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FMR 48: ‘Welcoming the stranger’ and UNHCR’s cooperation with faith-based organisations

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Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

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Since its creation in 1950, UNHCR has engaged with faith-based organisations, faith communities and faith leaders in carrying out its work. Recently, UNHCR has been more actively exploring the role of faith in humanitarian responses.

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Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - What’s faith got to do with it?

Use of the faith-based label demands greater clarification lest it lose coherence and result in adverse policy implications, excluding religiously motivated actors from providing much-needed assistance to displaced communities, particularly inside Syria.

FMR 48 - Post-disaster recovery and support in Japan

As a locally based faith-based organisation, there were several aspects that enabled Soka Gakkai to contribute effectively to the relief effort following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, responding to both physical and psychological needs.

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Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

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José Riera

Marie-Claude Poirier

Keywords

forced migration review

faith-based humanitarianism

unhcr

Department: Oxford Department of International Development

Date Added: 03/06/2015

Duration: 00:15:02

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