Wednesday 19 December 2007

New Publications and Periodicals

Population and Development Review Volume 33 Number 4, (December 2007). The abstracts and Table of Contents for this journal are now available online via the Blackwell Synergy web site at [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/padr/33/4].

Torture Journal Volume 17 Number 3 (2007). The full text of this journal is npow available online via the IRCT website at: http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3602
(Source: International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims – http://www.irct.org)

Disasters Volume 31 Number 4, (December 2007). The Abstracts and table of Contents for this journal are now available online via the Blackwell Synergy web site at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/31/4

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has just released the 2007 edition of the World Disasters Report, which will be the first edition to be made available full text online. Further details can be found at the links below:

Press Release - http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/pr07/8407.asp

World Disasters Report 2007 – [English] ; [French] ; [Spanish] ; [Summary in Arabic]

“Chronic Indifference: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States" A Human Rights Watch report available online at: http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us1207/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www/hrw.org)

Crackdown: Repression of the 2007 Popular Protests in Burma. A Human Rights Watch report available online at: http://hrw.org/reports/2007/burma1207/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www/hrw.org)

Angola: Former IDPs share the common challenge of recovery and reconstruction. A new report produced by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and available online via their website at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/558CED34EBBB7089802570C00056B6DB?OpenDocument&count=10000
(Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org)

Immigration and America's Black Population (Docuticker) - [text online]. The full text of the actual report is available from the following link – [Full Document (PDF; 819 KB)].
(Source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice (Docuticker) – [text online].
The full text of the actual report is available from the following link – [Full Report (PDF; 5 MB)].
(Source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

"Refugee Voices" is a quarterly newsletter, prepared within hCa's Refugee Advocacy and Support Program. The winter edition of the newsletter, published in December 2007 includes articles about a wedding story of a young Somalian couple from Istanbul, organisation efforts of Congolese people in Istanbul and suspicious death of Festus Okey from Nigeria. The newsletter, published in Turkish and English, sometimes includes articles written in Arabic and French. You can download the 4th issue of Refugee Voices from the link here: http://www.hyd.org.tr/?pid=568

Veysel Essiz, Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (Turkey)
Refugee Advocacy and Support Program http://www.hyd.org.tr/default.aspx?sid=17
(Source: Forced Migration Email List: List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Refugees Into Teaching Newsletter
The latest newsletter of the Refugees into Teaching project, dated December 2007, is now available on the RiT website:
http://www.refugeesintoteaching.org.uk/news
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

RCO News and RCO Women’s News
The latest issues of RCO News and RCO Women's News (Nov/Dec) are now available. RCO News features articles about new research on refugee integration, an introduction to Emily Kippax, the project manager of The Basis Project, and an update about this exciting new project for RCOs, funding information from Big Lottery Fund’s Advice Plus, and much more. RCO Women's News includes an article about women in detention and the fast track system, amongst other things.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/support/communities/community/newsletters.htm
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Inter Agency Partnership Newsletter
The December edition is now available, featuring: Case updates relating to Zimbabwe and Sudan, BIA assistance to Iraqi staff, details of the number of Asylum Seekers in BIA dispersal accommodation and subsistence only support at the end of September and the holiday opening hours of BIA and the IAP’s One Stop Services.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/partners/partnership/iapnewsletter.htm
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Voluntary Returns
Our information briefing on the government's Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) has been updated to reflect some minor changes.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/programmes.htm
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Top 10 Migration Issues of 2007. A new report produced by the Migration Policy Institute and made available in PDF format via their Migration Information Source web site at: http://www.migrationinformation.org/pdf/MIS-Top-10-Migration-Issues-2007.pdf
(Source: Migration Policy Institute – http://www.migrationinformation.org)

Nepal: Peace Postponed, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the faltering but still viable process. A year after a Comprehensive Peace Agreement promised a definitive end to its civil war, the country remains in political deadlock. Two election postponements reflect weak implementation of that deal, as well as the difficulty of addressing its shortcomings. Leaders have vowed to forge a new consensus and hold the elections by mid-April 2008 but have yet to address the problems that led to past delays or tackle crucial remaining issues such as security sector reform. Available online from the International Crisis Group web site at: [http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5230&l=1]
(Source: International Crisis Group – http://www.crisisgroup.org)

Updated profile on internal displacement in Cyprus. A new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC), has just been published entitled “Cyprus: Lack of political settlement prevents the displaced from fully enjoying their property rights.” This report is available from the IDMC web site in both [HTML - http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/7D0D770D77A297E4C12573A80050B962?OpenDocument&count=10000] and [PDF - http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/6D98B39ED49125C4C12573B50039BDDD/$file/Cyprus_IDP_Overview_Dec07.pdf] formats.
(Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement-org)

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has just published six new working papers as part of their New Issue in Refugee Research working paper series. Details of these are available as follows:

Promoting integration through mobility: free movement and the ECOWAS
Protocol, by Aderanti Adepoju, Alistair Boulton and Mariah Levin
Research Paper No. 150
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

International protection for trafficked persons and those who fear being
trafficked, by Kari Saito Research Paper No. 149
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

Secondary movement in Romania: the asylum-migration nexus,
by Alison Munteanu
Research Paper No. 148
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

Refugee camps in Chad: planning strategies and the architect's involvement in
the humanitarian dilemma, by Manuel Herz Research Paper No. 147
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

The protection of forced migrants in Islamic law,
by Kirsten Zaat
Research Paper No. 146
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

The removal of failed asylum seekers: international norms and procedures,
by John Gibson
Research Paper No. 145
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - Archives held at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has published new guidance on: 'Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked'.
Download the guidance at:
http://publications.everychildmatters.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-Child%20Traffic-Complete.pdf (pdf file, 672kb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations Email Bulletin. To subscribe, visit http://www.irr.org.uk/subscribe).

Ending Sexual Violence in Darfur: An Advocacy Agenda (Refugees International,
Dec. 2007) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10331(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Education and Schooling for Asylum-Seeking Refugee Students in Scotland: AnExploratory Study (Scottish Government Social Research, Nov. 2007) -http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/198224/0052995.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Learning to Read a New Culture: How Immigrant and Asylum Seeking Children
Experience Scottish Identity through Classroom Books (Scottish Government
Social Research, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/201854/0053801.pdf

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

"New Europeans on the move: a preliminary review of the onward migration of
refugees within the European Union," Compas Working Paper No. 57 (2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-57.shtml

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

"Humanitarian Imperatives are Transforming Sovereignty," Northwestern Journal
of International Affairs (Winter 2008) -
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/winter_humanitarian_cohen.aspx

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Syria/Jordan: Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan
(Institute
for the Study of International Migration & Center for International and
Regional Studies, Nov. 2007) -
http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/isim/Publications/PatPubs/Iraqi%20Refugees.pd
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(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Posted in: Publications and Periodicals.

News Stories (19/12/07)

Slave labour that shames America (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP faces inquiry for 'illegal activity' (The Independent) - [text online]

The exploited: 'You work so hard to end up earning hardly anything' (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum protesters blockade offices (The Guardian) - [text online]

The politics of distraction (The Guardian) - [text online]

Watchdog criticises Heathrow detention facilities (The Guardian) - [text online]

Police called to disturbance at asylum centre (The Guardian) - [text online]

Protesters blockade immigration depots (The Guardian) - [text online]

Congolese refugees return home from Zambia by road and boat (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma launches fund-raising campaign (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR chief meets Congolese President Kabila (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan: Protection of civilians - Learning from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hell is…Life as an Aid Worker in Sudan, Part 2 (Refugees International WorldBridge Blog) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Tuesday 18 December 2007

News Stories (18/12/07)

Iraqis interpreting 'betrayal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]

Heathrow detention 'inadequate' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rome 'umbrella killer' sentenced (BBC News) - [text online]

Planning shake-up of Gypsy sites (BBC News) - [text online]

Families told to pay bond for relatives to visit them in Britain (The Times) - [text online]

100,000 lose out to migrants in hunt for work (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UK Guantanamo detainee near suicide after years of torture, doctors warn (The Independent) - [text online]

Illegal immigrant was working at front desk of Home Office (The Independent) - [text online]

Donor nations offer billions to boost Palestinian economy (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office grants 19,000 asylum seekers permission to remain (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant workers curb wages and keep interest rates low to boost economic growth (The Guardian) - [text online]

Home Office guard was illegal immigrant (The Guardian) - [text online]

19,000 asylum-seekers are allowed to stay as ministers deny amnesty (The Times) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres calls for end to North Kivu fighting (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Ethiopia-Sudan repatriation resumes with convoy of 610 people (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR issues ATM cards to 7,000 needy Iraqi families in Syria (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Update Nov 2007: Vol 1, Issue 9 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UNICEF responding to the urgent needs of women and children (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: At the end of 2007, humanitarian actors operating under much tighter security restrictions (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN mission says recruitment of child soldiers is surging (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Taiwan Migrant Worker Rally - "I want my day off!!" (Global Voices Online) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Transition Without Military Transformation (Refugees International) - [text online]

Common Conversation makes common sense for Leeds (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Monday 17 December 2007

News Stories (17/12/07)

EU agrees on Kosovo mission (EU Observer) - [text online]

Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]

African migrants drown off Yemen (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur rebels 'win major victory' (BBC News) - [text online]

Paris hosts Mid-East donor talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Sweden denies Mogadishu conflict (BBC News) - [text online]

EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

Romas and travellers fare worst in school exams (The Independent) - [text online]

English a minority language in 1,300 schools (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Row over payments to failed asylum seekers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

£1,000 bond planned for visits by overseas relatives (The Guardian) - [text online]

Universities fear massive cash loss (The Guardian) - [text online]

Belfast battles to halt deportations (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Sex slaves' win cash in landmark legal deal (The Guardian) - [text online]

Q&A: Why UNHCR cares about migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Colombian makes fountains to integrate in Brazil's Amazon zone (UNHCR News) - [text online]

More than 200 boat people feared drowned in separate incidents (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Surveys give valuable data on plight of Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Central Emergency Response Fund reaches 'important milestone in the history
of humanitarianism' (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Research looks into lives of refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New donors contribute to emergency fund (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hell is…Life as an Aid Worker in Sudan, Part 1 (Refugees International Worldbridge Blog) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Friday 14 December 2007

News Stories (14/12/07)

Chad sets date for kidnap trial (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugee chief visits Congo crisis (BBC News) - [text online]

Del Ponte leaves 'disappointed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Red Cross demands Mid-East action (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum rules branded 'inhumane' (BBC News) - [text online]

1995: Bosnia peace accord ends three-year war (BBC News) - [text online]

Two-pronged attack on Smith's plan for 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Red Cross denounces Israel's curbs on Palestinians ahead of Blair conference (The Independent) - [text online]

'Find the fugitives', urges UN prosecutor as she steps down (The Independent) - [text online]

Baltic states braced for backlash by Russian minorities (The Independent) - [text online]

11,000 illegal migrants licensed to work as private security guards (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith: 6,000 illegal immigrants worked in security industry (The Guardian) - [text online]

Brown risks losing trust over immigrants row, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]

Geneva dialogue supports coherent policy on refugees in migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghan minority seeks home in India (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR drivers pay heavy price in black week for UN refugee agency (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Condemning the unborn (IRR News) - [text online]

Evidence on assaults and abuse during deportation collected (IRR News) - [text online]

Kosovo debate to dominate EU summit (EU Observer) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somali Region Update Humanitarian Response (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA special focus: The closure of the Gaza Strip - The economic and humanitarian consequences (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian action still under fire in Darfur (Refugees International) - [
text online]

Lahore immigration advisers and education agents hear how the British High Commission wishes to co-operate with them but learn with dismay about abolition of appeals and proposed further restrictions on marriage which would impact (Immigration Advisory Service) - [text online]

Some Iraqis returnees face uncertain lives (Los Angeles Times) - [text online]

Kosovo status talks failed to produce agreement, says report to Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Concern over conscription of children, human rights abuses in North Kivu (IRIN News) - [text online]

World Disasters Report
: tackling discrimination in disasters (Red Cross Red Crescent) - [text online]

Posted in: News.


Thursday 13 December 2007

News Stories (13/12/07)

Doctors Failing to diagnose HIV early in UK Africans (Wellcome Trust) - [text online]

General jailed for Sarajevo siege (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan women make call for peace (BBC News) - [text online]

A miracle for Christmas (The Independent) - [text online]

Union challenges M&S on migrant workers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Resettlement referrals for Iraqi refugees top 20,000 this year (UNHCR News) - [text online]

For Iraqi refugees, a sense of community in the American west (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR calls on women leaders to empower female refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

EC allocates €50 million to alleviate plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Timor-Leste will need UN assistance for some time, says Security Council team (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy vows to build momentum in peace process (UN News) - [text online]

MPs to quiz Ministers on treatment of asylum seekers (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

Immigration and America's Black Population (Docuticker) - [text online]

Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice (Docuticker) – [text online].

Posted in: News.

Wednesday 12 December 2007

News Stories (12/12/07)

UN review after Algiers bombing (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudanese peace deal back on track (BBC News) - [text online]

General jailed for Sarajevo siege (BBC News) - [text online]

Spectre of civil war returns as al-Qaeda suicide bombings kill 67 (The Times) - [text online]

Britain's breach of honour over Iraq interpreters (The Times) - [text online]

One baby in five born to mothers who came from outside Britain (The Times) - [text online]

One in five babies born to migrants in UK (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Ex-CIA agent: We used torture and it worked (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Algerian bomb blasts linked to al-Qa'ida (The Independent) - [text online]

CIA waterboarding 'broke suspect after 35 seconds' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN agency seeks over $1 billion to assist millions of refugees worldwide (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Violence and victimization after civilian disarmament - The case of Jonglei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: For returnees, a complex scenario; for displaced, a desperate one (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

US: Immigration Detention Practices Endanger Health, Life: Government Neglecting Healthcare Needs of Ill Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Departures of Myanmar refugees from Thailand top 20,000 mark (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Congolese refugees in Uganda prepare to move (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR chief condemns Algiers bombing; mourns dead (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR launches international dialogue on asylum and migration (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR's donors announce contributions of almost US$500 million for 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

BURUNDI: Boost for returnees (IRIN News) - [text online]

More than $2 billion required for humanitarian, recovery projects in Sudan: UN (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Tuesday 11 December 2007

Publications

Risk of new displacement heightens as deadline for resolving Kosovo’s final status expires, says report (IDMC) - [full text online].
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – http://www/internal-displacement.org)

The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has produced a new
field-friendly publication, Your Right to Education: A Handbook for Refugees and Displaced Communities. Available online at:
(http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/right_to_ed_handbook.pdf)

A brief "user-guide" that includes examples of activities and questions for discussion is also available (Arabic and French forthcoming). Available online at:
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/right_to_ed_user.pdf.

This handbook builds on a previous version that the Women's Commission and Pearson Foundation developed for organizations working with displaced communities (available online at
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/right_to_ed.pdf).
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List – Archives held at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

The Statistics Commission has just published a report entitled “Foreign Workers in the UK – A Briefing Note.” (December 2007).
This report investigates the statistics concerning the number of foreign workers currently resident in the
UK and is available via the Statistics Commission website at: http://www.statscom.org.uk/
(Source: Guardian Online Article entitled
Higher figures for foreign workers undermine ministers' claims” available online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2225600,00.html

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today released a major new report on displacement issues in Burma. Entitled "Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights in Burma", the report is available free for download from COHRE's website:
http://www.cohre.org/view_page.php?page_id=276

(Sourced: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Rot Here or Die There: Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon. Report online at: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/lebanon1207/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http:/www.hrw.org)

Entrenching Impunity: Government Responsibility for International Crimes in Darfur. Report Online at: http://hrw.org/reports/2005/darfur1205/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http:/www.hrw.org)

Refugees’ experiences of integration: policy related findings on employment, ESOL and vocational training. New report from the Refugee Council and the University of Birmingham which “presents findings concerning employment, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and vocational training from a two-year qualitative study of Refugees’ Experiences of Integration, carried out in partnership by the Refugee Council and the University of Birmingham.”
Available online from the Refugee Council website at: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2007/Integration_work.htm
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Crossing Borders magazine – new writing from Africa
http://www.crossingborders-africanwriting.org/magazine/

Crossing Borders was a collaboration between the British Council, Lancaster University and a range of partners in Africa, using information technology to link young writers in Africa with experienced mentors in the UK. The initiative produced 12 online magazines and the writing (in English) is available to download from a range of countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe from link above.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

National Insurance Number Allocations to Overseas Nationals entering the UK (previously Migrant Workers Statistics).
Useful summary of information about numbers and countries of origin of migrant workers allocated NI numbers in the UK. Available online from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) website at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/niall/nino_allocation.asp
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Mentoring for New Migrants.
Produced by TimeBank as part of Lord Goldsmith’s Citizenship Review, this pamphlet argues that new migrants to the UK could benefit from a mentoring scheme. Available online at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/images/mentoring-new-migrants.pdf
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Committee Against Torture: Concluding Observations and individual communications (39th session). Now available are the observations adopted in respect of reports submitted by States parties to the Committee Against Torture, which held its 39th session from 5 to 23 November 2007. The documents are provided in advance unedited version and in the original
language of adoption, with translations into additional languages to be found in due course on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

Benin
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Benin.pdf

Estonia
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Estonia.pdf

Latvia
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Latvia.pdf

Norway http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Norway.pdf

Portugal
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Portugal.pdf

Uzbekistan
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Uzbekistan.pdf

Liberty has published a report on: 'Terrorism pre-charge detention: comparative law study'.
Download the report at:
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/pdfs/pre-charge-detention-comparative-law-study.pdf (pdf file, 312kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism of the Home Office has published details on the 'Government's Pre Charge Detention Proposal'.
Download the paper on the: 'Pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects' at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/pre-charge-detention/pre-charge-detention-proposal?view=Binary (pdf file, 80kb)
Download the: 'Pre Charge Detention Diagram' at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/pre-charge-detention/pre-charge-detention-diagram?view=Binary (pdf file, 24kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism of the Home Office has published a report by Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C.: 'Report on Proposed Measures for Inclusion in a Counter Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/lord-carlile-report?view=Binary (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism of the Home Office has published : 'Summary of Responses to the Consultation on the Counter Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/summary-of-responses?view=Binary (pdf file, 592kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published responses to its consultation to simplify immigration law: 'Simplifying immigration law: responses to the initial consultation paper'.
Download the response at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/simplificationprojectconsul1.pdf (pdf file, 960kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published 'plans to manage migration and protect British values'.
Download the: 'Highly skilled migrants under the points based system: statement of intent' at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/tier1statementofintent.pdf (pdf file, 344kb)
Download the consultation paper on: 'Marriage to partners from overseas' at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/forcedmarriageconsultation.pdf (pdf file, 616kb)
Download the consultation paper on: 'Marriage visas: pre-entry english requirement for spouses' at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/englishforspouseconsultation.pdf (pdf file, 352kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee has published its: '4th Report of Session 2007-08: Drawing special attention to: Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2007 '.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldmerit/19/19.pdf (pdf file, 624kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Communities and Local Government Department has published new guidance on translation for local councils: 'Guidance for Local Authorities on Translation of Publications'.
Download the guidance at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/580274 (pdf file, 864kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Posted in: Publications.

News Stories (11/12/07)

Cuba makes human rights promise (BBC News) - [text online]

UN rights envoy in Burma briefing (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia blasted over key fugitives (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt 'fabricated terror group' (BBC News) - [text online]

Independent Appeal: Flight of the young ones (The Independent) - [text online]

Australia scraps 'Pacific Solution' for refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

'Westernised' women being killed in Basra (The Independent) - [text online]

Birth of a nation: But will Kosovo spark another Balkan crisis? (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants drown near Turkish coast (The Independent) - [text online]

It's time for a museum of British history (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Risk of new displacement heightens as deadline for resolving Kosovo’s final status expires, says report (IDMC) - [text online]

Higher figures for foreign workers undermine ministers' claims (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugees from Bhutan get first ID cards in Nepal's camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN seeks US$3.8 billion for humanitarian aid next year (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Colombia's Pearl of the Pacific loses its lustre (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN Human Rights Day: UNHCR to help promote Declaration of Human Rights anniversary (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, 16 Nov - 07 Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: ID campaign starts for Bhutanese refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Humanitarian Appeal 2008: Addressing the needs of 25 million people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Risk of new displacement heightens as Kosovo deadline expire (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Awareness-raising key to tackling gender violence (IRIN News) - [text online]

Refugee to deliver speech at UN with Sir Richard Branson (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Monday 10 December 2007

News Stories (10/12/07)

Time up for Kosovo status talks (BBC News) - [text online]

CIA photos 'show UK Guantanamo detainee was tortured' (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo protesters demand declaration of independence (The Independent) - [text online]

Nato ready as Kosovo tension rises (The Telegraph) - [text online]

French workers in Chad protest (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma toll at least 31, UN says (BBC News) - [text online]

The liberties stripped from the weak today could be lost to us all tomorrow (The Guardian) - [text online]

To believe in a European utopia before Muslims arrived is delusional (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR repatriates 45 Congolese to Kinshasa on maiden flight (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Plaudits and prizes for powerful migration movie (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Conflicting reports on Iraqi return figures (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq not safe enough for refugee returns, says UNHCR (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

East Africa: Holmes warns on humanitarian outlook (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Crackdown casualties exceed official count - UN (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Mounting rebel fronts hamper aid efforts (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Burmese refugees in Thailand face food aid cut (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Timor-Leste: IDPs, widespread poverty counteract progress (Reliefeb) - [text online]

Iraq : Returning home not end of story for IDPs and refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: More Food needed to feed thousands of displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Concern over the fate of civilians in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SUDAN: Water shortage fears in Darfur camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ-JORDAN: Few Iraqis returning home (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Returning to destroyed, looted or occupied homes (IRIN News) - [text online]

CHAD: Mounting rebel fronts hamper aid efforts (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Friday 7 December 2007

News Stories (07/12/07)

CIA destroyed interrogation tapes (BBC News) - [text online]

Red Cross visits Iraqi prisoners (BBC News) - [text online]

Councils urged to translate less (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia warns of a new Balkan war as peace talks over Kosovo fail (The Times) - [text online]

Concerns over Kosovo conflict as talks fail (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Kosovo: A declaration of independence - or war? (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith faces fight to raise detention limit in terror cases (The Independent) - [text online]

From a cleaner to a concert pianist, the Polish immigrant who hit the right note in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

President leaves behind a people left paralysed by their poverty (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbs: 'We are defending Europe against Muslim aggression' (The Independent) - [text online]

Refugees and displacement (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report Issue no. 27 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 18 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians summary data tables: Reports to the end of Oct 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report, 7 - 13 Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Teaching Black history: the struggle continues (IRR News) - [text online]

Ministers struggle as plan to increase detention limit to 42 days attracts new round of criticism (The Guardian) - [text online]

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding Observations (39th session) - [text online]

Brazil honours refugee integration initiatives (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Post in: News.

Thursday 6 December 2007

New Periodicals and Publications

Development - Table of Contents alert Volume 50 Issue 4, (December 2007) – Special Issue on Migration and Development – [table of contents - http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v50/n4/index.html}. UEL has both printed and electronic access to this journal and a copy will be made available in the Archive.

Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 16, no. 5 (2007) [contents]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 30, no. 6 (2007) [contents]
- Theme of this issue is "New Directions in the Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 3, no. 2 (Oct. 2007) [contents, sample article]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Jordan: Study of Iraqis in Jordan (Fafo, Nov. 2007) [online access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Lebanon: Rot Here or Die There: Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2007) [online access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Southern and Eastern Region TUC has published an anti-racism booklet: 'Defeating
racism: unions working together for a racism-free London, South East and East of England'.
Download the booklet at:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/equal1se.pdf 9pdf file, 784kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a new report: 'The housing pathways of new immigrants'.
Download the findings at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/pdf/2151.pdf (pdf file, 88kb)
Download the full report at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2103-housing-immigration-asylum.pdf (pdf file, 3.3mb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre (18-22 June 2007)'.
Download the report at;
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/Colnbrook_IRC.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 488kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an unannounced short follow- up inspection of: Lindholme Immigration Removal Centre (16-18 July 2007)'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/Lindholme.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 216kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Under the Freedom of Information Act the Ministry of Justice has released information on: 'Reasons for adjournments of Asylum and Immigration Tribunal hearings'.
Download the information at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/foi-asylum-immigration.htm (pdf file, 48kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic 2007
Source - UNAIDS
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CLRQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Consolidating the Peace? Views from Sierra Leone and Burundi on the
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
Source - CARE
Date - Jun 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79EJ2J?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Resolution 1325: From Rhetoric to Practice: A Report on Women's
Role in Reconcilliation Processes in the Great Lakes in Africa
Source - CARE
Date - Oct 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79EJF5?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Peacebuilding in Eastern DRC: Improving EU support for Economic
Recovery
Source - International Alert
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79JGH3?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Negociating Peace in Liberia: Preserving the Possibility for
Justice
Source - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LRON-79JJ5E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - ProVention Consortium Newsletter - No. 8
Source - ProVention Consortium
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SSHN-79KJZA?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Posted in: Periodicals and Publications.

News Stories (06/12/07)

Smith plans 42-day terror limit (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to press Sudan on Darfur force (BBC News) - [text online]

Clarke refused offer of role in repatriating immigrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Legal action by inmates could close Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Henry's war: One man's fight against rendition (The Independent) - [text online]

Adopt Nazi methods, says Italian councillor (The Independent) - [text online]

Plan to let MPs vote on how long individual terror suspects are held (The Times) - [text online]

Smith seeks to restore trust in immigration system (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR to seek pledges of $1.09 billion for 2008 budget (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Remembering South Africa's revolution (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Anti-Zionist Jews fight anti-Semitism charge (IRR News) - [text online]

Burundi: UN approves regular monitoring mechanism as new tool to promote
peacebuilding (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Humanitarian aid in jeopardy (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Darfur: UN, African Union envoys meet with regional partners to peace process (UN News) - [text online]

UN appeals for safe, unhindered humanitarian access amid fighting in Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Sudan has failed to cooperate with International Criminal Court, prosecutor says (UN News) - [text online]

JORDAN: Iraqi asylum-seekers fall victim to resettlement scams (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Wednesday 5 December 2007

News Stories (05/12/07)

One-fifth of Canadians immigrants (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to join attack on Congo rebels (BBC News) - [text online]

Rice at talks on Africa conflicts (BBC News) - [text online]

World court to open Darfur cases (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo stalemate set to open rift between Russia and the West (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR suspends returns to Sudan's Jonglei state (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Central African Republic parliament approves refugee law (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN: Atrocities Fuel Worsening Crisis in Horn of Africa. UN Security Council Should Press Ethiopia and Somalia to Put an End to Abuses (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: ICC Needs Backing to Bring Justice for War Crimes. Secretary-General to Address ICC Meeting at UN Headquarters (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Plans to restrict healthcare for asylum seekers and migrants (Observer) - [text online]

Controversial final hearing for Independent Asylum Commission (Refugee Council) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report, 21 - 27 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia allows aid operations one day after freeze (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy heads to Sudan for talks with all sides to conflict (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Gov't, UN to cooperate in returnee effort (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: More Congolese displaced by fighting in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR set to ask donors for over one billion dollars for 2008 budget (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan to dominate Security Council’s intensive December schedule – President (UN News) - [text online]

Donors pledge over $160 million for UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Renewed fighting in eastern Chad sparks alarm from UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi Government, UN launch plan to help returning refugees (UN News) - [text online]

BURUNDI-TANZANIA: Thousands of refugees still awaiting repatriation (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Tuesday 4 December 2007

New Periodicals and Publications

Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 20 Number 4, (December 2007) - [table of contents].
UEL has both a hard copy and electronic subscription to this journal which will be available for consultation in due course.

Contemporary European History, Volume 16 Number 4, (2007) - Selected articles relating to refugees and population displacement during and after the Second World War - [table of contents]

Migration Journal produced by the International Organization for Migration, (IOM), the December 2007 issue is now available online - [full text]

Ending Gender-Based Violence in Darfur: An Advocacy Agenda. A report by Refugees International. Available online - [full text].

UNHCR
Country Report Afghanistan. 11th European Country of Origin Information
Seminar (Vienna, 21-22 June 2007) - [full text]

UNHCR Country Report Iraq. 11th European Country of Origin Information Seminar
(Vienna, 21-22 June 2007) - [full text]

Forced Migration Online Podcast 3: Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2007 - [podcast online]

Asylum Deaths: What to do Next (Institute of Race Relations, Nov. 2007) - [full text].
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Asylum is not gender neutral: Protecting women seeking asylum (European Women's Lobby & Refugee Women's Resource Project, Nov. 2007) - [full text].
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive (European Commission, Dec. 2007) - [full text]
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Public health, conflict and human rights: toward a collaborative research agenda, Conflict and Health 2007, 1:11 (Nov. 2007) [full text]
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Posted in: Periodicals and Publications.

News Stories (04/12/07)

Wave of violence threatens Darfur camps (BBC News) - [text online]

Writers attack Zimbabwe omission (BBC News) - [text online]

Fierce fighting in eastern Chad (BBC News) - [text online]

Third Uzbekistan 'torture death' (BBC News) - [text online]

An appeal for your help this Christmas (The Independent) - [text online]

I won't let this pass: Morrissey defends stance in immigration row with NME (The Guardian) - [text online]

Amis demands Muslims join in 'factory siren' over terror plots (The Guardian) - [text online]

Street theatre helps spread HIV/AIDs awareness in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

One tragedy helps young Iraqi overcome another one (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hundreds flee new fighting in North Kivu; UNHCR closes small office (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Djibouti, 1 December 2007 - Secretary-General's message to seminar on the implementation of the African Union Border Programme (UN News) - [text online]

Mozambique: Number of refugees grows (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Israel to aid Palestinian refugees in peace deal: OImert (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: More aid needed for the displaced in Anbar Province (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN humanitarian chief calls for improved cooperation to expedite
assistance to Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Resisting displacement by combatants and developers: Humanitarian Zones in north-west Colombia (IDMC) - [text online]

UK Government needs joined up thinking on Bangladesh and labour migrants (IAS) - [text online]

Burmese Refugees: End the Exploitation of Burmese in Thailand (Refugees International) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Monday 3 December 2007

News Stories (03/12/07)

RFC rebels 'in new Chad clash' (BBC News) - [text online]

'Humanitarian crisis' facing Ethiopia, says UN (The Independent) - [text online]

Reality TV to help immigrants find a wife – and a US visa (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur mission 'behind schedule' (BBC News) - [text online]

Morrissey sues NME over racism claim (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Worsening humanitarian crisis as internal displacement escalates in the east (IDMC) - [text online]

The cruellest voyage (The Guardian) - [text online]

Brick Lane losing its flavour as corporates squeeze out curry (The Guardian) - [text online]

Failed asylum seekers face healthcare ban (The Guardian) - [text online]

World AIDS Day: Refugee boy in Namibia inspires AIDS Day poster (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Refugee worker turns a disability into an advantage (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Daily struggle for displaced families from Mogadishu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World AIDS Day: UNHCR chief pledges to continue fight against HIV and AIDS (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Two of Sudan's 'Lost Boys' return home from Cuba (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Continuing dialogue with Sudan vital to expediting assistance, says top UN aid official (UN News) - [text online]

On International Day, Ban Ki-moon calls for eradicating modern forms of slavery (UN News) - [text online]


SUDAN: Darfur relief to cost $825 million in 2008 - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]

"Initial decision-making is still shockingly poor" (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Posted in: News.