On 21 and 22 November 2005 a workshop was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on the subject of "The dynamics of migrant diasporas:
comparing the Afghan and Somali experience". The workshop was co-organised by GCIM and the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies.
Read the Workshop Report (PDF)
Read the Rapporteur's Report (PDF)
Read the discussion on 'Comparative Perspectives between the Afghan and Somali Diasporas' (PDF)
Read the participants' presentations:
The importance of regional diaspora to the Afghan economy - Peter Marsden, BAAG, UK
A diaspora of Afghan professionals - Ceri Oeppen, University of Sussex, UK
The role of Afghanistan's ‘money men’ - Edwina Thompson, University of Oxford, UK
The political role of the Somali diaspora in a war-torn country - Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, Institut de recherche pour le développement, France (report by Nina Allen, GCIM)
Buufis amongst Somalis in Dadaab: the transnational and historical logics behind resettlement dreams - Powerpoint
Buufis amongst Somalis in Dadaab: the transnational and historical logics behind resettlement dreams - Word
Cindy Horst, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Protracted suffering: the plight of Somali refugees in Djibouti - Farrah Hussein, Kenya (report by Nina Allen, GCIM)
The Afghan diaspora: an overview - Alessandro Monsutti, IUED, Switzerland (report by Nina Allen, GCIM)
Secondary movements of Somali refugees and states’ responses thereto - Joëlle Moret, SFM, Switzerland
