''Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration'' (OxMo) is a biannual publication engaging in a global intellectual dialogue about

forced migration Forced displacement (also forced migration) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region. The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' as follows: displaced "as a result of persecution, conflict, g ...

, supported by the

Refugee Studies Centre The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was established in 1982, as part of the University of Oxford's Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), in order to promote the understanding of the causes and consequences of forced migrati ...

at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

History and profile

''Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration'' was founded in 2010 by graduate students at the University of Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre. The first issue was published in February 2011 with a foreword by

Roger Zetter Roger Zetter is Emeritus Professor of Refugee Studies, former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at University of Oxford and the founding editor of the ''Journal of Refugee Studies'' (a position held until 2001), published by Oxford Universit ...

, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre. Committed to presenting critical analyses of political, social and legal issues pertaining to forced displacement,

migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

asylum Asylum may refer to: Types of asylum * Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome * Benevolent Asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute * Cities of Refuge, places of refuge in ancient Judea * ...

and return, ''Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration'' places emphasis on monitoring the policies and actions of

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

international organization An international organization or international organisation (see spelling differences), also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is a stable set of norms and rules meant to govern the behavior of states an ...

s and

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

s. It moves to engage with various aspects of forced migration through academic scholarship and is dedicated to advancing and protecting

human rights Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...

of individuals who have been forcibly displaced. The

editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

are Domiziana Turcatti and Andrea Ortiz.

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