Thursday, 13 November 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (13/11/08)

Mugabe urged to form government (BBC News) - [text online]

Food aid reaches Congo rebel town (BBC News) - [text online]

Burmese jail sentences condemned (BBC News) - [text online]

Study criticises ethnic relations (BBC News) - [text online]. Councils need to give race equality higher priority (Accounts Commission) - [text online]

Angola set to deploy troops in Congo (The Independent) - [text online]

Russian Federation: Displaced people still struggling to lead a normal life (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians: Summary data tables - Reports to the end of Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 35, 25 - 07 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 25 Oct - 07 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 10 - Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]


Sudan's Darfur ceasefire leaves big doubts (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemeni immigrant workers (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Street kids turn from beggars to beauticians (UNHCR) - [text online]

Philippines: Conditions worsen for displaced people in Maguindanao (ICRC) - [text online]

DR Congo: Protect Civilians From Brutal Rebel Attacks (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Kenya: Protect Somali Refugees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Egypt: End ‘Shoot to Stop’ Practice at Sinai Border Crossings (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sudan: Declared ceasefire must result in concrete improvements for Darfuris (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Armenia: Women suffer in silence (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Asylum Update, Novemebr 12 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

Place and space in the spotlight: the 2009 World Development Report (ODI) - [text online]

DRC: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Number of hungry people in Iraq has dropped steeply, says UN-backed report (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (12/11/08)

UN appeals for DR Congo back-up (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwanda expels German ambassador (BBC News) - [text online]

Baghdad re-opens 'unity bridge' (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs due to back diversity probe (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 04 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 34, 18 - 24 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response - Bulletin No. 13
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Bogale Hub Update No. 1
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

200,000 jobs barred to non-European migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

West Africa conference on refugee protection and international migration (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: Displaced Christians return to Mosul (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Decreased mass population movements, but continued concern about security situation (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR transports fresh aid supplies for displaced in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Palestinians bid goodbye to India, hello Sweden (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burma: Free Activists Sentenced by Unfair Courts (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: World Leaders Should Press Saudis on Intolerance (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

200,000 fewer jobs for migrant workers under new rules (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Myanmar: Harsh sentences for 14 dissidents reveal government’s true intentions (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Mexico: Amnesty International adopts five indigenous rights defenders as prisoners of conscience (Amnesty International) - [text online]

There’s no pride in silence: domestic and sexual violence against women in Armenia (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Bhutan Crowns New King: Refugees Barely Remembered (Reuters Alertnet) - [text online]

DR Congo: Fighting Continues (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

DRC: Recruitment of child soldiers rising
(IRIN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA: Remittances set to fall in 2009
(IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo displaced threatened by criminal abuses and spread of diseases, warns UN (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza food aid will be cut unless critical supplies allowed in, warns UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN cuts back food aid to millions amid serious funding crisis (UN News) - [text online]

Displaced Christians in northern Iraq begin to return home - UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

A Selection of News Stories (11/11/08)

Barack Obama plans quick transfer of Guantanamo Bay suspects to US (The Times) - [text online]

Serbs hunt Mladic in factory raid (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo angry at rebel demands (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Qatada back in jail 'after plotting to flee to Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama to fulfil promise and shut Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Poll lays bare Jerusalem's tribal divides (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghan tale of oppression wins French literature prize (The Independent) - [text online]

Rebel vows to fight peacekeepers (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: Floods OCHA Situation Report, 11 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: First emergency supplies airlifted into Goma; critical to curbing cholera and respiratory infections (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: South Ossetian tanks occupy village outside of breakaway territory (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Drought, food crisis drive Afghans out of villages (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghans now able to update, modify identification in Pakistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: Increase Peacekeepers in Eastern Congo (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

European Governments Should Resettle Guantanamo Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Refugee Council to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First food distribution for displaced people north-east of Rutshuru (ICRC) - [text online]

Armed men ambush group of UN-African Union peacekeepers in West Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN observes anniversary of Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushes aid as sporadic fighting continues in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: What will stop the fighting?
(IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: New “business model” for humanitarian aid – top UN official
(IRIN News) - [text online]

COTE D'IVOIRE: Appeal for help to stop violence against women
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Monday, 10 November 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (10/11/08)

MDC rejects Zimbabwe cabinet plan (BBC News) - [text online]

Cholera threatens DR Congo camps (BBC News) - [text online]

US 'in secret overseas strikes' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetans blamed for failed talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Indian Muslims condemn terrorism (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetans' risky journey into exile (BBC Two: This World) - [text online]

UN alleges war crimes in DR Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

Merkel urges anti-racist action (BBC News) - [text online]

Terrorism threat in UK 'growing' (BBC News) - [text online]

Police team that investigated tide of human traffic is closed (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office bars former Thai PM from Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Short boats into Gaza with fact-finding mission (The Independent) - [text online]

One million will starve, says Tsvangirai (The Independent) - [text online]

Neo-Nazis are back, German Jews warned (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 35, 16 - 31 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Cross-border displacements: Spill-over from the crises in eastern DRC
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 20 - 26 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report - October 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: OCHA Situation Report - Mandera Crisis, 06 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 27 Oct - 02 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]


UNHCR backs calls for ceasefire in DR Congo as concern mounts (UNHCR) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: End Ruling Party’s Abuses (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: Civilians Under Attack Need Urgent Protection (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Human Rights groups call on European governments to offer humanitarian protection to Guantánamo detainees (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Peru: Amnesty bill setback to human rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Chile: Major human rights reform must mark Bachelet remaining time in office (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International to launch a report on violence against women EU (Amnesty International) - [text online]

AID WORKER DIARY: Crisis in eastern Congo (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

NEPAL: Bhutanese refugees find new life beyond the camps
(IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo killings ''constitute war crimes'', says UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Nepal: Security Council stresses need for all sides to make compromises in peace process (UN News) - [text online]

UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians’ rights (UN News) - [text online]

Middle East Quartet encouraged by progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks (UN News) - [text online]

African Union mission positive about deployment of UN troops in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN initiative features young people’s ideas on tackling racism through sports (UN News) - [text online]

UN peacekeeping missions overwhelmed, top officials warn on anniversary (UN News) - [text online]

Ban calls for urgent measures to end DR Congo crisis at Nairobi summit (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: At least 20 civilians killed in North Kivu clashes
(IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugee camps improved
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Friday, 7 November 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (07/11/08)

DR Congo accuses UN over killings (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe attacks 'kill dialogue' (BBC News) - [text online]

Algerians in Guantanamo challenge (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe bank accused of stealing aid cash (The Times) - [text online]

Your chance to be one of the first to carry an ID card (The Independent) - [text online]

Death toll rises as Congo talks seek end to conflict (The Independent) - [text online]

Rice admits Middle East deal this year is unlikely (The Independent) - [text online]

Palestinians protest at Israeli plan to build museum on Muslim graveyard (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: Give Peacekeepers Political Support and an Achievable Mission (Refugees International) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report - October 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Border country: inside immigration removal centres (The Guardian) - [image gallery online]

Here for some time (The Guardian) - [text online]

Security body chief goes after vetting failures (The Guardian) - [text online]

DRC: Fears for thousands in Kibati camps (UNHCR) - [text online]

Overshadowed by displacement in Sri Lanka’s north, people return home in the east (UNHCR) - [text online]

Voices from behind the veil (UNHCR) - [text online]

Border officials work overtime to help Zimbabwean asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online]

First food reaches displaced Congolese in camps around Goma (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: New Attacks on Civilians (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Lebanon: Act Now on Steps to Prevent Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Georgia/Russian Federation: Three months later, the impact of conflict endures (ICRC) - [text online]

ID cards are on time, and on budget (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Millions at risk in Somalia as attacks on aid workers escalate (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DRC: Demonstrate leadership to address crisis immediately (Amnesty International) - [text online]

IDP News Report, 6 November 2008 (IDMC) - [text online]

UN organizes conflict management training in contested Sudanese area (UN News) - [text online]

Senior UN-AU envoy briefs team seeking to defuse tensions between Sudan and Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Renewed fighting in eastern DR Congo alarms Secretary-General (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Thursday, 6 November 2008

New Publications and Research

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: The changing pattern of earnings: employees, migrants and low-paid families.

Authors: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: https://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/pdf/2323.pdf
Source: Welcome To Your Library Email Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/ (Web)

Additional Info: JRF Press Release - https://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2323.asp

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Title: UNHCR Report to the UNHCR General Assembly.

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/63/12(SUPP)
Source: UN Pulse - http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web)

Additional Info: The report of the UN High Commissioner for Reguees to the 63rd session of the General Assembly is now available (A/63/12). The report covers the work of the UNHCR for the period from 1 January 2007 to 30 June 2008.

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Title: Your Place or Mine? The local economics of migration.

Authors: Max Nathan / Institute for Public Policy Research, (IPPR).
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=627
Source: IPPR – http://www.ippr.org/ (Web)

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Title: 2007 Yearbook on Immigration Statistics

Authors: U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/019705.html
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Does Deployment Matter? Examining the Conditions under which Peacekeeping Missions Effectively Protect Displaced Persons and Refugees

Authors: Ford Institute for Human Security
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.fordinstitute.pitt.edu/ford_bulletins/DoesDeploymentMatter.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: ECRE Recommendations to the 2008 Ministerial Conference on Integration

Authors: ECRE
Publication Date: November 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ecre.org/resources/Policy_papers/1262
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Iraqi Refugees: Plan for Ongoing Support in an Unstable Region

Authors: Refugees International
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10873
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics

Authors: OECD
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://masetto.sourceoecd.org/vl=12005221/cl=37/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Humanitarian Action and Older Persons: An Essential Brief for Humanitarian Actors

Authors: IASC
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7KQDRK?OpenDocument
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info: Via ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/)

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Title: Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies

Authors: World Health Organization
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.who.int/diseasecontrol_emergencies/guidelines/child_health_care.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Isolated, Exploited, Abused: Jordan's women migrant domestic workers

Authors: Amnesty International
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE16/002/2008/en
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

Authors: UN General Assembly.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/63/35(SUPP)
Source: UN Pulse - http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web)

Additional Info: Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/63/35) was issued. The report covers activities of and actions taken by the Committee from 5 October 2007 to 6 October 2008.

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Title: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - report

Authors: UN General Assembly.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/63/38(SUPP)
Source: UN Pulse - http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web)

Additional Info: Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (A/63/38) was issued. The report covers 40th and 41st sessions of the Committee that took place 14 Jan.-1 Feb. 2008 and 30 June-18 July 2008 respectively.

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Title: Migration and Development: Achieving Policy Coherence

Authors: International Organization for Migration, (IOM).
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674?entryId=19847
Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/ (Web)

Additional Info: MRS N°34.

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Title: Africa's Human Rights Architecture

Authors: Centre for Conflict Resolution
Publication Date: June 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7FVGUF?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: The Use of Private Security Providers and Services in Humanitarian
Operations

Authors: ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Publication Date: September 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MYAI-7KW8S6?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Consolidating the Profession: The Human Rights Field Officer - Fourth Expert Consultation on Human Rights Fieldwork

Authors: University of Nottingham.
Publication Date: September 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7KWEH2?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Operating in Insecure Environments

Authors: Government of the United Kingdom
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7KWJ8V?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: The Struggle after Combat. The Role of NGOs in DDR Processes:
Synthesis Study

Authors: Cordaid
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7L3EPS?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: Data and Research on Human Trafficking: Bibliography of Research-Based Literature

Authors: Institute for the Study of International Migration
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://isim.georgetown.edu/Publications/ElzPubs/NIJ_BIB_FINAL_REPORT-1.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

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Title: miniAtlas of Human Security

Authors: Human Security Report Project, Simon Fraser University & World Bank.
Publication Date: October 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.miniatlasofhumansecurity.info/en/
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info: Access.

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Title: A Tale of Two Disasters: The plight of migrants caught up in Hurricane Katrina and the Asian Tsunami

Authors: Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
Publication Date: November 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://jha.ac/
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info:

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Publications.

Conferences & Events

New events from ODI:
A long road home
Thursday, 13 November, 17.00 - 18.30
Palace of Westminster, Committee Room 12, St. Steven's entrance

Speakers Include: Sara Pantuliano, Margie Buchanan-Smith and Paul Murphy.

Sudan's peace agreement is approaching its most testing time. As up to two million displaced people attempt to re-settle in areas that are impoverished and ill-prepared, a number of colossal challenges present themselves. Action is urgently needed to address massive and rapid urbanisation, encourage civilians to disarm and provide opportunities for the sustainable use of natural resources, including land in urban areas. Infrastructure and markets need to be developed and equitable access to essential services must be put in place.

This ODI meeting, hosted by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Sudan, will launch the second phase of a study by the Humanitarian Policy Group on reintegration in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The authors, Sara Pantuliano, Margie Buchanan-Smith and Paul Murphy, will outline the key obstacles faced by returnees and the strategies that must be put in place to support one of the world's largest return and reintegration processes. Wendy Fenton, an independent consultant with over 20 years of experience working in Sudan, will act as a discussant at this event.

Source: ODI. Further Information and to book a place, please visit: http://www.odi.org.uk/events/2008/11/11-long-road/index.html

The following three events were listed on the Welcome To Your Library (WTYL) email digest. Further details of the WTYL project can be found here:

Asylum seeker and refugee seminars

(Source: IRR e-digest)

http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/CWDC_leaflet.pdf

Tue 4 November, Coventry

Thu 27 November Sheffield

Tue 2 Dec, Southampton

The Children’s Workforce Development Council, working with Northumbria University and the National Foundation for Educational Research, have set up a series of seminars to understand the skills and knowledge of people working with refugee and asylum seeker families. The long term aim is to provide training for individuals or groups to fill skills or knowledge gaps in relation to work in this area. Anyone working in local authorities or voluntary organisations with this audience is invited to attend to share understanding and good practice. Booking form: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/CWDC_form.doc

Promoting integration of vulnerable migrant groups

http://www.ippr.org/events/?id=3264

24 November, ippr, London
This is the third in a seminar series supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and draws on the findings of the JRF’s Immigration and Inclusion Programme. It will focus on irregular migrants, transient labour migrants and asylum-seekers and refugees. Participants will receive copies of new ippr research on the integration of Bangladeshi, Iranian, Nigerian and Somali migrants. The seminar aims to:

  • translate recent research on immigrant integration and social inclusion into policy recommendations
  • consider the impact of policy interventions targeted at irregular migrants, transient labour migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees
  • share work and to consolidate networks between researchers and policymakers
  • disseminate best practice in migrant integration and social cohesion.

More information and details of speakers at weblink above. For further information or to confirm attendance please contact Holly Andrew, Migration and Equalities Team, ippr 0207 470 6170 or h.andrew@ippr.org

Fortress Britain: is immigration working?
http://www.ippr.org/ipprnorth/events/?id=3221

1 December, Urban Café, Dance City, Newcastle
Professor Andrew Geddes from Sheffield University will argue that immigration frenzies in the media and politics are largely missing the point. He will explore what he believes are more relevant questions on how to effectively manage migration, past, present and future. For more information email north@ippr.org

Moroccan Memories in Britain

http://moroccanmemories.org.uk/index.html

(Source: Community Archives & Identities blog)

Wealth of resources from the project run by the Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum.

The following events taken from the Institute for race relations email digest, (http://www.irr.org.uk/):

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Demo against crisis in DRC
http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/november/ha000015.html
11:00am, 8 November 2008 --- Demonstration in Manchester to protest against deportations to the Congo.

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Lesbian and gay asylum seekers
http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/november/bw000012.html
1:00pm, 28 November 2008 --- Training on issues faced by lesbian and gay asylum seekers when claiming asylum in the UK.

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Conferences & Events.