region III.9 Forced migration in South Asia and in South East Asia	General discussion and conclusions Closure by Prof. A. Hansen
20.30 - 23.00		General Assembly of the IASFM	Conference Party

Programme of the Workshops

Sunday, 13 December 1998, 13.30 - 15.00

I.1 Gender issues (Hall One)

The social support component for female Africans in returnee programmes. H. Carew (c7) (see abstract)

Violent displacement and extra social compulsion: north-south civil war, the de-humanistion of southern Sudanese women and children by the so-called war efforts. K.M. Safwat (b43) (see abstract)

Gender issues in a refugee setting: a study of Sudanese women's refugee experiences in Kiryandongo refugee settlement. Ms. Deborah Mulumba (b18a) (see abstract)

Women in difficult circumstances: sexual violence in the Kakuma refugee camp, North Western Kenya. Gilbert Lukhoba (b18g) (see abstract)

I.2 Palestinian refugees and cultural identity (Hall Two)

Collective memory and national identity: the refugees of Barbarah in the Gaza Strip. Christine Pirinoli Ahmed (b38) (see abstract)

Lubya village: resisting oblivion. Decoding the silencing process in modern Palestinian historiography. Mahmoud Issa (b42)

The role of critical theory in Palestinian cultural reconstruction: prespectives grounded in educational thought. Dr. Blair van Dyke (b46) (see abstract)

The use and misuse of biblically based ieals influencing Israeli society in regards to Palestinian claims of forced migration. Gregory Bliss (b31) (see abstract)

The poetics of nostalgia and post-colonialist struggles: an Arab legacy in verse. Heba Elgazzar (b19)

I.3 Sudanese refugees in Egypt (Hall Three)

Sudanese diaspora in Egypt: issues to be revisited and resolved. Sarah Cleto Rial (b6) (see abstract)

Protection of persons fleeing conflict and oppression: the Case of Sudanese in Egypt. Leben Moro (b7) (see abstract)

Sunday, 13 December 1998, 15.30 - 17.00 (Go back to overview)

I.4 Refugee children in Rwanda (Hall One)

Assisting Rwandan street children: an analysis of characteristics and intervention models. Angela Veale, Giorgia Dona, Felix Muramutsa, Bernerdine Mukazima, Innocent Iyakaremye & Charles Kalinganire. (see abstract)

Child Studies Unit (Rwanda) (b26)

Rwandese fostered refugee and displaced children: the hidden group. Lila Pieters and Giorgia Dona. (b27)

Anthropometric and fitness measures of Rwandan school children T. Kenneth Porter (b28) (see abstract)

I.5 Psychosocial work with refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hall Two)

Refugees in The Gambia, West Africa: a study of mental health status. Steven Fox (b8) (see abstract)

Refugee problems in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for social work practice. Robert Tembo (b9) (see abstract)

I.6 Special session on information about forced migration (studies) (Hall Three)

The Refugee Studies Programme (Oxford) digital library. Marilyn Deegan (a8) (see abstract)

Information film by BADIL

Monday, 14 December 1998, 10.30 - 12.00 (Go back to overview)
II.1 Palestinian refugees, international law and asylum in the Arab world (Hall One)

The right of return of Palestinian refugees in international law. Abdallah M. Abu-Eid (a21) (see abstract)

Current refugee positions and organizing in relation to UN resolution 194 (right to return). Ingrid Jaradat Gassner (a23b) (see abstract)

Statelessness among Palestinian refugees. Abbas Shiblak (a28) (see abstract)

Asylum in the Arab world: an analysis of recent Arab instruments on human rights and refugees. Khadija Elmadmad (a13) (see abstract)

II.2 New asylum procedures in African countries (Hall Two)

Current issues in forced migration: the right of asylum in South Africa. Jeff Handmaker (a5) (see abstract)

The creation of refugee law: the South African experience. Patrick Matlou (a17) (see abstract)

End of asylum in Africa? Bonaverture Rutinwa (a25)

The complexities of drafting a progressive refugee law: A travaux preparatoires of Uganda’s refugee law reform process. R.M. Wafula (b18p) (see abstract)

II.3 Internal forced migration and displacement 1 (Hall Three)

The Najaho-Hopi land dispute and the relocation and resistance to relocation that has emerged from it. Mark Davidheiser (a1) (see abstract)

Internally displaced persons in Uganda. Godard Busingye (b52) (see abstract)

Opportunities for refugee communities participating in upgrading their urban and social environment. (on the Hitteen refugee camp in Jordan) Firas Sharaf (b3)

Monday, 14 December 1998, 13.30 - 15.00 (Go back to overview)

II.4 East Africa breakaway group: refugee law and practice in African countries (Hall One)

Refugees are people with souls: towards a humanistic legal framework and practice. Christopher Mulei (b16) (see abstract)

Death of asylum: fallacies and dangers. Guglielmo Verdirame (b18c) (see abstract)

Refugees and access to the justice system in host countries: experiences from Uganda. Zachary A. Lomo (b18e) (see abstract)

'... the right to seek' but not ‘enjoy ... asylum ...'. Dr. Alfred Buregeya (b18l) (see abstract)

II. 5 Internal forced migration and displacement 2 (Hall Two)

Community development through educational projects: internal migrants from North Eastern Brazil in Sao Paulo. Heloisa Szymanski (a2) (see abstract)

The role of internally displaced women int he reconstruction of the social tissue affected by the political violence in Peru. Ana Maria Rebaza (c10) (see abstract)

II.6 Asylum procedures and security issues (Hall Three)

Asylum and the need for control? Liza Schuster (a7) (see abstract)

The securitisation of asylum: who ad what must be secured? Joanne van Selm-Thorburn (a20)

Cultural stereotypes and policing immigrants: new terrorist laws in the U.S. Avram Bornstein (a18) (see abstract)

In search of enemies: US Immigration and international criminal law and policy in the post cold War. Rex B. Wingerter (a24) (see abstract)

Monday, 14 December 1998, 15.30 - 17.00 (Go back to overview)

II.7 Refugee causing conflicts and conflict-generating refugee diasporas in Africa (Hall One)

Alternative strategies for resolving and managing refugee-causing conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wilson Nyaoro (see abstract)

Conflict-generating refugee diasporas: the case of Eastern Congo. Koen Vlassenroot (see abstract)

II.8 Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons (Hall Two)

Redefining gender roles and relations in exile: the case of Sudanese exiles in Northern Uganda and displaced persons in Southern Sudan. Benaiah Nyaing Duku (b44) (see abstract)

Current situation of the forced Sudanese migrants, refugees and internatlly displaced persons: case of the Sudanese refugees and internally displaced Sudanese in SPLM/A controlled areas of the southern Sudan. Lee Samuel Lamua.(b44) (see abstract)

Sex and marriage in the midst of civil war and refugee life: the case of Southern Sudanese in exile and internally displaced persons. Benaiah Nyaing Duku (b44) (see abstract)

Ethnic relations: the case of Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and internally displaced persons in the SPML/SPLA controlled areas of Southern Sudan. Michael Abat Elikana (b44) (see abstract)

II.9 East Africa breakaway group: camp policy (Hall Three)

Refugee camps as the least safe and least secure places for refugees. The case of Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Kate Reuer (b14) (see abstract)

Health nutritional status of refugees: case study of kakuma camp, Kenya. Duncan Ngare (b55) (see abstract)

Refugees and social policy: an analysis of the contribution of governmental and non-governmental organisations in humanitarian assistance to refugees in Uganda. Mushemeza Elija Dickens (b18j) (see abstract)

Human rights and refugee camps. Guglielmo Verdirame (b18d)

Tuesday, 15 December 1998, 10.30 - 12.00 (Go back to overview)

III.1 Perspectives on mental health of refugees in host countries (Hall One)

Repatriation can be a succesful new migration for asylum seekers. Abdelhak Elghezouani (c12) (see abstract)

The importance of psychosocial counselling regarding repatriation. Patricia Schell (c15) (see abstract)

From displacement to disorder: the medicalisation of the refugees. Marita Eastmond (b51) (see abstract)

Evolution of health characteristics of forced migrants. Ronald Waldman (b24) (see abstract)

III.2 Palestinian diaspora (Hall Two)

Israel's residency policies aimed at the forceful eviction of Palestinians from Jerusalem. Ingrid Jaradat Gassner (b23a) (see abstract)

Whither Palestinian refugees? Palestinian refugees' uncertain future. Dr. Najeh Jarrar (b1) (see abstract)

The long-term perception of forced uprooting and the persistence of trauma through generations: the Palestinian experience. Samir Qouta & Bradley Brigham (b20) (see abstract)

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Elham Bayour (b47) (see abstract)

III.3 East Africa breakaway group: relations between refugees and host countries 1 (Hall Three)

It is better to be a refugee than a Turkana in kakuma: relationships between hosts and refugees. Ekuru Aukot (b17) (see abstract)

Refugee education in Uganda and Kenya: education for who? education for what? Dr. Jill Craig (b18) (see abstract)

Community response to a refugee influx: the case of Congolese refugees in the Rukungira district, Western Uganda. Dr. Christopher Orach (b18n) (see abstract)

Tuesday, 15 December 1998, 13.30 - 15.00 (Go back to overview)

III.4 Refugee admission and integration policy in northern countries 1 (Hall One)

Calculated kindness: the linking between national security and refugees policy aimed at keeping the Sudanese refugees in the first country of asylum. Dr. Saleh Al Bander (a27) (see abstract)

Surviving the asylum process in the United Kingdom: destitute asylum seekers and their rights under international human rights law. Monica Feria-Tinta (a26) (see abstract)

Development of asylum policy in Germany: the change of article 16 basic law - background and consequences. Wolfgang Bosswick (b21) (see abstract)

Current changes in resettlement policy. Max Meis (b50) (see abstract)

III.5 East Africa breakaway group: relations between refugees and host countries 2 (Hall Two)

‘Refuge from refuge’: Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Masindi district, Uganda. Tania Kaiser (b18i) (see abstract)

What determines Host Responses to Refugee Flows - Consensus and Challenges For Camp Policy. Anna Schmidt (b18h) (see abstract)

From Kisoro Camp to Kyangwali: Effects of transfers on refugees and the host population. Stella Neema (b18o) (see abstract)

People in Government Gazzeted Land: A Case Study of Kibale Game Corridor Evicted Victims. Patrick Mulindwa (b18k) (see abstract)

III.6 Refugee children and psychosocial care (Hall Three)

A child-centered approach to investigating refugee children's concerns. Colin MacMullin, Jumana Oden. Maryanne Loughry, Eyad El Sarraj, Samir Zagout (b49) (see abstract)

Creativity - a potential danger of psychotraumatised children. Mladen Knezevic (b29) (see abstract)

Refugee children in Africa: psychological impact and issues involved. Prof. A. Nweze (b10) (see abstract)

Tuesday, 15 December 1998, 15.30 - 17.00 (Go back to overview)

III. 7 Refugee admission and integration policy in northern countries 2 (Hall One)

Sorry policy: four ways President Clinton and Congress can help African refugees. Bronwyn Lance(b40) (see abstract)

The erosion of the right to asylum in Australia: defensive liberalism or an authoritarian turn? Claudia Tazreiter (a10) (see abstract)

Refugee settlement in Britain: the impact of policy on participation. Alice Bloch (b33) (see abstract)

The right to wait: Irelands’s answer to asylum seekers. Treasa Galvin (b54) (see abstract)

III.8 Refugees and asylum policy in the Great Lakes region (Hall Two)

The local settlement approach in hosting refugees in Uganda. Douglas Asiimwe (b25) (see abstract)

The fallacy of participatory emergency response: the case of agency relations during emergencies in Kenya and Uganda. Monica Kathina Juma (b48) (see abstract)

Forced displacement and resettlement in the Great Lakes region. Pierre Claver Ngezahayo (b45) (see abstract)

III.9 Forced migration in South Asia and South East Asia (Hall Three)

The forced migrations in South Asia: the new human rights dilemma. Riyaz Punjabi (a14) (see abstract)

Myanmarese refugees in India. Sreeradha Datta (b35) (see abstract)

The ambiguous nature of Thai immigration policy and asylum regime: a case study of Burmese 'refugees' in Thailand. Danielle Sepulveda (b23) (see abstract)

Refugee situation in South Asia: critical issues in perspective. Mahendra P. Lama (a22) (see abstract)

Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 10.30 - 12.00 (Go back to overview)

IV.1 Decisions on repatriation by host countries and refugees (Hall One)

To return or not to return: gendered decision-making of Eritrean women and men contemplating repatriation. Lucia Ann McSpadden (c5) (see abstract)

The political geography of refugee return to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Richard Black and Khalid Koser (c14)

“Express lane" repatriation: opportunity or obstacle to development in post-war Somaliland. Laura Hammond (c18) (see abstract)

Is there a place where peace resides? What can answers of those in exile teach us - an example from Croatia. Sanja M. Spoljar-Vrzina (b37b) (see abstract)

IV.2 Palestinians in Palestine (Hall Two)

Reverse migration as a development strategy: the case of Palestine. Mohammed Almbaid (c16) (see abstract)

Social adversities and anxiety disorders in the Gaza Strip. Abdel Aziz M Thabet, Panos Vostanis (b30) (see abstract)

Constituent transition, mobilization and conflict in the Palestinian diaspora: a conceptual approach and tentative applications. Christopher Parker (b41)

Peace processes, refugee rights and population transfer: a comparative analysis of the peace processes in N. Ireland, Palestine and South Africa. Mustafa Mari (a11) (see abstract)

IV.3 Repatriation and reconciliation: decisions at the local and individual level (Hall Three)

Rural development struggles in Zambezia province. Robert Mazur (c1) (see abstract)

Repatriation and self-settled refugees in Zambia: bringing solutions to the wrong problems. Oliver Bakewell (c9) (see abstract)

Local dimensions of violence and post conflict repatriation: observations form the Mozambican case. Stephen Lubkemann (c17) (see abstract)

Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 13.30 - 15.00 (Go back to overview)

IV.4 Perspectives on Mental Health of Refugees after Repatriation (Hall One)

Home is a dream in your head: themes of aleination among returned South African exiles. Zonke Majodina (c8) (see abstract)

The social responsibility of the medical profession in post-war conditions and possibilities for actions. Dr. Anica Mikus Kos (c11) (see abstract)

After liberation: psychosocial well-being of refugee youth repatriating from Sudan to Eritrea. Nancy Farwell (c13)

A medical anthropological approach towards the problems of forced migration - a firm stance for an authentic and emotional response. Sanja M. Spoljar-Vrzina (b37a) (see abstract)

IV.5 Reconciliation and repatriation in Latin American countries (Hall Two)

Ethics and forced migration. Gabriela Rodriguez (c6) (see abstract)

Forced migration as a result of the civil war in Nicaragua: the psyadjustment of refugees, ex-combatants, and displaced persons. Frederick L. Ahearn, Jr. and John H. Noble (junior author) (c2)

CIREFCA: evaluation Central America's regional approach to resolving internal crisis? Sean Loughna (a19) (see abstract)

IV.6 Post-Soviet diaspora politics (Hall Three)

Post Soviet diaspora politics: the case of the Soviet Greeks. Efithia Voutira (a15) (see abstract)

A new perspective on an old problem: post Soviet forced migration and the Russian-speakers' position in the NIS. Natalya Komarskaya(a16) (see abstract)

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