A Selection of News Headlines (09/12/08)

EU split on Congo troop mission (BBC News) - [text online]

New EU travel bans for Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Prosecutor dispute at Khmer trial (BBC News) - [text online]

EU launches Kosovo police mission (BBC News) - [text online]

Filipino fishermen in abuse claim (BBC News) - [text online]

Virtual world for Muslims debuts (BBC News) - [text online]

Jacob Zuma thwarts efforts to force Robert Mugabe out (The Times) - [text online]

Muslim war veteran graves hit by vandals (The Independent) - [text online]

Fears for British doctor held captive by relatives (The Independent) - [text online]

DPR Congo: WFP launches air operation to reach thousands of stranded in the northeast (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Monthly Situation Report, Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 37, 15 - 30 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe No. 04, 03 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : oPt: Protection of civilians weekly report 26 Nov - 02 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Teens extend hand of friendship to refugees (Sheffield Telegraph) - [text online]

A place called home (The Guardian) - [text online]

Reminder: High Commissioner's Dialogue on protracted refugee situations (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Red Cross launches campaign to reunite conflict-dispersed families (ICRC) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: ICRC health specialists arrive in Harare (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Charlotte’s smile (ICRC) - [text online]

60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Time to Deliver (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Kosovo (Serbia): New EU mission must bring justice (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Belgium stays closed to Bulgaria, Romania workers (EU Observer) - [text online]

Minister unveils new detention facility (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

UN starts airlifting aid to tens of thousands stranded in north-eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Afghan remittances from Iran total $500 million annually, says UN report (UN News) - [text online]

Time to act in DR Congo is now, says UN peacekeeping chief (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Saturday Opening

Just a very quick remainder that the Refugee Archive at UEL will be open this coming Saturday, Saturday 06 December, between 10am and 5pm. This is the last Saturday opening before Christmas so any donations of mince pies will be very much appreciated.

The Archive will also be open on Saturday 10 January 2009, between 10am and 5pm, as I believe this is just before the deadline for some of the assignment submissions.

Posted in: Refugee Studies.

A Selection of News Stories (04/12/08)

Zimbabwe 'asks for cholera help' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN urged to support Sudan arrest (BBC News) - [text online]

Dalai Lama urges EU to stand firm (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia stops 'asylum vessel' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tribal leaders to sabotage West's assault on Taliban (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's cholera victims find salvation in South Africa (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya tribunal to punish organisers of poll violence (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 47, 23 - 30 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe 26 Nov (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 36 - 37, 08 - 21 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Red Cross increases support for cholera victims (ICRC) - [text online]

IRAQ: Low oil prices could affect government aid to IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: "A hungry and angry soldier can be very dangerous" (IRIN News) - [text online]

Huge challenges remain in Darfur and Chad, UN aid chief tells Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

Next year is ‘make or break’ for Somalia, UN relief official warns (UN News) - [text online]

Further steps needed to enhance human rights in Liberia, UN report says (UN News) - [text online]

UN food agency extends relief efforts in DR Congo amid spreading violence (UN News) - [text online]

UNICEF steps up assistance efforts to Zimbabweans amid humanitarian crisis (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 500 (BBC News) - [text online]

Singer urged Rwandans to genocide (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant workers 'left homeless' (BBC News) - [text online]

Baghdad's forgotten migrants who pay for jobs end up lost in hangar ‘hotel’ (The Times) - [text online]

Mugabe seeks revenge on soldiers that rebelled (The Independent) - [text online]

Rwandan pop star jailed for inciting genocide (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Update No. 17 - North Kivu, 26 Nov - 01 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Daily Cholera Update, 02 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Humanitarian crisis worsens amid looting and political instability (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

IRR refutes BNP's claims on racist murders (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Mauritania: Government guilty of routine torture (Amnesty International) - [text online]; Mauritania's security forces guilty of routine torture (Amnesty International) - [text online]

16 Days of Activism: Play seeks to broach taboo of domestic violence (UNHCR) - [text online]

EU Kosovo mission delayed amid protests (EU Observer) - [text online]

SUDAN: Civilian disarmament remains elusive as government rethinks process (IRIN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR-THAILAND: Cyclone migrants face challenges (IRIN News) - [text online]

Rwandan singer sentenced to prison by UN tribunal for inciting genocide (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Conjuring up a state of emergency (IRIN News) - [text online]

Gaza crossings from Israel remain closed, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

More children drafted by armed groups in eastern DR Congo, UNICEF finds (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN mission dispatches team after clashes between displaced and militiamen (UN News) - [text online]

Human rights abuses continue in Iraq, despite security improvement - UN (UN News) - [text online]

UN expert urges Nepal to act on commitments to indigenous rights (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

InFluxEvent@UniversityofEastLondon

In Flux Event @

University of East London

The Refugee Research Centre/UEL invite you to IN FLUX, the culmination of artist Marie Ange Bordas' Leverhulme Residency at UEL.

During her time at UEL, the artist has developed work around displacement and belonging through informal encounters with students and use of the Refugee Archive resources. She has also collaborated with Anita Fábos on her MA and undergraduate refugee modules, with the aim of stimulating students to challenge their assumptions about the research process and to encourage them to find new approaches to interact with people and explore concepts.

The event will open on December 10th at 17:00 in Matrix East when Marie Ange will show part of the artwork she produced, along with students' creative projects, and Anita Fábos will address the learning and teaching possibilities of this kind of collaboration for university programmes.

Throughout the week - 11th to the 17th of December- the creative projects produced by Anthropology of Refugees and Cultures of Exile students will be on display in the Library Foyer and the Refugee Archive, (from the 15th).

And on December 15th, Anita Fábos will give the lecture "Refugees as Actors" and, together with John Nassari, host a roundtable discussion on approaches to refugee-centred representation in the Main Lecture Theatre at Business School.

For more information see flyer - [JPEG format] or [PDF format]. These details are also on the Refugee Council Archive web site at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/news.htm#influx

Contact: influx.uel@gmail.com

Marie Ange Bordas - http://www.displacements.info/

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Conferences & Events.

A Selection of News Headlines (02/12/08)

Mob runs riot as Zimbabwe runs out of water (The Times) - [text online]

Unpaid Zimbabwe soldiers fight police (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: Rebels quit border town, urge govt to talk (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Cholera crisis mounts as Harare water system shut down (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

CAR: European Commission allocates EUR 6m in humanitarian aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Timor-Leste: IDPs face difficult journey home (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Humanitarian partners launch USD 919m appeal for 3.2 million people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

'It's the best video game ever. I love this job' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Johnson policy chief asked to 'clarify' views on immigration (The Guardian) - [text online]

DRC: Camp transfer continues despite precarious security situation (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gulf of Aden: 20 die as smugglers force migrants overboard (UNHCR) - [text online]

16 Days of Activism: South African border shelter helps young Zimbabwean women (UNHCR) - [text online]

World AIDS Day: Challenges ahead for UNHCR in battling HIV and AIDS (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: fresh outbreak of fighting in the east displaces more civilians (ICRC) - [text online]

Fair rules for strong communities (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Human Rights Council: Words are not enough – Civilians in eastern DRC need more than half measures (Amnesty International) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: New conviction boosts fight against human trafficking (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Police and soldiers clash (IRIN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN agency calls for $2 million to fight cholera epidemic (UN News) - [text online]

UN envoy to war-torn eastern DR Congo wraps up latest round of talks (UN News) - [text online]

Ban deeply saddened by deadly inter-communal clashes in Nigerian city (UN News) - [text online]

Senior UN official visits Nepal to probe release of former child soldiers (UN News) - [text online]

Nearly half of all Somalis in need of humanitarian aid, warns UN relief official (UN News) - [text online]

Protection of civilians remains key issue in Sudan, stresses UN humanitarian chief (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (01/12/08)

Congo rebel chief threatens 'war' (BBC News) - [text online]

Phil Woolas: You Ask The Questions (The Independent) - [text online]

Noon calls for ban on immigration (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Female UNHCR worker shot dead in eastern province (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur aid groups face harassment - UN officials (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Croydon asylum seeker wins court review based on his genitals (Croydon Guardian) - [text online]

DRC: Kibati transfers begin; thousands crossing to Uganda (UNHCR) - [text online]

16 Days of Activism: South African border shelter helps young Zimbabwean women (UNHCR) - [text online]

World AIDS Day: Challenges ahead for UNHCR in battling HIV and AIDS (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR supports school, sanitation projects in Kyrgyz host communities (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR starts moving vulnerable displaced Congolese to safer area (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC supplies drinking water for 90,000 people in Saké and Kitshanga (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the fates of separated families intertwine (ICRC) - [text online]

MEPs can shore up human rights at the UN (EU Observer) - [text online]

EU countries pledge to host 10,000 Iraqi refugees (EU Observer) - [text online]

The BNP won't divide or rule (The Guardian) - [text online]

Bosnia & Herzegovina: “Refugees United” (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Civil society support is key to success of $919 m relief plan (IRIN News) - [text online]

TIMOR-LESTE: IDPs face difficult journey home (IRIN News) - [text online]

Southern Sudan needs more help to rebuild education, roads, health care – UN aid chief (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.