New Publications and Reports

Outsourcing Abuse: The use and misuse of state-sanctioned force during the detention and removal of asylum seekers. A new produced published by Birnberg Peirce and Partners, the Medical Justice Network and NCADC reporting on nearly 300 alleged assaults against asylum deportees. Further information and a PDF version of the report can be found on the Medival Justice Network web site at: http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/content/view/411/88/

("Failed asylum-seekers are abused by private security companies, says report"
By Robert Verkaik and Chris Green, Monday, 14 July 2008 , the Independent.)

Brynen, Rex, "The Past as Prelude? Negotiating the Palestinian Refugee Issue," Briefing Paper, The Regional Dimension of the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, June 2008) [text]

(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Burnett, Jon, "Racism, Destitution and Asylum," PAFRAS Briefing Paper, no. 6 (PAFRAS, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Dowd, Rebecca, "Trapped in Transit: The Plight and Human Rights of Stranded Migrants," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 156 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Fielden, Alexandra, "Local Integration: An Under-reported Solution to Protracted Refugee Situations," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 158 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Gal, Orit, "Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue," Briefing Paper, The Regional Dimension of the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Schöch, Rüdiger, "Afghan Refugees in Pakistan during the 1980s: Cold War Politics and Registration Practice," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 157 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]

(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Independent Asylum Commission launched its final report at the Refugee Rights and Realities conference in Swansea University, which was supported by Welsh Refugee Council. [Read a press release about this]. The report is entitled “Deserving Dignity: The Independent Asylum Commission’s Third Report of Conclusions and Recommendations.” The report is available online via the IAC website at: http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/]
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - http://www.welshrefugeecouncil.org.uk/).

Failed Responsibiliites: Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon,* the latest International Crisis Group report, recommends the Iraqi government, neighbours, the U.S., EU and wealthy Arab states act resolutely to address a humanitarian tragedy and political crisis. Up to five million Iraqis - nearly one in five - are believed to have fled, about half as internally displaced persons (IDPs) and half to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere. Now available on the International Crisis Group web site at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5563&l=1

Critical Review Instead of Complacency: Amnesty International's
Ten-Point Human Rights Programme for the French Presidency of the
European Union (Amnesty International, June 2008) -
http://www.amnesty.fr/var/amnesty/storage/fckeditor/File/memo_prdce_frcse_eng
.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, 2nd ed.
(ASIL and Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2008) -
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/spring_guiding_principles.aspx
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

No Choice: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants
Crossing the Gulf of Aden (MSF, June 2008) -
http://www.msf.org/source/countries/middleeast/yemen/2008/MSF_report_no_choic
e.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

"No One Should have to be Stateless in Today's Europe," Viewpoint of the
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (June 2008) -
http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Viewpoints/080609_en.asp
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Return with Dignity, Return to What? Review of the Voluntary Return
Programme to Afghanistan (CMI, June 2008) -
http://www.cmi.no/publications/publication/?3055=return-with-dignity-return-t
o-what
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

UNHCR Note on DNA Testing to Establish Family Relationships in the
Refugee Context (UNHCR, June 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48620c2d2.html
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Internally Displaced People in Iraq, Updates (Iraqi Red Crescent) -
http://www.iraqredcrescent.org/reports.html
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Iraq - Rhetoric and Reality: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis (Amnesty
International, June 2008) -
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/011/2008/en
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

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