Weekly News Round-up by the Refugee Archive

UK News

The Independent (26/03/2010): Ministers are exaggerating the terrorist threat, say MPs

The Daily Telegraph (26/03/2010): Immigrants and asylum seekers face driving licence ban

Refugee Council (25/03/2010): Support for asylum seekers to increase by 1%

The Independent (26/03/2010): Leading article: The time has come for an overhaul of our terror laws

BBC News (25/03/2010): Driving rules tightened for failed asylum seekers

IRR News (25/03/2010): Concerns about abuse by UKBA contractors vindicated

Refugee & Migrant Justice (24/03/2010): RMJ statement on Dame Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons unannounced inspection of Yarl’s Wood

Refugee Council (24/03/2010): Report states detention ‘unnecessary’ for children at Yarl’s Wood

BBC News (24/03/2010): Children held unnecessarily at Yarl's Wood - inspector 

Refugee & Migrant Justice (23/03/2010): Welcome to the UK: ‘welfare interviews’ by UK Border Agency putting children seeking asylum at risk

IRR News (18/03/2010): 'This country I came to for refuge for peace ...'

Human Rights Watch (18/03/2010): UK: Interrogation Policy Appears to Permit Complicity in Abuse of Detainees

The Daily Telegraph (17/03/2010): Migrant drivers charged higher insurance

Human Rights Watch (17/03/2010): This is Britain’s chance to uphold the Olympic ideal

UKBA (17/03/2010): Refugees' route to settlement


World News

The Independent (26/03/2010): Face to face with Pakistan’s most wanted

BBC News (26/03/2010): UN welcomes Pakistan's move on Afghan refugees

The Daily Telegraph (26/03/2010): David Miliband: Israeli cloning of British passports was 'intolerable' 

The Guardian (25/03/2010): Migrants feel the chill as the French clamp down

The Guardian (25/03/2010): Can Labour 'out-nasty' the Tories on asylum?

Human Rights Watch (25/03/2010): Impossible Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon

Human Rights Watch (25/03/2010): Tajikistan: Don’t Return Asylum Seeker to Kyrgyzstan

The Guardian (24/03/2010): A non-toxic immigration debate

The Guardian (24/03/2010): Yarl's Wood detained baby for 100 days, damning report reveals

Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Bangladesh: Allow Photo Exhibit of Crossfire Killings

Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Cambodia: New Regulations Fail Refugees

Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Ethiopia: Repression Rising Ahead of May Elections 

Amnesty International (24/03/2010): Malaysia must end abuse of migrant workers
  - See also: Trapped: The exploitation of migrant workers in Malaysia - report summary (ASA 28/006/2010)

BBC News (24/03/2010): Malaysia accused of migrant worker abuse by Amnesty 

Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Tunisia Tries to Silence Human Rights Watch

Human Rights watch (24/03/2010): Iran: New Coordinated Attack on Human Rights Groups

UKBA (24/03/2010): New centre opens in Calais to combat border crime

The Guardian (22/03/2010): Three Yarl's Wood doctors investigated over healthcare failings

BBC News (22/03/2010):  Somali refugees told to leave Mogadishu airport 

Migrants' Rights Group (22/03/2010): MRG welcomes report to the Human Rights Council by the UN expert on minorities

BBC News (20/03/2010): Western Sahara activist 'beaten' after talking to BBC 

The Guardian (20/03/2010): Court allows judicial review over Yarl's Wood detention

The Independent (19/03/2010):  New secret agent rules delayed 'after falling foul of torture laws'

BBC News (19/03/2010): Swiss investigate death of Nigerian asylum seeker 

Refugees International (18/03/2010): Iraq: Hill Event Sheds Light on Humanitarian Crisis

BBC News (18/03/2010): Iraq: Key facts and figures 

Human Rights Watch (18/03/2010): Madrid needs to stand up for the forgotten children of Tenerife

Human Rights Watch (17/03/2010): Bangladesh: Hundreds Held One Year After Massacre

BBC News (17/03/2010): Australian coroner finds asylum boat blast 'deliberate' 

Human Rights Watch (17/03/2010): Human Rights Watch Memorandum for the Resumed Eighth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties

BBC News (16/03/2010): Sad return for Serbia's failed asylum seekers

The Guardian (16/03/2010): Artists and academics regularly refused UK entry, say campaigners

The Guardian (16/03/2010): English language schools plan legal challenge on tightening of visa rules

Human Rights Watch (16/03/2010): Human Rights Watch Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burma

Human Rights Watch (16/03/2010): Serbia: 9 Arrested for Kosovo War Crimes

ICRC (16/03/2010): ICRC president has talks with new European commissioner for humanitarian aid

Effective Migration and Social Integration Policy

UNICEF Iran is currently seeking to identify middle income countries which have a good record of providing quality services to refugees and also examples of host countries with a good migration and effective social integration policy. Hence, any documentation, analytical research and relevant information that can help to identify such countries would be greatly appreciated. Please direct your views/suggestions and documents to baskarian@unicef.org

Babak Askarian

Education Officer

Basic Education for Refugee Children and Women

UNICEF-Iran

Tel: (98-21) 22 59 49 94

Fax: (98-21) 22 59 49 48

Reconstituting a Traumatized Community Workshop

Reconstituting a Traumatized Community

The German-Speaking Refugees of the 1930s and their Legacy to Britain

A Workshop and Public Discussion at the British Academy

10 Carlton House Terrace. London SW 1

on Tuesday 24th June 2008

This event marks the completion of the project to create a database of ‘British Archival Resources Relating to German-Speaking Refugees, 1933-1950’ (BARGE), undertaken by researchers at the University of Sussex Centre for German-Jewish Studies and funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. The aim of the Workshop is to promote further discussion and research about processes of acculturation and the contribution of the refugees to all aspects of public life. The evening Public Discussion will consider whether the study of past experiences of immigration and integration may shed light on the very topical issues of cultural diversity and social cohesion in multi-ethnic Britain.

Programme: The German-Speaking Refugees of the 1930s and their Legacy

13.30: welcoming tea, coffee and soft drinks

14.00: Introduction: Professor Edward Timms OBE, FBA (University of Sussex, Principal Investigator for the BARGE project)

14.15: Presentations:

‘Refugee Archives: Theory and Practice’, presented by Dr Andrea Hammel (Sussex)

The BARGE database: online presentation by Ms Samira Teuteberg (Sussex)

15.00: ‘Reconstituting a Traumatized Community’: a reassessment of the problems of acculturation by Dr Marion Berghahn, author of the recently republished sudy Continental Britons (followed by a discussion)

16.00: Tea

16.30: ‘The Impact of Refugee Scientists’: a paper by Professor Gustav Born FRS, author of The Born Family in Göttingen and Beyond (followed by a discussion)

17.00: ‘Doctors and Nurses: Contrasting Responses to the Refugee Crisis of the 1930s’: a paper by Prof Paul Weindling (Oxford Brookes University) followed by a discussion

18.00: Finger buffet for workshop participants

19.00: Immigration, Diversity and Integration: Past Experience and Present Trends Public Discussion, chaired by Professor Christian Wiese (Director of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies), with a panel of invited speakers, including Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton) and Prof Stephen Castles (University of Oxford), followed by a Drinks Reception

The Workshop and the Discussion are organized by the University of Sussex Centre for German-Jewish Studies in collaboration with the British Academy.

For further details and to register for the afternoon workshop, please contact the British Academy (http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2008/barge/index.html or 0207 969 5238).

Posted in: News.

Reconstituting a Traumatized Community Workshop

Reconstituting a Traumatized Community

The German-Speaking Refugees of the 1930s and their Legacy to Britain

A Workshop and Public Discussion at the British Academy

10 Carlton House Terrace. London SW 1

on Tuesday 24th June 2008

This event marks the completion of the project to create a database of ‘British Archival Resources Relating to German-Speaking Refugees, 1933-1950’ (BARGE), undertaken by researchers at the University of Sussex Centre for German-Jewish Studies and funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. The aim of the Workshop is to promote further discussion and research about processes of acculturation and the contribution of the refugees to all aspects of public life. The evening Public Discussion will consider whether the study of past experiences of immigration and integration may shed light on the very topical issues of cultural diversity and social cohesion in multi-ethnic Britain.

Programme: The German-Speaking Refugees of the 1930s and their Legacy

13.30: welcoming tea, coffee and soft drinks

14.00: Introduction: Professor Edward Timms OBE, FBA (University of Sussex, Principal Investigator for the BARGE project)

14.15: Presentations:

‘Refugee Archives: Theory and Practice’, presented by Dr Andrea Hammel (Sussex)

The BARGE database: online presentation by Ms Samira Teuteberg (Sussex)

15.00: ‘Reconstituting a Traumatized Community’: a reassessment of the problems of acculturation by Dr Marion Berghahn, author of the recently republished sudy Continental Britons (followed by a discussion)

16.00: Tea

16.30: ‘The Impact of Refugee Scientists’: a paper by Professor Gustav Born FRS, author of The Born Family in Göttingen and Beyond (followed by a discussion)

17.00: ‘Doctors and Nurses: Contrasting Responses to the Refugee Crisis of the 1930s’: a paper by Prof Paul Weindling (Oxford Brookes University) followed by a discussion

18.00: Finger buffet for workshop participants

19.00: Immigration, Diversity and Integration: Past Experience and Present Trends Public Discussion, chaired by Professor Christian Wiese (Director of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies), with a panel of invited speakers, including Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton) and Prof Stephen Castles (University of Oxford), followed by a Drinks Reception

The Workshop and the Discussion are organized by the University of Sussex Centre for German-Jewish Studies in collaboration with the British Academy.

For further details and to register for the afternoon workshop, please contact the British Academy (http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2008/barge/index.html or 0207 969 5238).

Posted in: News.

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 30^th, 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/)

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