Category: News
296 Articles
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Detention and Removal Topic of Recent ISIM Roundtable
ISIM hosted a roundtable under Chatham House Rules to discuss US detention and removal policies, and their legal and humanitarian challenges. ISIM then released a report on the…
November 17, 2014
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Manager of Syrian Refugee Camp to Speak at Georgetown
ISIM is co-hosting with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies an event featuring Killian Kleinschmidt. Mr. Kleinschmidt is the former UNHCR Camp Manager of Zaatari Camp, a…
November 12, 2014
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Compiled Publications and Bibliographies of Immigration Policy Reform Now On ISIM Website
Results of ISIM roundtables and research into immigration policy reform have been compiled on the ISIM website. The project was supported by the MacArthur Foundation and set out…
November 12, 2014
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ISIM Releases Report on Humanitarian Policy Reform after Expert Roundtable
ISIM organized a meeting in October that focused on three main issues: U.S. asylum policies, U.S. refugee resettlement policies, and alternative policies to promote protection of…
November 1, 2014
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Chapter of New Book Edited By ISIM Team Avaliable
ISIM's Susan F. Martin, Sanjula Weerasinghe and Abbie Taylor have spent 2014 editing "Humanitarian Crises and Migration: Causes, Consequences and Responses" …
October 14, 2014
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ISIM Receives Grant from Massive Data Initiative
ISIM Director Dr. Susan Martin and Lisa Singh, Associate Professor of Computer Science, were awarded a grant from the McCourt School's Massive Data Institute to use data to…
September 30, 2014
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ISIM Featured in UNHCR’s 2014 Annual Consultations with NGOs
ISIM was one of 250 NGOs to participate in UNHCR’s 2014 Annual Consultations with NGOs. ISIM also co-hosted with UNHCR an event on "Alternatives Models for International…
September 22, 2014
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New Publication: Gender, Conscription and Protection, and the War in Syria
'Gender, Conscription and Protection, and the War in Syria', written by Rochelle Davis, Abbie Taylor and Emma Murphy, examines the difficulties faced by men fleeing the…
September 15, 2014
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The Past and Future of Iraq’s Minorities
ISIM Research Professor Dr. Elizabeth Ferris and research associate Abbie Taylor writes for the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog about the history of Iraq's religious…
September 8, 2014
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New Book: International Migration
ISIM Director Dr. Susan F. Martin Publishes her latest book, International Migration: Evolving Trends from the Early Twentieth Century to the Present. The book analyzes…
July 1, 2014