Humanitarian assistance
Alternative labels
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian innovation
Guide
Australia’s response to the Rohingya human rights and migrant crisis—a quick guide
As well as representing a human rights and humanitarian crisis in its own right, the ongoing Rohingya migrant crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh demonstrates the linkages between unresolved internal conflicts, mass displacement and wider instability in Australia’s region.
Working paper
Labour migration as complementary pathways for refugees in the Asia-Pacific
This working paper examines whether legal labour migration schemes can be opened to humanitarian migrants who may otherwise become targets for people smugglers.
Journal article
Intergovernmental collaboration for the health and wellbeing of refugees settling in Australia
The article summarises how collaboration between national governments contributes to the health and wellbeing of refugees settling in Australia.
Report
Charities and terrorism: lessons from the Syrian crisis
One of the challenges faced by international security agencies is that individuals and groups have used the genuine humanitarian needs generated by the conflicts in Syria and Iraq to provide cover for foreign fighters and to raise funds to support terrorist groups. This is not the first time that humanitarian activities have been manipulated by...
Report
From simple fixes to systemic enablers: the future of digital development
This synthesis paper outlines key lessons from four recent IDS Evidence Reports on the state of digital development and draws out the implications for policymakers and practitioners working in development and humanitarian organisations.