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/).

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