Wednesday 6 May 2009

Refugee Archives New Accessions First Quarter 2009

The Refugee Council Archive at UEL is pleased to announce the launch of their latest Accessions List for the First Quarter (January-March) of 2009. A PDF version of this document can be found on our web site at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/new_accessions.htm

Any questions or for further information, please contact the Archivist Paul Dudman at: Library-archives@uel.ac.uk

Posted in: Refugee Studies Current Awareness Blog.

A Selection of News Headlines (06/05/2009)

Russia accused after Georgia puts down 'attempted coup' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN retreats after Israel hits out at Gaza report (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's least wanted: The 16 barred from the UK (The Independent) - [text online]

Lumley in fresh attack on Labour over rights of Gurkhas (The Independent) - [text online]

Exposed: MI5's secret deals in Camp X-ray (The Independent) - [text online]

UN report condemns Israel over Gaza war (The Times) - [text online]

Jacqui Smith says ID cards could be available from high street shops (The Times) - [text online]

Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claims to have crushed army mutiny (The Times) - [text online]

Duchess of Cornwall backs campaign against Government's treatment of Gurkhas (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Children disappear from Heathrow care home (The Guardian) - [audio online]

People trafficking: a phone call, a car door opens - and another child vanishes (The Guardian) - [text online]

Revealed: 77 trafficked Chinese children lost by home (The Guardian) - [text online]

What our Kafkaesque immigration laws mean for theatre (The Guardian) - [text online]

Patsy plays patball (The Guardian) - [text online]

Joanna Lumley claims royal backing for Gurkha fight (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Monthly Humanitarian Update, Apr 2009
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR revises guidelines for Iraqi asylum claims (UNHCR) - [text online]

Beasts of burden a boon to the displaced in Baidoa (UNHCR) - [text online]

Number of internally displaced people remains stable at 26 million (UNHCR) - [text online]

Manchester citizens get first chance to apply for ID cards (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

High street stores to help customers get their passports and ID cards (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: ‘Boat People’ Recount Horrors (Human Rights Watch) - [text and photographs online]

Zimbabwe: Human rights and political activists back in detention (Amnesty International) - [text online]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Violence continues to drive out CAR families
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Improving security prompts UN to revise guidelines for Iraqi asylum claims (UN News) - [text online]

UNICEF warns of impact on children of ongoing violence in Southern Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: UN launches $50 million appeal for growing mass of displaced (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.