Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration
OxMo Vol. 6, No. 1
http://oxmofm.com/current-issue/

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Firsthand Monitor
SYLVAIN GAETAN, Refugees are not a Burden, but a Resource

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Field Monitor
CATHERINE BLANCHARD, PAULINE CARNET AND JONATHAN ELLIS, The Azure Payment Card: the Humanitarian Cost of a Cashless System
This piece describes research conducted by the British Red Cross into the effectiveness of the
Azure payment card in providing support to refused asylum seekers. It includes the viewpoint
of organisations working with these clients and the lived experience of refused asylum
seekers. The research concludes that the Azure card and support does not allow refused
asylum seekers to meet their basic needs and live with dignity. Our recommendations
included abolishing the Azure card. The piece ends with a description of the advocacy we
engaged in, based on the recommendations of the research.

MARTINA MANARA, Never Settled. The Informal Refugee Settlement of Borgo Mezzanone and its Effects on Asylum Seekers in the Reception Centre
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Policy Monitor
LAN HOANG, Hong Kong’s Unified Screening System: Lack of unification to Improve Asylum Seekers’ Reality

DIANA IHRING, Selective Border Policies and ‘Victimhood’: The Shrinking Protection Space for Migrants in Europe

KAMYAR JARAHZADEH, Those Who Follow the Rules: Exploring Life for Afghan Refugees in Turkey