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 (28/01/10): Goldsmith: why I changed my mind on Iraq  Goldsmith: why I changed my mind on Iraq  

The Daily Telegraph (27/01/10): Lord Goldsmith approved Iraq war to protect soldiers from prosecution 

The Independent (27/01/10): Invade and be damned: Foreign Office lawyers say advice on legality of war was ignored  

The Daily Telegraph (26/01/10): Government knew ‘no leg to stand on’ legally to go to war in Iraq 

The Times (25/01/10): Iraq inquiry: Government legal official will disclose advice given to ministers 

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 Daily Telegraph (19/01/10): Iraq inquiry: 'Gordon Brown cut budget for helicopters' 

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 

The Times (18/01/10): Iraq inquiry urged to recall Alastair Campbell after 'rethink' 

Veil Ban in France

The Independent (27/01/10): Inquiry condemns burka as 'un-French' 

The Times (26/01/10): Nicolas Sarkozy backs a ban on the full Muslim veil 

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 (28/01/10): More than 100 escaped immigration detainees at large 

Amnesty International (27/01/10): Governments must be held to account for secret detentions 

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  

Refugees International (26/01/10): Iraq is Not Yesterday’s War for the Millions of Displaced

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 Guardian (25/01/10): Windrush Day: a fitting way to celebrate our immigrant population  

The Independent (25/01/10): Memorial to Crimea's black nurse in danger  

The Independent (25/01/10): Tamils may hand power to general who crushed Tigers  

The Observer (24/01/10): Bill of rights 'ignores' Northern Ireland's immigrants 

The Daily Telegraph (23/01/10): Controversial cleric Yahya Ibrahim to tour UK universities

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? 

IRR News (21/01/10): Putting John Denham's speech in context

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

The Daily Telegraph (20/01/10): Migrants face visa hikes but no extra cash for communities 

The Guardian (20/01/10): Super-rich offered £15,000 fast-track UK visa renewals to avoid delays 

The Times (20/01/10): Concentration camp survivor Thomas Blatt takes John Demjanjuk trial back in time  

The Independent (20/01/10): 70 years on, survivor of gas chambers faces Nazi in court 

BBC News (20/01/10): Vietnam to try democracy activists for subversion

BBC News (20/01/10): Nigeria religious riots 'kill 200' in Jos 

BBC News (19/01/10): Sudan would accept separation, says President Bashir  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8468760.stm

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

Human Rights Watch (19/01/10): We should take the lead on human rights in South-East Asia

The Guardian (18/01/10): How to tackle immigration  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/18/immigration-uk-increase-population

Amnesty International (18/01/10): Sri Lanka: Time for a New Start; A Human Rights Agenda for Sri Lanka’s Presidential Candidates  http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/sri-lanka-time-new-start-human-rights-agenda-sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-presidential-ca

BBC News (18/01/10): Mauritania fatwa bans female genital mutilation 

The Daily Telegraph (18/01/10): Jewish leaders confront Pope over Vatican's Holocaust 'silence'  

The Independent (18/01/10): Small aid agencies have a vital role 

The Times (18/01/10): Islamic sect’s plan to build mega-mosque next to Olympics site collapses  

The Observer (17/01/10): We're still a long way from an honest debate about immigration  

The Observer (17/01/10): Young, self-reliant, educated: portrait of UK's eastern European migrants 

The Observer (17/01/10): Eastern European immigration 'has hit low-paid Britons' 

The Daily Telegraph (16/01/10): Muslim peer: rising immigration is 'damaging race relations' 

The Daily Telegraph (16/01/10): Our immigrants' success is not down to Labour 

Human Rights Watch (15/01/10): Libya: Don’t Send Eritreans Back to Risk of Torture

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)

Download the research summary document (PDF)

Press Release:  http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2010/18jan2010