A Selection of News Headlines (17/12/08)

Jewish leaders fear anti-Semitic backlash (The Independent) - [text online]

'Thousands made slaves' in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe rivals 'should both go' (BBC News) - [text online]

Aborigines win battle over mine (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh lifts emergency rule (BBC News) - [text online]

Chinese asylum seeker held for two years despite wanting to go home (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Victory at last for Zimbabwean asylum seekers following IAS’ case (immigration Advisory Service) - [text online]

Victory at last for Zimbabwean asylum seekers (The Zimbabwean) - [text online]

Asylum seekers need free English classes, urges campaign (NIACE) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 31, Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 08 - 21 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is now spreading to neighboring countries (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Victims of the South Ossetia conflict need better protection (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Next census aims to map migrant populations (The Independent) - [text online]

MigrationWatch is twisting the truth (The Guardian) - [text online]. The MigrationWatch report - [here].

Congo crisis call for help in UNHCR "Gimme Shelter" campaign (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: UNHCR deplores murder of Italian NGO staffer; rebels reportedly pressuring IDPs to return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sudanese refugees depart Iraq for resettlement (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR recommendations for the incoming Czech EU Presidency (UNHCR) - [text online]

Ben Affleck video unveiled for UNHCR "Gimme Shelter" campaign (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about violence in North Kivu as aid worker killed (UNHCR) - [text online]

LAOS: Finding alternatives to resettlement (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Sleeping rough better than repatriation to Zimbabwe (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Botswana dismisses its neighbour’s sabre rattling (IRIN News) - [text online]

Piracy problem inseparable from overall Somali crisis, Ban warns (UN News) - [text online]

Rebels reportedly pressuring displaced Congolese to return home – UN (UN News) - [text online]

New UN report highlights challenges to ensuring food security in Timor-Leste (UN News) - [text online]

Flood-stricken Papua New Guinea receives UN assistance (UN News) - [text online]

Stranded Sudanese refugees leave Iraq for Romania, reports UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (16/12/08)

UN chief deplores Mugabe position (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkish thinkers' Armenia apology (BBC News) - [text online]

Lord's Resistance Army uses truce to rearm and spread fear in Uganda (The Times) - [text online]

Britain faces humiliating Iraq withdrawal (The Times) - [text online]

Extra judges drafted in to hear immigration appeals (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 1,000 (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Update: 01 - 30 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nigeria: Unresolved conflicts cause ongoing displacement (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Beyond Crisis Management in Eastern Congo (Enough Project) - [text online]

Speaking up for young people (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

Pioneering a new educational forum (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

Queen's Speech brings gloom for migrants (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

Boris Johnson aide 'deeply regrets' immigration articles (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi sewed up mouth in failed bid to avoid deportation (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Asylum seekers are part of us' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Unsuccessful asylum applicants 'should be given support' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Scottish fishermen accused of exploiting migrant boat crew (The Observer) - [text online]

Ruling frees asylum seekers to work (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Shambolic' attempt to fly Kurds home (The Guardian) - [text online]

Fear and use of force on rise at migrant centre, inspector says (The Guardian) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the displaced urgently need assistance (ICRC) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: Seven years after peace agreement, ICRC scales back activities (ICRC) - [text online]

UNHCR steps up support in Burundi as record numbers return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Number of Iraqis recommended by UNHCR for resettlement hits 50,000 (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes refugee returns from Kenya to South Sudan (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombians light up to show solidarity for displaced people (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Concerns at Kibati camp as transfers continue (UNHCR) - [text online]

Ecuador: Start of pilot refugee registration scheme (UNHCR) - [text online]

[Comment] Sixty years on, human rights are as incomplete as ever (EU Observer) - [text online]

Brazil: Supreme Court vindicates indigenous land rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Damning report on Oakington detention centre (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to publication of Centre for Social Justice report 'Asylum Matters' (Refugee Council) - [text online]

ASYLUM MATTERS: SCRAP POLICY THAT DRIVES ASYLUM SEEKERS UNDERGROUND AND INTO PROSTITUTION, SAYS NEW REPORT (Centre for Social Justice) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera death toll nears 1,000, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official pleased that Nepal and Philippines agreed to release child soldiers (UN News) - [text online]

Senior UN officials urge greater protection for Afghan children’s rights (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN deploys nearly all its 17,500 peacekeepers to strife-torn east (UN News) - [text online]

Needs are still great for Myanmar’s cyclone victims, says UN-backed group (UN News) - [text online]

European Union naval escort boosts security for UN food aid en route to Somalia (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN-mandated group finds evidence Rwanda, army aiding rival rebels (UN News) - [text online]

DRC-UGANDA: Anti-LRA offensive could backfire - activists (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: IDPs enticed to vacate southern camp (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

Refugee Archive: Christmas 2008 Opening Hours

The Refugee Archive at UEL will continue to open at the normal times listed on our web site until Wednesday 17 December, the last day of teaching for the MA in Refugee Studies course this semester.

The Archive will then be Closed for Christmas between Thursday 18 December and Sunday 04 January. The Archive will re-open at 9am on Monday 05 January 2009.

Important dates for your for your diary are therefore:

Wednesday 17 December, 2008: Archive Open, 9am-6pm.

Thursday 18 December, 2008 to Sunday 04 January, 2009: Archive Closed.

Monday 05 January, 2009: Archive re-opens, usual times.

Monday 12 January to Friday 24 January, 2009: Reduced Service available to enable Archive stock-checking to be carried out.

Full details are also available on our website at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/using-rca.htm#Xmas

Posted in: Refugee Studies and News.

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

Cholera is 'S African disaster' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN official slams Israel 'crimes' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN 'accuses Rwanda and DR Congo' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN claims Rwanda is abetting Congo rebels (The Independent) - [text online]

UK runs 'Guantanamo camps', says detainees (The Independent) - [text online]

Ministers under pressure to hold inquiry on Iraq war within a year (The Independent) - [text online]

Independent Appeal: Volunteers go to work in a ravaged country (The Independent) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Daily Cholera Update, 09 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigrant labours lost (The Guardian) - [text online]

Lecturers are not border police (The Guardian) - [text online]

Appeal for refugee funds elicits promising response from donors (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR meeting seeks solutions to end long-term exile of millions of refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Donors pledge more than US$450 towards UNHCR programmes in 2009 (UNHCR) - [text online]

Protracted Refugee Situations: UNHCR meeting seeks solutions to end long-term exile of millions of refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Protracted Refugee Situations: Bangladesh camp life improves, but home is best (UNHCR) - [text online]

France distances itself from Kouchner human rights remarks (EU Observer) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Every Delay Costs Lives (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Government steps up the fight against extremism (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Anyo, "I don't know whether I will live or die” (IRIN News) - [text online]

Seven human rights fighters receive top UN awards (UN News) - [text online]

UN appeals for funds to meet health needs in cyclone-battered Myanmar (UN News) - [text online]

On Human Rights Day, UN rights chief reminisces, as victim and enforcer (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: talks between government, rebels making headway, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN calls for $6 million to fight deadly cholera epidemic (UN News) - [text online]

UN transports another food shipment to displaced people in war-torn northern Sri Lanka (UN News) - [text online]

Ban leads chorus of UN voices calling for action to protect human rights of vulnerable (UN News) - [text online]

Cambodia, UN agree on need to strengthen court trying Khmer Rouge leaders (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief urges help for 6 million long-term displaced (UN News) - [text online]

International Court seeks more information on arrest warrants for Darfur rebels (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Human Rights Day is “just another day of suffering” (IRIN News) - [text online]

INDONESIA: Raising awareness of migrant abuse (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (10/12/08)

Zimbabwe search on for activist (BBC News) - [text online]

New French life for ex-Farc rebel (BBC News) - [text online]

Chinese police detain protesters (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel briefly opens Gaza borders (BBC News) - [text online]

'Asylum bid' by football homeless (BBC News) - [text online]

Cholera ravages population weak with hunger in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

How Burma's opposition lost its fear (The Independent) - [text online]

We'll fight invasion, Zimbabwe warns (The Independent) - [text online]

EU begins Kosovo mission (The Independent) - [text online]

oPt: Israel opens Gaza borders to humanitarian aid shipment (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Top UNHCR official warns about displacement from climate change (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: despite letup in fighting, many needs remain (ICRC) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: International Organizations Call for End to Abductions of Activists (Amnesty International) - [text online]

The Human Rights Act: a ‘Villain’s Charter’? (The Refugee Council) - [text online]

NEPAL: Towards ending impunity for human rights violations (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: "Why I am staying in London this Christmas" (IRIN News) - [text online]

MAURITANIA: Child marriage tradition turns into trafficking (IRIN News) - [text online]

Human rights still not a reality for all, top UN official says (UN News) - [text online]

UN health agency visits Zimbabwe to help contain growing cholera outbreak (UN News) - [text online]

Appalling acts still persist 60 years on from pledge to prevent genocide, Ban warns (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: Government, rebels enter into UN-backed talks to end fighting (UN News) - [text online]

Kosovo: European police phase in as UN phases out (UN News) - [text online]

Ban voices serious concern over stalemate in recovering missing Kuwaitis from Iraq (UN News) - [text online]

Slavery, though legally abolished, remains widespread in current forms, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

‘Collective resistance’ best strategy to fight terrorism, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

UN, regional advocates call on Governments to protect human rights defenders (UN News) - [text online]

Corruption impedes development and human rights, Ban says on International Day (UN News) - [text online]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A Selection of News Headlines (03/12/08)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Stories (28/11/08)

Congolese flee rebels for Uganda (BBC News) - [text online]

China condemns France over Tibet (BBC News) - [text online]

Cameron condemns Tory leak arrest (BBC News) - [text online]

Tory frontbench MP Damian Green arrested over leaks (The Times) - [text online]

'Serious questions' over MP's arrest, says Cameron (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya-Somalia: Thousands flee amid fears of fighting along border (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Cholera crisis could worsen, minister says (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Some 13,000 civilians flee to Uganda as violence flares in Rutshuru (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 8 - 21 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : oPt: Protection of civilians weekly report 19 - 25 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 44 & 45, 02 - 15 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 46, 16 - 22 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hope for Zimbabwean asylum seekers (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Bank withdraws facilities from Muslim charity (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Refuge and fortress: a tale of two cultures (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

'Psychopath' found guilty of vicious murder of refugee (Bradford Telegraph & Argus) - [text online]

Watchdog wants BNP to be denied right to teach (Times Higher Education) - [text online]

Some 13,000 Congolese flee to Uganda as violence flares in Rutshuru (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres meets Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani in Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

India: Red Cross aid for displaced people in Assam (ICRC) - [text online]

Iraq: Security agreement puts detainees at risk of torture (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Human rights violations spiraling out of control in DR Congo, warns UN official (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Cholera feeds off a perfect storm (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA-SOMALIA: Thousands flee amid fears of fighting along border (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Violence against women on the rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Tough life for Somali refugees in southern town (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (27/11/08)

UK 'should shift security agenda' (BBC News) - [text online]

Cholera Zimbabwe's 'worst crisis' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN approval for EU Kosovo mission (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq delays vote on US withdrawal (BBC News) - [text online]

More aid reaches blockaded Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: 'Nobody supports the Taliban, but people hate the government' (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe borders 'must close' (The Independent) - [text online]

Israel goes to war over Hebron's 'House of Peace' (The Indepependent) - [text online]

Iraq delays vote on US deal (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis likely to worsen, warns senior UN relief official (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Recent events in Kivus had 'profound impact' on UN Mission (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Security, return of IDP among severe challenges - ICG (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bosnian Researcher Counts War Dead, And Faces Threats For His Methods (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Focus on North Kivu Province: IDPs on the move face grave human rights violence (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Displaced children in the Central African Republic need better protection and assistance as insecurity continues (IDMC) - [Full text of the press release and View the report]

Boris Johnson defends illegal immigrant amnesty proposal (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boost for the reintegration of Mauritanian returnees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Theatre raises health awareness and strengthens bonds in Rio (UNHCR) - [text online]

Guterres visits Iraq's Anbar Province, announces opening of new UNHCR office (UNHCR) - [text online]

Victims of armed conflict face increased vulnerability in 2009 (ICRC) - [text online]

TV News Footage - ICRC Emergency Appeal 2009: war, drought, world economic crisis – a deadly mix (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: civilians continue to suffer (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: renewed mass displacements (ICRC) - [text online]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Mahamat Oumar Ismael, "Go back to Darfur? Not even in my dreams" (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN’s Kosovo mission reorients field presence to non-Albanian ethnic communities (UN News) - [text online]

Extra blue helmets will aid political efforts to bring peace to DR Congo – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Ban hails Sudan’s election body as major progress in north-south peace accord (UN News) - [text online]

MAURITANIA: Thousands of returnees await legal status (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Great expectations as numbers of Southern returnees on the rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (26/11/08)

Thai protesters shut down airport (BBC News) - [text online]

UN calls for rapid Zimbabwe deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Overseas student ID cards begin (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker 'was assaulted by security men during deportation (The Independent) - [text online]

Sex for sale: The truth about prostitution in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

3,000 dead from cholera in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

WI enlisted in fight against prostitution (The Independent) - [text online]

Tribal chiefs offered UK 'bribes' to fight Taliban (The Independent) - [text online]

World Focus: Guantanamo and Obama's human rights conundrum (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: New fighting sends more civilians fleeing in panic (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Agencies, UN call for urgent measures to end violence against women (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN SG urges parties to support and provide humanitarian assistance (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN humanitarian chief starts Darfur visit, insists on security in Kalma camp (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR backs 16 days of opposition to violence against women (UNHCR) - [text online]

College-Educated Immigrant Workers in the United States (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

In Congo war, some wounds are hard to see (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Senior UN humanitarian official begins visit to Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

New fighting in eastern DR Congo sends more civilians fleeing in panic, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Ban alarmed as humanitarian conditions worsen in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Desperate country looks for a political solution (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: State forces kill 500 over two years, says rights group (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Fears for IDP safety following camp attack (IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Gender-based violence still rampant (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief lauds Iran’s generosity in hosting uprooted Afghans (UN News) - [text online]

Visiting Chad, top UN relief official calls for stronger refugee protection (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (25/11/08)

UN head outlines DR Congo 'abuse' (BBC News) - [text online]

Charity guilty of funding terror (BBC News) - [text online]

Yemen move for Bin Laden driver (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe rivals in S Africa talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Rape risk increasing in Cambodia (BBC News) - [text online]

New laws against forced marriages (BBC News) - [text online]

Foreign nationals given ID cards (BBC News) - [text online]

WI asked to help tackle sex trade (BBC News) - [text online]

'Stereotype' fear from race data (BBC News) - [text online]

Top civil servant to fight release of Iraq war records (The Times) - [text online]

Cholera sweeps through Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe's regime tries to hide the crisis (The Times) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker 'was assaulted by security men during deportation' (The Independent) - [text online]

The general who holds Congo's fate in his hands (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP men held over 'racist leaflet' (The Independent) - [text online]

Summit of Tibetan exiles rejects 'total independence' call (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo: a touch of hope in the war without end (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 43, 26 Oct - 01 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 30, Oct 2008 (Reliefweb) - [text online] and [table of indicators].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 10 - 16 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 52 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 36, 01 - 14 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cardinal virtues (The Guardian) - [text online]

'They must be lying' (The Guardian) - [text online]

From war to where? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boris immigrants amnesty is 'naive' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boris Johnson calls for illegal immigrant amnesty in London (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Transfer of vulnerable Kibati occupants to safer camps to begin (UNHCR) - [text online]

High Commissioner's mission to Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

First identity cards are issued (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

National identity scheme a step closer to reality (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

New measures will aid police minority ethnic recruitment (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Crisis in North Kivu (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DRC: UN troops must deploy as soon as possible (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Dialogue between warring parties crucial to peace in DR Congo, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

UN forum aims to ensure adequate funds to meet development goals despite crisis (UN News) - [text online]

UN checks charges of Government bombing in renewed Darfur fighting (UN News) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (20/11/08)

Rwanda aide questioned in France (BBC News) - [text online]

UN reports on fighting in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

DRC rebels pull out to let aid in (BBC News) - [text online]

Pakistan protest to US ambassador (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP members 'targeted by threats' (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP deputy Simon Darby admits: I use the City Hall to do party business (The Times) - [text online]

Charities launch appeal as Congo suffering grows (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Once more fear stalks the streets of Kandahar (The Independent) - [text online]

Union: 'Ban teachers who are BNP supporters' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sex & the citizens: New prostitution laws explained (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration soars to highest level in years (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: There are better ways to protect trafficked women (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP protest after arrests (Manchester Evening News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Fewer returning refugees may increase tension (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Aid agencies plan to reach 34,000 IDPs in Dungu area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN seeks USD 7bn to aid 30 million people in 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: Fighting hampers relief aid to tens of thousands in the north (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigration falls and set to decline further in recession (The Guardian) - [text online]

Phil Woolas should blame his own department, not asylum lawyers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghan returnees assess the lay of the land (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Tough challenges face Congolese returnees to South Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to quarterly asylum statistics (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Covey responds to Immigration Minister's attacks (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of thousands trapped in the Wanni need urgent shelters (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Colombia: Stop false accusations against human rights groups, government should address reported abuses (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Labour can't place itself above the law (The Guardian) - [text online]

UK net immigration rises to 237,000 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Central African Republic: Aid for 20,000 displaced people (ICRC) - [text online]

Tough action to protect vulnerable women and tackle kerb crawlers (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Third quarter removals at six-year high (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Asylum Update - Novemebr 20th 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

YEMEN: Tens of thousands beyond reach of aid agencies - rights group (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN human rights office regrets Israeli pull-out from upcoming racism conference (UN News) - [text online]

‘Important qualitative leap’ made in Georgia talks, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Humanitarian situation in Somalia in serious decline as security worsens, warns UN chief (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: Ban welcomes rebel pullback and increased aid access in east (UN News) - [text online]

Ban joins concern over fresh reports of bombings and fighting in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN seeks $7 billion in humanitarian aid for 2009, by far its largest ever appeal (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Rape crisis set to worsen amid Kivu chaos (IRIN News) -[text online]

SOMALIA: Crops destroyed, families displaced as Shabelle bursts banks (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (19/11/08)

Police and teachers on BNP list (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo rebels 'to withdraw troops' (BBC News) - [text online]

EU in Kenya poll tribunal threat (BBC News) - [text online]

UN in talks on Afghan returnees (BBC News) - [text online]

Prostitute users face clampdown (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands in fear after BNP members list leak (The Times) - [text online]

Outlawed: sex with trafficked prostitutes (The Independent) - [text online]

Iraqis accused of murdering British troops want sanctuary (The Independent) - [text online]

The curious case of the disappearing despot (The Independent) - [text online]

Miliband: Syria vital to peace in Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Deborah Orr: For most women, prostitution is not a life choice (The Independent) - [text online]

Brussels encourages EU states to open labour markets (EU Observer) - [text online]

Uganda: Suffering of war victims continues - Amnesty report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Child malnutrition soaring in eastern DR Congo, warns World Vision (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UN's top human rights official calls for immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 30, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Invest in Afghan returns or risk further displacement, cautions UNHCR (UNHCR) - [text online]

Czech Republic: No to racist attacks (Amnesty International) - [text online]

New board member to lead roll-out of first ID cards (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

No Man's Land: Iraqi-Palestinians in Al Tanf Camp (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Darfur: UN-African Union mission probes fresh reports of military bombings (UN News) - [text online]

As winter nears in Kyrgyzstan, UN aid officials voice fears on living conditions (UN News) - [text online]

International Criminal Court rules that Congolese rebel’s trial back on track (UN News) - [text online]

UN World Court rejects preliminary Serbian objections in genocide case with Croatia (UN News) - [text online]

UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip (UN News) - [text online]

DRC-UGANDA: Overwhelmed relief workers struggle to provide HIV services (IRIN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy voices hope for additional troops in volatile eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

British police attempt to smash South-East Asian sex trafficking ring – UN report (UN News) - [text online]

COLOMBIA: Sex tourism booming on the Caribbean coast (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy in Sudan welcomes approval of independent election body (UNNews) - [text online]

ETHIOPIA: Thousands displaced by floods in Somali region (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: ICRC to distribute Indian aid to Vanni IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

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