News Stories (04/03/08)

Government ponders Zimbabwe ban (BBC News) - [text online]

S Lanka finds boat migrants dead (BBC News) - [text online]

Romanian family's home attacked (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant children more likely to be bullied (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum stories behind the headlines (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugee Council supports report from the Children's Commissioner (Refugee Council) - [text online]. Press release from the Children's Commissioner and a link to the full report is also available online - [click here].

Refugee Council responds to latest asylum statistics (Refugee Council) - [text online]

BIA Stats review (Refugee Council) - [text online]. Link to announcement of the Home Office Review - [text online]

BIA accused of bribing Liverpool over asylum scheme (Community Care) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 8, 28 Feb - 3 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 21, 01 - 29 Feb 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: 15 killed as politicians thrash out reforms (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Western Congo has not been forgotten - UN Official (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN urges immediate protection for civilians, humanitarian access for
agencies in West Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fire razes refugee camp in Nepal; aid rushed to the homeless (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Japan: Press Sudan to End Obstruction and Abuse (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Iraqi Women in Exile (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

Research Databases: Sciences, Economics (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

Researching Migration Web Book (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN reinforces peacekeepers in west to quell flare-up of violence (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushes aid to over 8,000 Bhutanese after fire destroys refugee camp in Nepal (UN News) - [text online]

Aid workers must have full access to victims of violence in West Darfur – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Three extra judges to serve on UN tribunal for the Balkan wars (UN News) - [text online]

Rwandan official convicted by UN tribunal leaves jail after completing sentence (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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