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Please find below the revised opening hours for the Refugee Archive at UEL and the Docklands Library over the summer months. We have tried to keep the Archive open every day. However, we would recommend that you either make an appointment or contact us in advance of your trip just to confirm that the Archive will be open and staffed on the day you wish to come.
Our contact details are: 020 8223 7676 (reading room) or 020 8223 7817 (Paul Dudman) or 020 8223 6462 (Caroline Lam) in the office. Our email address is library-archives@uel.ac.uk
Alternatively, if coming to the Docklands Campus is a problem, you might want to make use of the SCONUL Card service which can give you access to other University libraries in London. Further details can be found on the Library website by following the link below:
The summer opening hours for the Docklands Library start from Saturday 5 June.
So the building closes at 9pm on Friday 4 June, then it's:
Monday-Friday: 9am-9pm (Security only from 5pm)
Saturday: 10am-5pm (Security only)
Sunday: closed
Potential for Possible Disruption
It is possible that there may be further disruption to these opening hours over the course of the summer. As soon as we have further information we will of course let you know, but at the moment disruption to the archive may be caused by:
i) Building works in the Library. Work on the library air conditioning system is due to start on Tuesday 8 June. The work itself is supposed to take place between 9pm and 6am. However, there is a small possibility that the library may close at some point.
ii) Scanning of the British Olympic Association (BOA) archive. We are due to have a company on site in the Archive to scan materials from Monday 14 June for a period of between 2-4 weeks. Disruption of the archive service during this period is inevitable and we strongly recommend that you make an appointment for to access the Archive as we cannot guarantee that the archive will be available fro general access during this period.
iii) Staff leave. There will be staff on leave over the summer months and we hope this will not cause too much disruption to the service.
The Refugee Archives have just published two new publications on the Refugee Council Archive website.
First up, the latest Refugee Archives newsletter (March 2010) is now available online viw the RCA wesbite. This newsletter provides current news in relation to the work of the Archive, including the recent work undertaken to refurbish the reading room.
Secondly, The Refugee Archives have also published their latest quarterly accessions list for the First Quarter (January - March) of 2010. This document gives an update of new materials which have been catalogued and made available within the Archive.
The Refugee Council Archive will be closed all day on Tuesday 2nd March due to refurbishment work being undertaken in the Archive reading room. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
From February 2010, the opening hours for the Refugee Archives at UEL have been revised. The changes are fairly minor in the sense that the only real change is that the Archive will now open at 10am every weekday.
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/
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:
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:
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:
Refugee Archives Accession List Fourth Quarter 2009 - PDF Download
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/
“We Have the Promises of the World”: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
“This 96-page report details emblematic cases of ongoing rights violations in five areas: attacks on women in public life; violence against women; child and forced marriage; access to justice; and girls' access to secondary education.”
Preparing for the Polls: Improving Accountability for Electoral Violence in Uganda
“This 28-page report documents recent cases in which high court judges ruling on electoral petitions determined that candidates and campaign staff had committed criminal acts, yet the alleged crimes were rarely investigated and prosecuted. Some of those alleged to have committed the crimes during the 2006 elections continue to hold high office, Human Rights Watch said.”
Locked Up Far Away: The Transfer of Immigrants to Remote Detention Centers in the United States
“This 88-page report presents new data analyzed for Human Rights Watch by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of SyracuseUniversity. The data show that 53 percent of the 1.4 million transfers have taken place since 2006, and most occur between state and local jails that contract with the agency, known as ICE, to provide detention bed space. The report's findings are based on the new data and interviews with officials, immigration lawyers, detainees, and their family members.”
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford) has published its fourth Policy Briefing on “Iraq’s refugees – beyond tolerance”. This policy brief is written by Dr Philip Marfleet, Reader in Refugee Studies and Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Refugees, Migration and Belonging at the University of East London, and Dr Dawn Chatty, University of Oxford Reader in Anthropology and Forced Migration, and Deputy Director of the Refugee Studies Centre.
The policy brief considers the situation of displaced populations within Iraq's national borders and of communities of Iraqis living under difficult circumstances in a number of Middle Eastern states.
The paper suggests that despite military and policy discourses of renewed stability in Iraq, the crisis is far from over and that mass return is unlikely as long as security remains a key concern. It presents some key principles for consideration by policy makers in government, in migration agencies and in the humanitarian networks and
recommends that further research should be conducted on the scale, circumstances and patterns of movement of Iraqis within and beyond the Middle East.
Professional Standards for Protection Work: Carried Out by Humanitarian and Human Rights Actors in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence (ICRC, Oct. 2009) [text via ReliefWeb].Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture have just published a new report entitled “Justice Denied: The experiences of 100 torture surviving women of seeking justice and rehabilitation.”The full report (in PDF format), individual testimonies and a press release are available from the organisation’s website at: http://justice-denied.torturecare.org.uk/?dm_i=88R,2PYS,1DF157,8M8J,1
Refugee Council -New Impact Report is now available online
“The Refugee Council’s new Impact Report for 2008/9 is now available on our website. Based on the theme ‘From protection to integration’, this year’s report features our sterling work in delivering the Refugee Integration and Employment Service (RIES) and showcases the full range of advice and support services that we deliver to our clients in our operations across the country. The report also features our policy and campaigns activities and our work with Refugee Community Organisations and volunteers. The last year has been a busy and successful one for the Refugee Council and we are looking forward to building on our recent achievements in the year ahead.”
City of Sanctuary is a movement to make our towns and cities welcoming places for people seeking sanctuary in the UK.A new short film tells the story of City of Sanctuary so far, and shows some of the local groups that are helping to build a culture of welcome and hospitality. You can watch the 9 minute film online.
(Source: Refugee Council - )
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/
Asylum Aid, the national independent charity who work with those seeking to flee human rights violations abroad, have issued a new report entitled `Every Single Woman.’ This is published under the banner of the Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylumwhich, in the words of Asylum Aid, `calls on the UK Border Agency to commit to treating women seeking asylum with fairness, dignity and respect. This means creating a system which recognises the particular issues which cause women to seek asylum and understands their particular needs as women.’ Details of the new puiblication and the Charter can be found as follows:
Group Denial: Repression of Kurdish Political and Cultural Rights in Syria Produced by Human Rights Watch
Available to read online and to order in hard copy at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/26/group-denial
Details from Human Rights Watch:
“This 63-page report documents the Syrian authorities' efforts to ban and disperse gatherings calling for Kurdish minority rights or celebrating Kurdish culture, as well as the detention of leading Kurdish political activists and their ill-treatment in custody. The repression of Kurds in Syria has greatly intensified following large-scale Kurdish demonstrations in March 2004. The report is based on interviews with 30 Kurdish activists recently released from prison, as well as 15 relatives of Kurdish activists still in jail. The Syrian government refused to reply to requests for information or meetings with Human Rights Watch.”
The UKHome Office has recently published its Control of Immigration statistics for the Third Quarter of 2009. A direct link to the PDF is available by clicking on the title below, and further information is available from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics page at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html
Still with the Home Office, the Refugee Council Poliblog posting on the 30th November entitled `Two takes on Issues facing asylum seeking women...' (detailed above), refers to two recently published documents on dealing with violence against women. These have been published by the UK Home Office and the voluntary organisation Rights for Women, and full details of both will be detailed as follows:
