The global refugee regime does not and cannot adequately address the needs of millions of survival migrants fleeing collapsed states such as Zimbabwe. As well as being a regional crisis, the situation of millions of Zimbabwean migrants in Southern Africa highlights the need to reform the international institutional framework for the protection of vulnerable undocumented migrants fleeing the consequences of economic and social catastrophe.
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14 Apr 2009 / Alexander Betts
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20 Jan 2009 / Alexander Betts
A confluence of factors appears to be driving debate on the linkage between climate change and migration – but sound empirical evidence certainly is not one of them, writes Alexander Betts, director of GEG’s Global Migration Governance programme.
