Friday 21 September 2007

Online Publications from FMO Discussion List

The following list of online resources has been replicated from the FMO Discussion List (an archive of messages can be found at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html
If you haven't already done so, please subscribe to this service as it provides a very useful sources of information on all areas of Forced Migration. Details of how to subscribe can
be found here at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

**Online Articles/Publications**

2007 Report on International Religious Freedom (U.S. Dept. of State, Sept.
2007) - http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/

"After the Wave: A Pilot Project to Develop Mental Health Services in Ampara
District, Sri Lanka Post-Tsunami," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Sept.
2007) - http://jha.ac

Expert Seminar on Protracted IDP Situations (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal
Displacement, June 2007; posted August 2007) -
http://www3.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/conferences/20070622.pdf

Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System (OECD, Sept. 2007) -
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/Gaining_from_Migration.pdf

Information Services for Refugee Communities in Zambia, Paper presented at 73rd
IFLA General Conference (15 Aug. 2007) -
http://lib.tut.ac.za/ifla/documents/christinekanyengo.pdf

Library Services for Displaced People: Activities in Burmese Refugee Camps,
Paper presented at 73rd IFLA General Conference (15 Aug. 2007) -
http://lib.tut.ac.za/ifla/documents/yurikowatanabe.pdf

The long road home: Opportunities and obstacles to the reintegration of IDPs
and refugees returning to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. Report of Phase I
(Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, Aug. 2007) -
http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgcommissioned_dfidreintegration.pdf

On Migration and the Policy Process, Working Paper no. T20 (Development
Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation & Poverty, August 2007) -
http://www.migrationdrc.org/publications/working_papers/WP-T20.pdf

Protracted displacement and remittances: The case of Somalis in Eastleigh,
Nairobi, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper No. 143 (UNHCR, Aug. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/46ea519d2.pdf

Real-time evaluation of UNHCR's IDP operation in the Democratic Republic of
Congo, PDES/2007/02 - RTE 5 (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/46ea97fe2.pdf

Real time evaluation of UNHCR's IDP operation in Somalia, PDES/2007/02 - RTE 4 (Sept. 2007) - http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/46e927652.pdf

Rebuilding Lives: Refugee Economic Opportunities in a New Land (Women's
Commission, August 2007) - http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/us_sandiego.pdf

Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan,
S/2007/520 (UN Security Council, Aug. 2007) -
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf/dx/14092007094318AMSLKJ4P.htm

Response to the European Commission’s Green Paper on the Future Common European
Asylum System (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46e159f82

Security, Displacement and Iraq: A Deadly Combination (Brookings-Bern Project
on Internal Displacement, August 2007) -
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/ferris/20070827.htm

Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2006-2007
(Badil, Sept. 2007) - http://www.badil.org/Publications/Books/Books.htm

UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs
of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers (August 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=SUBSITES&id=46dec4da2

Update for partners on the situation of children in Iraq (UNICEF, August 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LSGZ-76GDVA?OpenDocument

**Journals/Newsletters**

Archive Focus, vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/documents/Newsletter1.pdf (full-text)
- Inaugural issue from the Refugee Archives, UEL.

Conflict, Security and Development, vol 7, no. 3 (2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g781668171~db=all (contents)
- Focus is on disarmament, demobilisation & reintegration (DDR); includes an
article on protracted refugee situations.

Development Policy Review, vol. 25, no. 5 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/dpr/25/5?cookieSet=1
(contents, selected full-text)
- Special issue focusing on the "developmental state": "the issue seeks to
inform the process of rethinking how more effective and responsive states can
be (re)built – and what the role of the international assistance community may
be in that process." Note: This issue will be launched at an ODI event in
October; see http://www.odi.org.uk/events/dpr_launch/index.html for more info.

Field Exchange, no. 31 (Sept. 2007) - http://www.ennonline.net/fex (contents)
- From the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN).

International Review of the Red Cross, no. 865 (2007) -
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/section_review_2007_865?opendocument
(full-text)
- The theme of this issue is "humanitarian actors," with a particular focus on
the role of private miliary companies in armed conflict situations.

Monday Developments, vol. 25, no. 8 (Aug. 2007) -
http://www.interaction.org/files.cgi/5964_August2007.pdf (full-text)
- From InterAction; focus is on climate change.

Security Dialogue, vol. 38, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://sdi.sagepub.com/current.dtl (contents)
- Mix of articles.

**Events & Opportunities**

12th International Metropolis Conference, Melbourne, 8-12 October 2007 -
http://www.metropolis2007.org/index.php
- Conference will focus on following themes: “the patterns of current and
future migration; the scope for reinforcing its favourable impact on economic
growth; strengthening social cohesion.”

The blame game: Can journalists and aid workers trust each other?, London, 24
September 2007 - http://www.odi.org.uk/events/blame_game/index.html

European Chapter of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ)
Conference, Strasbourg, 18-19 October 2007 - http://www.iarlj.nl/general/

UNHCR's Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 26-28 September 2007 -
http://www.unhcr.org/ngo-consultations/

**Web Sites/Tools**

Database Court Decisions in Asylum Law -
http://www.iarlj.nl/Database/IARLJ_Database_Start.htm
- Search interface provided in a number of different languages.

Documentary Project for Refugee Youth – http://www.thedocumentaryproject.org
- Collaborative media project undertaken with 12 resettled refugee teenagers
from Africa and the Balkans.

Refugee Archives Current Awareness Blog - http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com/
- Service established for students of the MA in refugee studies course at UEL.


Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com

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New Journal Table of Contents [ToC]

International Migration : Volume 45 Issue 4, (October 2007) - [ToC]

International Journal of Social Welfare : Volume 16 Issue 4, (October 2007) - [ToC]

Development Policy Review : Volume 25 Number 5, (September 2007) - [ToC]

Monday 17 September 2007

Refugee Council Archive New Accessions

The Refugee Council Archive at UEL has just published their latest Accessions List for the period covering July-August 2007. The List is available to download in PDF format from the Refugee Council Archive web site at:

http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/whatsnew.htm

Online Publications & News

A selection of new online publications and news stories which are available to download from the links given. Information courtesy of the FM-CAB blog and WTYL email digest:

1) Protracted displacement and remittances: The case of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper No. 143 (UNHCR, Aug. 2007) [text]

2) Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan, S/2007/520 (UN Security Council, Aug. 2007) [text]

3) Refugee Council: Latest news review at http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/reviews/newsreview.htm and updated briefing on ESOL funding at: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/briefings/2007/esolfunding.htm

4) Migrants Rights News (first issue): http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/enews/september.htm

Women's Asylum News

The Refugee Women's Resource Project has just published online the latest edition of their Women's Asylum News periodical (September/October 2007). This edition is available full test on their website at:

http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/New%20RWRP/WAN/Issue%20no%2069%20sept%20oct%20final%20pdf.pdf.

Thursday 13 September 2007

Amazon Book Feed

A new addition to this blog found courtesy of Elisa Mason's Forced Migration blog at: http://fm-sites.blogspot.com/

I have used the Onefocus Amazon.com feed generator to create a number of specific book searches on Amazon.com relating to the areas of refugee studies and forced migration. These feeds have then been imported into Google Reader and a widget placed in the right hand send menu of this blog. A direct link to public page for this service can be found below:

Google Reader Link: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/04223194250524464514

Onfocus Amazon.com Feed Generator: http://onfocus.com/amafeed/

Any queries then do let us know on library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

Wednesday 12 September 2007

New UEL Refugee Archives Newsletter

The first edition of the new Archive Focus newsletter for the Refugee Archives here at UEL is now available for download. The newsletter can be downloaded from both our Refugee Archives web site at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/newsletter.htm and also our Refugee Archives wiki: http://refugeearchives.wetpaint.com/page/Refugee+Archives+Newsletter

If you would like to contribute to future issues of the newsletter then do please let us know by emailing us at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

WTYL Digest

Just a reminder that the latest Welcome To your Library Digest email was circulated on the 19th September and this is a very useful email news service to subscribe too. Details of the e-digest can be found on the Welcome to Your Library web site. Earlier samples of this digest can be found on the Archives and Libraries section of this Blog (http://refugee-archives-libraries.blogspot.com/) and an online subscription form can be found here.

New Publications

Details of some newly found online publications:

1) The long road home: Opportunities and obstacles to the reintegration of IDPs and refugees returning to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. This Humanitarian Policy Group study published in August 2007 can be found online at: http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgcommissioned_dfidreintegration.pdf

2) The Runnymede Trust has many interesting online publications concerning racism on their UKREN publications page: http://www.runnymedetrust.org/projects/europe/uk-race-amp-europe-network/publications-2.html

3) New ICAR briefings on Women Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK and the Somali refugee community in the UK can now be downloaded from the ICAR website at: http://www.icar.org.uk/
(Courtesy of the Welcome To Your Library project)

4) Safety and Migrant Workers: A practical guide for safety representatives. A New Trades Union Congress (TUC) report published in July 2007 and available online at:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/safetymw.pdf


5) New online publications listed on Elisa Mason's Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-pubs.blogspot.com/ The latest journal and newsletter references can also be found at: http://fm-perio.blogspot.com/

New Refworld Publications

New publications available on the UNHCR Refworld web site:

1) Sierra Leone: The Influence of the Secret Societies, with Special Reference to Female Genital Mutilation. By Dr. Richard Fanthorpe, (August 2007) and available at:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46cee3152

2) Update of UNHCR's Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers From Côte d'Ivoire. (July 2007) and available at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46dc372c2

3) UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-seekers. (August 2007) and available at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46deb05557

4) Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on the Future Common European Asylum System. (September 2007) and available at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46e159f82


Refworld is available at: www.refworld.org

New Journal Table of Contents [ToC]

Development: Volume 50 Number 3, (September 2007) - [ToC]

Global Networks: Volume 7 Issue 4, (October 2007) - [ToC]

Sociology of Health & Illness: [ToC]