Reports and Publications

INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS STILL FAILING CHILD SOLDIERS
New Global Survey Finds Children in Fewer Conflicts but Still Fighting
(New York, 20 May 2008) – Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children, according to the 2008 Child Soldiers Global Report, launched today by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.
Read more at: http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/20/global18885.htm
Read the report: http://www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www.hrw.org/)

Title - Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: A 10-Point Plan of Action
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Jan 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7ETFQX?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www/reliefweb.int/)

Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration. As migration has not commonly been considered as part of the indigenous experience, the prevalent view of indigenous communities tends to portray them as static groups, deeply rooted in their territories and customs. Increasingly, however, indigenous peoples are leaving their long-held territories as part of the phenomenon of global migration beyond the customary seasonal and cultural movements of particular groups. Diverse examples of indigenous peoples’ migration, its distinctive features and commonalities are highlighted throughout this report, and show that more research and data on this topic are necessary to better inform policies on migration and other phenomena that impact on indigenous peoples’ lives.
The publication is now available for download via the IOM web site – [download.]
(Source: IOM - http://www.iom.int/)

International Dialogue on Migration N°10 - Expert Seminar: Migration and the Environment.
Environmental degradation, climate change and migration are not new to the global community. However, managing these phenomena has become both more challenging and more critical to ensuring human security and sustainable development. Not only are gradual and sudden forms of environmental change acquiring greater magnitude, but they are likely to lead to ever increasing waves of internal and international migration, including mass human displacement. Migration is also having a demonstrable impact - at times positive, at others negative - on the environment in communities of origin and destination. Both phenomena are figuring more prominently in the eruption of new and old conflicts.
The publication is now available for download via the IOM web site – [download.]
(Source: IOM - http://www.iom.int/)

The following has been posted by RDS and can be downloaded via http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
Home Office Research Report 07 - Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: A process review of Operation Pentameter
Key implications
Executive summaryTo download the above, visit the "what's new" page at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html

"Community-based Asylum Seekers' Use of Primary Health Care Services in Melbourne," eMJA, vol 188, no. 6 (2008): 344-348 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Dominican Republic: Time to Move Forward to Resolve Statelessness (Refugees International, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Forced Marriage with the LRA, Uganda (Feinstein International Center, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Global Peace Index 2008 [Vision of Humanity, access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

No One to Turn To: The under-reporting of child sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers (Save the Children, May 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Protection of Civilians and the Post-Conflict Security Sector: A Conceptual and Historical Overview (NUPI, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Review of the Use of UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusions on International Protection, Informal Consultative Meeting, 9 June 2008 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Comparative Overview of the Implementation of the Directive 2003/9 of 27 January 2003 Laying Down Minimum Standards for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the EU Member States (Odysseus Academic Network, 2007) [text]
- Note: This report was formerly confidential but has now been made available to the public on the European Commission web site.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Don't Call it Shangri-La: Economic Programs for Displaced Populations in Nepal (Women's Commission, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion (CAFOD, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Housing, New Migration and Community Relations: A Review of the Evidence Base (ICAR, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Recommendations for the Return and Reintegration of Rejected Asylum Seekers: Lessons Learned from Returns to Kosovo (Danish Refugee Council, May 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

"The Refugee Crisis in Southern and Central Africa," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Guidance on Profiling Internally Displaced Persons (IDMC & OCHA, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Common EU Guidelines for Processing Country of Origin Information (COI) (European Union, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Concise Report - Prevention of Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees in Europe: A Participatory Approach (ICRH, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Cyclone Nargis: Lessons for Operational Agencies (ALNAP, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration (IOM, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Last in Line, Last in School 2008: How Donors Can Support Education for Children Affected by Conflict and Emergencies (Save the Children, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Second-generation Afghans in Iran: Integration, Identity and Return (AREU, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child (UNHCR, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Applicability of Ceased Circumstances Cessation Clauses to Refugees
from Sierra Leone
2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4848ea752
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

ICRC Annual Report 2007 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Global Report 2007 [access via home page]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugees International Annual Report for 2007 - 2007 Annual Report is now available for download
(Source: Refugees International - http://www.refugeesinternational.org/)

Building a Europe of Asylum: UNHCR's Recommendations to France for its
European Union Presidency (July - December 2008)
9 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=484e71812
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

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