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Saturday 15 November 2014

MIDDLE EAST: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 510 14 November 2014

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The case for including migration in the post-2015 agenda

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BANGKOK, 11 November 2014 (IRIN) - As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire at the end of 2015, campaigners are calling for the inclusion of migrant worker protections in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting that migrants contribute billions to reducing poverty - often at great cost to their personal safety and well-being.
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NGOs in the anti-terror trap *

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LONDON, 11 November 2014 (IRIN) - The US anti-terrorism laws introduced since the World Trade Centre attacks are a minefield for humanitarian agencies and international NGOs, varying widely in their application from one country to another and targeting a whole variety of different political groups and individuals. The US-based NGO alliance, Interaction, says it needs six full time staff members just to ensure compliance with anti-diversion policies, two of whom spend most of their time checking partners against various anti-terrorism and other lists.
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Tunisia prepares for Libya influx despite hardened attitudes

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MEDENINE, 12 November 2014 (IRIN) - Government authorities and aid agencies in Tunisia say they are prepared for a sudden additional flood of refugees from Libya despite growing public hostility to the influx ahead of presidential elections.
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Crypto-currencies and the aid industry

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BANGKOK, 13 November 2014 (IRIN) - Meet Bitcoin: An encrypted digital currency the value of which has fluctuated sharply in recent years. It does not exist physically, there is no authority that oversees it, and you need Internet access to manage it. This might not sound like a formula for humanitarian success. However, experts say, Bitcoin offers important lessons for aid delivery in situations with weak (or destroyed) institutions.
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IRIN's top reads this week

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DUBAI, 13 November 2014 (IRIN) - IRIN's reading list highlights some of the recent must-read research, reports and in-depth articles in the humanitarian field, as well as key upcoming conferences and policy debates.
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Analysis: Refugee or IDP - does it really matter?

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ERBIL, 13 November 2014 (IRIN) - In northern Iraq, Syrian refugees live alongside thousands of internally displaced Iraqis, both having fled the same conflict.Yet the two groups are treated differently by the international aid system, with separate programs and funding. Does this still make sense?
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