News Stories (27/02/08)

Kenya poll crisis talks suspended (BBC News) - [text online]

Agencies target female mutilation (BBC News) - [text online]

Cambodia leader cries for victims (BBC News) - [text online]

Bosnian police in protest clash (BBC News) - [text online]

Nepal ethnic group talks collapse (BBC News) - [text online]

Rise in racist attacks reported (BBC News) - [text online]

All talk and no action in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkey academics defy scarf law (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown faces defeat on 42-day anti-terror law (The Times) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge killer weeps over victims' graves (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Tide of migration turns as Polish workers return (The Independent) - [text online]

Tears and prayers as Khmer Rouge 'torturer' is taken back to the Killing Fields (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya on brink of violence as Annan suspends talks (The Independent) - [text online]

Mapping migration (The Guardian) - [text online]

Cultural sensitivity putting rights at risk, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]

750,000 eastern Europeans have come to UK since 2004, figures show (The Guardian) - [The Guardian) - [text online]

Bosses called on to fund English lessons for staff (The Observer) - [text online]

The baby-boomers finally see sense on immigration (The Observer) - [text online]

A welcome debate on immigration (The Guardian) - [text online]

Reducing barriers to citizenship (The Guardian) - [text online]

Sudan: Another conflict could eclipse Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Many Kenyan refugees in Uganda too scared to return (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cameroon: Movement of refugees to Maltam camp ongoing, over 5,500 relocated (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Strip humanitarian fact sheet, Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 06 - 12 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Update: Crisis in the Terai - Issue no. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan Humanitarian Overview Vol 4, Issue 1: Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 6, 20 - 22 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Africa Floods: OCHA Situation Report No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Afghanistan: Severe winter conditions in western regions OCHA Situation Report No. 7 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 5 - 22 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR protection chief launches fresh look at Afghan situation (UNHCR News) - [text online]

South Africa gets 45,673 asylum seekers in 2007, warns of rising numbers (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Many Kenyan refugees in Uganda too scared to return (UNHCR News) - [text online]

New site for displaced people opened in West Darfur (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR flies in more humanitarian supplies to Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes stalled repatriation of Sudanese in Ethiopia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR takes part in inter-agency visit to Darfur attack site (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Ecuador prepares to help Colombians in need of protection (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (22/02/08)

Serbia embassy attacks condemned (BBC News) - [text online]

Africa meeting to block migrants (BBC News) - [text online]

Annan hails Kenya talks progress (BBC News) - [text online]

China defends arms sales to Sudan (BBC News) - [text online]

US aircraft did use British base to transport terrorist suspects (The Times) - [text online]

Anti-Kosovo rally leaves US embassy in flames (The Times) - [text online]


David Miliband admits US flights used base (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Serb mob storm US embassy in Kosovo protest (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Official apology after CIA 'torture' jets used UK base (The Independent) - [text online]

Cabra feels the heat as Kosovo temperature rises (The Independent) - [text online]

Rioters attack British embassy in Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

US embassy is set on fire as thousands march against Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR asks for $34 million for Burundian refugees in Tanzanian settlements (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]; and (UNHCR News) - [text online]

A Somali girl's childhood ends in shelling, burns and terrible scars (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Prime Minister launches contract for foreign national seeking British citizenship (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

UN: Sanction LTTE, Karuna Group for Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Iraq: Fix Flaws in Reconciliation Law (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DRC: Concerns over acquittal of war crimes convict (IRIN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General appoints special adviser on responsibility to protect (UN News) - [text online]

UN seeks $34 million to help Burundian refugees return home from Tanzania (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official welcomes Lebanese recognition of Iraqi refugees (UN News) - [text online]

LEBANON: UNHCR welcomes move to ease plight of Iraqi asylum-seekers (IRIN News) - [text online]

Rwandan ex-minister pleads not guilty to 11 charges before UN genocide tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (21/02/08)

Kenya 'at risk of fresh violence' (BBC News) - [text online]

Fighting 'traps' Darfur refugees (BBC News) - [text online]

Angry Serbs plan Kosovo protest (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur bombing is 'unacceptable' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ugandans reach war crimes accord (BBC News) - [text online]

Nato troops close Kosovo border (BBC News) - [text online]


Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Migrants must pay a tax to enter UK (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Kenyan athletes accused of organising violence in political tribal clashes (The Times) - [text online]

Nato vows to protect north border of newborn Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Impoverished Zimbabwe pays high price to say 'happy birthday Mr President' (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya warms to Kofi the peacemaker (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese army in Darfur assault (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbia endorses bomb attack on Kosovo border (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants to earn citizenship during probationary period (The Guardian) - [text online]

Facts not fears (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith outlines new citizenship rules for immigrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrants must earn citizenship, says Brown (The Guardian) - [text online]

Afghan refugee teaches Hindi to tots in India (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes Lebanon's recognition of Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

A bridge to a brighter future (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes winter aid for 200,000 Afghans (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR recalls staff from Chad border after air strikes in Darfur (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Chad: Bombing close to Sudanese border forces UNHCR to withdraw for the day (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

High Commissioner Guterres wraps up mission to Syria, Iraq and Jordan (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR opens new field office in eastern Colombia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, 14 Jan - 14 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 4, 11 - 15 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Displaced Populations Report Jul-Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 5, 16 - 19 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Worsening situation in West Darfur jeopardizes aid efforts ? UN report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]. Report of the Secretary-General on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2008/98) (ReliefWeb) - [text online] and [Full_Report].

Serbia-Kosovo: Refugees - From fire to frying pan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan-Chad: Bombing blocks access to new refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Psychological scars of violence on children (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Agreement with rebels brings progress to long conflict - UN envoy (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Internal displacement continues to be a major humanitarian crisis - IOM (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Aid work continues despite state of emergency (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Serbian FM says he is ashamed by EU's actions on Kosovo (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigration officer accused of assaulting Cameroonian man (Aldeshot Mail & News) - [text online]. (Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Update).

Human rights defenders at grave risk in Guatemala, UN expert finds (UN News) - [text online]

Worsening situation in West Darfur jeopardizes aid efforts – UN report (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council agrees to increase number of judges at UN’s Balkans tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council extends African Union mission in Somalia by six months (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (19/02/08)

Deported nationals 'bounced back' (BBC News) - [text online]

Bush salutes Kosovo independence (BBC News) - [text online]

Rice urges Kenyans to share power (BBC News) - [text online]

EU fudges Kosovo independence recognition (EU Observer) - [text online]


EU split over recognising Kosovo as a nation (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Serbia recalls its US ambassador as Bush hails Kosovo independence (The Independent) - [text online]

Pervez appeal 'in open court' (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Why are so many countries opposed to Kosovo gaining its independence? (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbs dismiss Albanian talk of reconciliation (The Independent) - [text online]

Minister highlights public disquiet over migrants' access to services (The Guardian) - [text online]

Charities attack 'distressing' asylum scheme (The Guardian) - [text online]

Guterres visits Iraq; announces strengthened UNHCR presence (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Report says young refugees suffer abuse after arrival in Europe (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 5 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 4 - 15 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians summary data tables: Reports to the end of Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee Council backing national City of Sanctuary movement [7 February 2008] (Refugee Council Press Release) - [text online]

‘Borders must have doors for refugees’ [13 February 2008] (Refugee Council Press Release) - [text online]

Church leaders call for 'a more humane asylum system' (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UK deportees are being turned back (Daily Express) - [text online]

CHAD: Aid work continues despite state of emergency (IRIN News) - [text online]

Head of UN anti-crime agency calls for greater efforts against human trafficking (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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Publications and Reports: Part Two.

Climate Change and its Implications for Human Migration and Health (International Centre for Migration and Health, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children (The Children's Society, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

OI Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises (Oxfam International, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Protecting Darfur’s Internally Displaced (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Tertiary Refugee Education Impact and Achievements: 15 Years of DAFI (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, Feb. 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]. Also available from the UNICEF web site with links to additional multimedia resources at: http://www.unicef.org/har08/
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Hidden Hands in Fair Trade : Nicaraguan migrants and the labour process in the Costa Rican coffee harvest. By Peter Luetchford (2007). Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 44 (Sussex Centre for Migration Studies, Sept. 2007). Available online at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/documents/mwp44.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

King, Russell and Anastasia Christou, "Cultural Geographies of Counter-Diasporic Migration: The Second Generation Returns ‘Home’," Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 45 (Sussex Centre for Migration Research, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bialczyk, Agata, "‘Voluntary Repatriation’ and the Case of Afghanistan: A Critical Examination," RSC Working Paper, no. 46 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bitar, Maher, "Unprotected Among Brothers: Palestinians in the Arab World," RSC Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Gonzalez Devant, Sara, "Displacement in the 2006 Dili Crisis: Dynamics of an Ongoing Conflict," RSC Working Paper, no. 45 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Uganda: Doubly Traumatised: The lack of access to justice by women victims of sexual and gender-based violence in northern Uganda. Amnesty International Report, (30 November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR59/005/2007

Gender justice and reconciliation. By Nahla Valji. (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES),
November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0002922/index.php

Iraq: Study targets food insecurity and vulnerability
Source : Government of Iraq, World Food Programme
Date : 13 Feb 2008
URL :
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7BSRN8?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Myanmar (Burma): No end in sight for internal displacement crisis. IDMC Update. Available online at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/CA157EECA36DF78EC12573E40062F57F?OpenDocument&count=10000
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – http://www.internal-displacement.org).

Title - EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict
Source - European Union
Date - Dec 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7BRH6Q?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - WHO's Humanitarian Action 2008-2009/ Biennial Work Plan to Support
WHO's Capacity for Work in Emergencies and Crises/ Medium-term Strategic
Plan 2008-2013/ Programme Budget 2008-2009
Source - World Health Organization
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7BQNXP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property
Rights
Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal
Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/0108_iraq_williams.aspx?emc=lm&m=211677&
l=21&v=33753

Between war and peace: Land and humanitarian action in Colombia, HPG Working
Paper (ODI, Dec. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/wplangcolombia.pdf

Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and
Implications
(UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RK6C?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in
the
EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.coi-network.net/content/goodpractice.html

Defending Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe (ECRE, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4766464e2
(via Refworld)

Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008)
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/darfur-camps-flooded-weapon
s-20080122

Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4790cbc02
(via Refworld)
- Provisional edition.

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action (Migration Policy Institute,
Jan. 2008) -
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPI-The_Iraqi_Refugee_Crisis_The_Need_for
_Action_011808.pdf

Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007,
Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10371/

Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create
Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10370

Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and
trends
in asylum and return, Compas Working Paper no. 58 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-58.shtml

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM,
Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk
Reduction: A Critical Perspective (UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RJYU?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM, Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work
in Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1214_climate_change_ferris.aspx?emc=lm
&m=211677&l=18&v=33753

Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=395
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.

Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 (HRW, Jan. 2008) - http://hrw.org/wr2k8/

The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival (UNICEF, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006: Trends in Displacement, Protection and
Solutions (UNHCR, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html

22nd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, Papers (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.alnap.org/meetings/22.htm
- Papers are available in English and French. The theme of the meeting
was "Compounding crises: combinations of vulnerabilities, risks and hazards
in West Africa."

ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1
Feb. 2008) - http://www.icva.ch/whatshot.html

The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict has recently issued a series of new reports which we would like to draw your attention to. On January 30^th, the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict launched its latest study: Getting it Done and Doing it Right: A Global Study on the United Nations-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (January 2008). Each report includes extensive, detailed and practicable recommendations that address challenges and provide ways forward in each of these areas. All reports are available in English at www.watchlist.org. The global report is also available in French and Spanish (coming soon). The DRC report and Colombia reports are also available in French and Spanish (coming soon) respectively.
(Source: HURIDOCS - http://www.huridocs.org/)

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Publications and Reports: Part One

Refugee Council Conference Report: Building Communities: equality and diversity in action [November 2007] http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/eventsandtraining/conferences/archive/buildingcommunities.htm(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Refugee Council Policy Response:
Refugee Council response to the Community Cohesion and Migration Inquiry by the Communities and Local Government Committee [January 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/cohesion_migration.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Refugee Council Policy Position:
Asylum seekers’ experiences of the New Asylum Model: Findings from a survey with clients at Refugee Council One Stop Services [January 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2008/NAMmonitoring.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Refugee Council Trustees’ Annual Report:
The Trustees’ Annual Report is now published online. The report is a summary of the charity’s activities and performance for the financial year. It is a statutory document which, together with the audited accounts, must be filed at Companies House and the Charities’ Commission on an annual basis. The Annual Report is usually published together with the Audited Accounts, which show the income and expenditure of the charity for the year and the assets and liabilities of the charity at the year end.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/impact
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Eritrea. January 2008
Available online via Refworld at :
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47a87d412

UNHCR's Status Determination and Protection Information Section (SDPIS) has started to produce Country Briefing Folders on the top countries of origin (as highlighted and regularly updated on the homepage of www.refworld.org).
(Source: INHCR Refworld - www.refworld.org).

Updated Iraq Research Guide
http://www.forcedmigration.org/guides/fmo015/
The Forced Migration Online research guide on Iraq has been updated to reflect rising levels of displacement and other recent developments. Since 2003, UNHCR estimates that at least 2 million Iraqis have left Iraq and a further 1 million have been displaced inside the country. One in eight Iraqis has been forcibly uprooted, and according to UNHCR estimates, some 40,000 to 60,000 are leaving their homes on a monthly basis. There are an estimated 1.4 million Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria and a further 750,000 in Jordan. See also the FMO resource summary which highlights a selection of web-based resources that focus on Iraq.Resource summary: http://www.forcedmigration.org/browse/regional/iraq.htm
(Source: Forced Migration Email List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW REPORT
Afghanistan: The Need for International Resolve. A new report by the International Crisis Group available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5285&l=1

The Mental Health Act Commission has published: 'Risk, Rights, Recovery - Twelfth Biennial Report, 2005-2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.mhac.org.uk/files/pdf%2012th%20biennial%20report.pdf (pdf file, 3.3mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee has published: 'Oral evidence given on 11 December 2007 by Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and Mr David Ford, Bill Manager, Counter-Terrorism Bill, Home Office; Mr Ken Jones, President, Association of Chief Police Officers'.
View the evidence at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/180/7121101.htm
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report on: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eighth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/50/50.pdf (pdf file, 656kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published: 'The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/38/38.pdf (pdf file, 768kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints - analysis of responses'.
Download the report at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/ipccconsultation/consultationdocument.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 274kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints - policy statement'.
Download the policy statement at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/ipccconsultation/ipccpolicystatement?view=Binary (pdf file, 170kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'Statement of changes in immigration rules'.
Download the statement at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/statementsofchanges/2008/hc321.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 995kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a new report by Mike Sutton, Barbara Perry, Jonathon Parke and Catherine John-Baptiste on: 'Getting the message across: using media to reduce racial prejudice and discrimination'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/611667 (pdf file, 464kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published: 'Community cohesion impact assessment and community conflict prevention tool'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/communitycohesiontool (pdf file, 176kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published: 'Predictors of community cohesion: multi-level modelling of the 2005 Citizenship Survey'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/682739 (pdf file, 80kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published: 'Cohesion Guidance for Funders: Consultation'.
Download the consultation at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/681891 (pdf file, 200kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Human Rights Watch World Report 2008
Source - Human Rights Watch
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7BBB2E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Also available on the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/

Title - IASC Report 2007
Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7BDJXH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Human Security: Concepts and Implications with an Application to
Post-Intervention Challenges in Afghanistan
Source - CERI Program for Peace and Human Security
Date - Sep 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7BJEKZ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Advisory Panel on Country Information, Papers from Ninth Meeting, 2 October 2007 [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa, A/RES/62/125 (UNGA, 24 Jan. 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Colombia: IDP Response Requires Greater Local Action and Accountability (Refugees International, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1 Feb. 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Iraqi Displacement Crisis (Refugees International, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Policy Framework and Implementation Strategy: UNHCR's Role in Support of the Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations, Informal Consultative Meeting (UNHCR, Feb. 2008) [English text] [French text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Better outcomes: the way forward, improving the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UK Home Office, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General, A/62/609–S/2007/757 (UN General Assembly, Security Council, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Climate change and forced migration, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 153 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Externalisation of EU Asylum Policy: The Position of African States, DIIS Brief (Danish Inst. for International Studies, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The impact of environmental degradation on refugee-host relations: a case study from Tanzania, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 151 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change (Oxford Research Group, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

When the displaced return: challenges to 'reintegration' in Angola, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 152 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

World Economic Forum-OCHA Guiding Principles for Public-Private Collaboration in Humanitarian Action (Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Posted in: Publications.

Newsletters and Periodicals

Review of Development Economics: Volume 12 Issue 1 Page 209-222, February 2008. Table of Contents available online via Blackwell Synergy at [table of contents]. Access to articles available with a UEL account.

Disasters: Volume 32, Issue 1, (March 2008). Table of Contents available via the Blackwell Synergy website at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/32/1

Journal of Sociolinguistics: Volume 12 Number 1, (February 2008). The table of contents are now available online via the Blackwell Synergy website at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/josl/12/1

International Migration: Volume 46 Issue 1, (March 2008), Pages 3-231. Table of contents available via Blackwell Synergy at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imig/46/1 (UEL staff can access both print and electronic versions of this journal, please consult the UEL catalogue for further details at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/lss/lrc_catalogue/index.htm).

The Refugee Women's Resource Project (RWRP) at Asylum Aid has published issue no.72 of 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/RWRP_Issue_72.pdf (pdf file, 968kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Conflict Trends, no. 4/2007 [text]
- Focus is on peacekeeping in Africa.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (Fall 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on the difficulties Iraqis face seeking asylum in the U.S.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

International Migration, vol. 46, no. 1 (March 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on hunger among asylum seekers and resettled refugees.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

International Review of the Red Cross, no. 867 (2007) [text]
- Focus is on torture.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Le journal de forum réfugiés, no. 41 (janvier 2008) [text]
- Includes viewpoint on "réfugiés climatiques."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Women's Asylum News, no. 72 (Feb. 2008) [text]
- Lead article discusses how to protect trafficked women under the 1951 Convention.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

AWR Bulletin, no. 3/2007 - http://www.awr-int.de/awr_bulletin_index.htm
(contents - scroll down)
- Mix of articles with several focusing on asylum

Conflict and Health (Dec. 2007) - http://www.conflictandhealth.com/
(full-text)
- Three new articles in Dec. 2007.

Posted in: Periodicals.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (40th session): Concluding Observations

For your information, we attach the concluding observations adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its fortieth session held from 14 January to 1 February 2008 in Geneva, in respect of reports submitted by 8 States parties. The documents are provided in advance unedited version and in the original language of adoption. The final versions, in all six official languages of the United Nations, will be available on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Committee adopted concluding observations in respect of the following States parties:

Bolivia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Bolivia.pdf

Burundi http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Burundi.pdf

France http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/France.pdf

Lebanon http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Lebanon.pdf

Luxembourg http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Luxembourg.pdf

Morocco http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Morocco.pdf

Saudi Arabia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Saudi_Arabia.pdf

Sweden http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Sweden.pdf

Posted in: Publications.

Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding Observations (47th session)

For your information, we attach the Concluding Observations adopted in
respect of reports submitted by States parties to the Committee on the Rights
of the Child, which held its 47th session from 14 January to 1 February 2008.
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).

I) Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee
adopted Concluding Observations in respect of the following 2 States parties:

Dominican Republic
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Dominican_Republic.pdf

Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste.pdf


II) Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on the Sale of
Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, the Committee adopted
Concluding Observations in respect of the following States parties:

Chile
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Chile_OPSC.pdf

Kuwait
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Kuwait_OPSC.pdf


Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste_OPSC.pdf


III) Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on the
Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the Committee adopted Concluding
Observations in respect of the following States parties:

Chile
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Chile_OPAC.pdf

Germany
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Germany_OPAC.pdf

Ireland
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Ireland_OPAC.pdf

Kuwait
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Kuwait_OPAC.pdf

Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste_OPAC.pdf

Posted in: Publications.

Slave Britain Exhibition

	Slave Britain
	Karen Robinson and David Rose
	As Britain commemorated 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade, Panos produced an exhibition to reveal how human trafficking is a bitter reality for thousands of women, men and children in the UK today. Slave Britain artfully documents the ordinary lives and everyday locations caught up in trafficking and calls for an end to this illegal 21st century trade. The show is produced by Panos Pictures in partnership with Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International, Eaves and UNICEF UK.

Further details can be found on the websites at:

http://www.panos.co.uk/bin/panos.dll/go?a=disp&t=nwtl.html&si=&feature=447

http://www.guardian.co.uk/slideshow/page/0,,2013927,00.html

Useful Websites.

Information on Treatment and Healthcare Accessibility in Countries of Origin
(ITHACA) - http://www.ithaca-eu.org/
- Provides "information on the medical situation in countries of origin in
support of the asylum process."

RefBlog - http://icaruk.wordpress.com/
- RefBlog combines ICAR's two previous blogs, PolicyBlog and MediaBlog, along

with the weekly Asylum Update, and presents the content in one unified blog.

Refugee Law Reader: Cases, Documents and Materials -
http://www.refugeelawreader.org
- Fourth edition recently released.

Posted in: Web Sites & Tools.

International Summer School in Forced Migration

Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
International Summer School in Forced Migration
30 June-18 July 2008

Applications are invited for this year's International Summer School in
Forced
Migration, to be held at Wadham College, Oxford. Apply by 1 March (bursary
applicants), 1 May (self-/employer-funded applicants). Now in its 19th year,
the course offers an intensive, interdisciplinary and participative approach
to
the study of forced migration. It aims to enable people working with refugees

and other forced migrants to reflect critically on the forces and
institutions
that dominate the world of the displaced.

Participants
Experienced practitioners involved with assistance and policymaking for
forced
migrants. Graduate researchers specialising in the study of forced migration.


Fees
£2,800. Early-bird fee (apply and pay by 31 March): £2,600.

For further information, please click on:
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/index.html?teaching_summer

or contact
International Summer School Administrator
Refugee Studies Centre
Department of International Development (QEH)
University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road
Oxford, OX1 3TB
UK
tel: +44 (0) 1865 270723
fax: +44 (0) 1865 270297/270721
email: summer.school@qeh.ox.ac.uk
website: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk

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Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the
Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies
Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the
views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or
re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts
should include attribution to the original sources.

List archives are available at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

Posted in: Conferences and Meetings

Conferences and Meetings

"National sector-led forum on community cohesion and integration"
27 February, Latimer Place, Chalfont and Latimer, Buckinghamshire
http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7864424.
This is the second of a series of national events designed to bring the
sector together to: shape policy development; debate key issues; network with
peers; share best practice in light of recent developments. This forum will
look at the issues faced by relatively more affluent areas, market towns and
two-tier authorities.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

Motherland
http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on?action=details&id=1941
(Source: Women's Asylum News)
Sun 2 Mar, 6pm, Young Vic, London
The heartbreaking and heroic journeys of women and children who have sought
refuge in the UK, brought to life through personal testimony by refugees and
performance by leading actors, including Juliet Stevenson. £10 (free to
asylum seekers). See weblink or call 020 7922 2922. Proceeds to Women for
Refugee Women and the Yarl's Wood Befrienders.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"It was, the pain of words" - Exiled Lit Cafe event
Mon 3 March, Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2
http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/cafe.shtml
With the poet, Mehrangiz Rassapour, who was born in the south east of Iran
(Khoram-abad) and is the chief editor of "VAJEH" (Word ) a magazine for
Iranian literature and culture www.vajehmagazine.com; and Ghias Al Jundi, the
Syrian-born poet, writer and human rights activist.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"Refugees, new migrants and economic inclusion: challenges and solutions
policy conference"
Friday 14 March 2008 at The Business School, University House, Edgbaston Park
Road, University of Birmingham B15 2TY
Free policy conference exploring new migration and economic inclusion, with
presentations from speakers across the UK on issues around new immigration,
economic inclusion and social cohesion. You will also have the opportunity
to take part in a workshop exploring some of the initiatives that have been
successful in working towards the inclusion of new migrants in the West
Midlands. Places are limited to two per organisation.
Further info from: Yvonne Harley on 0121 414 4956 y.t.harley@bham.ac.uk.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"Beyond induction: raising the attainment and supporting the integration of
all new arrivals"
30 April 2008 9am-3.30pm, Barnsbury Centre, Offord Road, Islington
Islington's EMAS are hosting a National Educators' Conference.
For further information and for a booking form, please contact: Joan Clarke,
Ethnic Minority Achievement Service. T: 020 7527 5899; Email:
Joan.Clarke.camb-ed@islington.gov.uk.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"Far from home" - and evening of Latin American women: poetry and music -
Exiled Lit Cafe event
Mon 7 April, Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2
http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/cafe.shtml
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

The Secondary Migration of non-EU nationals in Europe
ippr, 30 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA
11.30am-5pm, Tuesday 22nd April 2008
While secondary migration has received attention from academics, in the
UK there has been little policy debate about it. Yet significant numbers
of non-EU nationals do migrate from one EU state to another and the UK
appears to be a popular destination for secondary migrants. The UK's
Somali, Congolese, Tamil, Nigerian and Latin American communities
include significant numbers of people who have migrated from elsewhere
in Europe. This seminar will examine this 'hidden' migratory movement.
In particular it will
* map and define who are secondary migrants
* present new research on this issue, and
* debate the public policy implications of the secondary migration
of non-EU nationals in Europe.
Speakers include Anna Lindley and Nick Van Hear, Centre for Migration,
Policy and Society, University of Oxford and Jill Rutter, Institute for
Public Policy Research.
For further information and to book a place, please contact Jill Rutter,
Migration and Equalities Team j.rutter@ippr.org or 0207 470 6121
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - archives are available at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Posted in: Conferences and Meetings

News Stories (18/02/08)

Split EU meets to debate Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

UN troops 'trapped' in Eritrea (BBC News) - [text online]

UN hints at Iraq refugee returns (BBC News) - [text online]

Star's support for cancer woman (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo debate: Serb and Albanian views (BBC News) - [text online]

UK soldiers on standby for Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

Danish Muslims in cartoon protest (BBC News) - [text online]

UN shocked by 'grim' life in Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Separatists watch Kosovo gain independence (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

We don't need to define Britishness (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

‘We never lost faith in the dream we would stand among the free nations’ (The Times) - [text online]

Fireworks exploded. Horns were sounded. And so the nation of Kosovo was created (The Independent) - [text online]

Malloch-Brown to pressure Chinese envoy on Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

Styler backs campaign for deported cancer patient (The Independent) - [text online]

Rich African states 'squander their wealth' as children die (The Independent) - [text online]

A flag, but no UN seat for a country still lacking full sovereignty (The Independent) - [text online]

Shock defeat opens door to united Cyprus (The Independent) - [text online]

Chicago Bulls support ninemillion campaign (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Armed group prevents relocation of newly arrived refugees in eastern Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Chad: UNHCR very disturbed by block on Darfur refugee relocation (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda: OCHA Humanitarian Update Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kosovo: Scenarios after independence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Situation in Gaza "grim and miserable" - UN humanitarian chief (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: UN refugees chief appeals for greater support (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: Gov't and WFP launch $157 million IDP assistance operation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Justice Key to Securing Lasting Peace (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Rwanda: Review Doctor’s Genocide Conviction (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Jordan Imposes Harsher Visa Restrictions (Refugees International World:Bridge Blog) - [text online]

YEMEN: Government to consider new law for asylum seekers (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Mass deportation from Iran may cause crisis, official warns (IRIN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

Posted in: News.