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Friday, 26 March 2010

Weekly News Round-up by the Refugee Archive

Monday, 1 March 2010

News Stories - Updated 01 March 2010

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

More at : Ethnic violence continues in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Lead) http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/ethnic-violence-continues-in-chittagong-hill-tracts-lead_100325884.html#ixzz0gY6rGP4J

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).
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Many activists faced repression during 2007's Buddhist monk-led 'Saffron Revolution'

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

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Refugee Archive Newsletter (17/12/09)

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

Children in Detention Debate

The Independent (17/12/09): Matthew Norman: Locking up children shames us

IRR News (16/12/09): Conditions at G4S immigration prison 'worse and worse'

The Independent (16/12/09): Inside Yarl's Wood immigration centre

The Independent (14/12/09): Stop abusing child refugees (says illegal immigrant from Darkest Peru)

The Guardian (13/12/09): Let us hope we have not sunk to the level of mistreating children to deter asylum seekers

The Observer (13/12/09): Anglican 'Santa' barred from giving gifts to children at detainee centre

The Guardian (12/12/09): Letters: Detention of children is unacceptable and should end now

BBC News (10/12/09): Detention of child migrants 'risks their health'

The Guardian (10/12/09): Move children out of migrant centres, say medical experts http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/10/immigration-detention-children-mental-health

IRR News (10/12/09): Health professionals speak out against detention of children

The Independent (10/12/09): Immigration camps 'harmful for children'

The Guardian (10/12/09) Free the Yarl's Wood child detainees

Iraq

Inquiry

The Independent (16/12/09): Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry

The Daily Telegraph (14/12/09): Donald Rumsfeld dismissed Iraq insurgents as 'bunch of no-hopers'

The Times (14/12/09): British involvement in Iraq war blamed on Blair’s ‘sycophancy’

The Independent (09/12/09): Blair 'was told

Iraq

had disarmed - but still went to war' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blair-was-told-iraq-had-disarmed--but-still-went-to-war-1836775.html

The Daily Telegraph (08/12/09): 'Dodgy dossier' included gossip supplied by Iraqi taxi driver

The Daily Telegraph (08/12/09): Iraq Inquiry: 45 minute WMD claim was ‘lost in translation’ says Sir John Scarlett

Iran

Protests

BBC News (10/12/09): Amnesty condemns Iranian 'rights abuses' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8405063.stm

The Independent (10/12/09): Opposition supporters suffered torture and rape after Iranian elections, says Amnesty
Amnesty International (10/12/09): An Amnesty International publication entitled “Iran: Election contested, repression compounded” is available to download from this page in PDF format.

The Independent (08/12/09): Students beaten in new Iran protests

The Times (08/12/09): Opposition proves it’s still alive and kicking with day of mass protest in Iran

Amnesty International (07/12/09): Iran: Security forces condemned for protest crackdown

Swiss Minarets Vote

Human Rights Watch (04/12/09): Switzerland: Minaret Ban Violates Rights

Human Rights Watch (02/12/09): The Minaret Vote, Europe's Call to Show Bias

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Independent (17/12/09): Independent Appeal: Beneath the beauty, the most traumatised place in the world

The Independent (17/12/09): Story of Aboriginal girls' flight that inspired film under revisionist attack

The Independent (17/11/09): Leading article: Religion, not race, is the key

Human Rights Watch (16/12/09): 2009 a Bad Year for Migrants. See also: Slow Movement : Protection of Migrants’ Rights in 2009

BBC News (16/12/09): Jewish school loses places fight

The Daily Telegraph (16/12/09): Faith school admissions in doubt after ruling

The Independent (16/12/09): Deadly faultline threatens to reignite civil war in Sudan

The Independent (16/12/09): Deportation looms for athlete who won gold for UK

The Independent (15/12/09): Miliband attacks judges over torture ruling

The Daily Telegraph (15/12/09): Lorry drivers who smuggle illegal immigrants escape fines

Home Office Press Release (15/12/09): Identity cards to be extended across the North West

The Guardian (14/12/09): Child protection worries over lack of powers to vet foreigners

The Guardian (14/12/09): Why is it so difficult for people from Pakistan to get a UK visa?

The Guardian (13/12/09): British Muslims feel the most patriotic in Europe, survey claims

The Guardian (13/12/09): Faith in The Family

Human Rights Watch (13/12/09): UN: Act to End Atrocities in Eastern Congo

Human Rights Watch (12/12/09): Israel: Court Should Halt Forced Returns of Migrants to Egypt

The Guardian (12/12/09): And all she wanted was a few coppers…

The Guardian (12/12/09): Immigration: the test case

Home Office Press Release (11/12/09): Sheffield sex trafficking gang jailed

BBC News (11/12/09): Pakistanis most likely to be turned down for UK visas

The Daily Telegraph (11/12/09): Alistair Darling signals death of ID cards

The Times (11/12/09): Terror police to monitor nurseries for Islamic radicalisation

The Daily Telegraph (10/12/09): Robert Mugabe's supporters 'used rape as a weapon' in election

The Guardian (10/12/09): Wedded to the old rituals

The Independent (10/12/09): Independent Appeal: The Afghan peace mission

The Guardian (09/12/09): Debate on migration limit is legitimate, says Alan Johnson

The Guardian (09/12/09): Letters: Study visa threat

The Independent (09/12/09): Independent Appeal: Whole new world is just a click away for children of Ethiopia

The Daily Telegraph (09/12/09): One in 10 of population born abroad

The Daily Telegraph (08/12/09): Record level of British population is foreign-born

The Guardian (08/12/09): Overseas students: an easy target

The Independent (08/12/09): UN warns of rising tensions as refugees flood into cities

The Independent (08/12/08): Independent Appeal: The people for whom identity cards are a precious gift

The Independent (08/12/09): John Walsh: 'Born and bred a Brit – but apparently I know nothing about Britishness'

BBC News (08/12/09): Border Agency bonuses criticised by MPs

The Times (08/12/09): Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo begins second year of detention without charge

Human Rights Watch (07/12/09): South Africa: Improve Migrants’ Access to Health Care

The Independent (07/12/09): MoD 'did not want to breach privacy of detainee'

The Independent (06/12/09): Violence erupts at Nottingham anti-Islam demo

The Guardian (06/12/09): Britain 'losing out on tens of thousands of overseas students', says report

Human Rights Watch (06/12/09): Afghanistan: Keep Promises to Afghan Women

UK Home Office (04/12/09): Meeting the needs of the UK economy through selective high-skilled immigration

The Guardian (04/12/09): Immigration report for Mohammed Rizwan Sharif

The Guardian (04/12/09): Migration chief calls for college inquiry

The Guardian (03/12/09): Two in three Britons think UK has immigration problem

Refugees International World Bridge Blog (30/11/09): Iraqi Refugees: Women on the Margins

Other Resources

History and Policy (02 December 2009): More sex, lies and trafficking by Jane Berney.

History and Policy (02 December 2009): `Hijacking History’ by Ivan Pregnolato.

History and Policy (December 2009): Remember Cable Street? Wrong battle, mate.

New Reports and Publications

Human Rights Watch Reports

A number of new Human Rights Watch reports have recently been published. These will be detailed below:

No Healing Here: Violence, Discrimination and Barriers to Health for Migrants in South Africa.

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/12/02/no-healing-here-0

You can refer also to the news story entitled: South Africa: Improve Migrants’ Access to Health Care http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/12/07/south-africa-improve-migrants-access-health-care

“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.”

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/12/03/we-have-promises-world-0

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.”

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/30/preparing-polls-0

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 Syracuse University. 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 full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/12/02/locked-far-away-0

New UNHCR Working Papers:

The coping processes of adult refugees resettled in New Zealand, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 179 (UNHCR, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

Refugee resettlement, family separation and Australia's humanitarian programme, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 178 (UNHCR, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

States of exception: securitisation and irregular migration in the Mediterranean, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 177 (UNHCR, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

New Refugee Studies Centre Policy Brief

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.

Enquiries should be directed to rscpolicy@qeh.ox.ac.uk

The brief may be found at http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/pub_policy.html

New Reports from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC):

(1) Somalia: Political and security crises, access limits and donor cuts increasing IDP vulnerability. Read the Overview (html / pdf)

(2) Guatemala: Violence and inequality still blocking solutions for IDPs. Read the Overview (html / pdf)

(3) Timor-Leste: IDPs returning home, but to ongoing poverty and lack of access to basic services. Read the Overview (html / pdf).

Other Publications

Seeking Refuge? A Handbook for Asylum-Seeking Women (Rights of Women, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-resources-on-women.html)

Women's Asylum News, no. 88 (Nov./Dec. 2009) [text via Refworld]

Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-resources-on-women.html)

What Does the Future Hold for the Millions of Iraqi Refugees and Displaced Persons? (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Nov. 2009) [text] Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-complex-emergenciesafrica.html

The Detention of Children in the Immigration System (UK House of Commons, Nov. 2009) [text]

Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-complex-emergenciesafrica.html

Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan: Exploitation of Migrant Workers, Protection Denied to Asylum Seekers and Refugees (International Federation for Human Rights, Oct. 2009) [text via Refworld] Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-complex-emergenciesafrica.html

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

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence. A new publication produced by the International Organization for Migration, (IOM) and published in December 2009.
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/HHVU-7YJEA6?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ )

Climate Changed: People Displaced. A new report published by the Norwegian Refugee Council in December 2009.
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7YJGYC?OpenDocument

(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ )

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.”

Download the Impact report 2008/9

New City of Sanctuary film online

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 - )

Posted in: News.

Thursday, 22 January 2009

'Detained Lives' Campaign Launch

'Detained Lives' Campaign Launch
Date: Thursday 29th January 2009

A launch event for London Detainee Support Group's research report, Detained Lives, on the human impact of indefinite detention.

Thursday 29 January 2009, 6.30-9.30pm
Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA

Speakers include:

Alasdair McKenzie - Doughty Street Chambers
Alison Harvey - Director, Immigration Law Practitioners Association
Clifton Cameron - Published poet and ex-long-term detainee
Jerome Phelps - London Detainee Support Group

London Detainee Support Group will be launching their research report on the human impact of indefinite detention on 29 January 2009, at 6:30pm at the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre in London.
Many people who cannot be deported are being detained for periods of years, yet there is very little wider awareness of the issue. The event will launch the 'Detained Lives' campaign, calling for the UK to adopt a maximum time limit on detention, in line with the rest of Europe.

Alasdair McKenzie of Doughty Street Chambers and Alison Harvey, Director of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association, will be discussing the civil liberties implications of this policy and how voluntary groups and lawyers can work together to challenge it.

Published poet and ex-long-term detainee Clifton Cameron will be performing some of his most recent poetry about detention.

An exhibition will also mark 15 years of LDSG's work in Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres.

The report is based on 24 in-depth interviews with current detainees who have been held for more than a year. LDSG's research marks the first wide-ranging investigation of detainees' experiences of the UK's policy of indefinite detention of people who cannot be deported.

"When I think about the future, it's just a blank, a dark black page. I just think about it as if I'm doing a life sentence" - Liban from Somalia

"My friend, I feel that I'm locked in a room and the keys are lost. I'm disconnected from life." - Ahmed from Darfur

"When I was a (child) soldier, I see nasty injuries, people died, I see a lot of things but this is the first time I've felt... I think I've got something wrong with my mental". - Daniel from Ethiopia,

*Please RSVP by email to jerome@ldsg.org.uk if you would like to reserve a place.
This event is free and open to all members of the public.
See attached flyer for more information
London Detainee Support Group
http://www.ldsg.org.uk
Detained Lives
http://www.detainedlives.org

Further information can be found on the Institute of race relations web site - http://www.irr.org.uk/2009/january/bw000014.html - where a leaflet can also be downloaded, click here: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/LDSG.pdf

Posted in: Conferences & Meetings.

Refugee Studies Current Awareness Blog

Friday, 26 March 2010

Weekly News Round-up by the Refugee Archive

Monday, 1 March 2010

News Stories - Updated 01 March 2010

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Stories in the News

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Refugee Archive Newsletter (17/12/09)

No Healing Here: Violence, Discrimination and Barriers to Health for Migrants in South Africa.

“We Have the Promises of the World”: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

Preparing for the Polls: Improving Accountability for Electoral Violence in Uganda

Locked Up Far Away: The Transfer of Immigrants to Remote Detention Centers in the United States

Refugee Council - New Impact Report is now available online

Thursday, 22 January 2009

'Detained Lives' Campaign Launch

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