This will be the last post in this Blog for a few weeks as I will be away on annual leave for a short break. On my return I will be updating the range of blogs and online services offered by the Refugee Archives service here at UEL ahead of a re-launch towards the middle of September, to coincide with the start of the new academic term.
Please feel free to add any comments to this post with recommendations for anything you would like to see added to our online resources.
Best Wishes for now and enjoy the summer!
Paul Dudman
Archivist
Friday, 15 August 2008
News Stories (15/08/08)
US accuses Russia of campaign of scorched earth in Georgia (The Times) - [text online]
Whites outnumbered in a generation as immigrants change face of US (The Times) - [text online]
S Africa to close displaced camps (BBC News) - [text online]
Italy angered by 'fascist' label (BBC News) - [text online]
Ambush-hit NGO stops Afghan work (BBC News) - [text online]
Robert Fisk: Al-Qa'ida sends its warriors from Iraq to wage 'jihad' in Lebanon (The Independent) - [text online]
Russia tells West to 'forget' Georgian rule in enclaves (The Independent) - [text online]
Tories' favourite think-tank sued by Muslim group (The Independent) - [text online]
South Africa intervenes after Tsvangirai detained at airport (The Independent) - [text online]
America's whites will become minority by 2042, says census bureau (The Independent) - [text online]
Leading article: Beware a despot bearing gifts of shared power (The Independent) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 45 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 31, 03 - 09 Aug 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda humanitarian update, 01 - 31 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Somalia: No military solution to the crisis (Refugees International) - [text online]
Sri Lanka: LTTE, government endangering lives of tens of thousands of newly displaced around Wanni (Amnesty International) - [text online]
Zimbabwe must lift aid agency restrictions to avoid humanitarian crisis – Ban (UN News) - [text online]
South Africa: foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks anxious over future – UN (UN New) - [text online]
Peace process ‘fragile’ in Sudan, cautions UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]
MAURITANIA: More would-be migrants fleeing post coup (IRIN News) - [text online]
SRI LANKA: Aid reaching IDPs in north though supply lines under pressure - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]
JORDAN: Palestinian refugees to benefit from nutrition programme (IRIN News) - [text online]
IRAQ: Boost for aid, reconstruction as three-year deal signed with UN (IRIN News) - [text online]
Ban voices deep concern at humanitarian impact of Georgia conflict (UN News) - [text online]
Rebel groups must unite to reach lasting solution for Darfur – UN military official (UN News) - [text online]
Children are main victims of violence in Chad, Ban says in new report (UN News) - [text online]
Whites outnumbered in a generation as immigrants change face of US (The Times) - [text online]
S Africa to close displaced camps (BBC News) - [text online]
Italy angered by 'fascist' label (BBC News) - [text online]
Ambush-hit NGO stops Afghan work (BBC News) - [text online]
Robert Fisk: Al-Qa'ida sends its warriors from Iraq to wage 'jihad' in Lebanon (The Independent) - [text online]
Russia tells West to 'forget' Georgian rule in enclaves (The Independent) - [text online]
Tories' favourite think-tank sued by Muslim group (The Independent) - [text online]
South Africa intervenes after Tsvangirai detained at airport (The Independent) - [text online]
America's whites will become minority by 2042, says census bureau (The Independent) - [text online]
Leading article: Beware a despot bearing gifts of shared power (The Independent) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/
ReliefWeb/
ReliefWeb/
Somalia: No military solution to the crisis (Refugees International) - [text online]
Sri Lanka: LTTE, government endangering lives of tens of thousands of newly displaced around Wanni (Amnesty International) - [text online]
Zimbabwe must lift aid agency restrictions to avoid humanitarian crisis – Ban (UN News) - [text online]
South Africa: foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks anxious over future – UN (UN New) - [text online]
Peace process ‘fragile’ in Sudan, cautions UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]
MAURITANIA: More would-be migrants fleeing post coup (IRIN News) - [text online]
SRI LANKA: Aid reaching IDPs in north though supply lines under pressure - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]
JORDAN: Palestinian refugees to benefit from nutrition programme (IRIN News) - [text online]
IRAQ: Boost for aid, reconstruction as three-year deal signed with UN (IRIN News) - [text online]
Ban voices deep concern at humanitarian impact of Georgia conflict (UN News) - [text online]
Rebel groups must unite to reach lasting solution for Darfur – UN military official (UN News) - [text online]
Children are main victims of violence in Chad, Ban says in new report (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, 14 August 2008
New Periodicals and Newsletters
Refugee Survey Quarterly Table of Contents for ASYLUM AND ISLAM: 2008; Vol. 27, No. 2. The table of contents is available online via Oxford Journals at: http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl
(Source: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - www.child-soldiers.org)
The Migrants Rights Network has published its August 2008 Newsletter.
View the newsletter at:
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/enews/2008/august.htm
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).
The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees has published issue no.14 of its Echoes Newsletter.
Download the newsletter at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/echoes_fourteen.pdf (pdf file, 512kb)
Posted in: Periodicals.
New film: 'Iraqis in Egypt: Time is Running Out"
The film 'Iraqis in Egypt: Time is Running Out' is now available to view
on the Forced Migration Online website.
This documentary film looks at the lives of six Iraqi families who have
been forced to flee their homes and are now living as refugees in the
massive urban sprawl of Cairo. As the years pass by, their situations
are becoming increasingly desperate, with little or no rights in their
country of first asylum.
Iraqis in Egypt: Time is Running Out:
http://www.forcedmigration.org/video/iraqis-in-egypt/
More videos can be viewed at:
http://forcedmigration.org/video/
To learn more & to find out how you can help, visit:
http://www.iraqisinegypt.org/
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on the Forced Migration Online website.
This documentary film looks at the lives of six Iraqi families who have
been forced to flee their homes and are now living as refugees in the
massive urban sprawl of Cairo. As the years pass by, their situations
are becoming increasingly desperate, with little or no rights in their
country of first asylum.
Iraqis in Egypt: Time is Running Out:
http://www.forcedmigration.
More videos can be viewed at:
http://forcedmigration.org/
To learn more & to find out how you can help, visit:
http://www.iraqisinegypt.org/
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Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the
Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee
Studies Centre (RSC), Department of International Development,
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
include attribution to the original sources.
List archives are available at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
Posted in: Multimedia.
New Publications and Reports
Destitution inquiry (Joesph Rowntree Charitable Trust) - [text online]. Documents from the JRCT:
- Press release: More Destitution in Leeds (98KB)
- Not Moving On (research summary) (83KB)
- More Destitution in Leeds (full research report) (1.18MB)
(Source – Refugee Council: Destitution still happening in
Title - The Strategic Context: Peacekeeping in Crisis, 2006-08
Source - Center on International Cooperation
Date - Aug 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ONIN-7GTQ8Y?OpenDocument
(Source: ReleifWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - World Hunger Series 2007 - Hunger and Health
Source - World Food Programme
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7GU596?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - Protection Work: from Concept to Practice - Strengthening CSOs
Engagement on Protection in Conflict and Humanitarian Emergencies
Source - ActionAid
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7GUDMX?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - Targeting the Unarmed: Strategic Rebel Violence in Civil War
Source - Uppsala University
Date - May 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7H2H89?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - Guiding Principles for Human Rights Field Officers Working in
Conflict and Post-conflict Environments
Source - University of Nottingham
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7H2QBE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Iraq Displacement and Return - 2008 Mid-Year Review (IOM, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Checklist for Field Use (IASC, June 2008) [access via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Outsourcing abuse: The use and misuse of state-sanctioned force during the detention and removal of asylum seekers (Birnberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice and NCADC, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Refugee Law Project: Special Bulletin on Urban IDPs (July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
UNHCR Statement on the "Ceased Circumstances" Clause of the EC Qualification Directive. August 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).
Selected Documents Relating to National Security and Counter-Terrorism Relevant to International Refugee Protection. July 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).
Title - The Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq
Source - Brookings-SAIS Project on Internal Displacement
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - The 2007 Humanitarian Accountability Report
Source - Humanitarian Accountability Partnership
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its
Working Group - 2008 substantive session (10 March - 4 April and 3 July
2008) (A/62/19)
Source - UN General Assembly
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Title - ReliefWeb Glossary of Humanitarian Terms
Source - ReliefWeb
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
The Thomas Coram Research Unit, at the Institute of Education has published a report by Elaine Chase, and Abigail Knight, and June Statham on: 'Promoting the emotional wellbeing and mental health of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK'.
Download the research brief at:
http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/62/1/
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).
Hope 08 is nation-wide, with groups all over the country organising different events and activities around the theme of transforming communities.
Hope08Birmingham has published an article by Lizzy Sharman on the difficulties facing asylum seekers: '
Download the article at:
http://www.hope08birmingham.
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).
Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance (GARA) has published a report on statistics and data relating to BME people in
Download the full report at:
http://gara.org.uk/index.php?
Or download individual chapters at:
http://gara.org.uk/index.php?
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).
Posted in: Publications.
News Stories (14/08/08)
Russia begins Georgia handover (BBC News) - [text online]
Minorities set to be US majority (BBC News) - [text online]
Sudan 'launches attack in Darfur' (BBC News) - [text online]
Thousands flee homes in S Lanka (BBC News) - [text online]
George Bush squares up to Vladimir Putin over Georgia (The Times) - [text online]
Bush sends message to Russia with aid mission to Georgia (The Independent) - [text online]
Mugabe must back down, says rival (The Independent) - [text online]
Three female foreign aid workers shot dead in Afghan ambush (The Independent) - [text online]
Destitute and traumatised, the refugees forced to flee South Ossetia (The Independent) - [text online]
Johann Hari: We need to stop being such cowards about Islam (The Independent) - [text online]
Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief deplores killing of aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Georgia: Large-scale humanitarian aid still needed - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: NGOs urge action on displacement crisis (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 31, 31 Jul - 08 Aug 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation Report No. 1 on the Situation in Georgia 12 Aug 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
UNHCR shocked, saddened by deaths of IRC aid workers in Afghanistan (UNHCR) - [text online]
Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing (UNHCR) - [text online]
Afghan ceramists sweeten the pot in Balochistan (UNHCR) - [text online]
SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Georgian Villages in South Ossetia Burnt, Looted (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Safe Corridor Urgently Needed for Civilians in Gori District (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Russians pulling out of Gori, says Georgian foreign ministry (The Guardian) - [text online]
Six missing after attempted sea crossing from Somalia to Yemen – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]
INTERVIEW-ICRC seeks safety guarantee to aid in S. Ossetia (Reuters Alertnet) - [text online]
PHILIPPINES: Tens of thousands displaced in fresh fighting (IRIN News) - [text online]
ZIMBABWE: Dashed hopes all round (IRIN News) - [text online]
IRAQ: NGOs urge action on displacement crisis (IRIN News) - [text online]
Rebel groups must unite to reach lasting solution for Darfur – UN military official (UN News) - [text online]
Ban urges parties to implement proposed Georgia peace plan (UN News) - [text online]
Minorities set to be US majority (BBC News) - [text online]
Sudan 'launches attack in Darfur' (BBC News) - [text online]
Thousands flee homes in S Lanka (BBC News) - [text online]
George Bush squares up to Vladimir Putin over Georgia (The Times) - [text online]
Bush sends message to Russia with aid mission to Georgia (The Independent) - [text online]
Mugabe must back down, says rival (The Independent) - [text online]
Three female foreign aid workers shot dead in Afghan ambush (The Independent) - [text online]
Destitute and traumatised, the refugees forced to flee South Ossetia (The Independent) - [text online]
Johann Hari: We need to stop being such cowards about Islam (The Independent) - [text online]
Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief deplores killing of aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Georgia: Large-scale humanitarian aid still needed - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: NGOs urge action on displacement crisis (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/
ReliefWeb/
UNHCR shocked, saddened by deaths of IRC aid workers in Afghanistan (UNHCR) - [text online]
Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing (UNHCR) - [text online]
Afghan ceramists sweeten the pot in Balochistan (UNHCR) - [text online]
SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Georgian Villages in South Ossetia Burnt, Looted (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Safe Corridor Urgently Needed for Civilians in Gori District (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Russians pulling out of Gori, says Georgian foreign ministry (The Guardian) - [text online]
Six missing after attempted sea crossing from Somalia to Yemen – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]
INTERVIEW-ICRC seeks safety guarantee to aid in S. Ossetia (Reuters Alertnet) - [text online]
PHILIPPINES: Tens of thousands displaced in fresh fighting (IRIN News) - [text online]
ZIMBABWE: Dashed hopes all round (IRIN News) - [text online]
IRAQ: NGOs urge action on displacement crisis (IRIN News) - [text online]
Rebel groups must unite to reach lasting solution for Darfur – UN military official (UN News) - [text online]
Ban urges parties to implement proposed Georgia peace plan (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, 12 August 2008
News Stories (12/08/08)
Assaults add pressure on Georgia (BBC News) - [text online]
UN helicopter fired on in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]
Russian troops take first steps deep into Georgian territory (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance (The Times) - [text online]
Russia tightens the noose (The Independent) - [text online]
Russian leadership: Putin in his element as successor is left in back seat (The Independent) - [text online]
Beleaguered president: Gambler who risked his country and links with West (The Independent) - [text online]
Mary Dejevsky: Intervention may breed instability (The Independent) - [text online]
London's Jewish radio station closes after Galloway sues (The Independent) - [text online]
Georgia/Russia: Do Not Attack Civilians in South Ossetia (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Guatemala: 12 years after conflict, few solutions for ISPs or other victims (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]
Zimbabwe: Rights group urges SADC to make end to ongoing abuses (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
DR Congo: Former "Triangle of Death" becomes source of hope again (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Georgia: ICRC makes USD 7.4m preliminary emergency appeal (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Horn of Africa at tipping point warns ActionAid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Philippines: Nearly 130,000 displaced due to fierce clashes in south (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Sudan: Former foes not fully withdrawn from Abyei despite plan aimed at defusing tensions (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
UNHCR airlifting humanitarian aid for displaced from South Ossetia conflict (UNHCR) - [text online]
South Ossetia situation (UNHCR) - [text online]
October concert for late tenor Pavarotti to benefit Afghans (UNHCR) - [text online]
PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $4 million to educate Darfur's refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]
For aid agencies, security comes at a price (Refugees Intertnational) - [text online]
BURUNDI: Séraphine Ngendakumana - "I have never been home, I know nobody" (IRIN News) - [text online]
Clashes with Muslim rebels in Philippines displace thousands (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]
YEMEN: Thousands of IDPs face difficult conditions - ICRC (IRIN News) - [text online]
ISRAEL: Eritrean asylum-seekers told to leave Tel Aviv area (IRIN News) - [text online]
UN helicopter fired on in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]
Russian troops take first steps deep into Georgian territory (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance (The Times) - [text online]
Russia tightens the noose (The Independent) - [text online]
Russian leadership: Putin in his element as successor is left in back seat (The Independent) - [text online]
Beleaguered president: Gambler who risked his country and links with West (The Independent) - [text online]
Mary Dejevsky: Intervention may breed instability (The Independent) - [text online]
London's Jewish radio station closes after Galloway sues (The Independent) - [text online]
Georgia/Russia: Do Not Attack Civilians in South Ossetia (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Guatemala: 12 years after conflict, few solutions for ISPs or other victims (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]
Zimbabwe: Rights group urges SADC to make end to ongoing abuses (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
DR Congo: Former "Triangle of Death" becomes source of hope again (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Georgia: ICRC makes USD 7.4m preliminary emergency appeal (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Horn of Africa at tipping point warns ActionAid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Philippines: Nearly 130,000 displaced due to fierce clashes in south (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Sudan: Former foes not fully withdrawn from Abyei despite plan aimed at defusing tensions (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
UNHCR airlifting humanitarian aid for displaced from South Ossetia conflict (UNHCR) - [text online]
South Ossetia situation (UNHCR) - [text online]
October concert for late tenor Pavarotti to benefit Afghans (UNHCR) - [text online]
PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $4 million to educate Darfur's refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]
For aid agencies, security comes at a price (Refugees Intertnational) - [text online]
BURUNDI: Séraphine Ngendakumana - "I have never been home, I know nobody" (IRIN News) - [text online]
Clashes with Muslim rebels in Philippines displace thousands (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]
YEMEN: Thousands of IDPs face difficult conditions - ICRC (IRIN News) - [text online]
ISRAEL: Eritrean asylum-seekers told to leave Tel Aviv area (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.
Monday, 11 August 2008
News Stories (11/08/08)
Mugabe says talks 'inconclusive' (BBC News) - [text online]
Ceasefire bid amid Georgia crisis (BBC News) - [text online]
Italy holds five on terror charge (BBC News) - [text online]
EU-Russia relations in jeopardy as bombs hit Tbilisi (EU Observer) - [text online]
Georgia: Gori evacuated as fears of Russian advance into Georgia grow (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
We helped in Iraq - now help us, beg Georgians (The Times) - [text online]
Hope springs for Zimbabwe regime change as Mugabe and Tsvangirai talk (The Times) - [text online]
Compromise 'close' in Zimbabwe crisis talks (The Independent) - [text online]
Georgia bows to might of Russia (The Independent) - [text online]
Diplomatic Effort: UN urges Russia to halt offensive (The Independent) - [text online]
Some weep, some rage as bombs pulverise capital (The Independent) - [text online]
The Refugees: Civilians pour over border into Russia to escape conflict (The Independent) - [text online]
Georgia: UNHCR seeks humanitarian access, safe passage for civilians in Ossetia conflict (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Philippines: Over 80,000 displaced due to fightings between govt and Muslim rebels (ReliefWeb)- [text online]
Georgian conflict widening beyond S.Ossetia into Abkhazia, UN official warns (ReliefWeb) - [text here]
South Ossetia: Observation of international humantarian law and protection of civilians essential (Amnesty International) - [text online]
North Ossetia: Update on Casualties and Displaced Civilians(Hiuman Rights Watch) - [text online]
Georgia/Russia: Do Not Attack Civilians in South Ossetia (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
A Look at the Darfur Olympics (Refugees International) - [text online]
Wartime generation given more than 500,000 free passports (Home Office) - [text online]
Guterres seeks humanitarian access, safe passage for civilians in Ossetia conflict (UNHCR) - [text online]
Q&A: Shirin Ebadi, documenter of refugee issues in Iran (UNHCR) - [text online]
UNHCR deeply concerned about newly displaced in Sri Lanka's north (UNHCR) - [text online]
Sri Lanka: Concern over civilian displacement in north (UNHCR) - [text online]
Georgia: Thousands reported on the move in South Ossetia (UNHCR) - [text online]
Forced displacement devastating Colombia's indigenous people (UNHCR) - [text online]
German scholarship gives Somali refugee "the best you can get" – education (UNHCR) - [text online]
South Africa cuts nearly 500 km off Zimbabweans' asylum journey (UNHCR) - [text online]
Migiro stresses need to end impunity for war crimes and human rights abuses (UN News) - [text online]
Security Council holds another meeting on crisis in Georgia (UN News) - [text online]
Ban calls for Member States and indigenous peoples to work together (UN News) - [text online]
Top UN official in Sudan welcomes step to ease disputed Abyei area (UN News) - [text online]
Ceasefire bid amid Georgia crisis (BBC News) - [text online]
Italy holds five on terror charge (BBC News) - [text online]
EU-Russia relations in jeopardy as bombs hit Tbilisi (EU Observer) - [text online]
Georgia: Gori evacuated as fears of Russian advance into Georgia grow (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
We helped in Iraq - now help us, beg Georgians (The Times) - [text online]
Hope springs for Zimbabwe regime change as Mugabe and Tsvangirai talk (The Times) - [text online]
Compromise 'close' in Zimbabwe crisis talks (The Independent) - [text online]
Georgia bows to might of Russia (The Independent) - [text online]
Diplomatic Effort: UN urges Russia to halt offensive (The Independent) - [text online]
Some weep, some rage as bombs pulverise capital (The Independent) - [text online]
The Refugees: Civilians pour over border into Russia to escape conflict (The Independent) - [text online]
Georgia: UNHCR seeks humanitarian access, safe passage for civilians in Ossetia conflict (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Philippines: Over 80,000 displaced due to fightings between govt and Muslim rebels (ReliefWeb)- [text online]
Georgian conflict widening beyond S.Ossetia into Abkhazia, UN official warns (ReliefWeb) - [text here]
South Ossetia: Observation of international humantarian law and protection of civilians essential (Amnesty International) - [text online]
North Ossetia: Update on Casualties and Displaced Civilians(Hiuman Rights Watch) - [text online]
Georgia/Russia: Do Not Attack Civilians in South Ossetia (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
A Look at the Darfur Olympics (Refugees International) - [text online]
Wartime generation given more than 500,000 free passports (Home Office) - [text online]
Guterres seeks humanitarian access, safe passage for civilians in Ossetia conflict (UNHCR) - [text online]
Q&A: Shirin Ebadi, documenter of refugee issues in Iran (UNHCR) - [text online]
UNHCR deeply concerned about newly displaced in Sri Lanka's north (UNHCR) - [text online]
Sri Lanka: Concern over civilian displacement in north (UNHCR) - [text online]
Georgia: Thousands reported on the move in South Ossetia (UNHCR) - [text online]
Forced displacement devastating Colombia's indigenous people (UNHCR) - [text online]
German scholarship gives Somali refugee "the best you can get" – education (UNHCR) - [text online]
South Africa cuts nearly 500 km off Zimbabweans' asylum journey (UNHCR) - [text online]
Migiro stresses need to end impunity for war crimes and human rights abuses (UN News) - [text online]
Security Council holds another meeting on crisis in Georgia (UN News) - [text online]
Ban calls for Member States and indigenous peoples to work together (UN News) - [text online]
Top UN official in Sudan welcomes step to ease disputed Abyei area (UN News) - [text online]
Thursday, 7 August 2008
News Stories (07/08/08)
Bush chides Beijing over rights (BBC News) - [text online]
Zimbabwe parties call for peace (BBC News) - [text online]
France denounces genocide claims (BBC News) - [text online]
Bin Laden ex-driver found guilty (BBC News) - [text online]
Tibet protesters to be deported from China (The Times) - [text online]
Bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan weeps after terror verdict (The Times) - [text online]
Outrage as US military convicts Bin Laden's driver of war crimes (The Independent) - [text online]
France rejects Rwandan genocide accusations (The Independent) - [text online]
MDC and Zanu-PF call for end to violence in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 25, 25 Jul ? 01 Aug 2008 - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 12 Jul - 01 Aug 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Georgia: new internal displacement action plan; tensions in South Ossetia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]
Somali refugees win the heart of Spanish Goodwill Ambassador (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Canadians' shoes are on the other foot now – in Rwanda (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Iraqi Refugees: A New Plan (Refugees International) - [text online]
Sudan: End Sham Trials by Anti-Terror Courts (Human RightsWatch) - [text online]
US: Migrant Detainees Suffer From Inadequate Medical Care (Human Rights Watch) -[text online]
Ministers to fight ban on migrant checks (The Guardian) - [text online]
Now that I've finally been admitted to Britain it seems that everyone else suddenly wants to leave (The Guardian) - [text online]
Is the EU dictating immigration law? (The Guardian) - [text online]
Top UN official in DR Congo in push to improve peacekeeper conduct (UN News) - [text online]
Top UN relief official draws lessons from Myanmar cyclone aid effort (UN News) - [text online]
Khartoum to investigate Darfur crimes (UPI) - [text online]
UN Goodwill Ambassador makes return visit to Somali refugees in Kenya (UN News) - [text online]
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Zimbabwe parties call for peace (BBC News) - [text online]
France denounces genocide claims (BBC News) - [text online]
Bin Laden ex-driver found guilty (BBC News) - [text online]
Tibet protesters to be deported from China (The Times) - [text online]
Bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan weeps after terror verdict (The Times) - [text online]
Outrage as US military convicts Bin Laden's driver of war crimes (The Independent) - [text online]
France rejects Rwandan genocide accusations (The Independent) - [text online]
MDC and Zanu-PF call for end to violence in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]
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Georgia: new internal displacement action plan; tensions in South Ossetia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]
Somali refugees win the heart of Spanish Goodwill Ambassador (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Canadians' shoes are on the other foot now – in Rwanda (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Iraqi Refugees: A New Plan (Refugees International) - [text online]
Sudan: End Sham Trials by Anti-Terror Courts (Human RightsWatch) - [text online]
US: Migrant Detainees Suffer From Inadequate Medical Care (Human Rights Watch) -[text online]
Ministers to fight ban on migrant checks (The Guardian) - [text online]
Now that I've finally been admitted to Britain it seems that everyone else suddenly wants to leave (The Guardian) - [text online]
Is the EU dictating immigration law? (The Guardian) - [text online]
Top UN official in DR Congo in push to improve peacekeeper conduct (UN News) - [text online]
Top UN relief official draws lessons from Myanmar cyclone aid effort (UN News) - [text online]
Khartoum to investigate Darfur crimes (UPI) - [text online]
UN Goodwill Ambassador makes return visit to Somali refugees in Kenya (UN News) - [text online]
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Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Press Curttings (05/08/08)
Terror detention plans 'muddled' (BBC News) - [text online]
Clampdown move on rogue employers (BBC News) - [text online]
Al-Qaeda woman suspect sent to US (BBC News) - [text online]
Land protests continue in Kashmir (BBC News) - [text online]
Silvio Berlusconi puts troops on Italian city streets (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Chinese separatists blamed for police grenade massacre (The Times) - [text online]
Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra (The Times) - [text online]
Peers sound warning over 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]
Troops fan out across Italy in bid to fight crime (THe Independent) - [text online]
Separatists blamed after 16 policemen killed in China (The Independent) - [text online]
Northern Uganda: International support for Sudanese refugees still required (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Sierra Leone: UN SC asks Secretary-general to establish Peacebuilding Office (ReliefWeb) - [text line]
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis response enters new phase in relief and early recovery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: Drive to get doctors to return (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Zimbabwe: Over 16,000 rights abuse cases recorded (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo, Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
GPs demand right to treat refugees (The Observer) - [text online]
It's time for the Mail to get sensitive (The Guardian) - [text online]
Shalom, Giles Coren (The Guardian) - [text online]
Palestinian refugees to Iceland and Sweden (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]
Beijing Olympic athletes get the chance to give hope to refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Resettlement to Iceland rescues Palestinians from border camp limbo (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Over 200 Chadian police officers complete UN training in law, human rights (UN News) - [text online]
UN creates new peacebuilding office in Sierra Leone (UN News) - [text online]
UN-African Union officials confer with Sudan on Darfur peace force (UN News) - [text online]
MALI: Efforts to quell illegal migration (IRIN News) - [text online]
MALI: Abdoulaye: “The Algerian police took… all our documents and then beat us. They do that to everyone" (IRIN News) - [text online]
SUDAN: MSF seeks assurances before returning to North Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]
Clampdown move on rogue employers (BBC News) - [text online]
Al-Qaeda woman suspect sent to US (BBC News) - [text online]
Land protests continue in Kashmir (BBC News) - [text online]
Silvio Berlusconi puts troops on Italian city streets (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Chinese separatists blamed for police grenade massacre (The Times) - [text online]
Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra (The Times) - [text online]
Peers sound warning over 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]
Troops fan out across Italy in bid to fight crime (THe Independent) - [text online]
Separatists blamed after 16 policemen killed in China (The Independent) - [text online]
Northern Uganda: International support for Sudanese refugees still required (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Sierra Leone: UN SC asks Secretary-general to establish Peacebuilding Office (ReliefWeb) - [text line]
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis response enters new phase in relief and early recovery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: Drive to get doctors to return (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Zimbabwe: Over 16,000 rights abuse cases recorded (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
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GPs demand right to treat refugees (The Observer) - [text online]
It's time for the Mail to get sensitive (The Guardian) - [text online]
Shalom, Giles Coren (The Guardian) - [text online]
Palestinian refugees to Iceland and Sweden (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]
Beijing Olympic athletes get the chance to give hope to refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Resettlement to Iceland rescues Palestinians from border camp limbo (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Over 200 Chadian police officers complete UN training in law, human rights (UN News) - [text online]
UN creates new peacebuilding office in Sierra Leone (UN News) - [text online]
UN-African Union officials confer with Sudan on Darfur peace force (UN News) - [text online]
MALI: Efforts to quell illegal migration (IRIN News) - [text online]
MALI: Abdoulaye: “The Algerian police took… all our documents and then beat us. They do that to everyone" (IRIN News) - [text online]
SUDAN: MSF seeks assurances before returning to North Darfur (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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Monday, 4 August 2008
News Stories (04/08/08)
Rivals resume Zimbabwe deal talks (BBC News) - [text online]
New UN rights envoy visits Burma (BBC News) - [text online]
Bangladesh holds key local polls (BBC News) - [text online]
Serbia hunting final war crime fugitives amid EU bid (EU Observer) - [text online]
'Tell us who the terrorists are if you want the doctor (The Independent) - [text online]
Karadzic 'lived under protectionof CIA agents until he broke deal' (The Independent) - [text online]
How Karadzic stirred global Islamic terror (The Times) - [text online]
Somalia: UN Special Representative concerned over administration issue in Mogadishu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
British Muslims 'fighting with Taliban in Afghanistan' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 30, 24 - 30 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
GPs demand right to treat refugees (The Guardian) - [text online]
Nice place you've got here (The Observer) - [text online]
Colombia: Displaced Need Equal Attention (Refugees International) - [text online]
The Rights of Women Seeking Asylum: a Charter (Refugee Council) - [text online]
Iraqi refugees learn the value of laughter at UN-backed workshops (UN News) - [text online]
Secretary-General sounds alarm on fragility of Sudan’s north-south peace accord (UN News) - [text online]
UN extends Darfur peacekeeping mandate in last-minute vote (The Guardian) - [text online]
SRI LANKA: Conflict compromising tsunami reconstruction (IRIN News) - [text online]
New UN rights envoy visits Burma (BBC News) - [text online]
Bangladesh holds key local polls (BBC News) - [text online]
Serbia hunting final war crime fugitives amid EU bid (EU Observer) - [text online]
'Tell us who the terrorists are if you want the doctor (The Independent) - [text online]
Karadzic 'lived under protectionof CIA agents until he broke deal' (The Independent) - [text online]
How Karadzic stirred global Islamic terror (The Times) - [text online]
Somalia: UN Special Representative concerned over administration issue in Mogadishu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
British Muslims 'fighting with Taliban in Afghanistan' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
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GPs demand right to treat refugees (The Guardian) - [text online]
Nice place you've got here (The Observer) - [text online]
Colombia: Displaced Need Equal Attention (Refugees International) - [text online]
The Rights of Women Seeking Asylum: a Charter (Refugee Council) - [text online]
Iraqi refugees learn the value of laughter at UN-backed workshops (UN News) - [text online]
Secretary-General sounds alarm on fragility of Sudan’s north-south peace accord (UN News) - [text online]
UN extends Darfur peacekeeping mandate in last-minute vote (The Guardian) - [text online]
SRI LANKA: Conflict compromising tsunami reconstruction (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, 1 August 2008
News Stories (01/08/08)
Aid warning over Afghan violence (BBC News) - [text online]
UN extends Darfur peace mission (BBC News) - [text online]
Mugabe rival 'satisfied' at talks (BBC News) - [text online]
Radovan Karadzic stands defiant before Hague war crimes tribunal (The Times) - [text online]
Barack Obama accused of exploiting race issue as insults fly (The Times) - [text online]
John McCain accuses Barack Obama of playing race card (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Radovan Karadzic tells UN court the US tried to assasinate him (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Day of reckoning for Karadzic (The Independent) - [text online]
Karadzic victims: 'Dark memories we hoped to put behind us' (The Independent) - [text online]
Afghanistan spiralling back to days of Taliban, say charities (The Independent) - [text online]
South Africa wakes up to growing white poor (The Independent0 - [text online]
Opinionated Poles (The Guardian) - [text online]
Hundreds of would-be immigrants arrive in Italy despite state of emergency (EU Observer) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Displaced Populations Report Jan - Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 43 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
UN: Renewed Peacekeeper Mandate for Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Mandate of UN-African Union mission in Darfur extended by one year (UN News) - [text online]
SUDAN: Hope for Abyei's displaced as troops move out (IRIN News) - [text online]
BANGLADESH: “River refugee” numbers continue to swell (IRIN News) - [text online]
UN extends Darfur peace mission (BBC News) - [text online]
Mugabe rival 'satisfied' at talks (BBC News) - [text online]
Radovan Karadzic stands defiant before Hague war crimes tribunal (The Times) - [text online]
Barack Obama accused of exploiting race issue as insults fly (The Times) - [text online]
John McCain accuses Barack Obama of playing race card (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Radovan Karadzic tells UN court the US tried to assasinate him (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Day of reckoning for Karadzic (The Independent) - [text online]
Karadzic victims: 'Dark memories we hoped to put behind us' (The Independent) - [text online]
Afghanistan spiralling back to days of Taliban, say charities (The Independent) - [text online]
South Africa wakes up to growing white poor (The Independent0 - [text online]
Opinionated Poles (The Guardian) - [text online]
Hundreds of would-be immigrants arrive in Italy despite state of emergency (EU Observer) - [text online]
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UN: Renewed Peacekeeper Mandate for Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Mandate of UN-African Union mission in Darfur extended by one year (UN News) - [text online]
SUDAN: Hope for Abyei's displaced as troops move out (IRIN News) - [text online]
BANGLADESH: “River refugee” numbers continue to swell (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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