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Fighting for the Rights of the Displaced, from the Frontlines to the Headlines
The wide-spread famine caused by droughts in southern Africa has left thousands of Somalians fleeing to nearby Kenya and Ethiopia. What impact do these movements have on the host nations?
Batten School professor Christine Mahoney has been on the frontlines of global development and rights of the displaced. Far from home, in an unfamiliar country and society, how can these individuals adapt to their new environments? How can their new host countries adapt to the influx of refugees?
See Christine’s field work on the largest protracted displacement crises in locations such as Somalia and Uganda.