Thursday 29 November 2007

New Online Publications

Newly listed online publications from ReliefWeb and the Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog:

Title - Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters: Guidelines
for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation
Source - Pan American Health Organization
Date - Jul 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MTRA-79C9QH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Human Development Report 2007/2008 - Fighting Climate Change: Human
Solidarity in a Divided World
Source - UN Development Programme
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79CHHF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Discussion Paper: Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the
Context of International Migration
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79CHR9?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - UNFPA - Annual Report 2006
Source - UN Population Fund
Date - Jan 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CN8N?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - UNFPA - Rapport Annuel 2006
Source - UN Population Fund
Date - Jan 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CNGV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Forced Migration Review No. 29 - Humanitarian Reform: Fulfilling
Its Promise?
Source - Forced Migration Review, University of Oxford
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CR53?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugee Diet in a context of Urban Displacement (Forced Migration & Refugee Studies Program, AUC, Oct. 2007) [Part one] [Part two]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the Context of International Migration (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

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

Posted in: Publications.

News Stories (29/11/07)

British Muslims should protest teddy lunacy (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Morrissey blames immigration for 'disappearance' of British identity (The Independent) - [text online]

Mosques given code of practice (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo's future uncertain as talks collapse (The Independent) - [text online]

Come over here and you will be miserable, Swiss government adverts warn Africans (The Independent) - [text online]

What to do in the event of an asylum-seeker death (IRR News) - [text online]

The phantom hordes (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese from Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq government busses refugees home from Syria (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes Japan's new study on resettlement (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza strip humanitarian fact sheet, 28 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 33, 20 - 27 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Report - 28 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

The hidden world of stateless people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ethiopia: UN humanitarian chief concludes visit (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cameroon: More international assistance required for refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

More Iraqi refugees leaving Syria than entering (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: The devastating impact of displacement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fact Files and Media Tools on HIV/AIDS (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters: Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Potential crisis in Ethiopia’s Somali region can be averted, says UN relief official (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency resumes repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Kenyan camp (UN News) - [text online]

Serge Brammertz appointed prosecutor for UN’s Balkan war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Wednesday 28 November 2007

New Journal Issues

International Migration: Volume 45, Issue 5, (December 2007) - [table of contents]. UEL has hard copy and electronic subscriptions to this journal.

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies: Number 2, (November 2007) [full-text]

Conflict, Security & Development: Volume 7 Number 4, (2007) [table of content]

Disasters: Volume 31 Number4, (December 2007) - [table of contents]

Human Rights Quarterly: Volume 29 Number 4, (November 2007) [table of contents]

International Review of the Red Cross: Volume 89 Number 866, (June 2007) - [table of contents]

Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict: Volume 5 Number 3. (November 2007) - [table of contents]

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: Volume 34 Number 1, (2008) - [table of contents]. UEL has electronic and hard copy subscriptions to this journal.

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law: Volume 8, (December 2005) - [table of contents]

Posted in: Periodicals.

News Stories (28/11/07)

Sudan 'blocking' Darfur mission (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyan Muslims deny Sharia claims (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees begin journey home (BBC News) - [text online]

Code of practice for mosques aims to stamp out extremism (BBC News) - [text online]

Legal Opinion: Are innocent people being kept in detention? (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's population 'could reach 109 million by 2081' (The Independent) - [text online]

Unwanted in Syria, hundreds of Iraqi refugees return home (The Independent) - [text online]

Five Underreported Stories Kick Off 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign (UN News) - [text online]

Sudanese Obstacles Threaten Darfur Peacekeeping Mission, Say UN Officials - (UN News) - [text online]

UN genocide tribunal confirms 25-year jail term for Rwandan ex-army officer (UN News) - [text online]

Next year’s UN-backed forum on migration to focus on rights protection (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands of jobs created through UN development scheme in Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

Refugee from Myanmar finds farming and friends in Java (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Dutch court rules Srebrenica families can sue U.N. (Yahoo News / Reuters) - [text online]

Kosovo fate is for U.N. to decide, says Serbia (Yahoo News / Reuters) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Tuesday 27 November 2007

News Stories (27/11/07)

'Hundreds dead' in Chad fighting (BBC News) - [text online]

Protesters disrupt Oxford debate (BBC News) - [text online]

Protesters disrupt Oxford Union debate (The Telegraph) - [text online]

The uprising against facism: Students storm Oxford Union debate (The Independent) - [text online]

Jail inspector criticises use of truncheons at immigration centre (The Independent) - [text online]

Chad rebels fight army near Sudan (The Independent) - [text online]

Xenophobia in Italy: a fortress fights to keep out poor (The Independent) - [text online]

Chances for Kosovo deal fade at leaders' final talks (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur conflict (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Chad troubles (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Kosovo future (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Chad: Attacks by rebels not to be confused with attacks by bandits (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Gunmen enter eastern towns, beat aid staff as fears rise (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: UK announces GBP 15m humanitarian aid in north, GBP 700m development aid over 10 years (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Interview - Medical aid agency urges 'humanitarian surge' in Iraq (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Manager backs midfielder at deportation hearing (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant detention centres use staves banned in low security prisons (The Guardian) - [text online]

Guterres vows UNHCR to counter violence against women (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Saudi Red Crescent chief visits UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Challenges for Iraqis Detained in Lebanon (Refugees International) - [text online]

New UN Internet campaign to eradicate violence against women launched (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Monday 26 November 2007

The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program - AUC

The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program at the American University in Cairo has just announced the following courses for the forthcoming year:

Summer Short Courses 2008

· Addressing the protection of Refugee Women and Girls
· Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Refugees
· International Refugee and Human Rights Law

Application procedures - Please send a letter of application stating:

a) Interest in the Summer School
b) The course(s) you are applying for.
c) Why the course(s) is/are important to your work or academic interest.

And include your updated curriculum vitae.

Addressed to:

Ms. Maysa Ayoub Email: fmrs@aucegypt.edu
Projects Manager Tel: (202) 27976921
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Fax (202) 27956681 American University in Cairo FMRS/AUC, 113 Kasr El Aini Street, PO Box 25000, Cairo 11511, Egypt

Deadline for applications is - March 30th 2008.

For further information regarding accommodation in Cairo and further
updates on FMRS up-coming events access: www.aucegypt.edu/fmrs (under
Outreach).

Posted in: News.

New Publications

Panos London and African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) has published a new report: 'Start the press: How African communities in the UK can work with the media to confront HIV stigma'.

Download the report at: http://www.panos.org.uk/PDF/reports/start_the_press.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)
Also download the 'Start the press: 'Language guide for covering HIV and migration' at: http://www.panos.org.uk/files/start_the_press_words.pdf (pdf file, 128kb)

(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

Save the Children has published: 'Early Years Outreach Practice - Supporting early years practitioners working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families'.
Download the document at:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/ey_outreach_practice.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)
Or view the website at:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/earlyyears/
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Greater London Authority has published a new report on: 'The search for common ground - Muslims, non-Muslims and the UK media'.
Download the full report at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/commonground_report.pdf (pdf file, 608kb). Or download the executive summary at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/commonground_summary.pdf (pdf file, 56kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Commons has published uncorrected oral evidence given by Ms Claudia Sturt (HM Prison Belmarsh); Mr Phil Wheatle (Director General, HM Prison Service); Mr Mohammed Abulkahar and Mr Abul Koyair on: 'The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals'. View the evidence at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/uc43-i/uc4302.htm
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Scottish Government has published research by Mano Candappa, with Miriam Ahmad, Ben Balata, Rayenne Dekhinet and Dogan Gocmen (Institute of Education, University of London) on : 'Education and Schooling for Asylum-Seeking Refugee Students in Scotland: An Exploratory Study'. Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/198224/0052995.pdf (pdf file, 658kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Education Information and Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government has published: 'Insight 38: Education and Schooling for Asylum-seeking and Refugee Students in Scotland: an exploratory study'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/198214/0052990.pdf (pdf file, 112kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Scottish Government has published research by Professor James McGonigal and Dr Evelyn Arizpe (Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow) on: 'Learning to Read a New Culture - How Immigrant and Asylum Seeking Children Experience Scottish Identity through Classroom Books'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/201854/0053801.pdf (pdf file, 1.2mb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Child Recruitment in South Asian Conflicts: A Comparative Analysis
of Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh
Source - Chatham House
Date - Nov 2006
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-794KLM?OpenDocument

Title - Post-Conflict Security-Building
Source - Chatham House
Date - Nov 2006
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-794EX3?OpenDocument

Title - African Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy Framework
Source - New Partnership for Africa's Development
Date - Jun 2005
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-794D7A?OpenDocument

Title - Africa's Recovery from Conflict: Making Peace Work for the Poor
Source - UN University
Date - Dec 2003
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-78XK4Z?OpenDocument

Title - UNDAC Handbook
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-78XGYW?OpenDocument

The International Advisory Commission of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has published a report: 'Stamping Out Rights: The impact of anti-terrorism laws on policing'.
Download the report at:
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/chogm/chogm_2007/chogm_report_2007.pdf (pdf file, 4.3mb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Home Office has published: 'Asylum Statistics: 3rd Quarter 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/asylumq307.pdf (pdf file, 224kb)

The Home Office has published: ' Bulgarian and Romanian Accession Statistics, July - September 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/bulgariaromaniajulysept2007.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Home Office has published: 'Accession Monitoring Report May 2004 - September 2007 (A8 Countries)'.
Download the report at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/accessionmonitoring0504-0907.pdf (pdf file, 328kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Home Office has published: Lin Homer's (Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency) letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the deportation of foreign national prisoners.
Download the letter at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/linhomerletter20november2007.pdf (pdf file, 880kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Scottish Government has published: 'Gypsies/Travellers in Scotland: The Twice Yearly Count-No.12: July 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/204251/0054363.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

CRS — The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq (PDF; 154 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)
The Kurdish-inhabited region of northern Iraq is relatively peaceful and prospering economically, but the Iraqi Kurds political autonomy and political strength in post- Saddam Iraq has caused growing threat perceptions in Turkey, Iran, and Arab Iraq. However, the Iraqi Kurds’ ties to the United States and the U.S. drive to stabilize Iraq will likely enable the Kurds to parry the threats. This report will be updated.
(source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

CRS — Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens

Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens (PDF; 148 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) spells out a strict set of admissions criteria and exclusion rules for all foreign nationals who come permanently to the United States as immigrants (i.e., legal permanent residents) or temporarily as nonimmigrants. Notably, any alien who engages in terrorist activity, or is a representative or member of a designated foreign terrorist organization, is generally inadmissible. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the INA was broadened to deny entry to representatives of groups that endorse terrorism, prominent individuals who endorse terrorism, and (in certain circumstances) spouses and children of aliens who are removable on terrorism grounds. The INA also contains grounds for inadmissibility based on foreign policy concerns.
(source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

International Crisis Group - New Report:
Darfur’s New Security Reality,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the need to reformulate the peace process, with negotiations that are more inclusive and address the conflict’s root causes. While there are fewer deaths now than in 2003-2004, the parties have splintered, confrontations have multiplied, and violence is again rising. Access for humanitarian agencies is decreasing, international peacekeeping is not yet effective, and a political settlement is still far away. The peace talks launched in Libya in October 2007 are on hold. To succeed, the process must include the full range of constituencies involved in the crisis, such as women and Arab tribes. Available Online: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5180&l=1
(Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm)

Migrant Integration Policy Index [MIPEX]

http://www.eukn.org/eukn/themes/Urban_Policy/Social_inclusion_and_integration/Integration_of_social_groups/migration-policy-index_1146.html

(Source: Kevin Harris, www.local-level.org.uk)

MIPEX is a bi-annual assessment of migration policy across 28 countries "in order to find out which policies various countries apply to address the issue of migration and in how far these policy measures are successful in creating opportunities for migrants to participate in society." MIPEX direct link:- http://www.integrationindex.eu/
(Source: Welcome to Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Provision of ESOL in Scotland

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/202792/0054073.pdf

The Scottish Government has just published research which looks at the impact of EU enlargement and the introduction of the UK Citizenship Test on provision of ESOL in Scotland. The key findings are at the above web-link; the full report is at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/202773/0054072.pdf.

(Source: Welcome to Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Published in: Publications.

News Stories (26/11/07)

Darfur rebels spurn Chinese force (BBC News) - [text online]

Final bid for Kosovo compromise (BBC News) - [text online]

MP quits Oxford Union in BNP row (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Critics line up to attack Oxford Union over 'free speech' debate (The Independent) - [text online]

Anger in Bradford over portrayal of city on TV drama (The Independent) - [text online]

Groups will use Holocaust Day to highlight mass murder in Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

South Sudan casts shadow over Uganda's peace (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethnic Indian protesters clash with Malaysian police (The Independent) - [text online]

Torture 'unpunished in Indonesia' (BBC News) - [text online]

Deportation battle for footballer who fled death threats from secret society (The Guardian) - [text online]

Carp sales rise to serve Polish festive tastes (The Guardian) - [text online]

Returned refugees still in danger in Iraq (The Guardian) - [text online]

Teachers: help us cope with migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Q&A: Dinka from Down Under keeps spotlight on Sudan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Tough times for Mogadishu exiles in Puntland's Galkayo (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR says time not right for large-scale Iraq repatriation (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about security situation in eastern Sri Lanka (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan leader rules out non-African troops in Darfur (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL: On the child trafficking route (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Friday 23 November 2007

News Stories (23/11/07)

UN official says Israel's siege of Gaza breeds extremism and human suffering (The Independent) - [text online]

Most Iraqi recruits 'are Saudi or Libyan' (The Independent) - [text online]

Arms seizure threat sparks panic in Darfur camp (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

U.N. council welcomes Congo, Rwanda agreement (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Somalia crisis languishes in Darfur's shadow (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Algeria seeks extradition of political refugee who denounced terror (IRR News) - [text online]

UNHCR and Malawi register all refugees and asylum seekers (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Nearby fighting mars opening of UNHCR field office in North Kivu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Supporting vulnerable Afghans in Balochistan's refugee villages (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN backs conference on human rights, civil society (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Thursday 22 November 2007

News Stories (22/11/07)

Sudanese 'to disarm Darfur camp' (BBC News) - [text online]

Law chiefs see no case for longer detention of terrorist suspects (The Times) - [text online]

Brown halts deportation of Burma junta critic (The Independent) - [text online]

Macdonald: 'No need to increase detention limit' (The Independent) - [text online]

Somalia war-refugee crisis surpasses Darfur in its horror (The Independent) - [text online]

Geraldine Van Bueren: There can be no excuse for torture (The Independent) - [text online]

The beatification of Enoch Powell (IRR News) - [text online]

They come over here ... (Guardian Online) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks data on refugees along Ecuador's border (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Resourcefulness of Zimbabwean asylum seekers impresses UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 32, 12 - 20 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 32, 12 - 20 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Exodus continues as IDPs surpass one million (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.


Wednesday 21 November 2007

Moving Here: New online resource reveals UK migration history

The Moving Here website has now been updated to include significant new resources on the history of migration to the UK, especially designed for schools. Further details of which are included in the following highlights from the associated press release:

Moving Here: New online resource reveals UK migration history: A new online learning resource launches today, offering free and unparalleled access to first-hand experiences of migrants in the UK. Moving Here Schools www.movinghere.org.uk/schools, created in partnership and led by The National Archives, has published contemporary primary source materials to encourage pupils to explore Britain’s multicultural society.

A broad range of learning resources, including interactive activities, has been designed to be used across the school curriculum. The site is ideal to support pupils at Key Stage 2 and 3 (ages 8-14) for History, Geography, Citizenship and ICT. Working with a range of heritage institutions, the project has enabled different minority communities to record their own stories of migration using a variety of sources - stories are told through audio, video, photographs, film and crafts.

For further information, please contact Elise Oliver, press officer at The National Archives
Tel: 020 8392 5237
Email: severine.gould@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Posted in: Multimedia.

News Stories (21/11/07)

France 'let down' Chad aid staff (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan civilian deaths alarm UN (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan's trial run for migrant workers (BBC News) - [text online]

Better security sees Iraqi refugees flood home (The Times) - [text online]

Removal of asylum-seekers falls to lowest level for 5 years (The Times) - [text online]

Two pictures of Britain's brutal asylum policy (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of HIV cases overestimated, says UN (The Independent) - [text online]

Revised UN estimates show over 33 million people worldwide living with HIV (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action, recovery, and development in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 46, Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee women tell their stories (The Guartdian) - [text online]

UNHCR launches last phase of Somali repatriation from Djibouti (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Number of displaced in Somalia tops 1 million mark (UNHCR) - [text online]

Posted in: News.




Tuesday 20 November 2007

Conferences

1) ILPA/LSE Conference: 'Migrants and Involuntary Return' :

Synopsis: The European legal system, with its power to influence Member States' behaviour as well as to monitor and enforce legal compliance, is arguably the most effective international legal system in the world today.
Recently however, particularly in the light of national security issues, there have been significant challenges facing
European States and their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. This complex relationship is perhaps most visible in relation to Article 3 of the Convention and its interaction with non-nationals.


Tickets: £30-£220. For more information and to register: http://www.ilpa.org.uk/DT1022conference.pdf or contact ILPA - email: info@ilpa.org.uk tel +44 20 7251 8383


2) In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in
Africa

Research and Training Workshops, 1-4th of July, 2008
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, and the Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, invite submissions for a two part colloquium on methods and informal migration. This event is designed to strengthen and further refine the strategies used to analyse and understand migration patterns in Africa. Since many migrants operate outside official channels, conventional methods and government
statistics can often be of limited value in coming to terms with this contentious issue. In the absence of empirically reliable and theoretically sophisticated research methods, speculation and hyperbole have regularly filled the void.

Submission Information
Please send submissions by email - with subject heading either:
'Training Workshop Submission' or 'Research Workshop Submission - to:
darshan.vigneswaran@wits.ac.za.

Requests for additional information should be directed to Dr Joel Quirk
(j.quirk@hull.ac.uk).

The Forced Migration Studies Programme (http://migration.org.za/ ) is Southern Africa's premier centre for the academic study of migration. This workshop will form a part of a multi-faceted training and dissemination agenda for 2008, including a conference on the State of
Migration in Southern Africa in March, and a Statistics Institute later in the year.

The Wilberforce Institute (http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/) is dedicated to the pursuit of world class research in the areas of slavery, emancipation, human rights, and social justice. The institute seeks to improve academic knowledge and public understanding of both historical practices and contemporary problems, and to inform public policy and political activism.

Published in: News.

News Stories (20/11/07)

The hands behind bread and pastries (BBC News) - [text online]

First hearing for Cambodia court (BBC News) - [text online]

Asean nations sign first charter (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan ups checks for foreigners (BBC News) - [text online]

Schoolboy cricketers bat their way to a place in the Commonwealth (The Times) - [text online]

Iraqi footballers ask for asylum (The Independent) - [text online]

Ex-Khmer Rouge leader is charged (The Independent) - [text online]

UN's Ban urges implementation of south Sudan peace (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Brazil: Black Pride and the racism debate (Global Voices Online) - [text online]

UNHCR grants US$11 million to boost health services in Jordan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency starts final phase of repatriation from Djibouti to Somaliland (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy to Kosovo says minority interests will be protected after polls (UN News) - [text online]

UN and AU envoys hold more meetings with Darfur rebels to spur peace process (UN News) - [text online]

Number of displaced in Somalia hits 1 million mark – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Jordan: UN agency pledges $11 million to boost health services for Iraqi refugees (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency starts final phase of repatriation from Djibouti to Somaliland - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Update Oct 2007: Vol 1, Issue 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Situation Report: 05 - 11 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Published in: News.

Monday 19 November 2007

WTYL Online Resources

Selected online resources taken from the latest Welcome To Your Library e-mail digest which is available to view - [here]. Full details on how o subscribe to this service can be found on the Welcome To Your Library website at: http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/

* The Search for Common Ground - New report from the Greater London Authority, which looks at the coverage of Muslims and non-Muslims in the UK media. Available online at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/commonground_report.pdf

* Making Links: 15 visions of community -
New book celebrating the 30th anniversary of Community Links, drawing together varied views on our communities and the way we interact. Available online at: http://www.community-links.org/ourwork/makinglinks_page212.aspx

Located in: Publications
* Developing a Community Cohesion Strategy in Barking & Dagenham - The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham's website includes information about the second community cohesion strategy and action plan adopted by the Dagenham & Barking Partnership, including how the strategy was developed and details of the Community Cohesion Survey Report, which may be useful to other areas. Available online at: http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/9-council/comm-cohesion/community-cohesion-main.html


Humanitarian News

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Noel OCHA Situation Report No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian needs and response in Chad : Weekly information bulletin ? 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Report - 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit - Environmental Risk Identification: Bangladesh - Tropical Cyclone Sidr, 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia: Situation Report - 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

Published in: News

5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference

The University of Oxford has just published a Call for Papers for the 5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference to be held from the 1 March 2008 at the University of Oxford. The theme for the 2008 conference will be "Rethinking Solutions for Forced Migrants" and this conference followings on from the 2006 student conference which was held here at the University of East London.

Call for Papers Link: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/StudConf08.pdf

Details of the 2006 Conference held at UEL: http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/research/fmsc/index.htm

Further details and information on past conferences: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/

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FMO Discussion List: New Online Publications / Journals

The follwoing list has been taken from the Forced Migration Discussion List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

Below please find references to new online publications, journal/newsletter
issues, events and opportunities, and web sites/tools.

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**Online Articles/Publications**

About Being Without: Stories of Stateless in Kuwait (Refugees International, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10243/

Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the
Qualification Directive (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=473050632

Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid,
Oct. 2007) -
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/publications/67/Asylum_Rights_Watch_Summary_report_Oct_07.pdf

Behind the Numbers: Assessing Indices of Peace, Conflict and Instability,
USIPeace Briefing (U.S. Institute of Peace, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/1108_peace_indices.html

Ethiopia: Addressing the rights and needs of people displaced by conflict
(IDMC, Oct. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/26fhkt

EXCOM Conclusion on Children at Risk, no. 107 (Oct. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/4717625c2.html

Exiled and Suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (Amnesty International,
Oct. 2007) - http://web.amnesty.org/pages/refugees-161007-feature-eng

Fortress Europe and the Iraqi ‘intruders’: Iraqi asylum-seekers and the EU,
2003-2007, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 144 (UNHCR, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/470c9be92.pdf

A guide to the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (Amnesty
International, Nov. 2007) -
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGIOR630052007

Human Trafficking: Update (House of Lords & House of Commons, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/179/179.pdf

Humanitarian advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality (Humanitarian
Policy Group, Oct. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgbrief28.pdf

Law and legal issues in international disaster response: a desk study (IFRC,
Nov. 2007) -
http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/IDRL/research/publications.asp#deskstudy

Persécutions des femmes: Savoirs, mobilisations et protections (Editions Du
Croquant, Nov. 2007) - http://terra.rezo.net/article655.html (contents,
summary, preface and intro. are available)

Refugee Issues relating to China, Statement by Roberta Cohen (Oct. 2007) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1019_china_cohen.aspx

Refugees' Experiences of Integration (Refugee Council and Univ. of Birmingham,
Oct. 2007) -
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2007/integration.htm

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNGA 62nd Session,
Supplement No. 12, A/62/12 (UN, 2007) -
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/LIB/DHLRefWeblog.nsf/dx/05112007023843PMUNRR2R.htm
(access via UN Pulse)

Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia,
Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Legal_aspects_asylum_refugees_Australia_Canada_UK.htm

Resisting displacement by combatants and developers: Humanitarian Zones in
north-west Colombia (IDMC, Nov. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/2x4oxr

Sexual health, asylum seekers and refugees: A handbook for people working with
refugees and asylum seekers in England (FPA, 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/2ye7wy

The Situation of the Lao Hmong Refugees in Petchabun, Thailand (Doctors without
Borders, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2007/10-31-2007.cfm

"The Truth May be Bitter, but It Must be Told": The Situation of Refugees in
the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard (Pro Asyl & Greek Group
of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/Englisch/Griechenlandbericht_Engl.pdf
Zimbabwe Exodus: Too Little, but Not Too Late (Refugees International, Nov.
2007) - http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10280

**Journals/Newsletters**

African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 7, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.accord.org.za/ajcr/2007-1.htm (full-text)
- Mix of articles, including "The Case against Taylor’s Asylum: A Review of
Nigeria’s Domestic and International Legal Obligations."

African Security Review, vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=3&slink_id=5034&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3 (full-text)
- Theme of this issue is "Conflict Prevention and the ‘Responsibility to
Protect’ in Africa."

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 16, no. 3 (2007) -
http://www.smc.org.ph/apmj16-3.htm (contents)
- Mix of articles.

Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 6 (2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g783727272~db=all (contents)
- Focus is on violence and development in Central and South America. Includes
article on "Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on
Colombia's Pacific coast."

Disasters, online early articles (Nov. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/0/0 (contents)
- Includes article on "The sexual and reproductive rights of internally
displaced women: the embodiment of Colombia's crisis."

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (28 Oct. 2007) - http://www.jha.ac/ (full-
text)
- Two new articles posted: "Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid in
Africa: Impact and Policy Issues" and "Reversing food insecurity: Linking
global commitments to local recovery needs."

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 3 (Oct. 2007) -
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol19/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Includes articles on international refugee protection, separated children,
Eritrean asylum seekers in Norway, and refugee legislation in Belarus.

International Journal on Multicultural Societies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2007) -
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11517&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-465.html (full-text)
- The focus of this issue is on migrant integration in rural versus urban areas
in new settlement countries; includes an article entitled "Changing Places:
Voluntary Sector Work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Core and Peripheral
Regions of the UK."

International Migration Review, vol. 41, no. 4 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imre/41/4 (contents)
- Mix of articles, including "Darfurian Livelihoods and Libya: Trade,
Migration, and Remittance Flows in Times of Conflict and Crisis."

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 20, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl (contents)
- Includes report of the 10th International Association for the Study of Forced
Migration conference, a debate on forced migration studies, and articles on
refugees in Glasgow, Melbourne, and Michigan, Japanese asylum policy, the
economy of a refugee camp, and UNHCR's Convention Plus initiative.

Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations, no. 14 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv14.pdf (full-text)

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3 (2007) -
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol26/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Theme of this issue is "Researching Refugees: Lessons, Challenges and Way
Forward."

Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 44, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://tps.sagepub.com/current.dtl (contents)
- Focus of this issue is "refugees and forced migration."

Women's Asylum News, no. 70 (Nov./Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv14.pdf (full-text)
- Includes feature article on "FGM in Kenya."

**Events & Opportunities**

CFP: Melbourne Journal of Politics, vol. 33 -
http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/mjp.html
- The “focus will be on the debates surrounding globalisation, its influence on
identity and its effect on the analysis of world affairs in a number of
regional and global contexts.” Submissions are due Friday 14 December 2007;
they should be emailed to: The Editors at mjp-politics@unimelb.edu.au.

Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’, 22-26 October 2007,
Geneva - http://www.reliefweb.int/symposium/
- Even though this event has already taken place, you can still view
presentations, watch a webcast, and read bloggers’ comments.

“Réfugiés” environnementaux ? Dégradations environnementales et déplacements
humains : constructions politiques de catégories sociales et dispositifs
nationaux et internationaux de solidarité -
http://terra.rezo.net/article657.html
- “Appel du réseau scientifique TERRA à manifestation d’intérêt et à
contributions sur un nouvel axe de recherché… .”

Sustainable Return, Asylum Systems and Border Management in the Western
Balkans, 3-4 December 2007, Dubrovnik -
http://www.ecre.org/topics/regional_conference
- Sponsored by ECRE and partner NGOs in the region.

**Web Sites/Tools**

Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR), Columbia
University -
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/humanrights/archive_collections/index.html
- Houses archives for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among
others.

Contributions on the Green Paper on the future of the Common European Asylum
System -
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/consulting_public/gp_asylum_system/news_contributions_asylum_system_en.htm

Plowshares Digital Archive for Peace Studies -
http://replica.palni.edu/cdm4/index_keplow.php?CISOROOT=/keplow
- Houses archives on peace/social justice efforts of Quakers, Mennonites and
Church of the Brethren.

Redhum: Red de Información Humanitaria - http://www.redhum.org/
- Spanish-language counterpart to ReliefWeb.

Refugee Council Archive at UEL - http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/index.htm
- Houses variety of refugee-related archives.

Researching Refugees Blog - http://researching-refugees.blogspot.com/
- Companion blog to RSQ article on keeping up with refugee research.


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

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Journal ToCs

Development and Change Volume 38 Number 5, (September 2007): Table of Contents is now available online via Blackwell Synergy - [Table of Contents]. Further information can also be found on the UEL Library Catalogue - [online catalogue]


Development and Change Volume 38 Number 6, (November 2007): Table of Contents is now available online via Blackwell Synergy - [Table of Contents]. Further information can also be found on the UEL Library Catalogue - [online catalogue]
.

Disasters Volume 31 Number 4 (December 2007): Table of Contents is now available online via Blackwell Synergy - [Table of Contents].

Refugee Survey Quarterly Volume 26 Number 3 (2007) - [Table of Contents].
Further information can also be found on the UEL Library Catalogue - [online catalogue].

International Journal of Refugee Law Volume 19 Number 3 (October 2007) - [Table of Contents]
. Further information can also be found on the UEL Library Catalogue - [online catalogue].

Published in: Periodicals

News Stories (19/11/07)

Aid reaches stricken Bangladeshis (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Khmer Rouge leader detained (BBC News) - [text online]

Cyclone death toll in Bangladesh may top 10,000 (The Independent) - [text online]

Somali rebels attack peacekeepers (BBC News) - [text online]

Children released from DRC rebels (BBC News) - [text online]

Junta 'accepts higher Burma toll' (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur talks 'expect more delays' (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands of teachers abandon Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Guterres wraps up fruitful first visit to Central Asia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Refugee advocate turns page on Afghan beginnings (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR document plan ensures rights of returnee children in Angola (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN Refugee Agency boosts cooperation with Central Asian nations (UN News) - [text online]

Former Rwandan mayor receives 11-year jail term from UN Tribunal (UN News/ICTR Press Release) - [text online]

South African chosen to head police component of hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Middle East countries must commit to anti-landmine treaty, says Ban Ki-moon (UN News) - [text online]




Published in: News

Friday 16 November 2007

News Stories (16/11/07)

Archival Collections: Human Rights, Peace Studies, Refugees (ForcedMigration Online Blog) - [text online]

Immigration out-paces British exodos (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Record numbers seek new lives abroad (The Independent) - [text online]

Overseas students boost UK economy by £8bn a year (The Independent) - [text online]

Displaced Congolese return to camps near Goma (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR protection chief meets resettled refugees in Canada (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR helps victims of floods in Puntland town (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy in Kosovo says clarity on status is vital for future stability (UN News) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 31 Oct - 06 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Published in News and Archives & Libraries.

Thursday 15 November 2007

Other News and Briefs

Report to the General Assembly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007. Source - UN General Assembly (ReliefWeb) - [text online].

INSARAG Guidelines and Methodology. Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Challenges and Suggestions for Enhancing Inter-Agency Contingency Planning: Report of the 1st Global Consultation of Contingency Planners in Humanitarian Agencies. Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements and Peace-Building.
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 31, 01 - 11 Nov 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan Humanitarian Overview Vol 3, Issue 7: Sep - Oct 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian situation in Somalia: Monthly analysis, Oct 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International) - [text online]

Ten Ways to keep up with humanitarian news (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]

Health-related online resources (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]



Posted in: News and Publications.

News Stories (15/11/07)

Extended terror limits proposed (BBC News) - [text online]

UN warning over Darfur mission (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy plans Burma prison talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown reveals 'Fortress Britain' plan (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Brown seeks all-party consensus on extending detention limit (The Independent) - [text online]

Deportation of Darfuris 'not unduly harsh' (The Independent) - [text online]

Mysterious world of a movement in exile (The Independent) - [text online]

Law lords back Home Office in Darfur appeal (The Guardian) - [text online]

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

UNHCR signs cooperation accord with Americas nations (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR launches Christmas appeal for refugee kids (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Displaced Congolese return to Ituri with UNHCR help (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UNHCR official gets mixed impressions in Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Wednesday 14 November 2007

News Stories (14/11/07)

'10,000 illegal immigrants' work in security (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Smith accused of 'blunder and panic' (The Independent) - [text online]

Brown to unveil anti-terror plans (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy sees progress on Burma (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant complaint policy shake-up (BBC News) - [text online]. Link to publications at: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/cac

'Blunder, panic and cover-up' (The Guardian) - [text online]

The trouble with the Home Office (The Guardian) - [text online]

How serious is the illegal security workers row? (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks urgent reunion of Chad children with families (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR sends aid to help displaced Somalis (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR signs accord for repatriation of Mauritanians (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Displaced Congolese flee fresh fighting near Goma (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian crisis in Iraq - Facts and figures, 20 Oct 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda: OCHA Humanitarian Update Oct 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA special focus: The barrier gate and permit regime four years on - Humanitarian impact in the Northern West Bank (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Natural Disaster Bulletin No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action, recovery, and development in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 45, Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNHCR and partners battle cholera in North Kivu camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Campaign cuts malnutrition rates in Kenya refugee camps to lowest levels in
years (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Global efforts to clear landmines by 2010 faltering, says UN-backed study (UN News) - [text online]

UN official urges greater support for global refugee operations (UN News Centre) - [text online]

Tuesday 13 November 2007

News Stories (13/11/07)

Nato urged to end Afghan transfer (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwean dies queuing for visa (BBC News) - [text online]

UN calls for Burma reconciliation (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt 'denies minority beliefs' (BBC News) - [text online]

Dromey: politicians are 'demonising' migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Starved to death: migrant's tragic story highlights plight of Zimbabwean refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge minister and his wife to face genocide charges (The Independent) - [text online]

Holocaust train sets off to tell the story of Auschwitz (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith to brief MPs over illegal workers row (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR rushes supplies to fire-gutted camp in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR and partners battle cholera in North Kivu camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: EU to scale up aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UN, NGOs to share views on addressing current situation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Refugees forced home as funds dry up (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Too many states not on course to meet clearance deadlines - Landmine
Monitor 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]