Veronique Barbelet is a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. She previously she worked at the World Food Programme, conducting research on humanitarian policy issues in Central African Republic, Chad, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan and Sudan. You can find her on Twitter. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/veronique-barbelet/rss en Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:14:03 +0000 Veronique Barbelet https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/07/19/refugees-need-more-than-progressive-policy-lessons-from-cameroon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/07/19/refugees-need-more-than-progressive-policy-lessons-from-cameroon While Uganda has been touted as Africa’s model for refugee policy, Cameroon also has forward-thinking laws for the displaced. But, as researcher Veronique Barbelet writes, economic underdevelopment and security concerns means people on the ground are failing to benefit.