News Stories (19/12/07)

Slave labour that shames America (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP faces inquiry for 'illegal activity' (The Independent) - [text online]

The exploited: 'You work so hard to end up earning hardly anything' (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum protesters blockade offices (The Guardian) - [text online]

The politics of distraction (The Guardian) - [text online]

Watchdog criticises Heathrow detention facilities (The Guardian) - [text online]

Police called to disturbance at asylum centre (The Guardian) - [text online]

Protesters blockade immigration depots (The Guardian) - [text online]

Congolese refugees return home from Zambia by road and boat (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma launches fund-raising campaign (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR chief meets Congolese President Kabila (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan: Protection of civilians - Learning from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hell is…Life as an Aid Worker in Sudan, Part 2 (Refugees International WorldBridge Blog) - [text online]

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News Stories (18/12/07)

Iraqis interpreting 'betrayal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]

Heathrow detention 'inadequate' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rome 'umbrella killer' sentenced (BBC News) - [text online]

Planning shake-up of Gypsy sites (BBC News) - [text online]

Families told to pay bond for relatives to visit them in Britain (The Times) - [text online]

100,000 lose out to migrants in hunt for work (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UK Guantanamo detainee near suicide after years of torture, doctors warn (The Independent) - [text online]

Illegal immigrant was working at front desk of Home Office (The Independent) - [text online]

Donor nations offer billions to boost Palestinian economy (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office grants 19,000 asylum seekers permission to remain (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant workers curb wages and keep interest rates low to boost economic growth (The Guardian) - [text online]

Home Office guard was illegal immigrant (The Guardian) - [text online]

19,000 asylum-seekers are allowed to stay as ministers deny amnesty (The Times) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres calls for end to North Kivu fighting (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Ethiopia-Sudan repatriation resumes with convoy of 610 people (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR issues ATM cards to 7,000 needy Iraqi families in Syria (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Update Nov 2007: Vol 1, Issue 9 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UNICEF responding to the urgent needs of women and children (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: At the end of 2007, humanitarian actors operating under much tighter security restrictions (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN mission says recruitment of child soldiers is surging (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Taiwan Migrant Worker Rally - "I want my day off!!" (Global Voices Online) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Transition Without Military Transformation (Refugees International) - [text online]

Common Conversation makes common sense for Leeds (Refugee Council) - [text online]

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News Stories (17/12/07)

EU agrees on Kosovo mission (EU Observer) - [text online]

Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]

African migrants drown off Yemen (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur rebels 'win major victory' (BBC News) - [text online]

Paris hosts Mid-East donor talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Sweden denies Mogadishu conflict (BBC News) - [text online]

EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

Romas and travellers fare worst in school exams (The Independent) - [text online]

English a minority language in 1,300 schools (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Row over payments to failed asylum seekers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

£1,000 bond planned for visits by overseas relatives (The Guardian) - [text online]

Universities fear massive cash loss (The Guardian) - [text online]

Belfast battles to halt deportations (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Sex slaves' win cash in landmark legal deal (The Guardian) - [text online]

Q&A: Why UNHCR cares about migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Colombian makes fountains to integrate in Brazil's Amazon zone (UNHCR News) - [text online]

More than 200 boat people feared drowned in separate incidents (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Surveys give valuable data on plight of Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Central Emergency Response Fund reaches 'important milestone in the history
of humanitarianism' (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Research looks into lives of refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New donors contribute to emergency fund (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hell is…Life as an Aid Worker in Sudan, Part 1 (Refugees International Worldbridge Blog) - [text online]

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News Stories (14/12/07)

Chad sets date for kidnap trial (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugee chief visits Congo crisis (BBC News) - [text online]

Del Ponte leaves 'disappointed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Red Cross demands Mid-East action (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum rules branded 'inhumane' (BBC News) - [text online]

1995: Bosnia peace accord ends three-year war (BBC News) - [text online]

Two-pronged attack on Smith's plan for 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Red Cross denounces Israel's curbs on Palestinians ahead of Blair conference (The Independent) - [text online]

'Find the fugitives', urges UN prosecutor as she steps down (The Independent) - [text online]

Baltic states braced for backlash by Russian minorities (The Independent) - [text online]

11,000 illegal migrants licensed to work as private security guards (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith: 6,000 illegal immigrants worked in security industry (The Guardian) - [text online]

Brown risks losing trust over immigrants row, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]

Geneva dialogue supports coherent policy on refugees in migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghan minority seeks home in India (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR drivers pay heavy price in black week for UN refugee agency (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Condemning the unborn (IRR News) - [text online]

Evidence on assaults and abuse during deportation collected (IRR News) - [text online]

Kosovo debate to dominate EU summit (EU Observer) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somali Region Update Humanitarian Response (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA special focus: The closure of the Gaza Strip - The economic and humanitarian consequences (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian action still under fire in Darfur (Refugees International) - [text online]

Lahore immigration advisers and education agents hear how the British High Commission wishes to co-operate with them but learn with dismay about abolition of appeals and proposed further restrictions on marriage which would impact (Immigration Advisory Service) - [text online]

Some Iraqis returnees face uncertain lives (Los Angeles Times) - [text online]

Kosovo status talks failed to produce agreement, says report to Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Concern over conscription of children, human rights abuses in North Kivu (IRIN News) - [text online]

World Disasters Report: tackling discrimination in disasters (Red Cross Red Crescent) - [text online]

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News Stories (13/12/07)

Doctors Failing to diagnose HIV early in UK Africans (Wellcome Trust) - [text online]

General jailed for Sarajevo siege (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan women make call for peace (BBC News) - [text online]

A miracle for Christmas (The Independent) - [text online]

Union challenges M&S on migrant workers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Resettlement referrals for Iraqi refugees top 20,000 this year (UNHCR News) - [text online]

For Iraqi refugees, a sense of community in the American west (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR calls on women leaders to empower female refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

EC allocates €50 million to alleviate plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Timor-Leste will need UN assistance for some time, says Security Council team (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy vows to build momentum in peace process (UN News) - [text online]

MPs to quiz Ministers on treatment of asylum seekers (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

Immigration and America's Black Population (Docuticker) - [text online]

Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice (Docuticker) – [text online].

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News Stories (12/12/07)

UN review after Algiers bombing (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudanese peace deal back on track (BBC News) - [text online]

General jailed for Sarajevo siege (BBC News) - [text online]

Spectre of civil war returns as al-Qaeda suicide bombings kill 67 (The Times) - [text online]

Britain's breach of honour over Iraq interpreters (The Times) - [text online]

One baby in five born to mothers who came from outside Britain (The Times) - [text online]

One in five babies born to migrants in UK (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Ex-CIA agent: We used torture and it worked (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Algerian bomb blasts linked to al-Qa'ida (The Independent) - [text online]

CIA waterboarding 'broke suspect after 35 seconds' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN agency seeks over $1 billion to assist millions of refugees worldwide (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Violence and victimization after civilian disarmament - The case of Jonglei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: For returnees, a complex scenario; for displaced, a desperate one (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

US: Immigration Detention Practices Endanger Health, Life: Government Neglecting Healthcare Needs of Ill Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Departures of Myanmar refugees from Thailand top 20,000 mark (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Congolese refugees in Uganda prepare to move (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR chief condemns Algiers bombing; mourns dead (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR launches international dialogue on asylum and migration (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR's donors announce contributions of almost US$500 million for 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

BURUNDI: Boost for returnees (IRIN News) - [text online]

More than $2 billion required for humanitarian, recovery projects in Sudan: UN (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (11/12/07)

Cuba makes human rights promise (BBC News) - [text online]

UN rights envoy in Burma briefing (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia blasted over key fugitives (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt 'fabricated terror group' (BBC News) - [text online]

Independent Appeal: Flight of the young ones (The Independent) - [text online]

Australia scraps 'Pacific Solution' for refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

'Westernised' women being killed in Basra (The Independent) - [text online]

Birth of a nation: But will Kosovo spark another Balkan crisis? (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants drown near Turkish coast (The Independent) - [text online]

It's time for a museum of British history (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Risk of new displacement heightens as deadline for resolving Kosovo’s final status expires, says report (IDMC) - [text online]

Higher figures for foreign workers undermine ministers' claims (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugees from Bhutan get first ID cards in Nepal's camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN seeks US$3.8 billion for humanitarian aid next year (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Colombia's Pearl of the Pacific loses its lustre (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN Human Rights Day: UNHCR to help promote Declaration of Human Rights anniversary (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, 16 Nov - 07 Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: ID campaign starts for Bhutanese refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Humanitarian Appeal 2008: Addressing the needs of 25 million people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Risk of new displacement heightens as Kosovo deadline expire (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Awareness-raising key to tackling gender violence (IRIN News) - [text online]

Refugee to deliver speech at UN with Sir Richard Branson (Refugee Council) - [text online]

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News Stories (10/12/07)

Time up for Kosovo status talks (BBC News) - [text online]

CIA photos 'show UK Guantanamo detainee was tortured' (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo protesters demand declaration of independence (The Independent) - [text online]

Nato ready as Kosovo tension rises (The Telegraph) - [text online]

French workers in Chad protest (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma toll at least 31, UN says (BBC News) - [text online]

The liberties stripped from the weak today could be lost to us all tomorrow (The Guardian) - [text online]

To believe in a European utopia before Muslims arrived is delusional (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR repatriates 45 Congolese to Kinshasa on maiden flight (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Plaudits and prizes for powerful migration movie (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Conflicting reports on Iraqi return figures (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq not safe enough for refugee returns, says UNHCR (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

East Africa: Holmes warns on humanitarian outlook (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Crackdown casualties exceed official count - UN (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Mounting rebel fronts hamper aid efforts (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Burmese refugees in Thailand face food aid cut (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Timor-Leste: IDPs, widespread poverty counteract progress (Reliefeb) - [text online]

Iraq : Returning home not end of story for IDPs and refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: More Food needed to feed thousands of displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Concern over the fate of civilians in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SUDAN: Water shortage fears in Darfur camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ-JORDAN: Few Iraqis returning home (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Returning to destroyed, looted or occupied homes (IRIN News) - [text online]

CHAD: Mounting rebel fronts hamper aid efforts (IRIN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (07/12/07)

CIA destroyed interrogation tapes (BBC News) - [text online]

Red Cross visits Iraqi prisoners (BBC News) - [text online]

Councils urged to translate less (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia warns of a new Balkan war as peace talks over Kosovo fail (The Times) - [text online]

Concerns over Kosovo conflict as talks fail (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Kosovo: A declaration of independence - or war? (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith faces fight to raise detention limit in terror cases (The Independent) - [text online]

From a cleaner to a concert pianist, the Polish immigrant who hit the right note in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

President leaves behind a people left paralysed by their poverty (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbs: 'We are defending Europe against Muslim aggression' (The Independent) - [text online]

Refugees and displacement (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report Issue no. 27 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 18 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians summary data tables: Reports to the end of Oct 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report, 7 - 13 Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Teaching Black history: the struggle continues (IRR News) - [text online]

Ministers struggle as plan to increase detention limit to 42 days attracts new round of criticism (The Guardian) - [text online]

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding Observations (39th session) - [text online]

Brazil honours refugee integration initiatives (UNHCR News) - [text online]

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News Stories (06/12/07)

Smith plans 42-day terror limit (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to press Sudan on Darfur force (BBC News) - [text online]

Clarke refused offer of role in repatriating immigrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Legal action by inmates could close Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Henry's war: One man's fight against rendition (The Independent) - [text online]

Adopt Nazi methods, says Italian councillor (The Independent) - [text online]

Plan to let MPs vote on how long individual terror suspects are held (The Times) - [text online]

Smith seeks to restore trust in immigration system (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR to seek pledges of $1.09 billion for 2008 budget (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Remembering South Africa's revolution (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Anti-Zionist Jews fight anti-Semitism charge (IRR News) - [text online]

Burundi: UN approves regular monitoring mechanism as new tool to promote
peacebuilding (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Humanitarian aid in jeopardy (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Darfur: UN, African Union envoys meet with regional partners to peace process (UN News) - [text online]

UN appeals for safe, unhindered humanitarian access amid fighting in Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Sudan has failed to cooperate with International Criminal Court, prosecutor says (UN News) - [text online]

JORDAN: Iraqi asylum-seekers fall victim to resettlement scams (IRIN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (05/12/07)

One-fifth of Canadians immigrants (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to join attack on Congo rebels (BBC News) - [text online]

Rice at talks on Africa conflicts (BBC News) - [text online]

World court to open Darfur cases (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo stalemate set to open rift between Russia and the West (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR suspends returns to Sudan's Jonglei state (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Central African Republic parliament approves refugee law (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN: Atrocities Fuel Worsening Crisis in Horn of Africa. UN Security Council Should Press Ethiopia and Somalia to Put an End to Abuses (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: ICC Needs Backing to Bring Justice for War Crimes. Secretary-General to Address ICC Meeting at UN Headquarters (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Plans to restrict healthcare for asylum seekers and migrants (Observer) - [text online]

Controversial final hearing for Independent Asylum Commission (Refugee Council) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report, 21 - 27 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia allows aid operations one day after freeze (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy heads to Sudan for talks with all sides to conflict (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Gov't, UN to cooperate in returnee effort (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: More Congolese displaced by fighting in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR set to ask donors for over one billion dollars for 2008 budget (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan to dominate Security Council’s intensive December schedule – President (UN News) - [text online]

Donors pledge over $160 million for UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Renewed fighting in eastern Chad sparks alarm from UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi Government, UN launch plan to help returning refugees (UN News) - [text online]

BURUNDI-TANZANIA: Thousands of refugees still awaiting repatriation (IRIN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (04/12/07)

Wave of violence threatens Darfur camps (BBC News) - [text online]

Writers attack Zimbabwe omission (BBC News) - [text online]

Fierce fighting in eastern Chad (BBC News) - [text online]

Third Uzbekistan 'torture death' (BBC News) - [text online]

An appeal for your help this Christmas (The Independent) - [text online]

I won't let this pass: Morrissey defends stance in immigration row with NME (The Guardian) - [text online]

Amis demands Muslims join in 'factory siren' over terror plots (The Guardian) - [text online]

Street theatre helps spread HIV/AIDs awareness in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

One tragedy helps young Iraqi overcome another one (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hundreds flee new fighting in North Kivu; UNHCR closes small office (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Djibouti, 1 December 2007 - Secretary-General's message to seminar on the implementation of the African Union Border Programme (UN News) - [text online]

Mozambique: Number of refugees grows (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Israel to aid Palestinian refugees in peace deal: OImert (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: More aid needed for the displaced in Anbar Province (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN humanitarian chief calls for improved cooperation to expedite
assistance to Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Resisting displacement by combatants and developers: Humanitarian Zones in north-west Colombia (IDMC) - [text online]

UK Government needs joined up thinking on Bangladesh and labour migrants (IAS) - [text online]

Burmese Refugees: End the Exploitation of Burmese in Thailand (Refugees International) - [text online]

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News Stories (03/12/07)

RFC rebels 'in new Chad clash' (BBC News) - [text online]

'Humanitarian crisis' facing Ethiopia, says UN (The Independent) - [text online]

Reality TV to help immigrants find a wife – and a US visa (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur mission 'behind schedule' (BBC News) - [text online]

Morrissey sues NME over racism claim (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Worsening humanitarian crisis as internal displacement escalates in the east (IDMC) - [text online]

The cruellest voyage (The Guardian) - [text online]

Brick Lane losing its flavour as corporates squeeze out curry (The Guardian) - [text online]

Failed asylum seekers face healthcare ban (The Guardian) - [text online]

World AIDS Day: Refugee boy in Namibia inspires AIDS Day poster (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Refugee worker turns a disability into an advantage (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Daily struggle for displaced families from Mogadishu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World AIDS Day: UNHCR chief pledges to continue fight against HIV and AIDS (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Two of Sudan's 'Lost Boys' return home from Cuba (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Continuing dialogue with Sudan vital to expediting assistance, says top UN aid official (UN News) - [text online]

On International Day, Ban Ki-moon calls for eradicating modern forms of slavery (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur relief to cost $825 million in 2008 - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]

"Initial decision-making is still shockingly poor" (Refugee Council) - [text online]

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News Stories (29/11/07)

British Muslims should protest teddy lunacy (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Morrissey blames immigration for 'disappearance' of British identity (The Independent) - [text online]

Mosques given code of practice (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo's future uncertain as talks collapse (The Independent) - [text online]

Come over here and you will be miserable, Swiss government adverts warn Africans (The Independent) - [text online]

What to do in the event of an asylum-seeker death (IRR News) - [text online]

The phantom hordes (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese from Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq government busses refugees home from Syria (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes Japan's new study on resettlement (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza strip humanitarian fact sheet, 28 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 33, 20 - 27 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Report - 28 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

The hidden world of stateless people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ethiopia: UN humanitarian chief concludes visit (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cameroon: More international assistance required for refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

More Iraqi refugees leaving Syria than entering (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: The devastating impact of displacement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fact Files and Media Tools on HIV/AIDS (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters: Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Fortnightly humanitarian update, 03 - 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Potential crisis in Ethiopia’s Somali region can be averted, says UN relief official (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency resumes repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Kenyan camp (UN News) - [text online]

Serge Brammertz appointed prosecutor for UN’s Balkan war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (28/11/07)

Sudan 'blocking' Darfur mission (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyan Muslims deny Sharia claims (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees begin journey home (BBC News) - [text online]

Code of practice for mosques aims to stamp out extremism (BBC News) - [text online]

Legal Opinion: Are innocent people being kept in detention? (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's population 'could reach 109 million by 2081' (The Independent) - [text online]

Unwanted in Syria, hundreds of Iraqi refugees return home (The Independent) - [text online]

Five Underreported Stories Kick Off 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign (UN News) - [text online]

Sudanese Obstacles Threaten Darfur Peacekeeping Mission, Say UN Officials - (UN News) - [text online]

UN genocide tribunal confirms 25-year jail term for Rwandan ex-army officer (UN News) - [text online]

Next year’s UN-backed forum on migration to focus on rights protection (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands of jobs created through UN development scheme in Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

Refugee from Myanmar finds farming and friends in Java (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Dutch court rules Srebrenica families can sue U.N. (Yahoo News / Reuters) - [text online]

Kosovo fate is for U.N. to decide, says Serbia (Yahoo News / Reuters) - [text online]

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News Stories (27/11/07)

'Hundreds dead' in Chad fighting (BBC News) - [text online]

Protesters disrupt Oxford debate (BBC News) - [text online]

Protesters disrupt Oxford Union debate (The Telegraph) - [text online]

The uprising against facism: Students storm Oxford Union debate (The Independent) - [text online]

Jail inspector criticises use of truncheons at immigration centre (The Independent) - [text online]

Chad rebels fight army near Sudan (The Independent) - [text online]

Xenophobia in Italy: a fortress fights to keep out poor (The Independent) - [text online]

Chances for Kosovo deal fade at leaders' final talks (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur conflict (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Chad troubles (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Kosovo future (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Chad: Attacks by rebels not to be confused with attacks by bandits (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Gunmen enter eastern towns, beat aid staff as fears rise (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: UK announces GBP 15m humanitarian aid in north, GBP 700m development aid over 10 years (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Interview - Medical aid agency urges 'humanitarian surge' in Iraq (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Manager backs midfielder at deportation hearing (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant detention centres use staves banned in low security prisons (The Guardian) - [text online]

Guterres vows UNHCR to counter violence against women (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Saudi Red Crescent chief visits UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Challenges for Iraqis Detained in Lebanon (Refugees International) - [text online]

New UN Internet campaign to eradicate violence against women launched (UN News) - [text online]

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The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program - AUC

The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program at the American University in Cairo has just announced the following courses for the forthcoming year:

Summer Short Courses 2008

· Addressing the protection of Refugee Women and Girls
· Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Refugees
· International Refugee and Human Rights Law

Application procedures - Please send a letter of application stating:

a) Interest in the Summer School
b) The course(s) you are applying for.
c) Why the course(s) is/are important to your work or academic interest.

And include your updated curriculum vitae.

Addressed to:

Ms. Maysa Ayoub Email: fmrs@aucegypt.edu
Projects Manager Tel: (202) 27976921
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Fax (202) 27956681 American University in Cairo FMRS/AUC, 113 Kasr El Aini Street, PO Box 25000, Cairo 11511, Egypt

Deadline for applications is - March 30th 2008.

For further information regarding accommodation in Cairo and further
updates on FMRS up-coming events access: www.aucegypt.edu/fmrs (under
Outreach).

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News Stories (26/11/07)

Darfur rebels spurn Chinese force (BBC News) - [text online]

Final bid for Kosovo compromise (BBC News) - [text online]

MP quits Oxford Union in BNP row (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Critics line up to attack Oxford Union over 'free speech' debate (The Independent) - [text online]

Anger in Bradford over portrayal of city on TV drama (The Independent) - [text online]

Groups will use Holocaust Day to highlight mass murder in Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

South Sudan casts shadow over Uganda's peace (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethnic Indian protesters clash with Malaysian police (The Independent) - [text online]

Torture 'unpunished in Indonesia' (BBC News) - [text online]

Deportation battle for footballer who fled death threats from secret society (The Guardian) - [text online]

Carp sales rise to serve Polish festive tastes (The Guardian) - [text online]

Returned refugees still in danger in Iraq (The Guardian) - [text online]

Teachers: help us cope with migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Q&A: Dinka from Down Under keeps spotlight on Sudan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Tough times for Mogadishu exiles in Puntland's Galkayo (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR says time not right for large-scale Iraq repatriation (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about security situation in eastern Sri Lanka (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan leader rules out non-African troops in Darfur (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL: On the child trafficking route (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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News Stories (23/11/07)

UN official says Israel's siege of Gaza breeds extremism and human suffering (The Independent) - [text online]

Most Iraqi recruits 'are Saudi or Libyan' (The Independent) - [text online]

Arms seizure threat sparks panic in Darfur camp (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

U.N. council welcomes Congo, Rwanda agreement (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Somalia crisis languishes in Darfur's shadow (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Algeria seeks extradition of political refugee who denounced terror (IRR News) - [text online]

UNHCR and Malawi register all refugees and asylum seekers (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Nearby fighting mars opening of UNHCR field office in North Kivu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Supporting vulnerable Afghans in Balochistan's refugee villages (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN backs conference on human rights, civil society (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (22/11/07)

Sudanese 'to disarm Darfur camp' (BBC News) - [text online]

Law chiefs see no case for longer detention of terrorist suspects (The Times) - [text online]

Brown halts deportation of Burma junta critic (The Independent) - [text online]

Macdonald: 'No need to increase detention limit' (The Independent) - [text online]

Somalia war-refugee crisis surpasses Darfur in its horror (The Independent) - [text online]

Geraldine Van Bueren: There can be no excuse for torture (The Independent) - [text online]

The beatification of Enoch Powell (IRR News) - [text online]

They come over here ... (Guardian Online) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks data on refugees along Ecuador's border (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Resourcefulness of Zimbabwean asylum seekers impresses UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 32, 12 - 20 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 32, 12 - 20 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Exodus continues as IDPs surpass one million (IRIN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (21/11/07)

France 'let down' Chad aid staff (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan civilian deaths alarm UN (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan's trial run for migrant workers (BBC News) - [text online]

Better security sees Iraqi refugees flood home (The Times) - [text online]

Removal of asylum-seekers falls to lowest level for 5 years (The Times) - [text online]

Two pictures of Britain's brutal asylum policy (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of HIV cases overestimated, says UN (The Independent) - [text online]

Revised UN estimates show over 33 million people worldwide living with HIV (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action, recovery, and development in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 46, Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee women tell their stories (The Guartdian) - [text online]

UNHCR launches last phase of Somali repatriation from Djibouti (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Number of displaced in Somalia tops 1 million mark (UNHCR) - [text online]

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Conferences

1) ILPA/LSE Conference: 'Migrants and Involuntary Return' :

Synopsis: The European legal system, with its power to influence Member States' behaviour as well as to monitor and enforce legal compliance, is arguably the most effective international legal system in the world today.
Recently however, particularly in the light of national security issues, there have been significant challenges facing European States and their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. This complex relationship is perhaps most visible in relation to Article 3 of the Convention and its interaction with non-nationals.

Tickets: £30-£220. For more information and to register: http://www.ilpa.org.uk/DT1022conference.pdf or contact ILPA - email: info@ilpa.org.uk tel +44 20 7251 8383


2) In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in
Africa

Research and Training Workshops, 1-4th of July, 2008
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, and the Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, invite submissions for a two part colloquium on methods and informal migration. This event is designed to strengthen and further refine the strategies used to analyse and understand migration patterns in Africa. Since many migrants operate outside official channels, conventional methods and government
statistics can often be of limited value in coming to terms with this contentious issue. In the absence of empirically reliable and theoretically sophisticated research methods, speculation and hyperbole have regularly filled the void.

Submission Information
Please send submissions by email - with subject heading either:
'Training Workshop Submission' or 'Research Workshop Submission - to:
darshan.vigneswaran@wits.ac.za.

Requests for additional information should be directed to Dr Joel Quirk
(j.quirk@hull.ac.uk).

The Forced Migration Studies Programme (http://migration.org.za/ ) is Southern Africa's premier centre for the academic study of migration. This workshop will form a part of a multi-faceted training and dissemination agenda for 2008, including a conference on the State of
Migration in Southern Africa in March, and a Statistics Institute later in the year.

The Wilberforce Institute (http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/) is dedicated to the pursuit of world class research in the areas of slavery, emancipation, human rights, and social justice. The institute seeks to improve academic knowledge and public understanding of both historical practices and contemporary problems, and to inform public policy and political activism.

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News Stories (21/11/07)

The hands behind bread and pastries (BBC News) - [text online]

First hearing for Cambodia court (BBC News) - [text online]

Asean nations sign first charter (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan ups checks for foreigners (BBC News) - [text online]

Schoolboy cricketers bat their way to a place in the Commonwealth (The Times) - [text online]

Iraqi footballers ask for asylum (The Independent) - [text online]

Ex-Khmer Rouge leader is charged (The Independent) - [text online]

UN's Ban urges implementation of south Sudan peace (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Brazil: Black Pride and the racism debate (Global Voices Online) - [text online]

UNHCR grants US$11 million to boost health services in Jordan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency starts final phase of repatriation from Djibouti to Somaliland (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy to Kosovo says minority interests will be protected after polls (UN News) - [text online]

UN and AU envoys hold more meetings with Darfur rebels to spur peace process (UN News) - [text online]

Number of displaced in Somalia hits 1 million mark – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Jordan: UN agency pledges $11 million to boost health services for Iraqi refugees (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency starts final phase of repatriation from Djibouti to Somaliland - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Update Oct 2007: Vol 1, Issue 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Situation Report: 05 - 11 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference

The University of Oxford has just published a Call for Papers for the 5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference to be held from the 1 March 2008 at the University of Oxford. The theme for the 2008 conference will be "Rethinking Solutions for Forced Migrants" and this conference followings on from the 2006 student conference which was held here at the University of East London.

Call for Papers Link: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/StudConf08.pdf

Details of the 2006 Conference held at UEL: http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/research/fmsc/index.htm

Further details and information on past conferences: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/

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Humanitarian News

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Noel OCHA Situation Report No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian needs and response in Chad : Weekly information bulletin ? 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Report - 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit - Environmental Risk Identification: Bangladesh - Tropical Cyclone Sidr, 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia: Situation Report - 16 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [report online]

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News Stories (19/11/07)

Aid reaches stricken Bangladeshis (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Khmer Rouge leader detained (BBC News) - [text online]

Cyclone death toll in Bangladesh may top 10,000 (The Independent) - [text online]

Somali rebels attack peacekeepers (BBC News) - [text online]

Children released from DRC rebels (BBC News) - [text online]

Junta 'accepts higher Burma toll' (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur talks 'expect more delays' (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands of teachers abandon Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Guterres wraps up fruitful first visit to Central Asia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Refugee advocate turns page on Afghan beginnings (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR document plan ensures rights of returnee children in Angola (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN Refugee Agency boosts cooperation with Central Asian nations (UN News) - [text online]

Former Rwandan mayor receives 11-year jail term from UN Tribunal (UN News/ICTR Press Release) - [text online]

South African chosen to head police component of hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Middle East countries must commit to anti-landmine treaty, says Ban Ki-moon (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (16/11/07)

Archival Collections: Human Rights, Peace Studies, Refugees (ForcedMigration Online Blog) - [text online]

Immigration out-paces British exodos (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Record numbers seek new lives abroad (The Independent) - [text online]

Overseas students boost UK economy by £8bn a year (The Independent) - [text online]

Displaced Congolese return to camps near Goma (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR protection chief meets resettled refugees in Canada (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR helps victims of floods in Puntland town (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy in Kosovo says clarity on status is vital for future stability (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians summary data tables: Reports to the end of August 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 31 Oct - 06 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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Other News and Briefs

Report to the General Assembly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007. Source - UN General Assembly (ReliefWeb) - [text online].

INSARAG Guidelines and Methodology. Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Challenges and Suggestions for Enhancing Inter-Agency Contingency Planning: Report of the 1st Global Consultation of Contingency Planners in Humanitarian Agencies. Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements and Peace-Building.
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 31, 01 - 11 Nov 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan Humanitarian Overview Vol 3, Issue 7: Sep - Oct 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian situation in Somalia: Monthly analysis, Oct 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International) - [text online]

Ten Ways to keep up with humanitarian news (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]

Health-related online resources (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

News Stories (15/11/07)

Extended terror limits proposed (BBC News) - [text online]

UN warning over Darfur mission (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy plans Burma prison talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown reveals 'Fortress Britain' plan (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Brown seeks all-party consensus on extending detention limit (The Independent) - [text online]

Deportation of Darfuris 'not unduly harsh' (The Independent) - [text online]

Mysterious world of a movement in exile (The Independent) - [text online]

Law lords back Home Office in Darfur appeal (The Guardian) - [text online]

Brown risks losing trust over immigrants row, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR signs cooperation accord with Americas nations (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR launches Christmas appeal for refugee kids (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Displaced Congolese return to Ituri with UNHCR help (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UNHCR official gets mixed impressions in Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

News Stories (14/11/07)

'10,000 illegal immigrants' work in security (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Smith accused of 'blunder and panic' (The Independent) - [text online]

Brown to unveil anti-terror plans (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy sees progress on Burma (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant complaint policy shake-up (BBC News) - [text online]. Link to publications at: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/cac

'Blunder, panic and cover-up' (The Guardian) - [text online]

The trouble with the Home Office (The Guardian) - [text online]

How serious is the illegal security workers row? (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks urgent reunion of Chad children with families (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR sends aid to help displaced Somalis (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR signs accord for repatriation of Mauritanians (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Displaced Congolese flee fresh fighting near Goma (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian crisis in Iraq - Facts and figures, 20 Oct 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda: OCHA Humanitarian Update Oct 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA special focus: The barrier gate and permit regime four years on - Humanitarian impact in the Northern West Bank (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Natural Disaster Bulletin No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action, recovery, and development in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 45, Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNHCR and partners battle cholera in North Kivu camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Campaign cuts malnutrition rates in Kenya refugee camps to lowest levels in years (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Global efforts to clear landmines by 2010 faltering, says UN-backed study (UN News) - [text online]

UN official urges greater support for global refugee operations (UN News Centre) - [text online]