Thursday 28 January 2010

Refugee Archive Newsletter


Refugee Archive Newsletter 

This newsletter is produced on a regular basis to help disseminate news and further information in relation to refugee and forced migration issues.  The newsletter is produced by the Refugee Archives service at the University of East London.  This will also be available via our Refugee Studies Blog at:  http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com/

News and Media Stories


Iraq Inquiry

The Independent (25/01/10): Legal staff ruled Blair's war illegal  
The Independent (25/01/10): Chilcot: verdict on those sitting in judgement 
The Independent (20/01/10): Hoon: Brown is to blame for Army shortages  
The Independent (19/01/10): Goldsmith had doubts over legality of Iraq war  
The Independent (18/01/10): Straw told Blair of Iraq legal problems 


Veil Ban in France

The Independent (27/01/10): Inquiry condemns burka as 'un-French' 
The Daily Telegraph (26/01/10): France moves closer to Muslim face veil ban 


Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Independent (28/01/10): Forced marriage victims' calls going unanswered  
The Daily Telegraph (27/01/10): Britain is 'United Nations of crime'  
The Daily Telegraph (27/01/10): Terror suspect exploit system to stay anonymous l
The Independent (27/01/10): Defeated Tamils a force again  
Amnesty International (26/01/10): Romania must end forced evictions of Roma families   Full Report: Romania: Treated like waste: Roma homes destroyed, and health at risk, in Romania (EUR 39/001/2010): Download PDF  
The Independent (25/01/10): Memorial to Crimea's black nurse in danger  
The Daily Telegraph (23/01/10): Clampdown on student visa scams
The Guardian (23/01/10): Poles are not trying to escape UK 
Human Rights Watch (22/01/10): Uncovering Sri Lanka's war crimes
The Guardian (21/01/10): Why can't I claim British citizenship? 
Amnesty International (21/01/10): Controls on military assistance to Somalia must be tightened    Somalia: International military and policing assistance should be reviewed  (AFR 52/001/2010): PDF Download
Enough Project (19/01/10): Clear benchmarks for Sudan  http://www.enoughproject.org/files/publications/SudanBenchmarks.pdf
Refugees International (19/01/10): Burma: Rohingya A Year Later
The Independent (19/01/10): Claims of US cover-up over Guantanamo deaths  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/claims-of-us-coverup-over-guantanamo-deaths-1871988.html
The Independent (18/01/10): Small aid agencies have a vital role 
The Daily Telegraph (16/01/10): Our immigrants' success is not down to Labour 
Human Rights Watch (15/01/10): ICTR: Rwanda Tribunal Creates Rich Legal Precedent .  Full Publication Details – Click here.
The Daily Telegraph (15/01/10): Al-Qaeda threat: Britain worst in western world 


New Reports and Publications

New EHRC Report

A new report, commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and produced by the Migration Policy Institute, has just been published.  It is entitled The UK’s New Europeans: progress and Challenges Five Years After Accession” and investigates the employment and skills patterns of east European Migrants in the UK since the Accession of the new EU member states.  Both the report and the EHRC press release can be downloaded from the links below:

Download report: The UK's New Europeans (Pdf)
Press Release:  Eastern European migrant employment patterns reviewed  http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/eastern-european-migrant-employment-patterns-reviewed/

New Refugee Council Report

The Refugee Council has recently published a new report entitled “Chance or choice? Understanding why asylum seekers come to the UK”  The report was commissioned by the Refugee Council and written by Professor Heaven Crawley, Director of the Centre for Migration Policy Research at the University of Swansea.  According to the Refugee Council, `the research investigated the decisions made by asylum seekers who come to the UK and explored the extent to which these decisions are a reflection of chance or choice.’  The full report and a shorter research summary are available by clicking on the relvant link below:

            Download the full research report (PDF)

Sunday 17 January 2010

"Untermenschen" and "Asylum Seekers." Refugees and Economic Migrants Conference

The following conference, organised by Meretz UK, will take place on Sunday 24 January in London.  The conference is entitled: "Untermenschen" and "Asylum Seekers." Refugees and Economic Migrants" and full information and detaills on how to book can be found by following the link below:


"Untermenschen" and "Asylum Seekers." Refugees and Economic Migrants Conference - http://britishmeretz.blogspot.com/2009/11/untermenschen-and-asylum-seekers.html

Friday 15 January 2010

Refugee Archives: Update on Current News Stories


News and Media Stories
`Declaration on Population’

The Guardian (06/01/10): Let's take immigration seriously  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/06/lord-carey-declaration-population-migration
The Daily Telegraph (06/01/10): Migrants should understand Christian heritage, says former Anglican leader  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6941453/Migrants-should-understand-Christian-heritage-says-former-Anglican-leader.html
The Daily Telegraph (06/01/10): Coalition demands population be kept under 70 million  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6937312/Coalition-demands-population-be-kept-under-70-million.html


Yemen

The Independent (14/01/10): Al-Qa'ida suspect shot dead during Yemen raid  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alqaida-suspect-shot-dead-during-yemen-raid-1867268.html
BBC News (13/01/10): Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8455822.stm
ICRC News (12/01/10): Yemen: harsh weather worsens plight of civilians in conflict zone  http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-update-120110
The Independent (12/01/10): Yemen 'cannot contain al-Qa'ida'  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-cannot-contain-alqaida-1864807.html
The Times (11/01/10): Yemen offers to strike a deal with al-Qaeda fighters  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6982853.ece?&EMC-Bltn=9BL952F
The Daily Telegraph (11/01/10): Yemeni officials admit they are losing the battle against al-Qaeda  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6968221/Yemeni-officials-admit-they-are-losing-the-battle-against-al-Qaeda.html
The Daily Telegraph (10/11/01): Al-Qaeda veterans 'are flooding into Yemen' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6962969/Al-Qaeda-veterans-are-flooding-into-Yemen.html


Wootton Bassett Protests

The Daily Telegraph (12/01/10): Wootton Bassett protest group Islam4UK to be banned  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6972109/Wootton-Bassett-protest-group-Islam4UK-to-be-banned.html
The Independent (05/01/10): Islamic march through Wootton Bassett should not be banned, says Sir Hugh Orde  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6936850/Islamic-march-through-Wootton-Bassett-should-not-be-banned-says-Sir-Hugh-Orde.html
The Independent (05/01/10): Outrage at Wootton Bassett protest  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/outrage-at-wootton-bassett-protest-1857756.html
BBC News (04/01/10): Johnson 'will back' Wootton Bassett Islamic march ban http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8440408.stm


Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Times (15/01/10): Senior member of extreme Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir teaches at LSE  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6988753.ece?&EMC-Bltn=MQXD92F
The Times (15/01/10): Lord Carey’s comments on immigration promote racism, bishop warns  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6988719.ece?&EMC-Bltn=MQXD92F
The Guardian (15/01/10): Chance brings refugees to Britain not choice, says report  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/14/chance-choice-britain-refugees-council-report
Refugee Council (14/01/10): New research shows asylum seekers do not choose to come to the UK  http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2010/January/14012010_a.htm
IRR News (14/01/10): Deportation policy breaches human rights  http://www.irr.org.uk/2010/january/ha000015.html
The daily Telegraph (14/01/10):  Britain is no place for the white, working-class male http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/6990777/Britain-is-no-place-for-the-white-working-class-male.html
The Daily Telegraph (14/01/10): Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali: immigrants should accept Britain’s Christian values  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6989284/Bishop-Michael-Nazir-Ali-immigrants-should-accept-Britains-Christian-values.html
Amnesty International (13/01/10): Morocco must adequately tackle legacy of human rights abuses  http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/morocco-must-adequately-tackle-legacy-human-rights-abuses-20100113
Amnesty International (13/01/10): Eliminate second-rate education for Roma in the Czech Republic http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/eliminate-second-rate-education-roma-czech-republic-20100113 .  See Also: Czech Republic must eliminate second-rate education for Roma  http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/czech-republic-must-eliminate-second-rate-education-for-roma-20100113
The Independent (13/01/10): The many faces behind the veil  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-many-faces-behind-the-veil-1865772.html
The Independent (13/01/10): Sarath Fonseka: Sri Lanka is in danger of winning the war but losing the peace  http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/sarath-fonseka-sri-lanka-is-in-danger-of-winning-the-war-but-losing-the-peace-1865997.html
The Daily Telegraph (13/01/10): Thousands of students from suspected bogus colleges in UK  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6974143/Thousands-of-students-from-suspected-bogus-colleges-in-UK.html
The Independent (12/01/10): Israel orders new fence to keep out African migrants  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-orders-new-fence-to-keep-out-african-migrants-1864827.html
The Independent (11/01/10): Basra in 2006: The height of the insurgency  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/basra-in-2006-the-height-of-the-insurgency-1864008.html
The Guardian (11/01/10): Cameron's empty immigration promise  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/11/david-cameron-immigration-cap
The Daily Telegraph (11/01/10): Immigration system not stopping bogus students, warns leaked memo  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6952401/Immigration-system-not-stopping-bogus-students-warns-leaked-memo.html
The Independent (11/01/10): Tories will cut immigration to avoid population of 70m  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-will-cut-immigration-to-avoid-population-of-70m-1863890.html
BBC News (11/01/10): Israel to construct barrier along Egyptian border http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8451085.stm
The Guardian (11/01/10): Tories would limit immigration to 'tens of thousands' a year, says Cameron  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/11/david-cameron-limit-immigration
The Guardian (10/01/10): Italy: a country united by racism  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/10/italy-human-rights
The Daily Telegraph (10/01/10): Faith schools facing admissions curb  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6960963/Faith-schools-facing-admissions-curb.html
The Independent (08/01/10): Defiant Yemen tells US soldiers to keep out  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/defiant-yemen-tells-us-soldiers-to-keep-out-1861389.html
The Independent (08/01/10): France moves to outlaw the burka and niqab citing égalité  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-moves-to-outlaw-the-burka-and-niqab-citing-galit-1861411.html
The Independent (08/01/10): Independent Appeal: How the web can bring abundance to Africa  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/indy-appeal/independent-appeal-how-the-web-can-bring--abundance-to-africa-1861418.html
BBC News (08/01/10): South Sudan cattle raid kills 140  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8445872.stm
BBC News (07/01/10): Kenya 'expels hate cleric Abdullah al-Faisal to Gambia'   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8445844.stm
The Daily Telegraph (07/10/01): Sham marriages on the rise  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6948025/Sham-marriages-on-the-rise.html
The Daily Telegraph (07/01/10): Number of extremists banned from UK drops by half  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6941712/Number-of-extremists-banned-from-UK-drops-by-half.html
BBC News (07/01/10): Aid groups warn of Sudan civil war risk http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8444843.stm
BBC News (07/01/10): Nepal child soldiers being freed  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8444801.stm
The Independnet (07/01/10: Tamils throw weight behind general who crushed them  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tamils-throw-weight-behind-general-who-crushed-them-1859872.html
The Independent (07/01/10): Independent Appeal: Rescuing Zimbabwe's lost generation  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/indy-appeal/independent-appeal-rescuing-zimbabwes-lost-generation-1859876.html
Human Rights Watch (06/01/10): Refugees Are Not Bargaining Chips
Refugees International World Bridge Blog (06/01/10): Ten Humanitarian Headlines for 2010
The Independent (06/01/10): Starvation looms as UN suspends Somalia food aid  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/starvation-looms-as-un-suspends-somalia-food-aid-1859011.html
The Guardian Politics Blog (06/01/10): Immigration should be talked about more than it is  http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/jan/06/michael-white-immigration-talked-about
BBC News (05/01/10): Gurkhas 'in need after coming to the UK with nothing'  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8439870.stm
The Independent (05/01/10): MI5 'still using threats to recruit Muslim spies'  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi5-still-using-threats-to-recruit-muslim-spies-1857750.html
The Times (05/01/10): Arrival of 30,000 migrant IT workers 'deprives Britons of jobs’   http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article6975922.ece?&EMC-Bltn=JIWDZ1F
The Times (05/01/10): Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6975971.ece?&EMC-Bltn=JIWDZ1F
The Daily Telegraph (04/01/10): Illegal immigrants employed at UK Border Agency  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6927688/Illegal-immigrants-employed-at-UK-Border-Agency.html
The Daily Telegraph (03/10/10): Conservatives accuse Labour of raising immigration issue in marginal constituencies  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6923823/Conservatives-accuse-Labour-of-raising-immigration-issue-in-marginal-constituencies.html
The Daily Telegraph (02/01/10): Immigrants' family appeals costing taxpayers £1million a week  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6920841/Immigrants-family-appeals-costing-taxpayers-1million-a-week.html
The Guardian (01/01/10): Government sites can be archived now  http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jan/01/digital-history-archiving-government-websites
Alaska Dispatch (22/12/09: Finding a way, far from home http://alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/3400-finding-a-way-far-from-home

Tuesday 5 January 2010

New Refugee Archives Acqusitions List

Firstly, may take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy and successful New Year in 2010!

The Refugee Archives here at UEL have hust published their latest Archive Acquisitions List detailing the newly catalogues materials made available within the Refugee Council Archive and associated collections during the Fourth Quarter (October-December) 2009.  The list is available via our websitye and full details are given below:
If you have any questions or feedback, then please let us know by contacting us at:  library-archives@uel.ac.uk.