Gypsy Roma Traveller Month

It's the Gypsy Roma Traveller Month in June and further details in regard to the range of events on offer can be found on their website at:

http://www.grthm.co.uk/London_region.html

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Second Class citizens: Are Progressives Failing Migrants?

The Migrants’ Rights Network will be present at the Compass ‘Born Free and Equal’ conference which will take place in London on Saturday 14^th June.

We are organising a fringe seminar with the Barrow Cadbury Trust, which will take place at 1:30 pm, entitled:

Second Class citizens: Are Progressives Failing Migrants?

Speakers are:

Jack Dromey, Assistant General Secretary, UNITE

Sukhvinder Stubbs, CEO, Barrow Cadbury Trust,

Zrinka Bralo, Migrant and Refugee Community Forum;

Don Flynn, MRN Sukhvinder Stubbs, Barrow Cadbury Trust

Please note that to attend this seminar you will need to register for the main ‘Born Free and Equal’ conference. To register, and for further information about the conference, visit the Compass website at http://www.compassonline.org.uk/conference/.

Best regards,

Don Flynn

Director

Migrants' Rights Network

Club Union House

253-254 Upper Street

London N1 1RY

Tel: (44) (0)20 7288 1267

Fax: (44) (0)20 7354 5620

Email: d.flynn@migrantsrights.org.uk

Website: http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk

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New FMO Podcasts

Podcast: Human Displacement and Climate Change in International Law
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The first of The Hague Debates was recorded by Radio Netherlands
Worldwide on Thursday, 22 May 2008 in the Peace Palace and is entitled
'When home gets too hot: Human Displacement and Climate Change in
International Law'.

A podcast of the debate is now available via the Forced Migration Online
website.
http://www.forcedmigration.org/podcasts/hague-climate-debate/

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Podcast: Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2008
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The Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture was held on
Wednesday 21st May 2008 at Somerville College, University of Oxford.
Professor James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale
University gave this years lecture on the subject of Zomia: The Last
Great Enclosure Movement and Stateless Peoples in Southeast Asia.

A podcast of the lecture is now available via the Forced Migration
Online website.

http://www.forcedmigration.org/podcasts/colson-lecture/2008/




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News Stories (30/05/08)

Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil (BBC News) - [text online]

Church turns to UN over Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

World Bank offers $1.2bn food aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan shelves military aid flight (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror concessions being planned (BBC News) - [text online]

The last Briton in Guantanamo faces death penalty (The Independent) - [text online]

Low-caste tribe riots in Delhi for right to be 'untouchable' (The Independent) - [text online]

Tutu: Silence on Gaza blockade shames us all (The Independent) - [text online]

The Amazonian tribe that hid from the rest of the world – until now (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith in final bid for 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 24 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Africa: IFRC calls for emergency assistance to victims of recent attacks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: World Health Organization thanks donors and calls for continued assistance (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hands-on donors help ease refugee problems in Iran (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hands-on donors help ease refugee problems in Iran (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Burma: End All Conditions on Aid (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Congo violence hits civilians - Red Cross (IOL) - [text online]

Deadly crossing kills thousands of refugees (Mail & Guardian) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: UN humanitarian chief condemns attacks on civilians (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN mission condemns first murder of peacekeeper (UN News) - [text online]

UN agencies increase aid for victims of xenophobic violence in South Africa (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 (29/05/08)

SA denies planning refugee camps (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP seeks to make a martyr of activist killed by Muslim elder (The Time) - [text online]

Ayaan Hirsi Ali restyles herself with launch of children's book (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 24, Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 23 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 20, 16 -20 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA special focus: "Lack of Permit" demolitions and resultant displacement in Area C (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Feili Kurds in Iran seek way out of identity impasse (UNHCR News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: A day in the life of a community's response (IRIN News) - [text online]

New UN official underscores importance of human rights in policing (UN News) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon makes two key appointments for peacekeeping operations (UN News) - [text online]

UN urges donors to fund relief efforts in Myanmar without delay (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 (28/05/08)

S Africa to set up refugee camps (BBC News) - [text online]

World 'failing on human rights' (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan vows to double Africa aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia Muslim school rejected (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma extends detention of Aung San Suu Kyi (The Independent) - [text online]

Foreigners return to South African township after apology for violence (The Independent) - [text online]

South Africa: Punish Attackers in Xenophobic Violence (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 9 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Civilians continue to be major casualties in armed conflict, UN humanitarian chief urges SC to take more action (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: "No return to war" after bloody clashes - North & south military leaders agree (Reliefweb) - [text online]

Rising food prices hurt poorest in war zones, warns ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sexual abuse of children by aid workers: Save the Children calls for new global watchdog (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SNP accused of betraying refugees (Sunday Herald) - [text online]

Council takes unique step on anti-racism (Tyrone Times) - [text online]

Stowaways may have suffocated in ship's hold (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR rushes to transfer refugees to new camp in southern Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Relaunched Liberian repatriation operation gains momentum (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR faces difficulty helping neediest Iraqis in Jordan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Asylum: the numbers game (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Study Finds Rampant Child Abuse by Aid Workers, Peacekeepers (VOA) - [text online]

SUDAN: Fears of more conflict amid Abyei suffering (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sudan: UN speeds up aid efforts in disputed town ahead of expected rains (UN News) - [text online]

Civilians still bear the brunt of armed conflicts, top UN official warns (UN News) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon voices concern over report on child sexual abuse by peacekeepers (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: Ban Ki-moon ‘regrets’ continued detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (UN News) - [text online]

Kenyan reconciliation jeopardized without bolstered efforts, warns UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency transferring nearly 10,000 Central Africans to southern Chad (UN News) - [text online]

MOZAMBIQUE: Returnees at a loss after fleeing South Africa (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/

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News Stories (27/05/08)

Peacekeepers 'abusing children' (BBC News) - [text online]

Suu Kyi's house arrest extended (BBC News) - [text online]

Death toll climbs in SA violence (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia Muslim school rejected (BBC News) - [text online]

The two faces of Burmese aid: a starving village and a state lie (The Times) - [text online]

Six-year-olds sexually abused by UN peacekeepers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Fears of new civil war as Sudanese town razed (The Independent) - [text online]

Mbeki says South Africa 'disgraced' by xenophobic riots as death toll rises to 50 (The Independent) - [text online]

Terror Bill rebels to show no mercy to battered Brown (The Independent) - [text online]

Suburban Sydney shows dark side as Muslim school row gets vicious (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya: National Registration Processes Leave Minorities on the Edge of Statelessness (Refugees International) - [Download a .pdf of this policy recommendation.]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 21 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 7 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan "on brink" of north-south war following more than a week of clashes in Abyei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Aid groups ready to test Myanmar on access (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: new refugee camp for Central Africans opens in south (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Colombia: court decision on increased protection for displaced women (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Barbara Hendricks highlights refugee issues at Hague concert (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens information centre for Colombians on Ecuador border (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Western promise…. (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

UN food agency receives funding boost to feed 750,000 displaced Iraqis (UN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Sex crimes by aid workers “under-reported” (IRIN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN agency moves ahead with assessing how to help cyclone-impacted children (UN News) - [text online]

New UN centre informs Colombian refugees crossing into Ecuador on rights (UN News) - [text online]

Nepal's human rights commission has made great strides, says UN official (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods displace 1,200 people in Samangan (IRIN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Access questions dominate aid conference (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Rights groups decry Khartoum crackdown (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/

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News Stories (23/05/08)

Burma 'to let in all aid workers' (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs attack migrant count methods (BBC News) - [text online]

S Africa troops sent onto streets (BBC News) - [text online]

Tsvangirai to return to Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Britain’s aid millions channelled through tycoon with ties to Burmese junta (The Times) - [text online]

Compromise may help Brown avoid 42-day defeat (The Independent) - [text online]

Iranian asylum-seeker says he was 'one step from death' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN chief urges Burma's junta to accept foreign aid (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants flee South Africa as army deals with mobs (The Independent) - [text online]

Distorted integration debate must be challenged (IRR News) - [text online]

Gypsy Roma Traveller history month (IRR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: OCHA Closure Update May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 18 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 16, 22 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Judges in sex video case go unpunished (The Guardian) - [text online]

Fourth airlift brings UNHCR relief goods into Myanmar (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Resolve, resources run low among silent trickle of Iraqis in Iran (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Kenya: Stop Forcing Displaced People to Return Home (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Update No. 1 – The Terminal (Refugee Council) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Should I stay or should I go? (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Threat of coup, martial law, or even war - IGC (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: African governments begin repatriating their nationals (IRIN News) - [text online]

Solution to food crisis must address inequalities – UN human rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

Armed men ambush peacekeepers serving with UN force in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency distributes blankets to victims of xenophobic violence in South Africa (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 (22/05/08)

UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma (BBC News) - [text online]

Dalai Lama sees change in China (BBC News) - [text online]

SA leader orders army to deploy (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma victims lose aid battle as cash flows into China on a flood of sympathy (The Times) - [text online]

South Africa: Cape Town on high alert as Thabo Mbeki deploys troops to quell violence (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Mbeki deploys troops as xenophobic violence spreads to Zulu heartland (The Independent) - [text online]

Israel contemplates giving up Golan Heights to Syria (The Independent) - [text online]

International Efforts Still Failing Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

US: Respect Rights of Child Detainees in Iraq (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 17 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 30 Apr - 06 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Forcing the media back on message (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Ban Ki-moon will meet leader in effort to boost aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Over 350 tonnes of medical supplies sent, more needed to avert disease outbreak (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Home and away (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR responds to China's urgent need for tents for earthquake victims (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

UNHCR provides 11,000 tents for China's quake victims (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes aid to South Africa's xenophobia victims (UNHCR News) - [text online]

DR Congo: Helping Communities Help Themselves (Refugees International) - [text online]

Burma: Immediate Humanitarian Access Remains Priority (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

RIGHTS: For Tens of Thousands, A Short and Brutal Life (IPS) - [text online]

Member States elect 15 countries to serve on UN Human Rights Council (UN News) - [text online]

Former Rwandan official transferred back to UN war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Ugandan refugees return home (IRIN News) - [text online]

Xenophobic attacks in South Africa deplored by UN agencies (UN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Children of war wait for better lives (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Weighed down by displaced neighbours (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN helping to train human rights workers in Sierra Leone (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 & Reports

PCHR Publishes Annual Report 2007. PCHR has published its Annual Report for 2007, which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007. This report is the 12^th Annual Report published by PCHR since 1996. To download the report, in PDF format - http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/annual_reports07.html

Schools can do more to help refugee children integrate - a new report by the Refugee Council (Refugee Council) - [text online]. For a copy of the report go to: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/inclusiveschools
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Code of practice
Refugee Council response to the UK Border Agency Code of Practice for Keeping Children Safe from Harm [April 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/Codeofpractice.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Following new rules introduced on 1 April 2008 on voluntary returns, we have updated the information on these two pages:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/afghanistan.htm
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/iraq.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

RC highlights independent support for right to work (Refugee Council) - [text online]. You can access the report here - http://www.vulnerableworkers.org.uk/files/CoVE_short_report.pdf
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Note on the Structure and Operation of the KhAD/WAD in Afghanistan
1978-1992. April 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=482947db2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html).

New Publication - MRS N°33 Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to Estimate Flows. Now available from the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17120
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/).

Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: An International Comparison. Now available from the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17121).
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/).

DARFUR: ‘SCORCHED EARTH’ TACTICS WARRANT UN SANCTIONS
Government Attacks Show Civilians Need Greater International Protection
(New York, May 19, 2008) – The United Nations Security Council should impose targeted sanctions on Sudanese officials responsible for attacks against civilians in West Darfur in February 2008, said Human Rights Watch in a new report released today. Following an attack by Darfur rebels on Khartoum on May 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch also expressed concern about possible government reprisals against civilians in West Darfur.
Read more at: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/19/sudan18857.htm
Read the report: http://hrw.org/reports/2008/darfur0508/
(Source: Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/)

Assessment on Returns to Iraq Amongst the Iraqi Refugee Population in Syria (UNHCR Syria, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Beyond the School Gates: Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Secondary School (Refugee Council, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Hidden Cork: Perspectives of Asylum Seekers on Direct Provision and the Asylum Legal System (NASC - Irish Immigrant Support Centre, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

"Living and Health Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in an Unofficial Camp in the Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Survey," Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 62 (2008): 91-97 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Field Review: Presentation of Main Findings (May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Unwelcome Guests: The Detention of Refugees in Turkey's Foreigners Guesthouses (Helsinki Citizens Assembly, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Project:London at Médecins du Monde has published a new report on: 'Improving Access to Healthcare for the Community's Most Vulnerable'.
Download the report at:
http://www.medecinsdumonde.org.uk/doclib/104524-report2007light.pdf (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Positive Action in Housing (PAIH) has published its first edition of the quarterly: 'Destitution Service Bulletin'.
Download the bulletin at:
http://www.paih.org/quickmail-latest_files/destitutionnewsletterissue1.pdf (pdf file, 936kb)

The Independent Asylum Commission has published its first report of conclusions and recommendations: 'Saving Sanctuary'.
Download the report at:
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/files/Saving%20Sanctuary.pdf (pdf file, 1.9mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Fawcett Society has published: 'Ethnic Minority Women - Routes to Power'.
Download the summary at:
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Routes%20to%20Power%20Summary.pdf (pdf file, 314kb). Or download the full report at:
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Routes%20to%20Power.pdf (pdf file, 754kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Independent Monitoring Board at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre has published its: 'Annual Report 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/07-annual-reports/Campfield_House_IRC_2007.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 352kb)
(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: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/108/108.pdf (pdf file, 408kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

NGOs & UN Agencies Assisting Persons with Disabilities; A
non-exhaustive reference list of organizations working with and for
persons with disabilities world-wide
April 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=48297a4e2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html).

Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: An International Comparison. The book by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Eurasylum on 'Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: an International Comparison' has just been published. The book explores some of the key issues, at a policy and practical level, relating to the design, implementation and outcomes of public evaluation systems in the field of migration policy. It reviews the ways migration
policies are evaluated in several EU member states, the USA, Canada, the European Commission, IOM and UNHCR, and provides a range of recommendations for improving the design and implementation of evidence-based and accountable policies in the field of migration and asylum. The book can be downloaded or ordered from here:
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC
0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17121
(Source: FMO Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Title - Catching the Wind - Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7EMJ5M?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www/reliefweb.int/)

Posted in: Publications.

Newsletters. Journals and Table of Contents (ToC).

International Migration: June 2008 - Vol. 46 Issue 2 Page 3-197. The table of contents for this volume is now available via the Blackwell Synergy web site at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imig/46/2 UEL subscribes to this journal and further details can be found via the UEL Catalogue at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/lss/lrc_catalogue/

RCO News and RCO women's news
Both newsletters are available to download online. The newsletters give news and updates about conferences, seminars and services as well as funding news.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/support/development/newsletters.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Conflict and Health (March 2008) [access]
- Several full-text articles posted to this open access journal focus on infectious diseases in the displaced Burmese population.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2 (May 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refuge, vol. 24, no. 1 and no. 2 (2007) [access]
- These are two issues that have recently been posted online in full-text. No. 1 focuses on urban refugees, and no. 2 focuses on integration.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Women's Asylum News, no. 75 (May 2008) [text]
- From the Refugee Women's Resource Project (RWRP).
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Migrants Rights Network (MRN) has published issue no.6 of 'Migrants Rights News'. View the newsletter at:
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/enews/2008/may.htm
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The International Journal of Transitional Justice: Volume 2 Number 1 (March 2008). The table of contents for this journal is now available via the Oxford Journals website at – [text] http://ijtj.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl

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Oxford University Workshop - Environmental Change & Migration

Workshop - Call for Papers
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MIGRATION
11th & 12th September 2008, Oxford

Many recent reports on the likely impact of climate change
have highlighted the potential for large- scale
'environmentally-induced' migrations in developing regions
of the world over the next twenty to fifty years.
Environmental transformations resulting from increases in
global atmospheric temperatures have prompted many experts
to predict the collapse of traditional livelihoods systems,
increased conflict over natural resources, regional 'water
wars', and a resulting population of 'environmental
refugees' that some have predicted will be hundreds of
millions strong.

As yet, there is little concrete evidence to justify such
predictions. There is a significant lacuna in both
conceptual and empirical research on the relationship
between environmental change and the patterns and process of
migration. For example, it remains unclear how one can
differentiate between 'environmentally induced displacement'
and other forms of displacement, given the complex mix of
factors which underlie people's decisions to move.

This workshop seeks to address this lacuna by bringing
together academics, activists, policy makers and development
practitioners to share research, experience and analysis on
the subject. In particular, the workshop hopes to address
the following questions:

* How can we conceptualise the relationship between
environmental change and migration, particularly 'forced'
and 'economic' migration? What do the concepts of
resilience, adaptation and transformation bring to our
understanding of this relationship?

* What empirical evidence is available to underpin
existing analyses of the links between environmental change
and migration? What are the gaps and how are they being
filled?

* To what extent does migration related to environmental
change give rise to new challenges for humanitarian response
or notions of sustainable development? Should those who
migrate as a result of environmental change be afforded
specific forms of legal and social protection?

* How important are questions of political economy in
determining the relationship between environmental changes
and migration locally, regionally and internationally?

* How is environmental change likely to influence
migration patterns in the 21st century at the local,
regional and international level?

The workshop will be organized as an open forum where a
number of brief presentations are followed by open
discussion. Potential speakers are invited to submit
presentation abstracts to be considered for inclusion in the
workshop.

Abstracts may address any question relevant to the
interrelationship between environmental change and
migration, should be no more than 300 words long, and should
be submitted to simon.addison@qeh.ox.ac.uk by the 20th June
2008. Participants will be expected to cover their own costs
for attending this event, though some limited funding maybe
available for those who would otherwise be unable to attend.



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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
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ANTÓNIO GUTERRES Lecture

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE - The 2008 IRC-UK Annual Lecture

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: THE CHALLENGES OF DISPLACEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Monday 16 June, 2008 at 7pm
The Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore (Exhibition Road entrance)
London SW7 2AR

Tickets: Lecture £15, Lecture followed by reception £30, Concessions £8
For reservations please call IRC-UK on 020 7692 2737
Monday - Friday 9.00-5.30pm

All proceeds from the evening will go towards the IRC's work
helping provide safety, sanctuary and sustainable change to
those whose lives have been shattered by violent conflict or
oppression.

75 YEARS FROM HARM TO HOME

International Rescue Committee UK is a limited company
registered in the United Kingdom.
Charity number 1065972. Company number 3458056
Registered office: 11 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6HB


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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
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International Workshop

International Workshop "Promoting Change through
Innovation: New Approaches in Servi ces for Migrants and Refugees"

The European Centre for Migration and Social Care at the University of Kent
invites you to our International Workshop "Promoting Change through
Innovation: New Approaches in Services for Migrants and Refugees" at the
University of Kent, Canterbury from the 13th to the 15th of June.

The Workshop is open to all researchers, social care and mental health
professionals, planners and policy makers interested in promoting best
practice in services for migrant and refugee groups. Speakers include Dr
Angela Burnett, (Sanctuary Practice, Hackney and the Medical Foundation),
Dr Charles Watters, European Centre for Migration and Social Care, David
Palmer, MIND Bexley, Professor Suman Fernando and Dr Chris Endersby,
Honorary Lecturers, University of Kent.

The cost of the workshop is £150 which includes all lectures, seminars and
teaching materials, meals and refreshments. Overnight accommodation not included.

To book a place and for more information please contact Kalli Glezakou
K.Glezakou@kent.ac.uk 01227 827613

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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
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Iraqis in Jordan Podcast

Iraqis in Jordan Podcast:

The ninth Forced Migration Online podcast is now online. The
podcast was recorded in Amman, Jordan in December 2007 with
additional interviews recorded in February 2008. The Amman
recordings include interviews with a number of Iraqis now living
in Jordan from a range of backgrounds and current situations. The
podcast includes comments from Rana Sweis UNHCR, Amman and Dana
Graber Ladek International Organisation for Migration (IMO), Iraq.
http://www.forcedmigration.org/podcasts/iraqis-in-jordan/
(Source: FMO Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Posted in: Multimedia.

News Stories (21/05/08)

S Africa 'will protect migrants' (BBC News) - [text online]

Fighting in disputed Sudan town (BBC News) - [text online]

US 'stuck' with Guantanamo prison (BBC News) - [text online]

Gay Iranian granted asylum in UK (BBC News) - [text online]

Thabo Mbeki dithers while townships burn (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Number seeking UK asylum increases by 16% (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mbeki is to blame for xenophobic attacks, says watchdog (The Independent) - [text online]

Record numbers take UK citizens' pledge while Britons head abroad (The Independent) - [text online]

Gay student who faced execution in Iran granted asylum in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of new British citizens under Labour hits 1.2m mark (The Times) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 6 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: Situation still very fragile - UN SG report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Africa: Xenophobia bad, Mugabe's retribution worse (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Renewed hostilities, displacement in South (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Returns erratic as authorities clamp down on illegal IDP settlements (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: International community still has work to do despite recent progress (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fears over asylum seeker's death (Birmingham Mail) - [text online]

Wales providing healthcare for failed asylum seekers (BBC News) - [text online]

UNHCR closes last official collective centre for displaced in Montenegro (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Gulf of Aden conference urges more aid to help refugees in host countries (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Immigration soars to new record (Daily Express) - [text online]

1million more Britons in just three years as immigration fuels biggest population boom for a century (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to quarterly asylum stats published today (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to proposed increase in detention places (Refugee Council) - [text online]

RC highlights independent support for right to work (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Meet the new face of Refugee Week 2008 (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Eastern European migration falls (Home Office: UK Border Agency) - [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.

News Stories (20/05/08)

‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails (The Times) - [text online]

Detention centres to be expanded (The Independent) - [text online]

Reform Jewish prayer book 'dispels sexism' (The Independent) - [text online]

Mbeki urged to use troops to halt attacks on migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Burma generals agree to UN aid for cyclone victim (The Independent) - [text online]

Military 'plotting to kill Tsvangirai' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought in Ethiopia - 16 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 19, 09 -15 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda humanitarian update, 01-30 Apr 2008 (Rel;iefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Population movements in Eastern DR Congo Jan-Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 5 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 15 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Government accepts aid agencies, medical workers from ASEAN countries (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: ICRC prolongs support for 130,000 displaced in South Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: WFP food dispatches continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Aid worker killed amid rising insecurity (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: Army, rebels fail to agree ceasefire (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Darfur: ‘Scorched Earth’ Tactics Warrant UN Sanctions (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: End Violence Before June Runoff (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Yemen: Conference on Gulf of Aden crossings (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR chief opens Yemen conference on Gulf of Aden crossings (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Wheat flour shortage affects Afghan refugees in Balochistan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Some of Kosovo's displaced welcome independence, others fear it (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Tier 1 (General) of the points-based system policy guidance (Home Office: UK Border Agency) - [text online]

Large Scale Expansion Of Britain's Detention Estate (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

The President’s Corner: The Right to Disaster Aid and Health Care in Burma (Refugees International) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: African Union Should Immediately Deploy Monitors (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN starts feeding thousands of Sudanese who fled disputed town (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency praises Yemen for protecting people fleeing Somalia (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief chief sets aside $100 million in emergency funds for food crisis (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/

Posted in: News.