Anita Fabos Book Launch

Anita Fabos, who is part of the Refugee Studies academic team here at UEL, will be launching her new book by giving a lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (London Middle East Institute). This will take place on Tuesday 21st October 2008 and will start at 5.30pm in the Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS. This lecture and book launch will be free to attend and there is no need to book. A reception will follow.

Further information can be found here and additional information can be provided on request by emailing us at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

Posted in: Refugee Studies and News.

New Journal and Newsletter Volumes

Please find below a list of new and journal and newsletter releases relating to refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. Alternatively, a link will be given to the associated Table of Contents, (ToC). This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

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Title: African Affairs

Volume: Vol. 107 No. 429.
Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol107/issue429/index.dtl
Source: Oxford Journals

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Title: ICAR Newsletter

Volume: September
Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.icar.org.uk/newsletter/
Source: Institute of Race Relations: www.irr.org.uk/ (Web)

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Title: AWR Bulletin

Volume: vol. 45, no. 2
Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.awr-int.de/awr_bulletin_2008.html (contents)
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

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Title: Conflict and Health

Volume: Vol. 2 No. 9
Date: 30 Sept. 2008
Publication URL Address: http://conflictandhealth.com/ (access)
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

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Title: International Migration Review

Volume: Vol. 42, No.3
Date: Sept. 2008
Publication URL Address: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117987287/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 (contents)
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

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Title: Refuge: Canada's Periodical on Refugees

Volume: Vol. 25, No.1
Date: 2008
Publication URL Address: https://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/refuge/issue/view/862 (contents)
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Posted in: Periodicals.

A Selection of News Stories (06/10/08)

EU to open 'job centre' in Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

Somalia is 'most ignored tragedy' (BBC News) - [text online]

Protests in Italy against escalating racism (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

42-day detention dropped as unworkable (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe’s marauders seize their last chance to grab white farms (The Times) - [text online]

Ethnic violence in India leaves 33 people dead (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 13 Sep - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 38, 21 - 27 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 9 - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 49 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Guterres appeals for world's poor, displaced as annual Executive Committee opens (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting next week (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Nansen Award winners clear South Lebanon of clusterbombs (UNHCR) - [text online]

Pakistan/Afghanistan: Thousands of displaced civilians in border area have right to international assistance (Amnesty Intrernational) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: Assisting the Elderly (Refugees International) - [text online]

United States: Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

The Party Conference season ends with a bumper turnout for our Tory fringe in Birmingham (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Report reveals “shocking” consequences of living on vouchers (Refugee Council) - [text online]. The full report is available at www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/s4vouchers.

UN health agency calls for extra $8 million to help aid operations in Ethiopia (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A short ride from joy to cynicism (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur rebels deny signing peace agreement (IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Poor braced for “Monga” season (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

New Online Reports and Publications

New Online Reports and Research Publications

Please find below a list of updated and new publications on refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

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Title: Child Rights Situation Analysis

Authors: Save the Children Sweden
Publication Date: 31 July 2008,
Publication URL Address: http://www.crin.org/docs/Child_Rights_Situation_Analysis_Final%5B1%5D.pdf
Source: Huridocs - http://www.huridocs.org/ (Web)

Additional Info: A thorough situation analysis or assessment should form a basis for planning of the programs/projects and strategies. It involves collecting relevant information to enable realistic assessment of what needs to be done in order to improve the lives of children. It is the essential first step towards identification of key issues, establishing priorities and making appropriate choices – whether in an emergency or in more stable situations.

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Title: Chad: A New Conflict Resolution Framework

Authors: International Crisis Group
Publication Date: September 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5694&l=1

Source: International Crisis Group

Additional Info: Africa Report N°144

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Title: Globalisation, Transnationalism and Diaspora - A policy and literature review prepared as part of ICAR's Refugee Rights and Responsibilities project

Authors: Gareth Morrell (ICAR)
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.icar.org.uk/download/Rights_and_Responsibilities_Aug2008.pdf
Source: Institute of Race Relations: www.irr.org.uk/ (Web)

Additional Info: Produced by ICAR.

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Title: Local Integration: Forced Migration Online research guide

Authors: Sarah Meyer
Publication Date: September 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.forcedmigration.org/guides/fmo045/
Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html (Web)

Additional Info: Available on the Forced Migration Online website at the link stated above.

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Title: Trafficking in women and girls: report of the Secretary-General, A/63/215 (Aug. 2008)

Authors: UN General Assembly
Publication Date: 4 August 2008
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48dcc8762.html
Source: Forced Migration Discussion List – Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info: Available via UNHCR RefWorld.

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Title: Memorandum by Thomas Hammarberg : Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe : Following his visits to the United Kingdom on 5-8 February and 31 March-2 April 2008 : Issues reviewed: Asylum and immigration

Authors: Thomas Hammerberg.
Publication Date: Strasbourg, 18 September 2008
Publication URL Address: https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1339037&Site=CommDH&BackColorInternet=FEC65B&BackColorIntranet=FEC65B&BackColorLogged=FFC679

Source: Council of Europe.

Additional Info: CommDH(2008)23

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Title: Empty Promises : Holding the UK Government Accountable for its Commitments on HIV, Human Rights, and Vulnerable Groups

Authors: Dr. Delphine Valette.
Publication Date: July 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.edf.org.uk/news/UKAIDSRIGHTSPROJECT%20REPORT%20JULY%202008%20FINAL.pdf

Source: Childrens Legal Centre - http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/ (web)

Additional Info: Produced by the UK Aids and Human Rights Project.

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Title: UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008 Mid-Year Review

Authors: UNICEF
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7JZML5?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Durable Solutions for IDPs within the Context of Early Recovery:
Draft Workshop Report - 28 ? 30th May, Geneva, Switzerland

Authors: UN Development Programme
Publication Date: May 2008
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7JUGDH?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Need and Greed: Corruption Risks, Perceptions and Prevention in
Humanitarian Assistance

Authors: ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Publication Date: September 2008.
Publication URL Address:
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (web)

Additional Info: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7JUC6Y?OpenDocument

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Title: NRC Annual Report 2007

Authors: Norwegian Refugee Council
Publication Date: September 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7JTHFF?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (web)

Additional Info:

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Publications.

A Selection of News Headlines (03/10/09)

UK terror strategy to be updated (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo rebel 'to expand rebellion' (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge men tried for murder (BBC News) - [text online]

Burundi: Stability depends on successful; reintegration of returnees (Refugees International) - [text online]

Spies take war on terror into cyberspace (The Independent) - [text online]

Children of UN staff to leave Pakistan (The Independent) - [text online]

Women who took on the Taliban – and lost (The Independent) - [text online]

This Muslim life (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR-sponsored village promotes reconciliation in Burund (UNHCR) - [text online]

Trial of former Yugoslav army chief begins at UN war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Urgent aid needed as Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis worsens – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN human rights chief spotlights plight of millions of detainees worldwide (UN News) - [text online]

Tensions rising in Kenya as Somali refugees flood over border (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN aid enters Sri Lanka war zone, Tiger HQ hit (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SUDAN: IDPs out of reach as violence hinders agencies (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Stories (02/10/08)

UN warns over Zimbabwe food aid (BBC News) - [text online]

EU monitors begin Georgia patrols (BBC News) - [text online]

Bride arrested in wedding dress (BBC News) - [text online]

EU monitors move into Georgia flashpoints (The Times) - [text online]

Holocaust revisionist held at Heathrow (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants crawl through ducts to flee detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Tension as EU monitors enter Georgia (The Independent) - [text online]

How I became a target for Israel's 'Jewish terrorists' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 32, 19 ? 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 38, 21 - 27 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 9 - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 49 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Female migrant workers most at risk of not being paid NMW (Connecting Industry) - [text online]

UN chief denounces 'alarming growth' of attacks on staff, humanitarian workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Africa: Beyond food aid, 'help people feed themselves tomorrow' - J. Holmes (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Returnees caught up in land disputes (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

CAR: New fund gives USD 2.5m to priority humanitarian projects (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Syria: UN launches USD 20m appeal for drought-affected million (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hepatitis afflicts Ugandans returning after war (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resume normal life after Georgia scare (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hundreds of Congolese refugees seek safety in South Sudan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

AFRICOM: Disparity Between Aid and Defense (Refugees International) - [text online]

Ethiopia/Kenya: Account for Missing Rendition Victims (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Immigrants Abscond from Centre (Daily Express) - [text online]

Sham bride arrested in wedding dress (Daily Express) - [text online]

Pictured: The moment bride was arrested on her wedding day in swoop on illegal immigrants (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Australian 'Holocaust denier ' arrested at Heathrow Airport (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Hundreds of Congolese flee attacks by notorious rebels – UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

New UN peacebuilding office opens up shop in Sierra Leone (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar cyclone victims needs sustained support, says UN-backed group (UN News) - [text online]

Georgia: UN rights expert to assess plight of those displaced by recent conflict (UN News) - [text online]

Party Platforms Discuss Immigration, But Candidates Scarcely Mention It (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines

EU monitors begin Georgia patrols (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition says no deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Spain finds biggest migrant boat (BBC News) - [text online]

Human rights concern over 42 days (BBC News) - [text online]

Militiamen praised for peace seek new military paymasters (The Times) - [text online]

Gurkhas finally win their own battle of Britain (The Times) - [text online]

Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK (the Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Gurkha veterans claim victory in court battle for UK visas (The Guardian) - [text online]

Military covenant vows fair treatment in return for soldiers' sacrifices (The Guardian) - [text online]

Gurkhas win right to settle in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Coastguard rescues 229 African migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia-Russia conflict: Security for civilians and accountability for governments (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Jobs shortage list published by the Migration Advisory Committee (Home Office) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Safety camps have to go (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Farm animals bartered to stave off hunger (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: IDPs struggle to rebuild their lives (IRIN News) - [text online]

RWANDA: Turning ex-child soldiers into able citizens (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council extends terms of judges on UN’s Balkans war crimes tribunal (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.