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]

Published in News and Archives & Libraries.

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]

News Stories (13/11/07)

Nato urged to end Afghan transfer (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwean dies queuing for visa (BBC News) - [text online]

UN calls for Burma reconciliation (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt 'denies minority beliefs' (BBC News) - [text online]

Dromey: politicians are 'demonising' migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Starved to death: migrant's tragic story highlights plight of Zimbabwean refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge minister and his wife to face genocide charges (The Independent) - [text online]

Holocaust train sets off to tell the story of Auschwitz (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith to brief MPs over illegal workers row (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR rushes supplies to fire-gutted camp in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR and partners battle cholera in North Kivu camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: EU to scale up aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UN, NGOs to share views on addressing current situation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Refugees forced home as funds dry up (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Too many states not on course to meet clearance deadlines - Landmine
Monitor 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Conferences, Publications and Other News

Publications:

Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: List of new online publications available at: http://fm-pubs.blogspot.com/

Publications listed include:

Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid, Oct. 2007) [text]

Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, Nov. 2007) [text]

Other Publications of Note:

Refugee Heritage Project - Report on the London Museums Hub Project to record refugee heritage 2004-2006: available online via the MLA web site at: http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/renaissance/index.cfm?NavigationID=364

Conference News:

Details of the following conferences have been found on the Welcome To Your Library Email list:

Community engagement workshop. Tue 20 Nov, Coventry

http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/communityservices/events/Community+Engagement+Workshop.htm

Community engagement through reading: a proactive role for public libraries. Fri 30 Nov, London
http://www.lga.gov.uk/Event.asp?lsection=46&id=SXB7C6-A7846A72

Older Refugees: from isolation to integration
Wed 09 Jan 2008, City Hall, London
This conference will focus on the issues, challenges and service needs of older refugees and asylum-seekers, concluding the Older Refugees Programme - a 2-year initiative, funded by Lloyds TSB, between Age Concern England, the Refugee Council, Age Concern London and the Greater London Association of Older Women (AGLOW). To register your interest in attending this conference, please email refugees@ace.org.uk or call 020 8765 7523.

Museums and Refugees - Keeping Cultures conference

13-14 Mar 2008, Museum in Docklands, London
http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Events/RefugeeMuseums.htm

This international conference will explore how museums and heritage agencies respond to complex historical, ethical, legal, social and political issues. Museums, academic research centres, non-government organisations and government departments/agencies increasingly see the need to explore the cultural contributions and impact of refugee and asylum seeker groups on urban and regional centres.

These issues significantly affect museums’ policy and approaches: participation, curatorial decisions, collecting strategies, partnerships, approaches to programming, as well as shared decision making in collaborative exhibitions and public events. See weblink above for the questions that the conference will seek to address and further details.

Other News

Migration Bibliography: Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Consortium have created a new section on their website providing links to reports and research relating to new migrants in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Further details can be found on the web site at: http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=2&id=54

Asylum Aid: have recently launched their new and updated web site and this can be found at: http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/index.php

News Stories (12/11/07)

5,000 illegal workers in security (BBC News) - [text online]

Talks fail to end Sudan stand-off (BBC News) - [text online]

Somalis flee Mogadishu fighting (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror detention 'longest' in UK (BBC News) - [text online]

UN rights envoy enters Burma (The Independent) - [text online]

Imagine: a shortage of Polish plumbers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Thousands of illegal migrants in security jobs (The Guardian) - [text online]

Facing deportation - over 87p an hour (The Guardian) - [text online]

Last family leaves camp for displaced in Kosovo (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Conditions deteriorate for 2,000 Palestinians stuck at Iraq-Syria border - [text online]

Iraq: Landmine Impact Survey 2004 - 2006 (Reliefweb) - [text online]

United States humanitarian assistance for displaced Iraqis (Reliefweb) - [text online]

Situation remains unstable for Palestinian refugees at the Iraq-Syria
border (Reliefweb) - [text online]

DRC: UNHCR has stepped up its efforts to combat cholera in North Kivu camps (Reliefweb) - [text online]

UN TRIES TO RESETTLE PALESTINIANS TRAPPED IN REFUGEE CAMPS ON IRAQI-SYRIAN BORDER (UN News) - [text online]

News Stories (09/11/07)

Sudan defends expulsion of UN man (BBC News) - [text online]

Massage adverts to be withdrawn - sex trafficking (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugee child rights action urged (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka in false UK visa report (BBC News ) - [text online]

Slave's son who inspired the Chartists gets credit at last (The Independent) - [text online]

Cost of biometric passport 'over £100' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action, recovery, and development in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 44, Oct/Nov 2007 (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report Issue no. 26 Oct 2007 (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) - [text online]

Poland's growth will draw migrants home, says bank (The Guardian) - [text online]

Last family leaves camp for displaced in Kosovo (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR fits Malawi's refugees into one camp (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR picks up Freedom Award for its global work (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UNHCR official in Sudan to review operations (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR Online Game and Other News Items

1) Refugee game offers fear, flight and safety – one click at a time. The UNHCR has just launched an English language version of their Against All Odds online game. The game is designed to be of educational value and is primarily aimed at schoolchildren. Further background information can be found in this UNHCR News Story released today and the game itself is available online at: http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

2) The UNHCR has also recently launched two online publications via the UNHCR website (www.unhcr.org) which may be of relevance to researchers and students. The first is entitled "Asylum in the European Union. A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive (November 2007) and this is available to download from: [by clicking here]; the second publication is entitled "UNHCR Position on the Situation of Asylum in Ukraine in the Context of Return of Asylum-Seekers October 2007" and again, this is available to download: [by clicking here].

3) Australia. Austcare (The Australian Humanitarian Aid NGO) has recently launched its latest annual report for the year 2006-07. This can be viewed on the Austcare website at: http://www.austcare.org.au/aboutus/annual-reports.aspx along with a brief online video highlighting the range of Austcare's programs over the last year.

4) Refugees International have just released a number of policy recommendations and fact sheets relating to the exodus of refugees from Zimbabwe. Download a .pdf of these policy recommendations and fact sheets.

News Stories (08/11/07)

'Hundreds held' in Bhutto raids (BBC News) - [text online]

Emergency in Georgia after unrest (BBC News) - [text online]

UN official expelled from Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

Chadians charged over kidnapping (BBC News) - [text online]

Gambari 'to meet Burma's Suu Kyi' (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs savage plan to double terror detention time limit (The Independent) - [text online]

Local Tories campaign for MP who backed Powell (The Independent) - [text online]

Heroine of the struggle against apartheid celebrates 90th birthday (The Independent) - [text online]

Trial opens of Serb 'who gave ethnic cleansing to world' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN refugee agency releases computer game in English (UN News) - [text online]

UN expert warns that racism is increasingly manifest as violence (UN News) - [text online]

Italy and Romania urge EU help with migrants (EU Observer) - [text online]

£28m cost of asylum centre that never was (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugee game offers fear, flight and safety – one click at a time (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Refugees in South African city tell UNHCR they need help (UNHCR News) - [text online]

News Stories (07/11/07)

Police may get post-charge powers (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia war crimes tribunal opens (BBC News) - [text online]

African migrants die in Atlantic (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwanda victim inspires Telegraph readers (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Rwanda: Legacy of genocide (Telegraph Magazine) - [text online]

When will Tories admit that Enoch was right? (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Government proposes citizenship and immigration bill (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugee religious leaders review HIV-AIDS approach (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Bhutan's refugees to be resettled from Nepal within months (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR study finds inconsistency in EU on asylum (UNHCR News) - [text online]
(Link to the UNHCR Report - Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive)

News Stories (06/11/07)

‘Bribe’ is doubled for foreign prisoners who agree to leave Britain (The Times) - [text online]

Pressure mounts on Prodi over Italian 'outcast' law (The Independent) - [text online]

'Thousands' pose UK terror threat (BBC News) - [text online]

Tamil paramilitary held over immigration offences (The Guardian) - [text online]

Jordan's Ruweished camp empty as last family leaves (UNHCR News) - [text online]

News Stories (05/11/07)

Seven freed Europeans leave Chad (BBC News) - [text online]

Campaign bid to stamp out racism (BBC News) - [text online]

‘Rivers of blood’ candidate forced to resign (The Times) - [text online]

Prospective Tory MP quits after backing Powell on 'rivers of blood' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese officials 'were allowed to interview Darfuri refugees in UK' (The Independent) - [text online]

ID cards plan behind schedule and soaring in cost, say critics (The Independent) - [text online]

'Labour's plans for 90-day detention echo the power of apartheid police' (The Independent) - [text online]

Chad frees seven Europeans caught up in adoption row (The Independent) - [text online]

UN envoy seeks talks between Burma military and opposition (The Independent) - [text online]

US white supremacist speaks at Russian march (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese sides 'recommit to deal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tory candidate quits after race row (The Guardian) - [text online]

Cameron in race row as Tory claims that Enoch was right (The Guardian) - [text online]

Labour 'ignored' migrant warning (The Guardian) - [text online]

How many people live in Britain? We haven't the foggiest idea (The Guardian) - [text online]

Why 'Ryanair migrants' make the UK uneasy (The Guardian) - [text online]

Q&A: Born on the high seas, footballer finds fame in Europe (UBHCR News) - [text online]

Over 350,000 Afghans repatriate from Pakistan before winter (UNHCR News) - [text online]

News Stories (02/11/07)

Anger at EU immigrants explodes after woman's brutal death (The Times) - [text online]

Tories renew call for migrant limit as diligent Poles impress Britons (The Independent) - [text online]

Brown 'did not discuss rights' (The Independent) - [text online]

Inquiry to address racial tensions over housing (The Independent) - [text online]

Fresh violence and 'climate of fear' pushes Somalia towards breaking point (The Independent) - [text online]

Child drawings of Darfur atrocities 'can be evidence' (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethnic divisions threaten Bosnia again as Prime Minister quits over 'interference' (The Independent) - [text online]

'Dual epidemic' threatens Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad may release some Europeans (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma frees democracy activists (BBC News) - [text online]

Italy crackdown on foreign crime (BBC News) - [text online]

Probe into housing 'unfairness' (BBC News) - [text online]

Inquiry to ask if whites are cheated out of social housing (The Guardian) - [text online]

Time for a few home truths on migration (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR, ICRC and UNICEF help 103 abducted children (UNHCR News) - [text online]

News Stories (01/11/07)

Councils seek more migrant funds (BBC News) - [text online]

S Leone rape victims 'not helped' (BBC News) - [text online]

Protest over Chad child scandal (BBC News) - [text online]

Ministers lose fight to deport Lawrence killer (The Independent) - [text online]

Burmese monks take to streets again (The Independent) - [text online]

Local authorities ask for £250m to cope with increase in migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

What's wrong with Bulgarians and Romanians? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Latest figures show 90,000 flee fighting in Mogadishu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

LGA Calls for Migration Contingency Fund (Local Government Authority) - [text online]. Full text of the LGA report: Estimating the scale and impacts of migration at the local level is also available online - [full text online]