Conferences and Other News

First Podcast from IASFM Conference

As promised in this earlier post, Forced Migration Online (FMO) has released the first of a planned series of podcasts recorded during the 11th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference, which was held in Cairo earlier this year. The theme of the initial plenary was "Emerging patterns of irregularity and their effects among migrants and refugees in the Middle East."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

New IDP Database

The Global Database on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement was recently launched by the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM). Its aim is to facilitate the development of national legal and policy frameworks on internal displacement by providing "instant access to official documents, including recommendations of United Nations treaty-monitoring bodies, reports of UN charter bodies, and UN General Assembly resolutions about the rights of these IDPs."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

State of the World's Minorities 2008

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) just launched the online World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. Now it has released the 2008 edition of the State of the World's Minorities. The volume can be downloaded in its entirety or by chapter. Contents include thematic articles such as "climate change and minorities" and regional sections with an initial introduction to relevant issues affecting the region, followed by profiles of minority populations in individual countries.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Citizens Speak Consultation: How Should Asylum Seekers be treated?

An independent enquiry into the UK’s asylum system has launched CITIZENS SPEAK, the biggest ever consultation with ordinary citizens on how asylum seekers should be treated.

http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/

http://www.citizensspeak.org.uk/

(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration: Citizenship in the Community Conference, 21^st May 2008

A conference to consider the Government’s proposals for further reform on citizenship. For more details and to express interest e-mail Imran Khan imran.khan@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

2008 Perrie Lectures- Outsiders Inside: Foreign Nationals, Detention and Crime, 6 June 2008

Speakers include Donna Covey Chief Executive of the Refugee Council, Jonathan Lindley Strategic Director for Enforcement, Borders and Immigration Agency.
http://perrielectures.org.uk/index.htm
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

Human Rights for Every Child: 15 March 2008 at Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck College

Organised by UNISON and the British Association of Social Workers and looking at refugee, asylum seeker, migrant and trafficked children. Email dave@abelard.org.uk for details.
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

Call for films

Refuge in Films 2008 is now receiving submissions of new films about refugees and immigration matters. Last year the festival screened 30 films, from refugee community productions to mainstream films.Deadline: 21 March 2008. Email refugeeinfilms@gmail.com for further information.
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

RefugeeMap
http://www.star-network.org.uk/index.php/news/comments/refugeemap_launched/
STAR (Student Action for refugees) has launched a new interactive online resource for young people. RefugeeMap is a collaborative Wiki providing easy and accessible information for volunteers, especially young people, working with refugees in England. This site seeks to gather in one place easily accessible information on refugee situations, news and policy, and volunteering opportunities around the UK. For press release with more background info see link above. RefugeeMap is at: http://refugeemap.wikidot.com/.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

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