New Publications and Journal Volumes

New reports and publications detailed from the Institute of Race Relations:

The IRR has published its: 'Annual Report 2010'.
Download the report at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/IRR_Annual_Report_2010.pdf (pdf file, 832kb)

The Campaign Against Criminalising Communities has published a number of briefing papers on communities affected by anti-terror laws. Download the briefing paper 1 on: 'The Tamils of Sri Lanka - oppressed at home and persecuted in the UK'.
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/CAMPACC_Tamils.pdf (pdf file, 220kb)

Download briefing paper 2 on: 'Baluchistan under state terror: The UK: ban on the Baluchistan Liberation Army' at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/CAMPACC_baluch.pdf (pdf file, 380kb)

Download briefing paper 3 on: 'Euskal Herria: The struggle for independence in the Basque Country and the impact of 'terrorist' bans'.
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/CAMPACC_basque.pdf (pdf file, 348kb)

Download briefing paper 4 on: 'The UK ban on the PKK: Persecuting the Kurds'.
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/CAMPACC_kurds.pdf (pdf file, 348kb)

Migreurop has published a report on: 'European borders: Controls, detention and deportations, 2009/2010 Report'.
Download the report at:
http://www.migreurop.org/IMG/pdf/rapport-migreurop-2010-en_-_2-121110.pdf (pdf file, 7.9mb)

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published information on: 'Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by age and place of initial detention, (excluding Harwich), October 2010'.
Download the information at:
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published:' Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Third Quarter 2010'.
Download the information at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/immiq310.pdf (pdf file, 1.1mb)

The UK Border Agency has published guidance following the Pankina judgment: 'Points-based system' - Maintenance (funds): Policy document'.
Download the guidance at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/news/pbs-pol-guid-maintenance.pdf (pdf, file, 189kb)

The Migration Advisory Committee has published a report on: 'Limits on Migration: Limits on Tier 1 and Tier 2 for 2011/12 and supporting policies'.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/workingwithus/mac/mac-limits-t1-t2/report.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 3mb)

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published a statistical bulletin: 'Public perceptions of policing, engagement with the police and victimisation: Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey: Supplementary Volume 1 to Crime in England and Wales 2009/10'.
Download the statistical bulletin at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb1910.pdf (pdf file, 672kb)

Announced inspection of Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre carried out
between 21 and 25 June 2010 and

Unannounced short follow-up inspection of Oakington Immigration Reception
Centre carried out between 2 and 5 August 2010.

Available at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/immigration-removal-centre-inspections.htm

The 2010 IOM World Migration Report
(Source: IOM - http://www.iom.int/)

The 2010 World Migration Report has been launched yesterday in Geneva.
The full report can be downloaded for free from
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=
37&products_id=653&language=en

The report, "The Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change", argues that in a world where demographics, economic needs and the effects of environmental change are driving the inexorable rise in numbers of international migrants, governments and non-state actors have little choice but to invest adequate financial and human resources to ensure States, societies and migrants reap the full potential of future migration.

On November 29th, IOM will release its fifth World Migration report, entitled "The Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change." The World Migration Report 2010, draws upon the findings of 19 background papers which are released separately today. The background papers, prepared by distinguished migration experts focus on a range of different policy themes and geographical regions, providing a global perspective on the future of migration, and the capacities which are likely to be needed to manage migration successfully in the coming years.

Future Trends in Migration: Global Outlook

"The Future of Migration Policies in Africa" by Aderanti Adepoju

"The Future of Migration Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region" by Graeme Hugo

"The Future of Migration Policies in the Americas" by Agustín Escobar Latapí

"The Future of European Migration: Policy Options for the European Union and its Member States" by Rainer Münz and Elizabeth Collett

"Building Capacity to Manage Labour Mobility in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries" by Mohamed Dito

"Building State Capacities for Managing Contract Worker Mobility: The Asia – GCC Context" by Nasra Shah

"The Future of Migration Policies in the Caribbean" by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope

Migration Governance

"Migration Governance: Alternative Futures" by Alexander Betts

"Irregular Migration and Mixed Flows" by Ryszard Cholewinski

"The Global Economic Crisis and Governance of Human Mobility: Can We Turn the Current Crisis Into a Global Opportunity for the Future?" by Bimal Gosh

"The Future of Migration Governance and Regional Consultative Processes" by Randall Hansen and Jobst Koehler

"The Future of Labour Migration Costs" by Philip Martin


Migration and its Linkages with Employment, Health, Integration and Development

"The Future of Diaspora Policy" by Dovelyn Agunias

"The Future of Integration Policy" by Thomas Huddleston

"Family Migration Issues in North-East Asia" by Hye-Kyung Lee

"Future Capacity Needs in Managing the Health Aspects of Migration" by Greg Irving and Davide Mosca

"The Future of Health Worker Migration" by Binod Khadria

"Welfare Provision for Migrants: Current Trends and Future Challenges" by Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

Climate Change and Environmental Degradation: Migration as an Adaptation Strategy

"Climate Change and International Migration" by Susan Martin

New Updated reports from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC):

(Source: IDMC - http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Nigeria: Simmering tensions cause new displacement in the “middle belt”
Read the Overview (html / pdf)

Central African Republic: Security remains fragile ahead of UN troop withdrawal and presidential election
Read the Overview (html / pdf)

Government of Chad must protect internally displaced women from violence
Read the (full) press release
Download (full and summary versions of) the report
More on internal displacement in Chad

Kalimantan/Indonesia: New ethnic-related displacement while earlier IDPs struggle to make return sustainable
Read the Overview (html / pdf)

The following information was detailed in the ICAR Weekly Update for the 3 December 2010:
(Source ICAR Weekly Update - http://www.icar.org.uk/?lid=13007)

Repatriation and belonging on the borders of Uganda and South Sudan

IRRI's Senior Researcher Lucy Hovil has written UNHCR's latest working paper on the process of repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees in Uganda. While the official repatriation process continues, the paper demonstrates that refugees are creating their own durable solutions through a combination of economic and social integration and ongoing movement in and out of Sudan. The paper explores both the process of official repatriation and the practical survival strategies and how to create better resonance between the two.

Read the full paper at http://www.unhcr.org/4cf5018b1.pdf

Please send all replies to: admin@refugee-rights.org

International Refugee Rights Initiative - www.refugee-rights.org

(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

UK Data Sources on International Migration and the Migrant Population by Alessio Cangiano. COMPAS Resource Paper.

Estimates of population numbers for 2004 to 2009 by country of birth and nationality from the Annual Population Survey (APS), published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

2010 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Background Paper: Protection Gaps and Responses (Rev.1)

Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency: An Inspection of the Civil Penalties Compliance Team - Illegal Working

European borders: Controls, detention and deportations, 2009/2010 By Migreurop

World Migration Report 2010. The Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change, IOM, 26 November 2010

Home Office Research Development Statistics published:

• Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Third Quarter 2010 . Also available: Main excel tables Q3 2010 and Supplementary excel tables Q3 2010.
• Monthly Asylum Statistics - September 2010
• Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by age and place of initial detention, (excluding Harwich), October 2010
• Home Office Statistical Findings 1/10 - Racist Incidents, England and Wales, 2009/10

Tables published via Parliamentary questions on:

• Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by place of initial detention, by month, (excluding Harwich), January 2009 to June 2010
• People detained for immigration purposes and then deported or released between 1 January 2010 and 30 June 2010, according to length of detention

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2009 published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

 

Migration Advisory Committee report: Limits on Migration: limits for Tier 1 and Tier 2 for 2011/12 and supporting policies See also BBC coverage

 

Target-setting for improving the socio-economic situation of migrants and ethnic minorities in Europe (Monitoring the situation of migrants and ethnic minorities - Part 2) is a new report from the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).

 

Asylum Appellate Project: final report of 3 year project exploring the refusal of publicly funded legal representation to asylum seekers at appeal. See also article on the report in PAFRAS newsletter

 

The coming of the stranger: asylum seekers, trust and hospitality in a British city by Goodall, Christine in New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 195 (UNHCR).

Publications Taken from the Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Source:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/):

Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Migration: A Policy Perspective (IOM, Dec. 2010) [text via ReliefWeb]

Ending Internal Displacement: The Long-term IDPs in Sri Lanka, Working Paper, no. 66 (RSC, Nov. 2010) [text]

Flowing into the State: Returning Refugee Youth and Citizenship in Angola, Working Paper, no. 68 (RSC, Dec. 2010) [text]

Iraq Special Focus Reports: Female Headed Households (IOM, Nov. 2010) [text]
- See also related IRIN story.

Negotiating Childhood: Age Assessment in the UK Asylum System, Working Paper, no. 67 (RSC, Nov. 2010) [text]

Perspectives of the EU Asylum System (European People's Party, Dec. 2010) [text]
- See related ECRE comment.

"Refugees in Kenya," CE DAT Scene, no. 15 (Nov. 2010) [text]

The Struggle for Belonging: Forming and Reforming Identities among 1.5-generation Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Working Paper, no. 70 (RSC, Dec. 2010) [text]

Tony Blair's Asylum Policies: The Narratives and Conceptualisations at the Heart of New Labour's Restrictionism, Working Paper, no. 69 (RSC, Dec. 2010) [text]

Access to Protection Denied: Refoulement of Refugees and Minors on the Eastern Borders of the EU – The Case of Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine (Border Monitoring Project Ukraine, Nov. 2010) [text]

Displaced Iraqis: Integrated International Strategy Needed to Reintegrate Iraq’s Internally Displaced and Returning Refugees (GAO, Dec. 2010) [text]

Isolated in Detention: Limited Access to Legal Counsel in Immigration Detention Facilities Jeopardizes a Fair Day in Court (National Immigrant Justice Center, Sept. 2010) [text]
- In UK context, see also "New restrictions on legal support for asylum detainees."

Hoping for Peace, Afraid of War: The Dilemmas of Repatriation and Belonging on the Borders of Uganda and South Sudan, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 196 (UNHCR, Nov. 2010) [text]

2010 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Background Paper: Protection Gaps and Challenges (UNHCR, Nov. 2010) [text]

Fit for the Future? Strengthening the Leadership Pillar of Humanitarian Reform (NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project, Nov. 2010) [text]

Selected Publications from Different Sources

A selection of recently produced publications.

Publications Produced by UNHCR:

UNHCR Action to Address Statelessness: A Strategy Note
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b9e0c3d2.html

Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI), Country Report:
Ethiopia
January 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b9e03f92.html

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Central African Republic
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b8f93642.html

Publications Made Available Through ReliefWeb:

Title - Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons
(A/HRC/13/21/Add.4)
Source - UN Human Rights Council
Date - Feb 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-83CN95?OpenDocument

Title - Home alone? A review of the relationship between repatriation,
mobility and durable solutions for refugees
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-83ERRC?OpenDocument

Title - Refugees, internally displaced persons and the 'responsibility to
protect'
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-83ERYW?OpenDocument

Title - Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7Y4SB2?OpenDocument


Title - Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Humanitarian Assistance
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network
Date - Dec 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-826N8U?OpenDocument




Title - Aid Effectiveness through the Recipient Lens
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-835GSM?OpenDocument



Publications Listed by the Institute of Race Relations:

Action on Rights for Children has published a report on: 'Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum: Privacy, Consent and Data Protection'.
Download the report at:
http://www.archrights.org.uk/docs/ARCH%20UASCreport%20100215FINAL.pdf (pdf file, 288kb)

Asylum Aid has published the tenth anniversary edition of: 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://t.ymlp84.com/ybagamueanauqwbaoauwb/click.php (pdf file, 196kb)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre'.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Campsfield_House_2009_rps.pdf (pdf file, 424kb)

The Home Office has published: 'Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Fourth Quarter 2009',
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/immiq409.pdf (pdf file, 472kb)

Human Rights Watch has published a report: 'Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK'.
Download the report at:
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/uk0210webwcover.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)


Other Publications:

The APCI Legacy: A Critical Assessment
Click here for full report.
In July 2008 the Advisory Panel on Country Information (APCI) was disbanded and its functions subsumed under the Office of the Chief Inspector of the UKBA. In March 2009 the Chief Inspector established the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI) to assist him with monitoring the UKBA Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) reports. 

A Selection of Recent Publications

New Publications

The Children’s Commissioner has recently published a new report entitled “The Children’s Commissioner for England's follow up report to: The arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control.”  A full report and an executive summary are available to download in PDF format as follows:

Full Report - The Children’s Commissioner for England's follow up report to: The arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control

Executive Summary - The Children’s Commissioner for England's follow up report to: The arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control (Executive summary)

 New Home Office statistics have just been released and details are available on the Home Office RDS What’s New website:

Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Fourth Quarter 2009
Also available: Supplementary excel tables
(25.02.10)

 A report from the Institute for the Study of European Transformations (London Metropolitan University) by Dr. Nick Mai and entitled “Migrant Workers in the UK Sex Industry Policy-Relevant Findings.”  The full report is available to download in full at:

 Migrant Workers in the UK Sex Industry Policy-Relevant Findings2.pdf

New UK Border Agency report by John Vine, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency entitled “Asylum: Getting the Balance Right? A Thematic Inspection: July – November 2009.”

Full details and downloads are available as follows:  http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/workingwithus/indbodies/chiefinspector/

New Human Rights Watch Report:

Fast-Tracked Unfairness :Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK

February 23, 2010

The 69-page report documents how women asylum seekers with complex claims are being routed into a system designed for much simpler claims. The women are held in detention largely for the UK’s administrative convenience, have very little time to prepare a legal case, and have only a few days to appeal if refused. But the claims often involve such sensitive and difficult issues as sexual violence, female genital mutilation, trafficking, and domestic abuse.

A Tough Road Home: Uprooted Irqis in Jordan, Syria and Iraq.  Produced by the International Rescue Committee. (February 2010).  Full details:  http://www.theirc.org/special-reports/iraqi-refugees

ICAR have recently published a new report entitled `Citizenship for Refugees in the UK: Key Issues and Research.  Published in February 2010 and available to download from the link below:

Citizenship for Refugees: http://www.icar.org.uk/download.php?id=603

A New Report produced by the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement and  entitled: Resolving Iraqi Displacement: Humanitarian and Development Perspectives.  Available to download in PDF format as follows:

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2010/0216_iraqi_displacement/0216_iraqi_displacement.pdf

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 - )

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