Introduction
Solon Ardittis and Frank Laczko
Welcome to the seventh issue of Migration Policy Practice, which focuses on policy and operational responses to migration crises caused by political turmoil, conflict or natural disasters.
Articles in this issue draw largely from contributions to IOM’s ongoing International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2012, which aims to aims to integrate humanitarian and migration perspectives in the search for appropriate responses to the migration consequences of complex crises.
This issue of MPP includes eight articles (in English, French and Spanish) written mostly by participants in the IDM 2012. This includes senior representatives of the US Department of State, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chad, the Colombian Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, and the National Immigration Council of Brazil. 1 Solon Ardittis is Managing Director of Eurasylum Ltd and Frank Laczko is Head of the Migration Research Division at IOM Headquarters in Geneva. They are co-editors of Migration Policy Practice.
This issue of MPP also includes articles by Roger Zetter of the University of Oxford, on changing trends in and new responses to forced migration; and Joke Reijven and Joris van Wijk of VU University Amsterdam, on dealing with the consequences of article 1F of the Refugee Convention.
We hope you enjoy this edition of Migration Policy Practice, and as always, we look forward to your comments, suggestions and possible contributions to future issues of the journal.