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This study documents, conducted by the Research and Evidence Facility, for the first time the experiences of young Darfuris, mainly men, fleeing Sudan for Europe. It focuses on Darfur because of its history of migration, conflict and displacement. The aim was to explore trends, drivers and...

Update produced by the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) for the Horn of Africa. 

The last twelve months have been extremely busy for the Research and Evidence Facility (REF), with research on return to and displacement from Somalia, rural to urban migration in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, and...

Research brief prepared by the Research & Evidence Facility for the Horn of Africa. 

This research brief presents the key findings and recommendations of an extensive literature review on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect intentions and behaviours related to mobility...

Report prepared by the Research & Evidence Facility for the Horn of Africa. 

Authors: Peter Chonka and Yidnekachew Haile

This review examines how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect intentions and behaviours relating to mobility within the Horn of Africa (HoA). A recent review...

Report prepared by the Research & Evidence Facility for the Horn of Africa. 

Author: Greta Semplici

This rapid review investigates the adoption of ideas of resilience by the development and humanitarian sector. It compares practices of resilience, emerging from fieldwork with Turkana herders in...

Report prepared by the Research & Evidence Facility for the Horn of Africa. 

Author: Caitlin Sturridge

This paper explores physical movements, and the translocal connections that accompany them, through the perspective of rural–urban livelihoods in Laikipia County, Kenya. In doing so, it sets out an...

Report prepared by the Research & Evidence Facility for the Horn of Africa. 

Author: Farah Manji

Many Somali refugees fled to Kenya following their country’s civil war in the 1990s and during the famine of 2011. At the time of writing, the number of registered Somali refugees and asylum seekers in...