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Journal of Refugee Studies 2005 18(3):247-257; doi:10.1093/refuge/fei030
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Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 18, No. 3 © The Author [2005]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

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The Search for Solutions: Achievements and Challenges

Report of the Ninth IASFM Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, January 2005

Michael Collyer

Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK m.collyer@sussex.ac.uk

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The ninth biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) was held from 9–13 January in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University and the Latin American Parliament. The conference, entitled ‘The Search for Solutions: Achievements and Challenges’, provided the focus for wide ranging presentations, debates and discussion around all aspects of forced migration. As always, the conference also provided the opportunity to extend the membership of the organization and develop new contacts. This was the first time that IASFM had met in South America and a large number of panels focused on discussion of forced migration in the region. Although the number of refugees in South America is small, the ongoing conflict in Colombia has displaced an estimated 3 million people internally, and the situation in Colombia was the subject of three special panels. Much of this discussion took place in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Engaging with Policy
 

   The Role of Refugees in the Search for Solutions
 

   The Need to Recognize Change
 

   Solutions: Permanent or Temporary
 

   The Tools for the Search
 

   Links and Bridges
 

   The Lisa Gilad Prize
 

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