Monday 30 June 2008

News Stories (30/06/08)

Africa urged to act on Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court (BBC News) - [text online]

ID card proposals under spotlight (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe defied by voters in 'sham' elections (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

The world voices its revulsion as Mugabe is sworn in as president (The Independent) - [text online]

Woman 'assaulted' by UK security guards during forced removal (The Independent) - [text online]

Opposition fears for those who refused to back Zanu (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethnic pupil targets vary widely (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 24, 15 - 21 Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 19; 20 - 27 Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

MSF calls upon South African authorities to immediately stop deportation of Zimbabweans (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

'Blue card' plan for EU migrants (The Observer) - [text online]

UNHCR chief reiterates partnership at annual meet with NGOs (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghan situation worsening, UN relief chief says, urging new approach (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN envoy holds talks with regional leaders on political strife (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.


Wednesday 25 June 2008

Publications and Reports

Government's response to the House of Lords Committee' s report on the economic impacts of migration (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]. The Government's reply to the House of Lords committee's report on the economic impacts of migration - [The Economic impact of immigration report].
(Source: UK Borders Agency - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/).


Title - Talking about Terrorism ? Risks and Choices for Human Rights
Organisations
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - May 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/TUJA-7FG8VP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)


The Immigration Law Practitioners Association has published a briefing paper on: 'Changes to the General Grounds for Refusal in the Immigration Rules to be introduced by Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules HC 321'.
Download the briefing paper at:
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/briefings/HC%20321%2013%2005%2008%20Briefing.doc (word doc, 292kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)


The Immigration Law Practitioners Association has published an Information Sheet on: Immigration Rules - concessions on general grounds for refusal'.
Download the Information Sheet at:
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20immigration%20rules%20-%20concessions.pdf (pdf file, 152kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)


The Communities and Local Government Department has published a report: 'Review of Migrant Integration Policy in the UK (including a feasibility study of the proposal for an Integration Agency)'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/838994.pdf (pdf file, 280kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)


The Communities and Local Government Department has published a report: 'Managing the Impacts of Migration: A Cross-Government Approach'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/838935.pdf (pdf file, 296kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)


The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has published: 'The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmpubacc/316/316.pdf (pdf file, 288kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)


The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published: 'A Surveillance Society?'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/58/58i.pdf (pdf file, 2mb)
(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 (Eleventh Report): 42 Days and Public Emergencies'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/116/116.pdf (pdf file, 304kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)


Global refugee, internally displaced figures climb for second straight year (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]. The full 2007 Global Trends Report is available on www.unhcr.org/statistics
(Source: UNHCR – http://www.unhcr.org/).


The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, 2nd ed. (ASIL and Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


Policy Plan on Asylum: An Integrated Approach to Protection across the EU (Commission of the European Communities, June 2008) [text via Statewatch]
- See also press release noting the adoption of this communication and Q&A on the policy plan.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


Preliminary Report on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, A/CN.4/598 (UN General Assembly, May 2008) [access via UN Pulse]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


UNHCR Position on the Proposal for a Directive on Common Standards and Procedures in Member States for Returning Illegally Staying Third-Country Nationals (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa, (CoRMSA), have just published their latest annual report. The report is entitled “Protecting Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in South Africa” and is available from our website: www.cormsa.org.za
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html.).


Egypt
’s Muslim Brothers: Confrontation or Integration? A new report by the International Crisis Group and available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5487&l=1)
(Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/)


MRS
N°32- Irregular Migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union: An Overview of Recent Trends. A new IOM report which can be viewed online at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674?entryId=17520
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/)


MRS
N°33 -Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to Estimate Flows. A new IOM report which can be viewed online at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674?entryId=17120
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/)


Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations. The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children releases the first major report to address the critical needs of this all-but invisible population. This report is now available online at: http://www.womenscommission.org/special/disabilities.php
(Source: Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children - http://www.womenscommission.org/).


UNHCR Note on DNA Testing to Establish Family Relationships in the Refugee Context. June 2008.
In light of the increase in use of DNA testing to verify family links in situations affecting refugees, this UNHCR Note seeks to provide guidance on two basic issues relating to DNA testing in the refugee context, namely, (i) the general issue of how DNA testing is to be conducted so as to safeguard dignity and human rights; and (ii) the safeguarding of applicable principles of family unity where DNA testing is conducted to verify family links.
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48620c2d2.html
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.refworld.org).


Improving living conditions for refugees and IDPs in camps - Camp Management Toolkit (NRC, June 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


"Mental Health of Returnees: Refugees in Germany Prior to Their State-sponsored Repatriation," BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:8 [access via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


Neighbors in Need: Zimbabweans Seeking Refuge in South Africa (HRW, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


No Choice: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants Crossing the Gulf of Aden (MSF, June 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


Protecting Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in South Africa (CoRMSA, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


Return with Dignity, Return to What? Review of the Voluntary Return Programme to Afghanistan (CMI, June 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Posted in: Publications.

News Stories (25/06/08)

US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibet reopens to foreign tourism (BBC News) - [text online]

NZ signs historic Maori land deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Morgan Tsvangirai : Zimbabwe needs peacekeepers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

'A flagrant violation of democracy': ANC tells Mugabe to delay election (The Independent) - [text online]

Death toll in campaign of intimidation against MDC supporters 'close to 500' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur's political process in 'troubled state of affairs', Special Envoys report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Lebanon: Aid agencies grapple with coordination issues (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: End attacks against aid workers, agencies urge (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR demands immediate, unconditional release of Somali staff member (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

Update on abducted UNHCR staff member in Somalia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Government of Ecuador opens first refugee office at the border (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Annual NGO-UNHCR consultations start tomorrow (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Ecuador opens first refugee office along border with Colombia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Gambian deportation: 'If she goes back, she will lose everything' (The Guardian) - [text and audio online]

Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Reject Zimbabwe’s Elections (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Cyclone assessment reveals critical food, water shortages
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy doubtful parties are willing to enter serious negotiations (UN News) - [text online]

Findings of public opinion poll on use of torture unveiled at UN (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council stresses need for peaceful end to dispute over Abyei, Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

UN urges Nepal to tackle impunity for sexual crimes committed during conflict (UN News) - [text online]

General Assembly President says ‘climate refugees’ are already a reality (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A pro-democracy survivor's guide
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General calls for renewed efforts to recover missing Kuwaitis from Iraq (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Concerns rising over Darfur restriction
(IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Insecurity, education hold IDPs in camps
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Ecuador opens new refugee office along border with Colombia with UN help (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.


Tuesday 24 June 2008

News Stories (24/06/08)

UN: Free Zimbabwe poll impossible (BBC News) - [text online]

Court rules on Guantanamo inmate (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyans blocked from return home (BBC News) - [text line]

Top war crimes suspect in court (BBC News) - [text online]

Raids hit EU 'people-smugglers' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai seeks refuge from Robert Mugabe thugs (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Tsvangirai seeks embassy refuge after death threat (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain tells the rest of the world to deny Mugabe political legitimacy (The Independent) - [text online]

The Exigent City - Architecture in Refugee Camps (New York Times) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 34
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN calls for urgent action as ration cuts continue in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Africa: Protecting around 80,000 migrants displaced by violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Response to Cyclone Nargis logistics report - UNJLC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR partner wins green award for pioneering ethanol stove (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR restores 134 primary schools in northern Uganda (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Vaccines for refugees under UNHCR-UNICEF agreement (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabwean polls should be postponed, given campaign violence – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

UN agencies assist South Africa in wake of xenophobic violence (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.


Monday 23 June 2008

News Stories (23/06/08)

Zimbabwe under pressure over poll (BBC News) - [text online]

Johnson aide quits over race row (BBC News) - [text online]

Boris Johnson aide resigns over 'racist' comment (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai withdraws from poll, citing Robert Mugabe's reign of terror (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

‘Stop him’ plea to world as Mugabe gets a free run (The Times) - [text online]

The Ukrainian 'genocide by starvation' (The Times) - [text online]

'Mugabe declared war and we will not be part of that war' (The Independent) - [text online]

Resistance snuffed out as Olympic torch tours Tibet (The Independent) - [text online]

Boris aide quits after saying 'go home' to blacks (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 20 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 18; 13 - 19 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UNHCR demands immediate release of abducted staff (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN agencies call for safe access to all communities in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Suriname: Food and water needed for over 6,500 displaced due to floods (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee Day: The world counts 26m internally displaced persons (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Deafness fear for girl facing deportation (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR demands immediate, unconditional release of Somali staff member (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Day Q&A: Australian teen's curiosity about refugees sparks special friendship (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Message by UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres to mark World Refugee Day, 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: In a new exhibition, refugee children photograph their own lives (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Millions mark World Refugee Day with theme of "Protection" (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Closure of Highly Skilled Migrant Programme and other work-based categories (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]

Ban voices concern after opposition pulls out of violence-ridden Zimbabwe polls (UN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Humanitarian situation in the north 'deplorable' (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Insecurity, uncertainty stop return of Afghan refugees (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.


Friday 20 June 2008

News Stories (20/06/08)

Africa turns up heat on Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

UN classifies rape a 'war tactic' (BBC News) - [text online]

War crimes warning to Robert Mugabe as terror grows (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe death toll reaches 85 as militias step up killings and torture (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama entangled in row over Muslim headscarf (The Independent) - [text online]

Hunger strike - 'till death or deportation' (IRR News) - [text online]

Nepal: Sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance - IDMC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Insecurity, uncertainty stop return of refugees from Pakistan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Racism against refugees to be reflected in London film festival (The Guardian) - [text online]

Protests at pre-entry English tests for spouses coming to UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

This Muslim life (The Guardian) - [text online]

On World Refugee Day, Guterres says refugee protection more challenging (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

UNHCR alarmed over reports of forcible returns of Eritreans from Egypt (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: UNHCR chief meets refugees, internally displaced in Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Giving refugees a hand on Facebook (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Local Immigration Teams to be Introduced Across the UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Survey 2008 (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Northern Mogadishu IDPs at the mercy of the elements (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council demands action to end sexual violence as a tactic in war (UN News) - [text online]

Report: Exams reveal abuse, torture of detainees (CNN) - [text online]

Amnesty: More than 1,000 unaccounted for in Tibet (Associated Press) - [text online]

Escalating violence in Zimbabwe ‘unacceptable,’ says UN political chief (UN News) - [text online]

Somalis face one of world’s worst humanitarian crises, UN refugee chief warns (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief wing hails private sector support to aid appeals after Myanmar cyclone (UN News) - [text online]

Impunity must end for violence to stop in south-central Nepal, UN officials say (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.

Thursday 19 June 2008

News Stories (19/06/08)

Illegals firms named and shamed (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe TV drops opposition ads (BBC News) - [text online]

S Africa Chinese 'become black' (BBC News) - [text online]

Amnesty seeks 'missing' Tibetans (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad town 'under attack by Sudan' (BBC News) - [text online]

President Mugabe's mobs target opposition families (The Times) - [text online]

The Big Question: Why are Dutch soldiers being sued for the massacre at Srebrenica? (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Snapshots of life in Baghdad (The Independent) - [text online]

Myanmar: Survivors forced back (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee doctors and nurses can help Welsh NHS (Western Mail) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 06 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Guterres highlights plight of Somali refugees in World Refugee Day mission (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Iraqi musician raises USD 24,000 for UNHCR programmes (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR prepares transition ahead while camps are closing (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: UNHCR brings the Darfur experience to London's Trafalgar Square (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Annual UNHCR figures show continuing climb in number of uprooted (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Let them give something back (The Guardian) - [text online]

Costa del Sol loses its shine as jobs for immigrants dry up in economic crisis (The Guardian) - [text online]

South Africa: Grant Temporary Status to All Zimbabweans (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Confronting the Iraq Refugee Crisis (Refugees International) - [text online]

AU Convention on Internal Displacement (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

All sides in DR Congo continue to violate human rights, UN report finds (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council condemns ‘ongoing systematic violations (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwean violence threatens credibility of next week’s polls – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official hails adoption of ‘missing piece’ in human rights protection (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.

Tuesday 17 June 2008

News Stories (17/06/08)

Forgotten Kenyan conflict exposed (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy set for Zimbabwe talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Dutch court hears Srebrenica case (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe warns Zimbabwe's voters: 'How can a pen fight a gun?' (The Times) - [text online]

Poll finds public backs Davis on 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Europe urged not to turn away Iraqi refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

Keeping Our Word: Fulfilling the Mandate to Protect Civilians in Darfur (ENOUGH Project) - [Report]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Joint UN North East Situation Monitoring Report ? May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 32 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 28 May - 03 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Transitional gov't endorses Djibouti accord (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Security Council urges gov't to 'fully cooperate' with International Criminal Court on Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Emergency shelter needs still great, say aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Talent going to waste (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugee Week 2008 (The Guardian) - [text & images online]

Global refugee, internally displaced figures climb for second straight year (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]. The full 2007 Global Trends Report is available on www.unhcr.org/statistics

UNHCR concerned for refugees in Chad as security deteriorates (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf stresses development (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Travelling exhibition on refugee children opens in Las Vegas (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Reflections from Chad (Refugees International) - [text online]

EU: Time to Impose Sanctions on Sudan’s Leaders (Humans Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: Council Faults Sudan Inaction on War Crimes Suspects (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

KENYA: Heavy rain displaces thousands in southeast (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Joint deployment to pave way for IDP returns (IRIN News) - [text online]

Satellites Document War, Destruction From Outer Space (Wired) - [text online]

International Criminal Court suspends case against Congolese rebel militia chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN looks to combat sexual violence in Africa’s Great Lakes Region (UN News) - [text online]

Aid workers need more sustained access to cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar – UN (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN calls for investigation into clashes in western province (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ-JORDAN: Government gives UNHCR US$8 million to help refugees in Jordan (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Bracing for a Zimbabwean exodus (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Rains wash away IDP shelters in Mogadishu (IRIN News) - [text online]

Young people’s voices must be heard, UN officials stress on Day of African Child (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council presses Sudan to cooperate in ending impunity for Darfur crimes (UN News) - [text online]

Human rights situation in Palestinian territories ‘remains grave’ – UN reports (UNNews) - [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.

Monday 16 June 2008

News Stories (16/06/08)

Violence 'spreads to Harare area' (BBC News) - [text online]

Advancing Chad rebels take town (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan to deploy troops in Abyei (BBC News) - [text online]

Muslim community looks for home (BBC News) - [text online]

Riot alert at immigration centre (BBC News) - [text online]

S Africa mob burns Mozambican man (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe says Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe in his lifetime (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UN hands over power to Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe forces soldiers and police to support him in early vote (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 17; 10 - 12 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 31 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 22, 01 - 07 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda humanitarian update, 01 - 31 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Scale-up international aid required in oil rich Abyei as main forces reach peace agreement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: World governments misleading and failing Iraqi refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad rebels attack town, EU troops shield refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: 1.6m vulnerable children threatned by suspension of aid work (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Global food crisis triggers starvation in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

42 days? Try 18 months (The Guardian) - [text online]

Police use dogs and helicopters to control rioters at detention centre (The Observer) - [text online]

The hell of being an asylum seeker (The Guardian) - [text online]

France must recognise its invisible workforce (The Guardian) - [text online]

World Refugee Day and global statistics 2007 – next week (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Italy: UNHCR welcomes Italian journalists' charter (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Celebrations, lights, action: World Refugee Day 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes adoption by Italian journalists of ethics code (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Additional changes to application process for application forms for students and marriages to include dependants (Home Office: UK Border Agency) - [text online]

LEBANON: Refugee children chronicle life in camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

Liberia: UN mission builds safe house for victims of sexual violence - [text online]

Hundreds of thousands Zimbabwean children at risk after aid ban – UNICEF (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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Friday 13 June 2008

News Stories (13/06/08)

Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns (BBC News) - [text online]

US Guantanamo trials 'to proceed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Locals killed in S Africa attacks (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to transfer powers in Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

'Jewish settler attack' on film (BBC News) - [text online]

Religious clashes erupt in India (BBC News) - [text online]

No deals on 42 days, says Brown (BBC News) - [text online]

I'm fighting to defend our basic freedoms, says David Davis (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Supreme Court condemns Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

US ambassador warns of ‘massive starvation’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition negotiator is accused of treason (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain and US 'complicit in war crimes by Ethiopian military' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 17/18, 22 May ?06 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 20 - 27 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Insecurity not the only obstacle to Iraq return (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Further reading: Asylum seeker deportation resistance (The Guardian) - [text online]

Land of no return (The Guardian) - [text online]

The resistance: On the deportation frontline (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Agencies revise humanitarian requirements from $68m to $325m due to severe drought (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Govt of Ireland announces airlift of humanitarian aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cambridge Hosts Second Tackling Honour-Based Road Show (Home Office) - [text online]

MYANMAR: A journey into the heart of the cyclone-hit delta (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: SADC election observers - ready or not for 'D-Day' poll (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN Peacebuilding Commission adds Central African Republic to its agenda (UNNews) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees in Iran held up by red tape and border closures, UN says (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.

Thursday 12 June 2008

News Stories (12/06/08)

Shelved asylum centre cost £29m (BBC News) - [text online]

Opponents of 42 days to fight on (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Somali aid worker shot dead (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Bosnian Serb suspect detained (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown wins crucial 42 day vote thanks to Ulster MPs (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

42 day detention vote was a defeat for liberty (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Gordon Brown buys time with deals on terror vote (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe's militia burn opponent’s wife alive (The Times) - [text online]

Brown triumphs on terror – but then he is stopped in his tracks (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration 'boosts the British economy by £1,650 per head' (The Independent) - [text online]

We have to be prepared for the worst, warns Smith (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur novelist returns personal narratives to the people he left behind (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 30 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Govt bars relief agencies moving food to Zambia after week's aid ban (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Sexual abuse widespread among Congolese deportees from Angola (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

CAR: 1,400 displaced after bandit attacks in the North (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: Dozens of migrants die in Gulf of Aden (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Anguish in cyclone-hit delta 'overwhelming' - IFRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR helps reunite Somali mother and son in UK (UNHCR News) - [text online]

British workers lack skills and drive of east Europe's migrants, says study (The Guardian) - [text online]

Cohesion team will be sent to Norfolk area with big migrant influx (The Guardian) - [text online]

Empowering Women in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UK: 42-Day Pre-Charge Detention Violates Rights (Huiman Rights Watch) - [text online]

Government's response to the House of Lords Committee' s report on the economic impacts of migration (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]. The Government's reply to the House of Lords committee's report on the economic impacts of migration - [The Economic impact of immigration report]. (Source: UK Borders Agency - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/).

Five weeks after cyclone strikes Myanmar, UN appeal remains under-funded (UN News) - [text online]

Central African Republic: UN says 1,400 villagers displaced by bandits (UN News) - [text online]

Grave violations against children increasing in Somalia, UN report says (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief, Lesotho leader discuss xenophobic attacks in South Africa (UN News) - [text online]

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Looking for answers to xenopobia's rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Sexual abuse widespread among fresh wave deportees from Angola (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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