Search for dissertations about: "humanitarian crisis"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words humanitarian crisis.

  2. 1. Assisting in the Shadows : Humanitarianism, Shelters and Transit Migration Politics

    Author : Priscilla Solano; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; criminalisation; human rights; humanitarian crisis; humanitarianism; movement; poverty; transit migration;

    Abstract : The Tamaulipas tragedy in 2010 proved a turning point for transit migration politics. This was one of the worst massacres on Mexican territory, in which 72 undocumented migrants, mostly from Central America, were kidnapped, tortured, and their dead bodies piled up in a ditch at a local ranch in the northern Mexican state. READ MORE

  4. 2. Governing the European Asylum System at the Greek Border Islands

    Author : Alexandra Bousiou; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Greek border islands; peripheralization; EU asylum policies; right to seek asylum; ; multilevel governance; externalization of asylum;

    Abstract : This thesis provides an understanding of the governance of the European asylum regime at the Greek border islands from a multi-level governance perspective. Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos, and Leros are the islands which, over the period of a year between 2015 and 2016, received 80% of all refugee arrivals to the EU, and were chosen as the loci of the so-called hotspot approach. READ MORE

  5. 3. Secure Tactical Communications for Inter-Organizational Collaboration : The Role of Emerging Information and Communications Technology, Privacy Issues, and Cyber Threats on the Digital Battlefield

    Author : Johan Sigholm; Martin Norsell; Anne Persson; Gurpreet Dhillon; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Försvarssystem; Systems science for defence and security; Information Systems; Informationssystem IS ;

    Abstract : The development within the area of information and communications technology (ICT) has been rapid during the last couple of decades. Advancements in mobile technology, such as smartphones and other portable devices with embedded sensors, rapid expansion of communications infrastructure, and increased spectrum utilization, has had a major impact on civilian society, but increasingly also on professional organizations such as the Swedish Armed Forces. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dying to count : mortality surveillance methods in resource-poor settings

    Author : Edward F Fottrell; Peter Byass; Heiko Becher; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mortality; surveillance; verbal autopsy; survey methods; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

    Abstract : Background Mortality data are critical to understanding and monitoring changes in population health status over time. Nevertheless, the majority of people living in the world’s poorest countries, where the burden of disease is highest, remain outside any kind of systematic health surveillance. READ MORE