Thursday 31 July 2008

News Stories (31/07/08)

Support for Darfur mission urged (BBC News) -[text online]

Karadzic due in war crimes court (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe to resume crisis talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkey steps back from the brink as AK Party beats court challenge (The Times) - [text online]

Turkey steps back from brink as court rules against ruling party ban (The Independent) - [text online]

Karadzic faces first day in court on genocide charges (The Independent) - [text online]

Troops die on ground in Darfur as UN helicopters perform at shows (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe and MDC to restart talks (The Independent) - [text online]

Colombia: Forced Displacement Overwhelming Capacity to Respond (Refugees International) - [Download a .pdf of this report in English.]

Eritrea/Ethiopia: UN Mission to close on 31 July (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN humanitarian chief announces USD 30m for 7 underfunded emergencies (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea advised on end of their status (UNHCR News) - [text online]

For Iraqi refugee women, learning to laugh again (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Strict New Rules For Foreign Students (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

UN peacebuilding efforts play a vital, unheralded role, says outgoing chief (UN News) - [text online]

Radovan Karadžić transferred to UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council ends UN mission monitoring Eritrea-Ethiopia border (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Hope for Abyei's displaced as troops move ou
t (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Kiambaa IDPs still afraid to return home
(IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Fresh hope for 3,000 stranded Palestinian 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.


Wednesday 30 July 2008

News Stories (30/07/08)

Karadzic flown to Hague tribunal (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe crisis talks adjourned (BBC News) -[text online]

Death sentence for Sudan rebels (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia abandons asylum policy (BBC News) - [text online]

Bosnian Serbs jailed for genocide (BBC News) - [text online]

Sikh girl wins bangle law battle (BBC News) - [text online]

Karadzic supporters battle riot police in Belgrade (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Karadzic supporters riot in Belgrade as seven jailed for Srebrenica genocide (The Independent) - [text online]

High Court backs girl barred from wearing bangle (The Independent) - [text online]

Thousands of passports and visas stolen from van (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan: New report finds peacekeepers lacking support and failing to protect civilians (ReliefWeb) - [text online]. The Report - [ Putting People First: The Protection Challenge Facing UNAMID in Darfur]

Somalia: Massive displacement and humanitarian need - new IDMC report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]. The report: [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 28 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 31, 12 - 26 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 62 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, and update on Gaza crossings, 19 Mar - 01 Apr 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 64 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, and update on Gaza crossings, 16 - 29 Apr 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Accounting for Afghans in Pakistan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Uganda: Donors must step up to help agencies address domestic violence (Refugees International) - [text online]

Only political will can bring lasting peace, outgoing UN peacekeeping chief says (UN News) - [text online]

Migiro calls on academics to play role in achieving global development targets (UN News) - [text online]

New UN human rights chief speaks of personal understanding of discrimination (UN News) - [text online]

UN-African Union mission in Darfur faces critical shortages, report finds (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 29 July 2008

News Stories (29/07/08)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes unity plea after Istanbul bombings (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe offers Morgan Tsvangirai a paltry post (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Day of decision for Turkey over future of secular state (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe crisis talks break down (The Independent) - [text online]

Palestinians 'use torture regularly' (The Independent) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 28, 17 - 23 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Illegal immigrant refused deportation (Doncaster Star) - [text online]

Marriage visa plan needs a re-think (The Guardian) - [text online]

On the starting line: Colombia launches Run for Life campaign (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan Rallies Behind Leader Reviled Abroad (New York Times) - [text online]

For Abducted Ugandans, An Elusive Reintegration (Washington Post) - [text online]

Zimbabwe power-sharing talks break off (Associated Press) - [text online]

YEMEN: Thousands of IDPs unable to return home
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Investigators needed to verify Darfur bombing reports – UN mission military boss (UN News) - [text online]

Progress being made on Myanmar aid effort, says UN’s top relief official (UN News) - [text online]

Somalia: Massive displacement and humanitarian need
(IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

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 28 July 2008

News Stories (28/07/08)

Darfur force 'failing civilians' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan ICC charges concern Mbeki (BBC News) - [text online]

Karadzic supporters hold protests (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs 'misled over army torture' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN peacekeepers 'at breaking point (The Independent) - [text online]

The last untouchable in Europe (The Independent) -[text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 23, 09 ? 24 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Najaf authorities to weed out bogus IDPs, official says (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Nearly 700,000 children still in need of assistance after cyclone (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: UNHCR launches "Corre por la Vida" Running for Life campaign (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

South Korean cartoon hero becomes UNHCR Goodwill Envoy (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Former health minister seeks a peace cure for DRC (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Mexico marks 25 years of collaboration with UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Czech mission to Malaysia paving way for landmark resettlement programme (UNHCR News) - [text online]

This crackdown on forced marriage is not all it seems (The Guardian) - [text online]

Kenya: Punish War Crimes in Mt. Elgon (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Chad: Bring us security to return home (Refugees International) - [text online]

Positive Encounter between Parliamentarians and Refugees (Refugee Council) - [text online]

An update on the Draft (Partial) Immigration and Citizenship Bill (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UNICEF says 180,000 children in Somalia are malnourished (UN News) - [text online]

New UN 'Running for Life' campaign spotlights plight of Colombia's displaced (UN News) - [text online]

Situation remains dire for Myanmar cyclone victims, UN agencies warn (UN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Access is there, donors should respond generously, says Holmes
(IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part 2) - "the crisis of humanitarianism" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A nation of billionaires
(IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Incentives announced to encourage return of IDPs, 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 25 July 2008

News Stories (25/07/08)

Zimbabwean peace talks begin amid talk that a deal is close (The Times) - [text online]

Ministers 'duped by US' over Guantanamo inmate's torture claim (The Independent) - [text online]

Karadzic 'stole identity of sniper victim' (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe talks focus on power sharing structure (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbian press lionises the cunning fugitive, not the criminal (The Independent) - [text online]

Victory for Southall Black Sisters (IRR News) - [text online]

Media hysteria around new book (IRR News) - [text online]

IRRESOLUTION: The U.N. Security Council on Darfur (Enough Project) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 42
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 23 Jul 2008 - Special focus
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 28, 10 - 16 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New Labour's bare-knuckle fight against asylum seekers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Czech mission to Malaysia paving way for landmark resettlement programme (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Rwanda: Progress in Judicial Reforms Falls Short (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Destitution still happening in Leeds (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Destitution inquiry (Joesph Rowntree Charitable Trust) - [text online]. Documents from the JRCT:
GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part one) - "exponential complexity (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Wangui Mwangi Theuri: "In which Kenya will we stay?"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Egyptian military engineers join UN-AU mission in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General to appoint South African justice as next UN human rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

African Great Lakes officials at UN gathering on women’s rights research centre (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 24 July 2008

New Publications and Reports

Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. A new International Crisis Group report available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5563&l=1


Taliban Propaganda: Winning the War of Words? A new International Crisis Group report available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5589&l=1


Community Cohesion and Migration: Tenth report of Session 2007-08.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmcomloc/369/369i.pdf

The House of Commons Communities & Local Government Committee has just published the 10th report of the Session 2007/8. The report looks at the effects of migration on cohesion; pressures on local services; responding to migration locally (eg local leadership and integration) and nationally (eg number of bodies involved, need for the Government to improve its provision); Government funding; and concludes with some 32 recommendations.

(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)


Empowering agencies to engage communities

http://changesuk.net/empowering_agencies_report.pdf
This research (published March 2008), explores how public agencies can assess and improve their openness and ability to respond to community influence. It was produced by changes an independent consultancy based in the West Midlands specialising in community engagement, community development and active citizenship. More information at www.changesuk.net/
(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)


Integration and Diversity in the UK
http://www.ippr.org/research/teams/project.asp?id=1409&pid=1409
Useful summary of work to date and in progress by the Institute for Public Policy Research on migration, equalities and citizenship. Research project in progress is called Moving up together: promoting equality and integration for the UK's diverse communities, and will address the pressing question of why some migrant and minority communities are lagging behind in socio-economic terms. More information at weblink above.
(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)


Think research …

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_research.aspx

The Social Exclusion Task Force, together with Barnardo's, Research in Practice and NFER, has developed a user-friendly tool to assist commissioners and service providers to select and monitor evidence-based services for vulnerable people. There is a wealth of data on ‘what-works’ – both from the research community, local authorities and service providers.

This immensely practical document – and other info – can be downloaded from the above weblink.


(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

Title - Enhancing Access to Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7GH68R?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Checklist for Integrating Human Rights in Natural Disaster
Management in the Pacific
Source - UN Development Programme
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7GLE4T?OpenDocument

(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance: Final Research
Report
Source - Transparency International
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/VDUX-7GMSX8?OpenDocument

(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the Linkages
Between Environmental Change, Livelihoods and Forced Migration
Source - Refugee Studies Centre
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7GMHJF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)


Title - A Handbook on Planning Projects to Prevent Child Trafficking
Source - Terre des hommes
Date - Jan 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7GMGY7?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Barbour, Brian and Brian Gorlick, Embracing the 'responsibility to protect': a repertoire of measures including asylum for potential victims, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 159 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Black, Richard et al., Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends and Their Policy Implications for Migration, DRC Working Paper no. T-27 (Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Fielden, Alexandra, Ignored Displaced Persons: the plight of IDPs in urban areas, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 161 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Fletcher, Emily, Changing Support for Asylum Seekers: An Analysis of Legislation and Parliamentary Debates, Working Paper no. 49 (Sussex Centre for Migration Research, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Maxwell, Daniel et al., Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance (Feinstein International Center, Humanitarian Policy Group & Transparency International, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Munteanu, Alison, Partners for protection: a review of the organizational capacity of NGOs in Romania, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 160 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Tiltnes, Åge A., Characteristics of Displaced Palestinian Refugees from the Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp, Fafo-paper 2008:02 (Fafo, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Vigneswaran, Darshan, A Foot in the Door: Access to Asylum in
South Africa (Forced Migration Studies Programme, June 2008) [text]
- See the related research
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Posted in: Publications.

Children and Society Journal

The latest volume of the Journal entitled Children and Society has just been released and this is a special volume dedicated to children and slavery:

Volume 22, Issue 3 is now available online - SPECIAL ISSUE: Child Slavery Worldwide.
Guest Edited by Gary Craig


This special issue of Children and Society is a contribution to understanding the scope and size of child slavery, to help those making or enforcing policy or responding to the victims of slavery to be able to understand the nature of child slavery and, hopefully, to combat it. To read more, please click on the article titles below.

Contents:
EDITORIAL: Editorial Introduction
Gary Craig

Modern-Day Child Slavery
Hans van de Glind and Joost Kooijmans

‘International Criminalisation and Child Welfare Protection’: the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Trevor Buck

Child Domestic Labour: A Modern Form of Slavery
Jonathan Blagbrough

Extreme Forms of Child Labour in Turkey
Serdar M. Degirmencioglu, Hakan Acar and Yüksel Baykara Acar

Falling Through the Gaps: Safeguarding Children Trafficked into the UK
Farrah Bokhari

Child Trafficking and Formalization: The Case of International Adoption from Ecuador
Esben Leifsen

‘Precious Children in a Heartless World’? The Complexities of Child Trafficking in Marseille
Brenda Carina Oude Breuil

Life Histories and Survival Strategies Amongst Sexually Trafficked Girls in Nepal
Padam Simkha

More Themed and Special Issues from Children & Society:


Special Issue: Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children: Local and Global Perspectives
Volume 21, Issue 4, July 2007
Guest Editors: Jo Boyden & Jason Hart

Special Issue: Gender and Ethnicity in Children's Everyday Lives
Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2006

Guest Editors: Virginia Morrow & Paul Connolly


Posted in: Periodicals.

Migration and Social Protection: Exploring Issues of Portability and Access

The Migration DRC, together with SCMR and IDS, will be hosting a conference
on 'Migration and Social Protection: Exploring Issues of Portability and
Access' to be held at the University of Sussex, UK, on Wednesday 5th and
Thursday 6th November 2008.

Please find attached the call for papers with a deadline of 8th August for
abstracts. I would be really grateful if you could also circulate the announcement to
other researchers, policy makers and practitioners who might be working on
the topic.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries, or to
recommend I send the call to other people,

Thank you!

Kind regards,


Romy Danflous
Communications and Policy Officer
Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty
Room C226
University of Sussex
Brighton
Falmer
BN1 9SJ
tel/mob: +(0)7816 856 120
office: +(0)1273 877 584
r.g.danflous@sussex.ac.uk
www.migrationdrc.org

Posted in: News.

News Stories (24/07/08)

New E Africa food crisis warning (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan president defiant in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

Karadzic extradition delay likely (BBC News) - [text online]

Italy targets illegal immigrants (BBC News) - [text online]

Radovan Karadzic will defend himself in Hague trial (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

With a jig President al-Bashir plays peacemaker in Darfur (The Times) - [text online]

Firm with licence to print Mugabe's money (The Independent) - [text online]

Karadzic to defend himself 'with help of God' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN missing anti-poverty goals, warns Brown (The Independent) - [text online]

Italy calls up troops for urban crackdown on migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethiopian man alleges race abuse at work place (Metro London) - [text online]

Displaced, again (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Myanmar: WFP to halt airlifts for aid delivery from 10 Aug (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN mission calls on armed groups to end suffering (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: 3.5m people will need humanitarian assistance by year's end (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 22; 12 - 22 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum seeker and refugee destitution has doubled, says trust (The Guardian) - [text online]

Consensus of hard and soft (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR cards give refugees in Bangladesh individual identities (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Nepal: Abuses Against Tibetans Protesting China’s Tibet Crackdown (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Burma: Cyclone Donors Should Ensure Transparency and Accountability (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: Real Options for Returning Home (Refugees International) - [text online]

Marriage Visa Age Raised To Prevent Forced Marriages (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Sudanese president is defiant in Darfur visit (Associated Press) - [text online]

SOMALIA: "Country months away from major crisis"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: Humanitarian situation in northwest deteriorating - rights group
(IRIN News) - [text online]

BURUNDI: Human rights record "shows no improvement"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Sudan and UN sign four-year development assistance plan (UN News) - [text online]

UN-African Union mission chief meets with Sudanese President in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

New individual ID cards fairer for refugees in Bangladesh – UN agency (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 23 July 2008

News Stories (23/07/08)

Serbia pressed to capture Mladic (BBC News) - [text online]

Food crisis looms in East Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabweans hail 'historic' deal (BBC News) - [text online]

S African police evict migrants (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic disguised as doctor (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Wanted fugitive Radovan Karadzic developed alter ego as New Age doctor (The Times) - [text online]

As Europe celebrates arrest of Karadzic, hunt is on for Mladic (The Independent) - [text online]

Get Karadzic! How to catch a monster (The Independent) - [text online]

War criminals still at large... (The Independent) - [text online]

Suspect to face war tribunal within days (The Independent) - [text online]

Life in the shadows (The Guardian) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: Give displaces people real options (Refugees International) - [Download a .pdf of this policy recommendation.]

Haiti's children still suffering grave human rights violations ? UN report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan says Darfur aid workers at risk after ICC indictment against President (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN humanitarian chief visits cyclone-affected areas (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: IOM relocates Somali refugees to Kakuma camp to reduce overcrowding (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Congolese Expelled from Angola Situation Report No. 1, 21 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Thematic Report Issue No 03: Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Current status
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 21 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Aviation Sans Frontières eases air journey for refugees from Bhutan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan: Restore Security in Abyei (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Public downbeat about political agreement
(IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Increasing attacks on aid workers could provoke "humanitarian crisis" - NGOs
(IRIN News) - [text online]

In Myanmar, UN relief chief sees progress but calls for aid to reach most vulnerable (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: AU-UN mission condemns attack on security officer by Sudanese military (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Hundreds still displaced in Nairobi
(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

Tuesday 22 July 2008

News Stories (22/07/08)

Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe leaders agree talks pact (BBC News) - [text online]

AU rejects Bashir Darfur charges (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum seekers 'need NI centre' (BBC News) - [text online]

Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect arrested in Serbia (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Mugabe and Tsvangirai sign power-sharing talks deal (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai sign deal to end Zimbabwe’s political crisis (The Times) - [text online]

War crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic arrested in Serbia (The Times) - [text online]

Hunt for Karadzic ends as fugitive is found (The Independent) - [text online]

The picture that shames Italy (The Independent) - [text online]

Bin Laden's driver in the dock as first US war crimes trial since 1945 begins (The Independent) - [text online]

The case against Robert Mugabe (Enough Project) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Quarterly Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Apr - Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 41
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

India: Protect Those Displaced from Chhattisgarh Violence (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: Peace Accord Fails to End Killing of Civilians (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Whose interests does justice serve? (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Immigration: 'Britishness' will not help integration, say researchers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iranian family's deportation halted after Rushdie book arrest threat (The Guardian) - [text online]

Spanish TV presenter Jesús Vázquez appointed Goodwill Ambassador (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes return operation for displaced in northern DRC (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks more funds to repatriate South Sudan refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR-backed programme helps women victims of war in South Kivu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Increasing attacks on aid workers could provoke "humanitarian crisis" - NGOs
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Security situation relatively calm in Darfur after recent attacks – UN mission (UN News) - [text online]

UN war crimes tribunal prosecutor welcomes arrest of Radovan Karadžić (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: displaced people resume return to their homes in north with UN help (UN News) - [text online]

Ban welcomes agreement to hold talks aimed at ending crisis in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

Efforts to help Myanmar cyclone victims still in relief phase, says top UN official (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: displaced people resume return to their homes in north with UN help (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Memorandum of understanding signed by rivals
(IRIN News) - [text online]

MAURITANIA: Bumps along the road to refugee resettlement
(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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