On January 14, 2021, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted about Palestinian refugees, proclaiming “(less than) 200,000 Arabs displaced in 1948 are still alive and most others are not refugees by any rational criteria.” A month earlier, on December 11, a group of 22 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that he instruct the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration to declassify a report on the approximate number of Palestinian refugees, with the intention of redefining and disenfranchising millions of Palestinian refugees of their refugee status. The intent behind the request is made evident by the letter, which states, “The issue of the so-called Palestinian ‘right of return’ of 5.3 million refugees to Israel as part of any ‘peace deal’ is an unrealistic demand, and we do not believe it accurately reflects the number of actual Palestinian refugees. Just like your courageous action to bring about unprecedented pe
Advocacy Key Messages on Relocations of IDPs in Mozambique - February 2021
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For relocations of internally displaced persons the humanitarian community should be guided by the
principles elaborated in the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Kampala Convention on Internal
Displacement, to which Mozambique is a signatory, and the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for
Internally Displaced Persons. Among other principles, these require movements of populations to be safe,
voluntary and dignified. While acknowledging and welcoming the strong engagement of the authorities to
provide solutions for these internally displaced persons (IDPs), these key messages call upon relevant
stakeholders to ensure that relocation of IDPs are always carried out in line with key protection standards
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Humanitarian organisations in Yemen pilot ‘Durable Solutions’ to help reduce aid dependency
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Since 2014, conflict and an economic crisis have driven over four million Yemenis from their homes; over one in ten Yemenis are currently displaced and almost 90% of those have been so for over a year. The situation in Yemen has become a protracted crisis and shows no sign of improving. This puts huge pressure on humanitarian actors providing assistance and so more sustainable solutions are required.
To rise to this challenge, ACTED and its partner organisations are working in a Consortium to pilot ‘Durable Solutions’ in Yemen. This approach combines the key, life-saving elements of a humanitarian intervention with recovery and strengthening of social cohesion efforts as a foundation for actions which help families consolidate their resources and begin building a future.