Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Stories in the News

Apologies in advance for the long list, I hope some of the following are useful:

Child Migrants to Australia Apology

BBC News (24/02/10): Gordon Brown apologises to child migrants sent abroad 

The Guardian (20/02/10): Children shipped to Australia to get formal apology


Children and Detention

The Guardian (23/02/10): (Audio): Yarl's Wood: 'They called us black monkey'


The Guardian (23/02/10): Fears for health of Yarl's Wood women in third week of hunger strike

The Guardian (22/02/10): Why I am on hunger strike at Yarl's Wood



The Guardian (23/02/10): Yarl's Wood: a disgrace


The Guardian (18/02/10): Don't deny this detention damage


The Guardian (18/02/10): Letters - Yarl's Wood: there is no need to detain families with children


The Daily Telegraph (17/02/10): Children should not be held in immigration centres, says watchdog


The Guardian (17/02/10): Yarl's Wood children face 'extreme distress', report reveals

BBC News (17/02/10): 'Never nice for children' - life in a detention centre


Bangladesh

The Times of India (25/02/10): Ethnic violence continues in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill tracts


The Indian News (25/02/10): Ethnic violence continues in Chittagong Hill Tracts


Earth Times (24/02/10): Bangladesh imposes fresh curfew after south-east riots - Summary


Voice of America (23/02/10): Bangladesh Deploys Troops to Stop Ethnic Clashes


Chittagong Hill Tracts News Reporter (23/02/10): News Updates (23 February 2010)

 BBC News (18/02/10): Bangladesh accused of 'crackdown' on Rohingya refugees


General Stories

BBC News (25/02/10): In pictures: Fleeing DR Congo


The Daily Telegraph (24/02/10): 'We can't take any more people'

BBC News (24/02/10): Foreign inmates await deportation from Dorchester jail

The Daily Telegraph (24/02/10): Somalian woman with no right to live in the UK must be given a council house, according to EU judges

BBC News (24/02/10): Afghanistan country profile


The Guardian (24/02/10):  Home Office to opt out of asylum claims EU directive


Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Iraq: Protect Christians from Violence

BBC News (23/02/10): Will peace return to Darfur?


BBC News (23/02/10): Who are Sudan's Darfur rebels? 

Refugees International (23/02/10): South Sudan: Pointing Fingers, Placing Blame

Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Iran: End Persecution of Baha’is


The Daily Telegraph (23/02/10): MI5 and MI6 not to be investigated over torture claims




Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Thailand: Migrant Workers Face Killings, Extortion, Labor Rights Abuses

See Also: the Human Rights Watch page report entitled From the Tiger to the Crocodile  - the report is available to download in PDF format - click here to downlaod.

The Daily Telgraph (23/02/10): Opponents of immigration could be racist, warned advisers a decade ago


BBC News (23/02/10): Sudan signs ceasefire deal with Darfur rebel group

IRR News (23/02/10): Germany: freedom to speak on racism under threat

Child and Young People Daily Bulletin (23/02/10): Child asylum seekers granted 72-hour notice of removal

Amnesty International (23/02/10): Indigenous Peoples struggle to survive in Colombia.   Full report available in PDF format by clicking on the following link:  AMR 23/001/2010(PDF)

The Daily Telegraph (22/02/10): Binyam Mohamed and a question of balance 

BBC News (22/02/10): Israel's immigrant children fight deportation




BBC News (21/02/10): Key Darfur rebels sign ceasefire deal


The Daily Telegraph (20/02/10): Thousands of illegal immigrants win right to stay in Britain under 'squatters' rights'


The Daily Telegraph (20/02/10): Torture: inquiry needed into 'security services involvement', says human rights watchdog


The Daily Telegraph (19/02/10): The Blackburn Resistance: three men 'intoxicated by evil of terrorism', court hears

The Guardian (19/02/10): Ethnic Kurd wins high court release ruling after failed deportation


BBC News (19/02/10): Stormont to host immigration debate 

Refugees International (19/02/10): DR Congo: Precarious conditions for refugees returning home





Amnesty International (17/02/10): Democratic Republic of Congo must end persecution of human rights defenders/ The full page report by Amnesty International is also available in PDF format by clicking on the following link:  AFR 62/001/2010(PDF)

Human Rights Watch (17/02/10): UN: Keep Peacekeepers in Chad


Amnesty International (17/02/10): Iran ’shows contempt’ for human rights by rejecting UN recommendations


BBC News (17/02/10): US aid rules in Somalia are impossible, says UN envoy


The Guardian (17/02/10): How to be British


The Daily Telegraph (17/02/10): Councils dismiss claims migrants are returning home



The Guardian (17/02/10): Letters - Migration Watch

Human Rights Watch (16/02/10):  UN: Council Review Highlights Iran's Poor Record

Human Rights Watch (16/02/10): Morocco: Sahrawi Activists' Passports Returned

Human Rights Watch (16/02/10): Egypt: Pledge Serious Human Rights Reform


The Guardian (16/02/10): The enduring legacy of Pauline Hanson


BBC News (16/02/10): 'Asylum has become a dirty word'

 Amnesty International (16/02/10): Myanmar urged to end repression of ethnic minorities before elections. 
 The full 58 page Amnesty International report is also available to download in either HTML or PDF versions. Click on the relevant link as follows: ASA 16/001/2010(HTML) or ASA 16/001/2010(PDF).
Image: Amnesty International - `
Many activists faced repression during 2007's Buddhist monk-led 'Saffron Revolution'
© APGraphicsBank


 The Guardian (15/02/10): Australian anti-migrant campaigner Pauline Hanson to emigrate

The Daily Telegraph (13/02/10): Number who say they are 'white British' in decline

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

News Stories (15/07/08)

Sudan angered by genocide claims (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan head accused of war crimes (BBC News) - [text online]

Aid groups mull leaving Somalia (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir faces war crimes charges (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, charged with genocide (The Times) - [text online]

‘Anti-Islamist group’ charged with plotting military coup in Turkey (The Times) - [text online]

Gordon Brown turns to EU after failed Zimbabwe vote (The Times) - [text online]

Failed asylum-seekers are abused by private security companies, says report (The Independent) - [text online]

Mercenaries join Mugabe's ruthless terror campaign (The Independent) - [text online]

MPs demand inquiry into torture of Briton overseas (The Independent) - [text online]

African Union: Suspend Sudan genocide charge (The Independent) - [text online]

After eight years, Gaza student walks to freedom and an education (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 27, 03 - 09 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 26, 29 Jun - 05 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan warns ICC legal process could harm Darfur peace (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Putumayo region (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Thousands flee Beletweyne as clash fears mount (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Azerbaijan: IDPs still trapped in poverty and dependence - IDMC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UNRWA signs 4 agreements valued at USD 6m with Saudi Committee (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Azerbaijan: IDPs still trapped in poverty and depenence (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Memorandum to Djibril Bassolé: Building blocks for peace in Darfur (ENOUGH Project) - [text online]

The Merits of Justice (ENOUGH Project) - [text online]

Deportation threat lifted from asylum seekers (The Independent) - [text online]

African migrant wins deportation battle (Scotsman) - [text online]

EU immigration plan draws flak in Africa (EU Business) - [text online]

Italy rejects accusations of racism from EU assembly (EU Observer) - [text online]

Visa plan for 'risky' visitors (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration: Bail bonds and electronic tags proposed for illegal migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Post-PC dignity (The Guardian) - [text online]

'They threatened to break my neck' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers assaulted by private security teams, says report (The Guardian) - [text online]

What's behind the baby boom? (The Guardian) - [text online]

South Africa: Changing pattern of displacement from Zimbabwe (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Close to 400 Lao Hmong repatriated from Thailand (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Winnipeg's refugee rapper with a mission (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Colombia's Putumayo region (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabweans face uphill struggle in search for asylum in South Africa (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Newcomers Must Earn The Right To Stay In The UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Results Of Britains First Global Visa Review (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

President’s Corner: ICC Case Against Bashir is Risky but Right (Refugees International) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Refugees' Difficult Road Home (Refugees International) - [text online]

Darfur: ICC Moves Against Sudan’s Leader (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ICC: Good Progress Amid Missteps in First Five Years (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

“Utter hypocrisy” as government fails to act on Zimbabweans left destitute in the UK (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UN awaiting clarification on future support to Nepalese peace process (UN News) - [text online]

ICC Prosecutor seeks charges against Sudanese President for Darfur crimes (UN News) - [text online]

SWAZILAND: Siphiwe Hlope, "Today women are so courageous"
(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, 18 February 2008

Publications and Reports: Part Two.

Climate Change and its Implications for Human Migration and Health (International Centre for Migration and Health, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children (The Children's Society, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

OI Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises (Oxfam International, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Protecting Darfur’s Internally Displaced (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Tertiary Refugee Education Impact and Achievements: 15 Years of DAFI (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, Feb. 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]. Also available from the UNICEF web site with links to additional multimedia resources at: http://www.unicef.org/har08/
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Hidden Hands in Fair Trade : Nicaraguan migrants and the labour process in the Costa Rican coffee harvest. By Peter Luetchford (2007). Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 44 (Sussex Centre for Migration Studies, Sept. 2007). Available online at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/documents/mwp44.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

King, Russell and Anastasia Christou, "Cultural Geographies of Counter-Diasporic Migration: The Second Generation Returns ‘Home’," Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 45 (Sussex Centre for Migration Research, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bialczyk, Agata, "‘Voluntary Repatriation’ and the Case of Afghanistan: A Critical Examination," RSC Working Paper, no. 46 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bitar, Maher, "Unprotected Among Brothers: Palestinians in the Arab World," RSC Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Gonzalez Devant, Sara, "Displacement in the 2006 Dili Crisis: Dynamics of an Ongoing Conflict," RSC Working Paper, no. 45 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Uganda: Doubly Traumatised: The lack of access to justice by women victims of sexual and gender-based violence in northern Uganda. Amnesty International Report, (30 November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR59/005/2007

Gender justice and reconciliation. By Nahla Valji. (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES),
November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0002922/index.php

Iraq: Study targets food insecurity and vulnerability
Source : Government of Iraq, World Food Programme
Date : 13 Feb 2008
URL :
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7BSRN8?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Myanmar (Burma): No end in sight for internal displacement crisis. IDMC Update. Available online at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/CA157EECA36DF78EC12573E40062F57F?OpenDocument&count=10000
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – http://www.internal-displacement.org).

Title - EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict
Source - European Union
Date - Dec 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7BRH6Q?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - WHO's Humanitarian Action 2008-2009/ Biennial Work Plan to Support
WHO's Capacity for Work in Emergencies and Crises/ Medium-term Strategic
Plan 2008-2013/ Programme Budget 2008-2009
Source - World Health Organization
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7BQNXP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property
Rights
Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal
Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/0108_iraq_williams.aspx?emc=lm&m=211677&
l=21&v=33753

Between war and peace: Land and humanitarian action in Colombia, HPG Working
Paper (ODI, Dec. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/wplangcolombia.pdf

Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and
Implications
(UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RK6C?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in
the
EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.coi-network.net/content/goodpractice.html

Defending Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe (ECRE, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4766464e2
(via Refworld)

Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008)
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/darfur-camps-flooded-weapon
s-20080122


Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4790cbc02
(via Refworld)
- Provisional edition.

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action (Migration Policy Institute,
Jan. 2008) -
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPI-The_Iraqi_Refugee_Crisis_The_Need_for
_Action_011808.pdf


Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007,
Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10371/

Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create
Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10370

Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and
trends
in asylum and return, Compas Working Paper no. 58 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-58.shtml

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM,
Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk
Reduction: A Critical Perspective (UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RJYU?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM, Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work
in Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1214_climate_change_ferris.aspx?emc=lm
&m=211677&l=18&v=33753

Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=395
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.

Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 (HRW, Jan. 2008) - http://hrw.org/wr2k8/

The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival (UNICEF, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006: Trends in Displacement, Protection and
Solutions (UNHCR, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html

22nd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, Papers (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.alnap.org/meetings/22.htm
- Papers are available in English and French. The theme of the meeting
was "Compounding crises: combinations of vulnerabilities, risks and hazards
in West Africa."

ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1
Feb. 2008
) - http://www.icva.ch/whatshot.html

The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict has recently issued a series of new reports which we would like to draw your attention to. On January 30th, the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict launched its latest study: Getting it Done and Doing it Right: A Global Study on the United Nations-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (January 2008). Each report includes extensive, detailed and practicable recommendations that address challenges and provide ways forward in each of these areas. All reports are available in English at www.watchlist.org. The global report is also available in French and Spanish (coming soon). The DRC report and Colombia reports are also available in French and Spanish (coming soon) respectively.
(Source: HURIDOCS - http://www.huridocs.org/)

Posted in: Publications.

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

The UN Security Council Approves New Peacekeeping Force in Sudan

News from Refugees International, (http://www.refugeesinternational.org/):

The UN Security Council Approves New Peacekeeping Force in Sudan

This past week marked a significant step for peace in the Darfur region of Sudan. The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the use of 26,000 peacekeeping troops for the Darfur conflict. The new force will supplement the current 7,000 AU troops sometime later this year. Resolution 1769 calls for “early and effective implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement” and authorizes the force to “prevent the disruption of its implementation and armed attacks, and thus to protect civilians, without prejudice to the responsibility of the government of Sudan.” Refugees International is calling on the United States to use its influence and resources to ensure this mission is successful by continuing to pressure the Sudanese to abide by and fully support the terms of the agreement. Refugees International Peacekeeping Officer, Mark Malan, cautioned that the effectiveness of the force will depend on how the force commander and his troops “will face the challenge of responding to threats in a hostile environment where there has been little peace and safety for more than four years.”