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Refugee Archive Newsletter (17/12/09)

2009-12-17T06:39:00.000-08:00

Refugee Archive Newsletter

This newsletter is produced on a regular basis to help disseminate news and further information in relation to refugee and forced migration issues. The newsletter is produced by the Refugee Archives service at the University of East London. This will also be available via our Refugee Studies Blog at: http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com/

News and Media Stories

Children in Detention Debate

The Independent (17/12/09): Matthew Norman: Locking up children shames us

IRR News (16/12/09): Conditions at G4S immigration prison 'worse and worse'

The Independent (16/12/09): Inside Yarl's Wood immigration centre

The Independent (14/12/09): Stop abusing child refugees (says illegal immigrant from Darkest Peru)

The Guardian (13/12/09): Let us hope we have not sunk to the level of mistreating children to deter asylum seekers

The Observer (13/12/09): Anglican 'Santa' barred from giving gifts to children at detainee centre

The Guardian (12/12/09): Letters: Detention of children is unacceptable and should end now

BBC News (10/12/09): Detention of child migrants 'risks their health'

The Guardian (10/12/09): Move children out of migrant centres, say medical experts http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/10/immigration-detention-children-mental-health

IRR News (10/12/09): Health professionals speak out against detention of children

The Independent (10/12/09): Immigration camps 'harmful for children'

The Guardian (10/12/09) Free the Yarl's Wood child detainees

Iraq

Inquiry

The Independent (16/12/09): Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry

The Daily Telegraph (14/12/09): Donald Rumsfeld dismissed Iraq insurgents as 'bunch of no-hopers'

The Times (14/12/09): British involvement in Iraq war blamed on Blair’s ‘sycophancy’

The Independent (09/12/09): Blair 'was told

Iraq

had disarmed - but still went to war' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blair-was-told-iraq-had-disarmed--but-still-went-to-war-1836775.html

The Daily Telegraph (08/12/09): 'Dodgy dossier' included gossip supplied by Iraqi taxi driver

The Daily Telegraph (08/12/09): Iraq Inquiry: 45 minute WMD claim was ‘lost in translation’ says Sir John Scarlett

Iran

Protests

BBC News (10/12/09): Amnesty condemns Iranian 'rights abuses' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8405063.stm

The Independent (10/12/09): Opposition supporters suffered torture and rape after Iranian elections, says Amnesty
Amnesty International (10/12/09): An Amnesty International publication entitled “Iran: Election contested, repression compounded” is available to download from this page in PDF format.

The Independent (08/12/09): Students beaten in new Iran protests

The Times (08/12/09): Opposition proves it’s still alive and kicking with day of mass protest in Iran

Amnesty International (07/12/09): Iran: Security forces condemned for protest crackdown

Swiss Minarets Vote

Human Rights Watch (04/12/09): Switzerland: Minaret Ban Violates Rights

Human Rights Watch (02/12/09): The Minaret Vote, Europe's Call to Show Bias

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Independent (17/12/09): Independent Appeal: Beneath the beauty, the most traumatised place in the world

The Independent (17/12/09): Story of Aboriginal girls' flight that inspired film under revisionist attack

The Independent (17/11/09): Leading article: Religion, not race, is the key

Human Rights Watch (16/12/09): 2009 a Bad Year for Migrants. See also: Slow Movement : Protection of Migrants’ Rights in 2009

BBC News (16/12/09): Jewish school loses places fight

The Daily Telegraph (16/12/09): Faith school admissions in doubt after ruling

The Independent (16/12/09): Deadly faultline threatens to reignite civil war in Sudan

The Independent (16/12/09): Deportation looms for athlete who won gold for UK

The Independent (15/12/09): Miliband attacks judges over torture ruling

The Daily Telegraph (15/12/09): Lorry drivers who smuggle illegal immigrants escape fines

Home Office Press Release (15/12/09): Identity cards to be extended across the North West

The Guardian (14/12/09): Child protection worries over lack of powers to vet foreigners

The Guardian (14/12/09): Why is it so difficult for people from Pakistan to get a UK visa?

The Guardian (13/12/09): British Muslims feel the most patriotic in Europe, survey claims

The Guardian (13/12/09): Faith in The Family

Human Rights Watch (13/12/09): UN: Act to End Atrocities in Eastern Congo

Human Rights Watch (12/12/09): Israel: Court Should Halt Forced Returns of Migrants to Egypt

The Guardian (12/12/09): And all she wanted was a few coppers…

The Guardian (12/12/09): Immigration: the test case

Home Office Press Release (11/12/09): Sheffield sex trafficking gang jailed

BBC News (11/12/09): Pakistanis most likely to be turned down for UK visas

The Daily Telegraph (11/12/09): Alistair Darling signals death of ID cards

The Times (11/12/09): Terror police to monitor nurseries for Islamic radicalisation

The Daily Telegraph (10/12/09): Robert Mugabe's supporters 'used rape as a weapon' in election

The Guardian (10/12/09): Wedded to the old rituals

The Independent (10/12/09): Independent Appeal: The Afghan peace mission

The Guardian (09/12/09): Debate on migration limit is legitimate, says Alan Johnson

The Guardian (09/12/09): Letters: Study visa threat

The Independent (09/12/09): Independent Appeal: Whole new world is just a click away for children of Ethiopia

The Daily Telegraph (09/12/09): One in 10 of population born abroad

The Daily Telegraph (08/12/09): Record level of British population is foreign-born

The Guardian (08/12/09): Overseas students: an easy target

The Independent (08/12/09): UN warns of rising tensions as refugees flood into cities

The Independent (08/12/08): Independent Appeal: The people for whom identity cards are a precious gift

The Independent (08/12/09): John Walsh: 'Born and bred a Brit – but apparently I know nothing about Britishness'

BBC News (08/12/09): Border Agency bonuses criticised by MPs

The Times (08/12/09): Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo begins second year of detention without charge

Human Rights Watch (07/12/09): South Africa: Improve Migrants’ Access to Health Care

The Independent (07/12/09): MoD 'did not want to breach privacy of detainee'

The Independent (06/12/09): Violence erupts at Nottingham anti-Islam demo

The Guardian (06/12/09): Britain 'losing out on tens of thousands of overseas students', says report

Human Rights Watch (06/12/09): Afghanistan: Keep Promises to Afghan Women

UK Home Office (04/12/09): Meeting the needs of the UK economy through selective high-skilled immigration

The Guardian (04/12/09): Immigration report for Mohammed Rizwan Sharif

The Guardian (04/12/09): Migration chief calls for college inquiry

The Guardian (03/12/09): Two in three Britons think UK has immigration problem

Refugees International World Bridge Blog (30/11/09): Iraqi Refugees: Women on the Margins

Other Resources

History and Policy (02 December 2009): More sex, lies and trafficking by Jane Berney.

History and Policy (02 December 2009): `Hijacking History’ by Ivan Pregnolato.

History and Policy (December 2009): Remember Cable Street? Wrong battle, mate.

New Reports and Publications

Human Rights Watch Reports

A number of new Human Rights Watch reports have recently been published. These will be detailed below:

No Healing Here: Violence, Discrimination and Barriers to Health for Migrants in South Africa.

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/12/02/no-healing-here-0

You can refer also to the news story entitled: South Africa: Improve Migrants’ Access to Health Care http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/12/07/south-africa-improve-migrants-access-health-care

“We Have the Promises of the World”: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

“This 96-page report details emblematic cases of ongoing rights violations in five areas: attacks on women in public life; violence against women; child and forced marriage; access to justice; and girls' access to secondary education.”

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/12/03/we-have-promises-world-0

Preparing for the Polls: Improving Accountability for Electoral Violence in Uganda

“This 28-page report documents recent cases in which high court judges ruling on electoral petitions determined that candidates and campaign staff had committed criminal acts, yet the alleged crimes were rarely investigated and prosecuted. Some of those alleged to have committed the crimes during the 2006 elections continue to hold high office, Human Rights Watch said.”

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/30/preparing-polls-0

Locked Up Far Away: The Transfer of Immigrants to Remote Detention Centers in the United States

“This 88-page report presents new data analyzed for Human Rights Watch by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of Syracuse University. The data show that 53 percent of the 1.4 million transfers have taken place since 2006, and most occur between state and local jails that contract with the agency, known as ICE, to provide detention bed space. The report's findings are based on the new data and interviews with officials, immigration lawyers, detainees, and their family members.”

The full report is available to order or download from the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/12/02/locked-far-away-0

New UNHCR Working Papers:

The coping processes of adult refugees resettled in New Zealand, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 179 (UNHCR, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

Refugee resettlement, family separation and Australia's humanitarian programme, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 178 (UNHCR, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

States of exception: securitisation and irregular migration in the Mediterranean, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 177 (UNHCR, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

New Refugee Studies Centre Policy Brief

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford) has published its fourth Policy Briefing on “

Iraq

’s refugees – beyond tolerance”. This policy brief is written by Dr Philip Marfleet, Reader in Refugee Studies and Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Refugees, Migration and Belonging at the University of East London, and Dr Dawn Chatty, University of Oxford Reader in Anthropology and Forced Migration, and Deputy Director of the Refugee Studies Centre.

The policy brief considers the situation of displaced populations within

Iraq

's national borders and of communities of Iraqis living under difficult circumstances in a number of Middle Eastern states.

The paper suggests that despite military and policy discourses of renewed stability in

Iraq

, the crisis is far from over and that mass return is unlikely as long as security remains a key concern. It presents some key principles for consideration by policy makers in government, in migration agencies and in the humanitarian networks and

recommends that further research should be conducted on the scale, circumstances and patterns of movement of Iraqis within and beyond the Middle East.

Enquiries should be directed to rscpolicy@qeh.ox.ac.uk

The brief may be found at http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/pub_policy.html

New Reports from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC):

(1) Somalia: Political and security crises, access limits and donor cuts increasing IDP vulnerability. Read the Overview (html / pdf)

(2) Guatemala: Violence and inequality still blocking solutions for IDPs. Read the Overview (html / pdf)

(3) Timor-Leste: IDPs returning home, but to ongoing poverty and lack of access to basic services. Read the Overview (html / pdf).

Other Publications

Seeking Refuge? A Handbook for Asylum-Seeking Women (Rights of Women, Nov. 2009) [text]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-resources-on-women.html)

Women's Asylum News, no. 88 (Nov./Dec. 2009) [text via Refworld]

Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-resources-on-women.html)

What Does the Future Hold for the Millions of Iraqi Refugees and Displaced Persons? (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Nov. 2009) [text] Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-complex-emergenciesafrica.html

The Detention of Children in the Immigration System (UK House of Commons, Nov. 2009) [text]

Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-complex-emergenciesafrica.html

Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan: Exploitation of Migrant Workers, Protection Denied to Asylum Seekers and Refugees (International Federation for Human Rights, Oct. 2009) [text via Refworld] Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-complex-emergenciesafrica.html

Professional Standards for Protection Work: Carried Out by Humanitarian and Human Rights Actors in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence (ICRC, Oct. 2009) [text via ReliefWeb]. Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2009/12/publications-children-detention.html

The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture have just published a new report entitled “Justice Denied: The experiences of 100 torture surviving women of seeking justice and rehabilitation.” The full report (in PDF format), individual testimonies and a press release are available from the organisation’s website at: http://justice-denied.torturecare.org.uk/?dm_i=88R,2PYS,1DF157,8M8J,1

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence. A new publication produced by the International Organization for Migration, (IOM) and published in December 2009.
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/HHVU-7YJEA6?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ )

Climate Changed: People Displaced. A new report published by the Norwegian Refugee Council in December 2009.
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7YJGYC?OpenDocument

(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ )

Refugee Council - New Impact Report is now available online

“The Refugee Council’s new Impact Report for 2008/9 is now available on our website. Based on the theme ‘From protection to integration’, this year’s report features our sterling work in delivering the Refugee Integration and Employment Service (RIES) and showcases the full range of advice and support services that we deliver to our clients in our operations across the country. The report also features our policy and campaigns activities and our work with Refugee Community Organisations and volunteers. The last year has been a busy and successful one for the Refugee Council and we are looking forward to building on our recent achievements in the year ahead.”

Download the Impact report 2008/9

New City of Sanctuary film online

City of Sanctuary is a movement to make our towns and cities welcoming places for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. A new short film tells the story of City of Sanctuary so far, and shows some of the local groups that are helping to build a culture of welcome and hospitality. You can watch the 9 minute film online.
(Source: Refugee Council - )

Posted in: News.

Refugee Archive Newsletter (02 December 2009)

2009-12-02T08:49:00.000-08:00

Refugee Archive Newsletter

News and Media Stories

Iraq Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph (01/12/09): Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair asked for war plans to be prepared in June 2002

The Independent (01/12/09): I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair

The Independent (30/11/09): Ministers fear Iraq backlash will lose Labour the election

The Daily Telegraph (27/11/09): Iraq inquiry: war ‘not legitimate’, Sir Jeremy Greenstock tells inquiry

The Times (27/11/09): Blair may have ‘signed in blood’ to topple Saddam a year before war

The Independent (26/1109): Iraq: The inquiry cover-up that will keep us in the dark

The Independent (26/11/09): Officials knew WMD evidence was tainted

The Independent (26/11/09): Adrian Hamilton: The one thing Chilcot won't reveal is the truth

The Times (26/11/09): Blair 'knew Saddam did not have WMD before war started'

The Daily Telegraph (25/11/09): Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair told ‘days before invasion’ WMD had been dismantled

The Times (25/11/09): US ‘drumbeats’ about Iraq invasion were heard months before 9/11

The Independent (24/11/09): Iraq invasion discussed in 2001 – but was dismissed as illegal

The Daily Telegraph (24/11/09): Iraq inquiry: Britain rejected regime change as illegal in 2001

Swiss Minarets Vote

The Guardian (01/12/09): Letters: Swiss minarets and democracy

IRR News (30/11/09): Swiss poll crushes minarets

The Independent (30/11/09): Swiss voters back right-wing minaret ban

The Guardian (30/11/09): Swiss minarets: is EU following Arabs down path of self-pity and xenophobia?

The Guardian (30/11/09): Switzerland: Hatred beneath the harmony

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

Amnesty International (02/12/09): Victims of Peru Amazon violence deserve justice without discrimination

The Independent (02/12/09): Tamils on the road as Sri Lanka opens refugee camps

The Independent (02/12/09): 'Historic' ruling on secret evidence

The Guardian (01/12/09): Blow to home secretary as terror suspects win secret evidence case

Amnesty International (01/12/09): Sri Lankan government must permanently release all civilians

Refugee Council Poliblog (30/11/09): Two takes on Issues facing asylum seeking women...

UK Home Office Press Release (30/11/09) National identity card launched in Manchester

The Guardian (30/11/09): We need a gender-sensitive asylum system

The Observer (29/11/09): Detention of children at immigration 'prisons' attacked by MPs

Amnesty International (27/11/09): Commonwealth leaders must focus on Sri Lanka crisis

Refugee Council News (27/11/09): Safety of child asylum seekers given boost after court ruling

UK Home Office Press Release (27/11/09): Home Office minister welcomes increased Chinese cooperation to tackle serious crime and migration issues

The Guardian (27/11/09): Lady Scotland's ex-housekeeper charged with immigration offences

The Daily Telegraph (27/11/09): Hidden threat from al-Qaeda sleeper cells

BBC News (27/11/09): Khmer Rouge chief Duch stuns court with release bid

The Independent (27/11/09): Why Conservatives failed the test on Islamic schools

IRR News (26/11/09): Dickensian poverty in the twenty-first century

UK Home Office Press Release (26/11/09): Immigration and asylum statistics released

(Further details on Publications below).

The Guardian (26/11/09): Net migration falls by one-third

The Independent (26/11/09): Can a Muslim say happy Christmas to his friends?

ICRC News (25/11/09): Red Cross Red Crescent issues universal call to action to tackle today's humanitarian challenges

The Independent (25/11/09): Congolese 'warlords' deny slaughtering entire villages

The Guardian (24/11/09): The brutal truth of child detention

New Reports and Publications

Asylum Aid, the national independent charity who work with those seeking to flee human rights violations abroad, have issued a new report entitled `Every Single Woman.’ This is published under the banner of the Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum which, in the words of Asylum Aid, `calls on the UK Border Agency to commit to treating women seeking asylum with fairness, dignity and respect. This means creating a system which recognises the particular issues which cause women to seek asylum and understands their particular needs as women.’ Details of the new puiblication and the Charter can be found as follows:

i) Every Single Woman – campaigning brief (16p.)

ii) Every Single Woman – extended brief (26p.)

iii) Every Single Woman – Watch the Film.

iv) Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum – the Charter and accompanying website.

Further Information: 'We need a gender-sensitive asylum system' Debora Singer in The Guardian

Group Denial: Repression of Kurdish Political and Cultural Rights in Syria

Produced by Human Rights Watch

Available to read online and to order in hard copy at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/26/group-denial

Details from Human Rights Watch:

“This 63-page report documents the Syrian authorities' efforts to ban and disperse gatherings calling for Kurdish minority rights or celebrating Kurdish culture, as well as the detention of leading Kurdish political activists and their ill-treatment in custody. The repression of Kurds in Syria has greatly intensified following large-scale Kurdish demonstrations in March 2004. The report is based on interviews with 30 Kurdish activists recently released from prison, as well as 15 relatives of Kurdish activists still in jail. The Syrian government refused to reply to requests for information or meetings with Human Rights Watch.”

A Press Release is also available. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/26/syria-end-persecution-kurds

Amnesty International has recently published the following campaign digest on the violence and discrimination experience by women in Yemen:

Yemen’s dark side: Discrimination and violence against women and girls (campaign digest)

Index Number: MDE 31/014/2009 ; Date Published: 25 November 2009

Available online in PDF format at: Yemen’s dark side: Discrimination and violence against women and girls

A news brief is also available entitled `Yemeni women face violence and discrimination.'

The UK Home Office has recently published its Control of Immigration statistics for the Third Quarter of 2009. A direct link to the PDF is available by clicking on the title below, and further information is available from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics page at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html

Direct Link to PDF file: Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Third Quarter 2009

Still with the Home Office, the Refugee Council Poliblog posting on the 30^th November entitled `Two takes on Issues facing asylum seeking women...' (detailed above), refers to two recently published documents on dealing with violence against women. These have been published by the UK Home Office and the voluntary organisation Rights for Women, and full details of both will be detailed as follows:

1) Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: a Strategy (PDF file - 1mb - Warning: large file) Published by the Home Office who state that, ` This cross-government strategy sets out a range of actions for the police, councils, the NHS and other government departments across three key areas: prevention, provision and protection.” Additional annexes to the main report are also available: Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: Annexes to the Strategy (PDF file - 630kb) ; and an introduction to the report can be found on the Home Office web page entitled: ` Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: a Strategy.’

2) Seeking Refuge? A handbook for asylum-seeking women is a recently published handbook produced by the voluntary organisation Rights of Women, whose role is to work with women to help empower their legal rights. Further details of the organisation and information on their work and related resources can be found on their website at: http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/

Posted in News and Publications.

Refugee Archive Newsletter (02 December 2009)

2009-12-02T08:25:00.000-08:00

Refugee Archive Newsletter

News and Media Stories

Iraq Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph (01/12/09): Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair asked for war plans to be prepared in June 2002

The Independent (01/12/09): I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair

The Independent (30/11/09): Ministers fear Iraq backlash will lose Labour the election

The Daily Telegraph (27/11/09): Iraq inquiry: war ‘not legitimate’, Sir Jeremy Greenstock tells inquiry

The Times (27/11/09): Blair may have ‘signed in blood’ to topple Saddam a year before war

The Independent (26/1109): Iraq: The inquiry cover-up that will keep us in the dark

The Independent (26/11/09): Officials knew WMD evidence was tainted

The Independent (26/11/09): Adrian Hamilton: The one thing Chilcot won't reveal is the truth

The Times (26/11/09): Blair 'knew Saddam did not have WMD before war started'

The Daily Telegraph (25/11/09): Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair told ‘days before invasion’ WMD had been dismantled

The Times (25/11/09): US ‘drumbeats’ about Iraq invasion were heard months before 9/11

The Independent (24/11/09): Iraq invasion discussed in 2001 – but was dismissed as illegal

The Daily Telegraph (24/11/09): Iraq inquiry: Britain rejected regime change as illegal in 2001

Swiss Minarets Vote

The Guardian (01/12/09): Letters: Swiss minarets and democracy

IRR News (30/11/09): Swiss poll crushes minarets

The Independent (30/11/09): Swiss voters back right-wing minaret ban

The Guardian (30/11/09): Swiss minarets: is EU following Arabs down path of self-pity and xenophobia?

The Guardian (30/11/09): Switzerland: Hatred beneath the harmony

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

Amnesty International (02/12/09): Victims of Peru Amazon violence deserve justice without discrimination

The Independent (02/12/09): Tamils on the road as Sri Lanka opens refugee camps

The Independent (02/12/09): 'Historic' ruling on secret evidence

The Guardian (01/12/09): Blow to home secretary as terror suspects win secret evidence case

Amnesty International (01/12/09): Sri Lankan government must permanently release all civilians

Refugee Council Poliblog (30/11/09): Two takes on Issues facing asylum seeking women...

UK Home Office Press Release (30/11/09) National identity card launched in Manchester

The Guardian (30/11/09): We need a gender-sensitive asylum system

The Observer (29/11/09): Detention of children at immigration 'prisons' attacked by MPs

Amnesty International (27/11/09): Commonwealth leaders must focus on Sri Lanka crisis

Refugee Council News (27/11/09): Safety of child asylum seekers given boost after court ruling

UK Home Office Press Release (27/11/09): Home Office minister welcomes increased Chinese cooperation to tackle serious crime and migration issues

The Guardian (27/11/09): Lady Scotland's ex-housekeeper charged with immigration offences

The Daily Telegraph (27/11/09): Hidden threat from al-Qaeda sleeper cells

BBC News (27/11/09): Khmer Rouge chief Duch stuns court with release bid

The Independent (27/11/09): Why Conservatives failed the test on Islamic schools

IRR News (26/11/09): Dickensian poverty in the twenty-first century

UK Home Office Press Release (26/11/09): Immigration and asylum statistics released

(Further details on Publications below).

The Guardian (26/11/09): Net migration falls by one-third

The Independent (26/11/09): Can a Muslim say happy Christmas to his friends?

ICRC News (25/11/09): Red Cross Red Crescent issues universal call to action to tackle today's humanitarian challenges

The Independent (25/11/09): Congolese 'warlords' deny slaughtering entire villages

The Guardian (24/11/09): The brutal truth of child detention

New Reports and Publications

Asylum Aid, the national independent charity who work with those seeking to flee human rights violations abroad, have issued a new report entitled `Every Single Woman.’ This is published under the banner of the Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum which, in the words of Asylum Aid, `calls on the UK Border Agency to commit to treating women seeking asylum with fairness, dignity and respect. This means creating a system which recognises the particular issues which cause women to seek asylum and understands their particular needs as women.’ Details of the new puiblication and the Charter can be found as follows:

i) Every Single Woman – campaigning brief (16p.)

ii) Every Single Woman – extended brief (26p.)

iii) Every Single Woman – Watch the Film.

iv) Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum – the Charter and accompanying website.

Further Information: 'We need a gender-sensitive asylum system' Debora Singer in The Guardian

Group Denial: Repression of Kurdish Political and Cultural Rights in Syria

Produced by Human Rights Watch

Available to read online and to order in hard copy at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/26/group-denial

Details from Human Rights Watch:

A Press Release is also available. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/26/syria-end-persecution-kurds

Amnesty International has recently published the following campaign digest on the violence and discrimination experience by women in Yemen:

Yemen’s dark side: Discrimination and violence against women and girls (campaign digest)

Index Number: MDE 31/014/2009 ; Date Published: 25 November 2009

Available online in PDF format at: Yemen’s dark side: Discrimination and violence against women and girls

A news brief is also available entitled `Yemeni women face violence and discrimination.'

Posted in News and Publications.

Refugee Archives Newsletter (24/11/2009)

2009-11-24T02:58:00.000-08:00

Refugee Archive Newsletter

News and Media Stories

Australia and British Child Migrants

The Guardian (16/11/09): Gordon Brown to apologise to care home children sent to Australia and Canada

The Guardian (16/11/09): No harm in saying sorry

The Guardian (16/11/09): Kevin Rudd says sorry to Britons forcibly shipped to Australia as children

The Guardian (16/11/09): Brown to apologise to care home children sent to Australia and Canada

Other Refugee and Asylum Seeker News Stories

The Independent (24/11/09): The terrifying voyage of Burma's boat people

The Independent (24/11/09): Does this picture show British soldiers broke Geneva Conventions?

The Guardian (23/11/09): Who comes to the UK and where do Britons go?

The Observer (22/11/09): Michael Palin's hand of friendship gives asylum seekers a human face

The Independent (20/11/09): BNP signs its first non-white member... ... but he's only joined because he hates Muslims

IRR News (19/11/09): Calais migrants demand rights

The Guardian (19/11/09): UK lawyers fight to save nine-year-old boy from deportation to Iran

The Guardian (18/11/09): Councils 'lost' 145 child asylum seekers last year

The Guardian (18/11/09): Queen's speech 2009: draft immigration bill

The Times (18/11/09): Iraqis say British Army used Guantánamo interrogation methods

The Guardian (17/11/09 and originally published 17/11/1961): From the archive: Immigration Bill is 'anti-Commonwealth and anti-colour'

The Independent (17/11/09): Christopher Maume: 'The British National party is right about one thing: the country is filling up'

The Daily Telegraph (17/11/09): Terror suspects paid £600,000 for 'living costs'

BBC News (17/11/09):

Congo

gold 'still funding' rebels

Posted in News.

Refugee Archive Newsletter

2009-11-16T08:43:00.000-08:00

Refugee Archive Newsletter

News and Media Stories

Gordon Brown Immigration Speech

The Independent (13/11/09): Brown to get tough on student visas and foreign skilled workers

The Independent (13/11/09): Gordon Brown: New rules can make our immigration system tougher and fairer

The Guardian (12/11/09): Gordon Brown's immigration speech: what he said, and meant

The Guardian (12/11/09): Non-Europeans shut out from another 250,000 skilled jobs

The Guardian (12/11/09): Gordon Brown's immigration speech seen as first shot in election campaign

The Guardian (12/11/09): Gordon Brown to announce new migrant controls
The Guardian (11/11/09): Gordon Brown pledges new migrant limits

Australia and British Child Migrants

The Daily Telegraph (16/11/09): Australian PM Kevin Rudd issues apology to British child migrants
The Independent (16/11/09): After 50 years, the 'lost innocents' shipped from home win apology

The Daily Telegraph (14/11/09): Australia to say sorry to abused British child migrants

Other Refugee and Asylum Seeker News Stories

The Times (16/11/09): BNP leader to challenge Cabinet minister at general election

The Independent (16/11/09): Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again

The Guardian (12/11/09): The one-sided debate on asylum seekers

BBC News (12/11/09): African slavery apology 'needed'

IRR News (12/11/09): Cheryl Laws fights deportation

The Guardian (11/11/09): Citizens, do your civic duty

The Guardian (09/11/09): Welcome highlights British hypocrisy as well as French brutality

The Independent (09/11/09): Johnson: we need a debate on migration

The Independent (09/11/09): Leading article: The immigration debate we need

The Guardian (06/11/09): Is the British curry under threat?

The Daily Telegraph (06/11/09): Exeter is a lovely place for the BNP, says actress Emma Thompson

The Independent (06/11/09): Prosecutor arrives in Kenya on trail of war crimes

The Guardian (05/11/09): Disguising the detention of children

The Daily Telegraph (05/11/09): Radovan Karadzic trial delayed until March 2010

The Independent (05/11/09): Saved from the death squads: Darfuris given asylum in UK

The Guardian (05/11/09): British soldiers in Afghanistan helping to curb asylum seekers, claims minister

The Guardian (04/11/09): Why Johnson felt the need to say sorry

The Independent (04/11/09): Saved from the death squads: Darfuris given asylum in UK

The Independent (04/11/09): Zimbabwe to escape censure over abuses in diamond mines

New Reports and Publications

Two recent reports have recently been published by the mental health charity Mind charting the levels of support and provision of services available for refugees and asylum seekers. Further information on these two reports can be found on the Mind website at: http://www.mind.org.uk/news/2368_uk_puts_mental_health_of_refugees_and_asylum_seekers_at_risk

Alternatively, copies of the reports in PDF format are available via the links below:

A civilised society: mental health provision for refugees and asylum seekers in England and Wales

http://www.mind.org.uk/assets/0000/5695/refugee_report_2.pdf

(Source: IRR Weekly Digest 13 November)

Improving mental health support for refugee communities – an advocacy approach

http://www.mind.org.uk/assets/0000/5696/Refugee_Report_1.pdf

(Source: IRR Weekly Digest 13 November)

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Dr. Nik Mai of the Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET) at London Metropolitan University has recently published a research report entitled Migrant workers in the UK sex industry. This publication reports on the recent ESTC funded research led by Dr. Mai and further details can be found on the ISET website at: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/iset/projects/esrc-migrant-workers.cfm

The research report itself can be downloaded here: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/londonmet/fms/MRSite/Research/iset/Migrant%20Workers%20in%20the%20UK%20Sex%20Industry%20Policy-Relevant%20Findings2.pdf
(Source: ICAR Newsletter)

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A new report has been launched by the Welsh Assembly Government entitled “Refugees living in Wales: A survey of skills, experiences and barriers to inclusion” by Crawley, Heaven and Crimes, Tina, Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR), Swansea University
(Source: ICAR Newsletter)

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A report has been launched by the Innocenti Research Centre at UNICEF entitled “Children in Immigrant Families in Eight Affluent Countries: Their family, national and international context” by Hernandez, Donald J., Macartney, Suzanne et al.
A UK-based case study is also available, entitled: “The situation of children in immigrant families in the United Kingdom” by Crawley, Heaven. Innocenti Working Paper IWP-2009-18
(Source: ICAR Newsletter)

Posted in: News.

Refugee Archive Newsletter

2009-11-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

Refugee Archive Newsletter - Tuesday, 3 November 2009.

This newsletter is produced on a regular basis to help disseminate news and further information in relation to refugee and forced migration issues. The newsletter is produced by the Refugee Archives service at the University of East London.

News and Media Stories

Refugee and Asylum Seeker News Stories

The Times (03/11/09): Minister admits: we got it wrong on immigration

The Independent (03/11/09): We got it wrong on immigration, says Johnson

The Guardian (02/11/09): Alan Johnson: Labour has made mistakes on immigration

The Observer (01/11/09): Jim Goldberg: Open See

The Guardian (30/10/09): English tests for migrants will fail

The Guardian (30/11/09): Misery follows the 'jungle camp' raid

The Guardian (29/11/09): Protests greet plan to resume forced returns to Zimbabwe

The Guardian (29/10/09): Home Office offers failed asylum seekers cash to return to Zimbabwe

The New Statesman: Home is where the heartbreak is

Institute for Race Relations News (29/10/09): The new McCarthyism

The Daily Telegraph (29/10/09): BNP could be invited on Question Time yearly

The Daily Telegraph (29/10/09): Schools report 40,000 cases of racism a year

The Independent (29/10/09): Joan Smith: Make no mistake: sex trafficking is real

The Guardian (29/10/09): Asylum woes at the Home Office

Your Ashford News (28/10/09): Staff suspended at Millbank immigration centre

The Independent (28/10/09): Alaa Al-Aswany: When women are sinners in the eyes of extremists

The Guardian (26/10/09): Former Labour adviser denies immigration plot to undermine right

Child Trafficking

The Independent (03/11/09): Revealed: hidden misery of children trafficked to Britain

The Children’s Society (02/11/09): Professionals ‘missing opportunities’ to help hidden children exploited for sex and forced labour - See also the Hidden Children report detailed below.

BBC News: (02/11/09): UK detained 1,300 child migrants

Children and Young People Daily Bulletin (30/10/09): Child trafficking victims ignored by frontline workers

Radovan Karadzic

The Daily Telegraph (03/11/09): Radovan Karadzic regretted that not all Bosniam Muslims died at Srebrenica

The Times (28/10/09): Court hears Radovan Karadzic’s threats of Muslim slaughter

The Daily Telegraph (28/10/09): Radovan Karadzic wanted Bosnian Muslims wiped from the 'face of the earth'

The Independent (28/10/09): Caught by wiretap, Karadzic boasting about genocide plans

New Reports and Publications

Hidden Children – separated children at risk. A new report produced by The Children’s Society. Available online in PDF format on The Children’s Society website at:
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/resources/documents/media/18843_full.pdf

Posted in: News.

Refugee Archives New Accessions First Quarter 2009

2009-05-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

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)

2009-05-06T02:20:00.000-07:00

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.

A Selection of News Headlines (29/04/2009)

2009-04-29T03:45:00.000-07:00

Brown to unveil Afghan strategy (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo ex-rebel 'working with UN' (BBC News) - [text online]

Paris trial in Jewish murder case (BBC News) - [text online]

Blunkett seeks 'end to ID cards' (BBC News) - [text online]

Labour rebellion over treatment of retired Gurkhas grows (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UN accuses Sri Lanka of shelling civilian 'safe zone' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Justice for Gurkhas petition (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'to stop shelling' Tamil Tiger enclave (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Carshalton to Camp Cropper: nightmare trip of an innocent Iraqi (The Times) - [text online]

Scrap ID cards now, say Cabinet rebels (The Independent) - [text online]

Pakistan takes revenge for Taliban 'withdrawal sham' (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: The Sri Lankan government should show restraint (The Independent) - [text online]

Inside Yarl's Wood: Britain's shame over child detainees (The Independent) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to Children's Commissioner for England's report into the detention of children (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Reworking racism (Socialist Worker Online) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ministers face showdown over Gurkhas' right to settle in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Gordon Brown plays down Pakistan 'snub' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Children's commissioner hits at 'harmful' detention of youngsters in asylum removal centres (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR helps more than 10,000 Mauritanians return home (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR ups response in Sri Lanka, including second airlift (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR airlifts almost 3,000 tents to Colombo for displaced Sri Lankans (UNHCR) - [text online]

Latest in the fight to restore free healthcare for asylum seekers (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

Paraguay's Indigenous Peoples in peril (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Turkey fails to protect asylum-seekers (Amnesty International) - [text online]. See also - [full Amnesty report as a PDF file]

MAC advice on worker registration scheme accepted (Home Office) - [text online]

Keeping work restrictions for Eastern Europeans (Home Office) - [text online]

Contracts bring ID cards and more secure passports closer (Home Office) - [text online]

Border security agreement signed (Home Office) - [text online]

UK fight against human trafficking (Home Office) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (31/03/2009)

2009-03-31T07:42:00.000-07:00

Hundreds feared drowned off Libya (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge leader admits crimes (BBC News) - [text online]

Clinton urges Afghanistan unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Court hears Khmer Rouge testimony (BBC News) - [text online]

Torture inquiry reveals 15 new cases (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Leading article: In need of security – and a strategy to tackle the terror (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's 'shameful' failure to respond to UN calls for aid (The Independent) - [text online]

Australians do battle over the prefab huts of Pommy Town (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia: Situation Report No. 13, 20 - 27 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: OCHA Situation Report No. 3, 27 Mar 2009 - Expulsion of key NGOs from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hundreds of colleges refused permission to take overseas students (The Guardian) - [text online]

Who would want to be British? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Failed asylum seekers not entitled to free NHS treatment (The Guardian) - [text online]

Rock and a hard place (The Guardian) - [text online]

Tough new rules to target bogus education cheats (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Kenya: End Abuse and Neglect of Somali Refugees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Arab States: Press Sudan on Darfur Aid (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Escalating violence uproots tens of thousands of Central Africans, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency deplores deaths of hundreds bound for Europe off Libyan coast (UN News) - [text online]

Egyptian troops arrive in Darfur to boost African Union-UN force (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Food aid not reaching most vulnerable women, children (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Expulsions leave gaps in Three Areas, eastern region (IRIN News) - [text online]

ANGOLA-ZAMBIA: Refugees get cold feet (IRIN News) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (27/03/2009)

2009-03-27T05:52:00.000-07:00

Sarkozy outlines Congo peace plan (BBC News) - [text online]

UN urges Sudanese rethink on aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Mystery over Sudan 'air strike' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN in call for Sri Lanka 'pause' (BBC News) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed: Police are to investigate MI5 over torture allegations (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Police to investigate MI5 over Guantánamo torture claims (The Times) - [text online]

Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza (The Times) - [text online]

Police launch investigation of MI5 over torture claims (The Independent) - [text online]

The terror suspect, the agent, and 15 months of hell in a Moroccan jail (The Independent) - [text online]

Saad Rafiq Hariri: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon offers us a chance for recovery (The Independent) - [text online]

Women told: 'You have dishonoured your family, please kill yourself' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 18 - 24 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Gurkhas closer to decision on UK status after forcing new high court hearing (The Guardian) - [text online]

Spreading conflict in Central African Republic forces civilians into Chad (UNHCR) - [text online]

Thousands of Somalis continue to flee to north-eastern Kenya (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displacement in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

Mobile registration project for Colombian refugees in Ecuador (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR issues educational toolkit on asylum and migration in Europe (UNHCR) - [text online]

Identifying and filling critical gaps priority in Darfur aid effort – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

Information saves lives in humanitarian emergencies, UN official stresses (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi painters’ work showcased by UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Sudan: UN assists ex-combatants in north-south conflict to return to civilian life (UN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: Some 1,500 IDPs clash with police (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Thousands need aid to return home from Somaliland (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (26/03/2009)

2009-03-26T05:55:00.000-07:00

Sarkozy visits Congolese leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq inquiry set up 'after July' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'repulses Tigers' (BBC News) - [text online]

British-run orphanage in Bangladesh 'is Islamist training camp' (The Times) - [text online]

Pakistani region where the brutal Taleban have taken control (The Times) - [text online]

Iraq war inquiry will be held in private (The Independent) - [text online]

UK charity connected to 'terror camp' (The Independent) - [text online]

Survey shows few Angolan refugees wish to repatriate to Angola (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraqi artists in Syria get a rare chance to exhibit their work (UNHCR) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Fears for social stability as migrant workers return (IRIN News) - [text online]

SYRIA: Controversial training for Iraqi refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: conditions unstable for civilians trapped in conflict (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (25/03/2009).

2009-03-25T08:36:00.000-07:00

Joint Darfur aid warning issued (BBC News) - [text online]

Ruling due on terror detentions (BBC News) - [text online]

Rising threat of dirty bomb attack on UK, says Jacqui Smith (The Times) - [text online]

UK faces greater threat of 'dirty bomb' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 12, 16 - 22 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 11, 09 - 15 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq Humanitarian Update No.4, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Regional Update No. 7 - Cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhea Outbreaks in Southern Africa, 20 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 17 - 23 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

All's not fair in love and immigration (The Guardian) - [text online]

Another year, another immigration Bill (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Egypt / Sudan: Failed opportunity to enforce justice (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Establishing a Special Tribunal for Kenya and the Role of the International Criminal Court (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Bangladesh: Investigate Torture Allegations (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Unity government going nowhere slowly (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Lost aid expertise hard to replace - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]

Joint UN and Sudanese assessment of Darfur aid reveals critical gaps (UN News) - [text online]

Central African refugees continue fleeing into Chad, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Violence thwarts refugee return to Southern Sudan – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Countries in turmoil fuelling rise in asylum applications, finds UN report (UN News) - [text online]

Violence thwarts refugee return to Southern Sudan – UN (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in strife-torn east (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (24/03/2009)

2009-03-24T05:06:00.000-07:00

'Society must help' tackle terror (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera 'past its peak' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwandan found guilty of murders (BBC News) - [text online]

UN says Burma detention 'illegal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ministers spend £90,000 a day on 'soft schemes' to tackle extremism (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Chemical or nuclear attack threat 'more realistic' (The Independent) - [text online]

US tried to gag British man 'tortured' in Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

UN accuses troops of using boy, 11, as human shield (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese leader defies arrest warrant with trip to Eritrea (The Independent) - [text online]

Conflicts in Afghanistan and Somalia fuel increase in asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online] and [text online]

Insecurity in Southern Sudan affecting refugee returns (UNHCR) - [text online]

Provisional asylum statistics for industrialised countries (UNHCR) - [text online]. See also - www.unhcr.org/statistics

French Navy helps rescue boat people, but seven die in Aden accident (UNHCR) - [text online]

Refugees from Central African Republic continue to arrive in Chad (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps displaced families in northern Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

New counter terrorism strategy launched (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Survival package" for Southern children (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Thousands flee conflict-hit north (IRIN News) - [text online]

In Brief: Zimbabwe most at risk of unrest (IRIN News) - [text online]

At least seven dead in latest smuggling tragedy off Yemeni coast – UN (UN News) - [text online]

UN-AU peacekeeping force carries out anti-banditry patrols in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Leaders must put needs of Kosovo’s communities first, says top UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Stories (23/03/2009).

2009-03-23T09:59:00.000-07:00

Clerics warn against Bashir trip (BBC News) - [text online]

UN criticises Israelis over Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands getting terror training (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetan monks 'held after riot' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan 'extermination' as aid cut (BBC News) - [text online]

Nine held after deportation demo (BBC News) - [text online]

Nearly 100 Tibet monks held 'after police attack' (The Independent) - [text online]

Week of protest against detention centres (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Staff 'forced to spy on students' (Carrick Gazette) - [text online]

Indonesia: In search of durable solutions (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html / pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 11 - 17 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 10 - 16 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britain set to become most populous country in EU (The Guardian0 - [text online]

Fears of anti-immigrant feeling during recession may be misplaced (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migration adviser says companies should train UK staff (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ministers impose £50 levy on economic migrants to pay for public services (The Guardian) - [text online]

What are human rights? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees leave Jordan, Syria in first resettlement to Germany (UNHCR) - [text online]

Attacks by Hutu rebels causing displacement in Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

Morocco/Western Sahara: Irene Khan acknowledges positive steps and calls for more progress (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Serbia/Kosovo: Wounds still open 10 years after start of war over Kosovo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Iraq: civilians still facing hardship every day (ICRC) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to assist displaced persons leaving the conflict zone (ICRC) - [text online]

Would you want to talk about being raped in front of your child? (Refugee Council) - [text online

Britain’s biggest immigration removal centre opens (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Children, IDPs hardest hit by lack of water (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Hungry people are desperate people" (IRIN News) - [text online]

TIMOR-LESTE: Dili’s displaced face renewed delays (IRIN News) - [text online]

Impunity for rights abuses could derail Nepal's peace process, warns UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Racism denies fundamental right to equality, say top UN officials (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief official calls on Sudan to respect humanitarian aid agreements (UN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (16/03/2009).

2009-03-16T03:59:00.001-07:00

Majority 'want Iraq war inquiry' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqis 'more upbeat about future' (BBC News) - [text online]

EU peacekeeping handover in Chad (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia cuts migrant job intake (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands of girls mutilated in Britain (The Times) - [text online]

Man denies manslaughter of Arab student (Rye & Battle Observer) - [text online]

Union alleges foreign workers underpaid on power station project (Construction News) - [text online]

Terror suspect claims UK colluded in torture (The Independent) - [text online]

EU peacekeeping mission ends amid growing fears over Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor occupied Palestinian territory No. 34, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: OCHA Situation Report No. 2, 13 Mar 2009 - Expulsion of key NGOs from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Update: 01 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UK accused over asylum seekers left to live on $1 a day (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers: Britain's shadow people (The Guardian) - [video online]

Still Human Still Here exhibition (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

Headscarves: the wrong battle (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boris is right - open our borders (The Guardian) - [text online]

Who says sex workers want to be 'saved'? (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR and Pakistan sign new agreement on stay of Afghan refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Emergency transit centre in Romania sets precedent for other countries (UNHCR) - [text online]

Blue helmets take over from European force in Chad, Central African Republic (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: after ouster of aid groups, UN focuses on minimizing immediate risks (UN News) - [text online]

UN expert urges greater help for 26 million displaced people worldwide (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Limited scope to absorb more refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Individuals give NGOs more funds than donors (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: South preparing for possible influx from Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]

Posted in: News.

A Selection of News Headlines (13/03/2009).

2009-03-13T04:31:00.000-07:00

Binyam blames UK for mistreatment (BBC News) - [text online]

Guantanamo inmate joins Taleban (BBC News) - [text online]

Taleban chief released from Guantanamo to target British troops (The Times) - [text online]

Secret emails show Iraq dossier was 'sexed up' (The Independent) - [text online]

Witch hunt: Africa's hidden war on women (The Independent) - [text online]

Student facing 20 years in hell (The Independent) - [text online]

An exhibition of suitcases and sculptures about immigration and people who make journeys to change their lives (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: Indigenous Mass Displacement in Alto Baudó Situation Report No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 9, 01 - 07 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 04 - 10 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin No. 09 - 10, 27 Feb - 12 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Pakistan: NWFP Displacement Situation Report No. 18, 05 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: OCHA Monthly Situation Report Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 10, 02 - 08 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR to upgrade its mission in Myanmar (UNHCR) - [text online]

Former Liberian refugee seeks to help others adjust to life in US (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: 128 face execution in batches of 20 (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International to publish 2008 global death penalty statistics (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Human rights activists still face repression in the Middle East and North Africa (Amnesty International) - [text online]

UN refugee agency set to bolster aid work in Myanmar (UN News) - [text online]

Somalia committed to reconciliation, but hurdles ahead – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

NEPAL: Long-term IDPs still living in poverty (IRIN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Getting rid of the ghosts for returnees in Acholi (UN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Siniukai Madondo, "We were thinking when we came off the train we'd find jobs" (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Act II of xenophobia waiting in the wings (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Aid money almost too tight to mention (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (11/03/2009)

2009-03-11T04:22:00.000-07:00

Obama condemns Darfur expulsions (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali cabinet backs Sharia plan (BBC News) - [text online]

Malaysia cuts Bangladeshi visas (BBC News) - [text online]

UK team probes Bangladesh mutiny (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration crackdown cuts migrant workers by just 6,000, Home Office says (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Muslim anti-war protesters abuse troops (The Independent) - [text online]

Bloodbath at the Iraqi reconciliation summit (The Independent) - [text online]

China's Tibet is a 'hell on earth' says Dalai Lama (The Independent) - [text online]

Treat these children like children (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dining out in the 'mother country' (The Guardian) - [text online]. Aselection of photographs is alo available via The Guardian website - [click here]; and a the link to The Drum in Birmigham can be found here [The Drum].

Refugees add their footballing skills to Brazil’s rich soccer scene (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: ICRC activities in January 2009 (ICRC) - [text online]

Middle East and North Africa: More protection and guarantees needed for people defending human rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

New advertising contractor for Identity and Passport Service (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Darfur: UN-African peacekeepers shot, as concern grows over humanitarian aid (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: appeal to Rwandan fighters to return home is working, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza: situation at border crossings ‘intolerable,’ Ban says (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (10/03/2009)

2009-03-10T09:51:00.001-07:00

Tibetan people 'put through hell' (BBC News) - [text online]

Boos as Lebanon camp is rebuilt (BBC News) - [text online]

Palestinians launch unity talks (BBC News) - [text online]

UN criticises UK 'rendition role' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN condemns Britain's role in torture cases (The Independent) - [text online]

Tibet in grip of Chinese 'martial law' 50 years after rising (The Independent) - [text online]

Humanitarian crisis looms in Darfur, say aid workers (The Independent) - [text online]

Isabel Hilton: The world is no longer looking – but Tibet's plight isn't over (The Independent) - [text online]

Court to decide whether Afghan seeking asylum in UK is a boy aged 15 - or a man (The Guardian) - [text online]

London mayor renews migrant amnesty call (The Guardian) - [text online]

Illegal migrants by US state (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers in the UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

ONS in immigration row (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mandelson praises eastern European workers filling employment vacuum (The Guardian) - [text online]

Could an immigration amnesty be a good idea? (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Rwandan civilians return home (UNHCR) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 02 - 09 Mar 2009, 1700 hours (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Situation Report No. 1 - 08 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe No. 16, 06 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the ICRC is standing by the population of Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

China: Amnesty International calls on Chinese authorities to open Tibet (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: "Don’t Abuse the Displaced" (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Darfur: UN working to reverse expulsions while planning to fill vital aid gaps (UN News) - [text online]

AFRICA: The nettlesome question of aid (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: We will fill the aid gaps, government insists (IRIN News) - [text online]

CHAD: Aid groups on alert after NGO ouster from Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: One IDP camp in Mindanao closed but security remains a concern (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (09/02/2009)

2009-03-09T05:10:00.000-07:00

Sudan Islamist leader 'released' (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur rebels: we will topple President al-Bashir if the UN doesn't (The Times) - [text online]

Grieving Morgan Tsvangirai to return amid MDC fears of power grab (The Times) - [text online]

Campaigners will seek arrest of Islamic radical (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Crime by foreigners doubles in five years (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Former warlord to fight Karzai in Afghanistan polls (The Independent) - [text online]

Pakistan: The greatest threat (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraqi women: Facts & figures (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Boris maintains careful stance on migrant amnesties (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Why do I want to get to Britain? It has to be better than everything else' (The Observer) - [text online]

Foreign social workers to fill staff shortage (The Observer) - [text online]

France hails film drama of refugee's desperate swim across the Channel (The Observer) - [text online]

SUDAN: NGO expulsion to hit Darfur's displaced (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Children need more support in Gaza - UNICEF head (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Iraqi women suffering “silent emergency”, survey finds (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: The case against Bashir (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: The conflict in Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Southerners prefer diplomatic route (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Aid workers, peacekeepers watchful as president charged (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN mission reports calm as Sudanese President visits strife-torn Darfur region (UN News) - [text online]

Cost of violence against women 'beyond calculation,' warns UN chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN helps demobilize 880 children linked to armed groups in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudanese President for war crimes in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (07/03/2009)

2009-03-07T04:33:00.000-08:00

UN fails to agree on Sudan action (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza homes destruction 'wanton' (BBC News) - [text online]

Maliki makes reconciliation call (BBC News) - [text online]

UN pleads with Sudan over aid ban (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia ups aid for Rohingyas (BBC News) - [text online]

A million face starvation as Sudan shuts down (The Times) - [text online]

Darfur war crimes court orders arrest of President Omar al-Bashir (The Times) - [text online]

Briefing paper on the impact of the new citizenship provisions in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (Migrant Rights Network) - [text online]

Myanmar: Conflicts and human rights violations continue to cause displacement (IDMC) - [text online]

Rights and wrongs of rendition: MI5 consults 'ethical counsellor' (The Independent) - [text online]

Ministers 'fizzing' over early release of immigration data (The Independent) - [text online]

James Smith: Despots cannot hide, despite their threats (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 42, 16 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 25 Feb - 03 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 7/8, 14 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Joint UN North East Situation Monitoring Report ? Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 2 Issue 2, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New teaching materials on Black history (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Could Ireland join Schengen? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Statistics body playing politics, says minister (The Guardian) - [text online]

Behind the headlines (The Guardian) - [text online]

Statistics body 'playing politics' with immigration figures, minister says (The Guardian) - [text online]

Humanitarian concerns in Sudan, region (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR helps Colombian victims of sexual violence (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR reaffirms commitment to gender equality (UNHCR) - [text online]

Young Colombian refugees open up to hospital clowns (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sudan: Amnesty International calls for arrest of President al Bashir (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Kenya: top UN official calls for investigation of killing of human rights figure (UN News) - [text online]

Upsurge in attacks as militia group returns to North Kivu, UN agency reports (UN News) - [text online]

Expulsion of aid groups from Darfur will have wide impact, UN agencies warn (UJN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Merka IDPs virtually out of food (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (04/03/2009)

2009-03-04T03:08:00.001-08:00

Tense Sudan awaits court decision (BBC News) - [text online]

Minister 'appalled' by stats body (BBC News) - [text online]

Aid workers fear more violence planned as Sudan prepare for war crimes ruling (The Times) - [text online]

The Polish dream turns sour (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration system takes toll on arts (The Guardian) - [text online]

Monte Carlo rallies to help sick refugee children in Syria (UNHCR) - [text online]

China: Congress Should End Migrant Discrimination (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Libyan presidency of UN Council to focus on peacekeeping policy, Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

Over 40,000 displaced Somalis return to capital despite clashes, says UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (03/03/2009)

2009-03-03T09:24:00.001-08:00

Zimbabwe activist freed on bail (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh cuts mutiny death toll (BBC News) - [text online]

International donors pledge more than £3bn to help rebuild Gaza (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

US pledges to help stricken Gazans (The Independent) - [text online]

German car firm 'used hair from Auschwitz' (The Independent) - [text online]

Mark Seddon: The BNP is mining a rich seam in our former coalfields (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 24 February - 02 March 2009, 1700 hours (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN's Ban Ki-moon visits displaced Congolese in Kibati camp (UNHCR) - [text online]

MEDIA ADVISORY - ICC announcement regarding possible arrest warrant for Sudanese President: Amnesty International spokespeople (Amnesty International) - [text online]

USA: CIA tapes show need for full investigation into war on terror (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Prevention and victim assistance (ICRC) - [text online]

Secretary-General meets with female victims of DR Congo conflict (UN News) - [text online]

Peacekeepers will stay in Darfur even if Sudanese President indicted – UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: joint UN, African envoy meets with local authorities on security (UN News) - [text online]

In Brief: Thousands back in Mogadishu despite violence (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC-RWANDA: War against rebels "not over, despite troop withdrawal" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ASIA: Regional approach to Rohingya boat people (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (02/03/2009)

2009-03-02T05:42:00.001-08:00

Donors pledge aid to rebuild Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh manhunt for mutineers (BBC News) - [text online]

Rebels 'retake Congo positions' (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali migrants 'drown off Yemen' (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh 'takes back' Rohingyas (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwanda priest jailed for genocide (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma offers Rohingya return deal (BBC News) - [text online]

New Bangladesh graves discovered (BBC News) - [text online]

Mugabe vows to seize more farms (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror suspect controls face biggest challenge yet from law lords (The Times) - [text online]

New threats against white Zimbabwe farmers as Robert Mugabe celebrates 85th birthday (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Blair says Gaza crossings must be opened to assist rebuilding (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Blair's visit to Gaza opens a door that must not be closed (The Independent) - [text online]

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Why Muslims will not fight for freedom (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: Insecurity, uncertainty and suffering continue for civilians in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Cholera Update Situation Report No. 15, 27 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Humanitarian Update No.3 Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Challenging the Home Office (The Guardian) - [text online]

Apparently, I'm not British (The Guardian) - [text online]

Thousands of Somalis return to Mogadishu despite renewed fighting (UNHCR) - [text online]

More than 40,000 Somalis return to Mogadishu despite renewed fighting (UNHCR) - [text online]

Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Former ocean yachtsman puts refugee women in the picture (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the promise of a new day in North Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

Civilians increasingly at risk in Afghanistan (ICRC) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Displaced civilians traumatised (IRIN News) - [text online]

Relations between Rwanda and DR Congo focus of Ban's talks in Kigali (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (27/02/2009)

2009-02-27T02:32:00.000-08:00

Bangladesh mutineers 'arrested' (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo trial clears Serbia leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Palestinians pledge era of unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration is top issue for both Labour and Tory voters, YouGov poll shows (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' rebels found guilty of war crimes (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

We did hand over terror suspects for rendition, Hutton admits (The Independent) - [text online]

Tangled justice for Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Dhaka mutineers surrender but violence spreads (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 18 - 24 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Migrant impact on UK jobs and wages not harmful, says study (The Guardian) - [text online]

Poland's international commuters (The Guardian) - [text online]

Search begins for 2009 Nansen Refugee Award nominees (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR chief praises Australia's refugee resettlement services (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: the struggle to pick up the pieces (ICRC) - [text online]

The lastest statistics on immigration and asylum (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Germany: Headscarf Bans Violate Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: Despite guilty verdicts today, impunity is still the rule (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Kyrgyzstan: Tightening the screws on human rights activities? (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Accountability for civilian casualties needed before more troops arrive (Amnesty International) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Angolan refugee repatriation to re-start (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: The long journey home to Rwanda (IRIN News) - [text online]

SIERRA LEONE: “Forced marriage” conviction a first (IRIN News) - [text online]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Remote refugees pose logistical hurdle (IRIN News) - [text online]

In Brief: The ball is in Mugabe's court - Ban Ki-moon (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: IDPs in northwest battle cold, diseases and hunger (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: after last month’s flare-ups, relative calm returns, UN-African mission says (UN News) - [text online]

UN tribunal convicts five top Serbian officials of war crimes in Kosovo (UN News) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: UN-backed court convicts three rebel leaders for war crimes (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief lauds resettlement efforts made by Australia, New Zealand (UN News) - [text online]

UN assessment team calls for strengthening aid efforts in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (25/09/2009)

2009-02-25T03:03:00.001-08:00

Border guard mutiny in Bangladesh (BBC News) - [text online]

Nazi row bishop returns to the UK (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe teachers to end strike (BBC News) - [text online]

Call for Guatemala war justice (BBC News) - [text online]

Return gay man to UK, Smith told (BBC News) - [text online]

Jack Straw bans release of Iraq invasion minutes (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Met Police hit by claim it operated segregated vans for black and white officers (The Times) - [text online]

Holocaust-denial Bishop Richard Williamson takes flight to Britain as expulsion threat looms (The Times) - [text online]

Exclusive: Army is fighting British jihadists in Afghanistan (The Independent) - [text online]

One in nine people who live in UK born abroad (The Independent) - [text online]

Release of Iraq war minutes vetoed (The Independent) - [text online]

Guantanamo veteran stopped from attending reunion party (The Independent) - [text online]

East Europeans seeking work in UK down 47% (The Guardian) - [text online]

Public sector accused over low pay (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about violence in North Kivu as 3,000 people flee homes (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR official reviews needs assessment approach in Ecuador (UNHCR) - [text online]

Guatemala: Congress must approve law for National Search Commission for the Disappeared (Amnesty International) - [text online]

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

Gaza: UN agencies mete out cash for shelter (UN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka conflict curtails access to health care for tens of thousands, warns UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy urges halt to south Sudan fighting (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban welcomes commitment on prisoner release by Government, rebels (UN News) - [text online]

UN humanitarian official checks on cholera, food projects in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

Needs of displaced persons in Colombia must be met, top UN official says (UN News) - [text online]

Six people drown, 11 reported missing in smuggling off Yemeni coast – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Rwandan rebel attacks lead to more displacement in eastern DR Congo, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

INDONESIA: Aceh embraces Rohingya refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (24/02/2009)

2009-02-24T08:26:00.000-08:00

Call to relax Guantanamo regime (BBC News) - [text online]

Freed detainee 'happy to be home' (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel-Hamas arms embargo urged (BBC News) - [text online]

'Tortured' asylum seeker's plight (BBC News) - [text online]

100 white farmers targeted in Zimbabwe land grab (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Dutch anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders to screen Fitna film in Washington (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed, back from Guantánamo, presents Britain with a dilemma (The Times) - [text online]

Darfur rebel leader vows to topple President al-Bashir (The Times) - [text online]

‘I was victim of medieval torture,’ says freed Guantanamo detainee (The Independent) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed: ‘I wish I could say that it is all over, but it is not’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Mary Dejevsky: Citizenship, residency, and a question of fairness (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of eastern European migrants falls 40% as UK recession bites (The Guardian) - [text onlin e]

Abusing anti-terror laws (The Guardian) - [text online]

Anxiety rife as competition for foreign students hots up (The Guardian) - [text online]

New visa rules 'could damage higher education (The Guardian) - [text online]

DRC: Growing insecurity causing more displacement in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Six drown, 11 missing in latest smuggling mishap off Yemen coast (UNHCR) - [text online]

Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help (UNHCR) - [text online]

Somalia: ICRC warns of worsening humanitarian situation in central region (ICRC) - [text online]

Statistics on immigration and asylum released (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Colombia: Thousands of civilians punished for not participating in conflict (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Resettlement of Guantanamo Bay Detainees: Questions and Answers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Picket Trinity Rd Police Station (Bristol No Borders) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (23/02/2009).

2009-02-23T02:20:00.000-08:00

High-skilled foreign migrants entering Britain to halve, Jacqui Smith says (The Times) - [text online]

British intelligence officials 'colluded with torture' of UK citizens abroad (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

David Miliband under pressure over role of British spies in torture of terrorism suspects (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UK Poles return home (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

British Muslims 'providing Taliban with electronic devices for roadside bombs' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Coming home: the last Briton in Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Met no longer institutionally racist – Straw (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith seeks curbs on skilled migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Iraq faces a new war as tensions rise in north (The Independent) - [text online]

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: A depressing saga of secrets, lies and medieval horrors (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Renewed bloodshed shows peace remains elusive in Iraq (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo, Somalia conflicts make 350,000 new refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: NGOs call for a new strategy for displaced people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Foreign workers could be barred from entering UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Top artists battle visa clampdown (The Guardian) - [text online]

Binyamin Mohamed back in UK next week (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR supports the vulnerable with shelter in northern Uganda (UNHCR) - [text online]

Shedding new light on refugee women's safety in Bangladesh (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: ICRC activities in November and December 2008 (ICRC) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: "It's too risky to be an aid worker" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Remittances saved the country from collapse (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: African Union-UN blue helmets beef up patrols protecting displaced (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN envoy tells Rwandan Hutu militia to leave Congolese soil (UN News) - [text online]

Civil strife, peacemaking often tied to natural resources, UN report says (UN News) - [text online]

UN envoy awaits ''tangible'' outcomes from latest Myanmar visit (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe''s cholera crisis worsens as number of dead, infected climbs – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Global recession threatens human rights of poorest, warns UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (20/02/2009).

2009-02-20T03:52:00.000-08:00

Burma rights still 'challenging' (BBC News) - [text online]

Argentina expels Holocaust bishop (BBC News) - [text online]

Sweden accepts ex-Guantanamo man (BBC News) - [text online]

Peace on the Rocks: Susan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (Enough Project) - [text online]

Revealed: the full extent of Labour's curbs on civil liberties (The Independent) - [text online]

Deporting gay asylum-seeker 'was unlawful' (The Independent) - [text online]

Qatada wins £2,500 for illegal detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: The price of our civil liberties (The Independent) - [text online]

Qatada can be deported despite torture fears, law lords rule (The Independent) - [text online]

Europe opens covert talks with ‘blacklisted’ Hamas (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Slipping out of control (The Independent) - [text online]

Radical preacher Abu Qatada will 'stay in country' despite deportation order (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda: OCHA Situation Report No. 3 - Focus on Karamoja, Oct 2008 to Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 11 - 17 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza Situation Report No. 22 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin No. 07, 19 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Monthly Update - Jan/Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Foreign workers are the wrong target (The Guardian) - [Audio Online]

Civil rights groups defend Qatada payout (The Guardian) - [text online]

Here for now - but Jordan awaits (The Guardian) - [text online]

Home secretary signs Abu Qatada deportation order after law lords overturn torture ruling (The Guardian) - [text online]

The clash of fundamentals (The Guardian) - [text online]

Abu Qatada takes deportation fight to European court after law lords ruling (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Laughter erupted. I longed to join in' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Borders, citizenship and immigration bill (The Guardian) - [text online]

Passport anti-fraud measure comes to UK (HOme Office Press Release) - [text online]

International community fails to protect Darfur (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: AU and UN should immediately send human rights monitors (Amnesty International) - [Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UK: Law Lords Judgment Undermines Torture Ban (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (28/01/2009)

2009-01-28T02:29:00.000-08:00

Israeli jets target Gaza tunnels (BBC News) - [text online]

Sharia imposed at Somali MPs base (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma's 'abused Chin need help' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq minutes 'must be released' (BBC News) - [text online]

President Obama leads US drive to topple Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe (The Times) - [text online]

Hamas roadside bomb shakes fragile ceasefire with Israel (The Times) - [text online]

Minutes of the cabinet meeting that took us to war must be released (The Independent) - [text online]

Massacre in the Sri Lanka 'safe zone' (The Independent) - [text online]

Israel jets strike Gaza tunnels (The Independent) - [text online]

Israeli strikes leave Blair project with £140m repairs (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama reaches out to Iran with message to Muslims (The Independent) - [text online]

Gaza ceasefire strained as Mitchell flies in (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Israeli aircraft strike Gaza tunnels - residents said (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Great Lakes: Lord's Resistance Army number two plans to turn himself in (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR fears for safety of indigenous people in north-east Colombia (UNHCR) - [text online]

Congolese refugees flee to Sudan to escape Lord's Resistance Army (UNHCR) - [text online]

Universities and colleges warned - sign up now to new points system (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Major humanitarian crisis unfolding (ICRC) - [text online]

Israel/Gaza: International Investigation Essential (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Burma/India: End Abuses in Chin State (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Israel must allow full access for aid and supplies to rehabilitate Gaza – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: fighting continues for second day near headquarters of UN mission (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency calls on Kenya to stop forced return of Somali asylum-seekers (UN News) - [text online]

Second group of stranded Sudanese leave Iraq for Romania, reports UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Ban calls on world to fight Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism and bigotry (UN News) - [text online]

Colombia: growing UN concern as more indigenous flee violence (UN News) - [text online]

UN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

In Brief: International meeting on Gaza aid to be held in Qatar on 1 February (IRIN News) - [text online]

BURKINA FASO: Cutters turn razors on babies to evade FGM/C law (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Only US dollars can buy education (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: FGM falsely touted as a panacea for HIV (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN-UGANDA: Civilians flee LRA "revenge" attacks (IRIN News) - [text online]

JORDAN: Government adopts anti-human trafficking law (IRIN News) - [text online]

INDONESIA: Foreign remittances set to fall with global slowdown (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (27/01/2009)

2009-01-27T06:15:00.000-08:00

Zimbabwe parties 'agree timeline' (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo gorilla numbers growing (BBC News) - [text online]

Obama reaches out to Muslim world (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'securing coast' (BBC News) - [text online]

Freed Guantánamo prisoners taunt US as closure plan falls apart (The Times) - [text online]

EU divided over taking in detainees when terror camp closes (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition contests power-sharing claims (The Independent) - [text online]

On trial, the warlord ‘who led an army of child soldiers’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Dominic Lawson: When charities turn political, the BBC is right to tread warily (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Offer the hand of reconciliation (The Independent) - [text online]

Tom Sutcliffe: Will time ease the pain of the Holocaust? (The Independent) - [text online]

Donald Macintyre: An assault on the peace process (The Independent) - [text online]

Katherine Butler: So how do we know the aid stays in the right hands? (The Independent) - [text online]

Boat people: An international call to help thousands stranded around the world (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

China: Thousands displaced by quake in remote western area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.17 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field Update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator 24 - 26 Jan 2009 as of 17:00 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Quarterly Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Oct - Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 12 - 17 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudanese refugees evacuated from Iraq arrive in Romania (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR calls on Kenya to stop forcible return of Somali asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online]

Congolese refugees fleeing to South Sudan (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombia: Growing insecurity forcing indigenous flight in north-east (UNHCR) - [text online]

Spanish artists help fight malnutrition among African refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

TV News Footage: emergency aid alone cannot rebuild Gaza (ICRC) - [text online]

Colombia: Brazil ready to support ICRC humanitarian operation (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC calls for respect for civilians in North Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

Mass Migrant Breakout! - Italy (Bristol No Borders) - [text online]

Zimbabweans remind Gordon Brown to act (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to National Audit Office report on New Asylum Model (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Greece does EU's migration dirty work (The Guardian) - [text online]

The Gurkhas are friends indeed (The Guardian) - [text online]

Football transfers face test penalty (The Guardian) - [text online]

MPs fight to stop deportation of activist (The Guardian) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: UN says thousands of civilians at risk (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Warrap, Lakes states grappling with ethnic clashes (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Aid workers protest restricted access to Gaza (IRIN News) - [text online]

First-ever trial at International Criminal Court, on use of child soldiers, opens (UN News) - [text online]

UN experts express concern at length of custody for illegal migrants in Malta (UN News) - [text online]

UN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushing aid to hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka fighting (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Gazans remain homeless as UN again calls for aid access (UN News) - [text online]

Memory of Holocaust must spur action to combat genocide, stresses UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

Holocaust has vital lessons for today, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Raise voices for civilian protection (Refugees International) - [text online]

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A Selection of news Headlines (23/01/2009)

2009-01-23T04:31:00.000-08:00

Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Obama appoints key hotspot envoys (BBC News) - [text online]

UN awaits Thai reply on migrants (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza smugglers get back to work (BBC News) - [text online]

US envoy warns over Iraq pullout (BBC News) - [text online]

White working class 'losing out' (BBC News) - [text online]

Relighting the beacon: President Obama orders closure of Guantánamo (The Times) - [text online]

BBC scuppers TV fundraising appeal for Gaza victims (The Times) - [text online]

Obama ready to cut Karzai adrift (The Independent) - [text online]

Backlog swamps asylum system (The Independent) - [text online]

Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader (The Independent) - [text online]

Fatah fears Gaza conflict has put Hamas in the ascendancy (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama orders CIA to stop torturing terror suspects (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Gaza: the way forward? (The Independent) - [text online]

Impact of arbitrary detention under anti-terror laws (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

'Citizens for Sanctuary' (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe No. 10, 21 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 16 - 20 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 15 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum system not coping with backlog of cases, says watchdog (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned over humanitarian situation in Lampedusa, Italy (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: UNHCR fears military build-up could create massive displacement (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR's concern on conditions for boat people in Lampedusa reception centre (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Iraqi students achieve university dreams (UNHCR) - [text online]

Russia/Georgia: All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DRC: ICC’s First Trial Focuses on Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN assessing impact of Ugandan rebel violence on Congolese civilians (UN News) - [text online]

Human rights at heart of UN strategy to oppose terrorism, officials stress (UN News) - [text online]

Women essential to success of regional polls in Iraq, insists UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

MOZAMBIQUE: Government repatriates Zimbabwe sex workers (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Passport fees leave a population going nowhere (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Returning IDPs lack decent public services - NGOs (IRIN News) -[text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (22/01/2009)

2009-01-22T04:12:00.001-08:00

Obama 'set to close Guantanamo' (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo troops bar UN and aid staff (BBC News) - [text online]

Hunger strike for Zimbabwe change (BBC News) - [text online]

Islam film Dutch MP to be charged (BBC News) - [text online]

Hamas leader urges West to talk (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel to probe phosphorus claims (BBC News) - [text online]

Rohingya migrants want to return (BBC News) - [text online]

President Obama's first call 'was to President Abbas' (The Times) - [text online]

Young? British? Muslim? Listen Up! (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Smugglers back at work in tunnels beneath Gaza (The Independent) - [text online]

Dutch MP to be tried for views on Islam (The Independent) - [text online]

Mandela's wife calls for Mugabe to step down (The Independent) - [text online]

Deborah Orr: Obama is right to tread warily over Guantanamo Bay (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: So far, Obama's missed the point on Gaza... (The Independent) - [text online]

Patrick Cockburn: In Israel, detachment from reality is now the norm (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.15 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: NGOs call for immediate and unhindered access for aid organizations into Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Explainer: Identity cards (The Guardian) - [text online]

The migration front line (The Guardian) - [text online]

Netherlands signs accord to use UNHCR Refworld research tool (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: unexploded munitions a threat to civilians and humanitarian work (ICRC) - [text online]

EUROPE: HELP CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO: Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Intervene (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

US: Obama Expected to Order Guantanamo’s Closure (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Gaza Crisis: Regimes React with Routine Repression (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: End Detentions and Aid Restrictions (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: UNAMA raps new report by rights watchdog (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN expert on children welcomes US suspension of trials at Guantánamo (UN News) - [text online]

In wake of Gaza crisis, Ban urges ‘massive’ effort to resolve Arab-Israeli conflict (UN News) - [text online]

UN, African Union to ramp up deployment of peacekeepers in troubled Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN to embark on humanitarian assessment in post-conflict Gaza (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (21/01/2009)

2009-01-21T09:12:00.000-08:00

Obama plea stops Guantanamo trial (BBC News) - [text online]

UN demands flow of goods to Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza rebuild 'to cost billions' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwandan soldiers enter DR Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyan MPs to consider poll court (BBC News) - [text online]

Obama moves swiftly on Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Gaza: 'I watched an Israeli soldier shoot dead my two little girls' (The Independent) - [text online]

Dialogue with Hamas is only path to peace, urges novelist (The Independent) - [text online]

Guidance on Profiling Internally Displaced Persons (IDMC) - [text online - English version]

UNHCR seeks access to 126 Muslim Rohingya boat people in Thailand (UNHCR) - [text online]

US: Obama Calls for 120-Day Halt to Guantanamo Military Commissions (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

USA: Move to suspend military tribunals a positive first step (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DRC: Governments launching offensives against armed groups must take precautions to avoid civilian casualties (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Gaza: massive devastation calls for vast humanitarian effort (ICRC) - [text online]

DRC: Rwandan operation "not welcomed" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Displaced Gazans seek shelter from the cold (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Civilians suffer as Uganda takes on LRA (IRIN News) - [text online]

THAILAND: Government, Army to investigate claims of Rohingya abuse (IRIN News) - [text online]

Congolese displaced by Ugandan rebels to receive UN aid (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of news Headlines (20/01/2009).

2009-01-20T06:35:00.000-08:00

Gaza rebuild 'to cost billions' (BBC News) - [text online]

Crucial Zimbabwe talks collapse (BBC News) - [text online]

Sharia police block women's rally (BBC News) - [text online]

Wide rifts on show at Arab summit (BBC News) - [text online]

Scale of Gaza destruction emerges (BBC News) - [text online]

Bush shoe man in Swiss asylum bid (BBC News) - [text online]

Thailand to tackle migrant claims (BBC News) - [text online]

British Muslims 'went on reconnaissance' for July 7 attacks (The Times) - [text online]

Gaza was demolished in three weeks. Rebuilding it will take years (The Independent) - [text online]

Black staff sacked by Refugee Council win discrimination case (The Independent) - [text online]

Church may ban BNP members (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Should the charge of 'institutional racism' in the police no longer apply? (The Independent) - [text online]

Gazans return to mourn their dead and salvage their lives (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Posturing and laughter as victims rot (The Independent) - [text online]

Rafah, a landscape scarred by Israel's war (The Independent) - [text online]

'My daughters, they killed them': Doctor shows Israelis horror of war (The Independent) - [text online]

Hamas ceasefire brings uneasy peace to Gaza (The Independent) - [text online]

Capital divided by race is a symbol of Obama's task (The Independent) - [text online]

Untold stories lie buried in the rubble (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe: Talks are last chance for opposition (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Welcome but fragile, this ceasefire must be only a start (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: So, I asked the UN secretary general, isn't it time for a war crimes tribunal? (The Independent) - [text online]

Mary Dejevsky: My walk on the racial front line in DC (The Independent) - [text online]

British Jews attacked for pro-Gaza solidarity (The Independent) - [text online]

Footballers win exemption from English tests (The Independent) - [text online]

'British handcuffs, the handcuffs of freedom'By Jeremy Seabrook (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Missteps on the LRA in Uganda (Enough Project) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 39, 15 Dec2008 - 15 Jan 2009 (text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field Update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator 17 - 18 Jan 2009 as of 17:00 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.13 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UK Borders Act 2007 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Human Rights Act 1998 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (The Guardian) - [text online]

UK-Irish travellers to face passport checks (The Guardian) - [text online]

Thailand: UNHCR requests access to Rohingya boat people (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Continuing LRA rampage displaces more Congolese (UNHCR) - [text online]

Greece's infrastructure struggles to cope with mixed migration flow (UNHCR) - [text online]

Fifteen drown in Gulf of Aden amid surge in people smuggling to Yemen (UNHCR) - [text online]

Thailand: Stop systematic torture in southern counter-insurgency (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Gaza: Civilians continue to suffer despite hopes for imminent cease-fire (ICRC) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: massive displacement of civilians amid escalating conflict (ICRC) - [text online]

DR Congo: LRA Slaughters 620 in ‘Christmas Massacres’ (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Immigration legal aid lawyer of the year is a children’s immigration specialist (Refugee Council) - [text online]

SUDAN: Western Equatoria struggling with influx of refugees and IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ-SYRIA: Slow resettlement for Palestinian-Iraqi refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: UN warns of humanitarian catastrophe if Darfur fighting continues (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Rising concerns over thousands trapped in conflict areas (IRIN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe receives $5 million boost from UNICEF in fight against cholera outbreak (UN News) - [text online]

Envoy hails progress in UN-backed talks to halt violence in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

With 30,000 civilians at risk, UN urges halt to renewed clashes in South Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (14/01/2009)

2009-01-14T02:55:00.001-08:00

UN head set for talks on Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali joy as Ethiopians withdraw (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza crisis spills onto the web (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza: Israeli troops reveal ruthless tactics against Hamas (The Independent) - [text online]

Campsfield: 'Staff ignored suicide threat' (Oxford Mail) - [text online]

Olmert claims he told Bush to backtrack on UN ceasefire deal (The Independent) - [text online]

UN 'should take over control of Zimbabwe's health system' (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP links to immigration service staff (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about displaced Congolese and continuing LRA attacks (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: ICRC president demands greater respect for civilians and humanitarian workers (ICRC) - [text online]

UN Human Rights Council Approves Gaza Inquiry (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN official urges combatants in DR Congo to release child soldiers (UN News) - [text online]

Food aid convoy, traversing Sahara, will soon reach refugees in Chad – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Over 2,000 lives now lost to Zimbabwe’s worst ever cholera outbreak – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Ethiopian troops leave Somalia prompting UN call for calm and timely presidential poll (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Growing discontent in Southern Kordofan (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Lingering uncertainties over North-South truce (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Displaced families in dire need (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (13/01/2009)

2009-01-13T07:15:00.000-08:00

Ethiopia troops 'leave Mogadishu' (BBC News) - [text online]

Court hears of Bemba 'war crimes' (BBC News) - [text online]

Army pressures Tamil Tiger base (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza: Israel prepares 'iron fist' strike at Hamas (The Times) - [text online]

Long march of the black British soldier (The Independent) - [text online]

Muslim ministers warn of Gaza backlash (The Independent) - [text online]

Israeli cabinet divided over fresh Gaza surge (The Independent) - [text online]

Gaza clinics destroyed by raids (The Independent) - [text online]

Fares Akram: I rushed home in the ceasefire. Our baby's due tomorrow (The Independent) - [text online]

Biden visits Iraq amid wave of bomb attacks (The Independent) - [text online]

Warlord told his troops to 'traumatise and terrorise' (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama, Africa and Peace (Enough Project) - [text online]

Primark in storm over conditions at UK supplier (The Guardian) - [text online]

Immigration minister calls for changes in 'outdated' Geneva convention (The Guardian) - [text online]

A Sense of Belonging (The Guardian) - [text and images online]

From Belsen to Zimbabwe (The Guardian) - [text online]

Immigrants: the perfect recession scapegoat (The Guardian) - [text online]

OPT: 910 dead including 292 children, 4,250 injured, over 28,000 staying in 36 UNRWA emergency shelters in Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Balkans: The continuing struggle of Europe's forgotten refugees (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UN humanitarian fund gives USD 5m to help rising number of refugees in Kenya (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.9 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DRC: LRA attacks, killings and abductions on increase; thousands more fleeing (UNHCR) - [text online]

Protracted Refugee Situation: The continuing struggle of Europe's forgotten refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: Licensed to kill? (ODI) - [text online]

Gaza: ICRC strives to evacuate and treat the wounded despite limited access (ICRC) - [text online]

Israel: End Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis at Once (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Deprived and Endangered: Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Leading rights groups urge Obama to stop Guantánamo proceedings against child soldiers (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Effect of conflict on Gaza’s children ‘devastating,’ says UN rights monitoring body (UN News) - [text online]

UN fund allocates $5 million to help rising number of Somalis fleeing to Kenya (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza: UN official reports horrific hospital scenes of casualties (UN News) - [text online]

Parties at UN-backed DR Congo peace talks focus on joint cessation of hostilities (UN News) - [text online]

UN human rights body to send fact-finding mission to Gaza (UN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Ashkelon empties, trauma teams struggle (IRIN News) - [text online]

ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Ethiopian troops leave parts of Mogadishu (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: New year, same old problems (IRIN News) - [text online]

TOGO: Anti-trafficking law alters routes, not flow (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (12/01/2009).

2009-01-12T03:01:00.001-08:00

Israeli raids as reserves move in (BBC News) - [text online]

Islamist rebels clash in Somalia (BBC News) - [text online]

Eritrea group seeks human rights (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel reinforces army before ‘third phase’ of war in Gaza (The Times) - [text online]

Israel takes fighting into Gaza suburbs (The Independent) - [text online]

'Soon we'll have nowhere left to run. Nowhere in Gaza is safe' (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Gaza faces large-scale humanitarian crisis as military operation enters 3rd week - OCHA report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Tensions running high on the Egypt-Gaza border (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: WFP launches Operation Lifeline Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Cholera - Additional 300 cases, 12 deaths reported (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field Update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator 10 - 11 Jan 2009, 17:00 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

Would-be citizens face another year's wait (The Guardian) - [text online]

Top wheelchair athlete is facing deportation (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mediterranean Sea arrivals: UNHCR calls for access to protection (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: UNHCR concerned over deteriorating situation in east (UNHCR) - [text online]

More than 50,000 people used smugglers to cross Gulf of Aden last year (UNHCR) - [text online]

More than 50,000 people risked perilous Gulf of Aden crossing last year (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Builder from Benin volunteers to help UNHCR in Burundi (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: the challenge of reaching civilians in need (ICRC) - [text/audio online]

Failing Europe's Children (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ICC Hearing against Former Vice-President of DR Congo Jean-Pierre Bemba (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Briefing to the UN Security Council on the Situation in Chad and the Central African Republic (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Cambodia: 30 Years After Fall of the Khmer Rouge, Justice Still Elusive (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Gazans have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN agency launches 'Operation Lifeline Gaza' to feed thousands of hungry (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council resolution on Gaza (UN Pulse) - [text online]. The Full Resolution is also available here - [S/RES/1860 (2009)].

Refugee exodus across perilous Gulf of Aden soars by 70 per cent, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (10/01/2009)

2009-01-10T08:46:00.000-08:00

Gaza conflict enters third week (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants' (BBC News) - [text online]

Blair warning about Gaza radicals (BBC News) - [text online]

Poles call for anti-hate crime action (The Independent) - [text online]

Egypt: Stop Deporting Eritrean Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

South Africa: End Strain on Asylum System and Protect Zimbabweans (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.7 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Regional Update No. 3 - Cholera Outbreaks in South Africa, 09 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Q&A: Builder from Benin volunteers to help UNHCR in Burundi (UNHCR) - [text online]

More than 50,000 people risked perilous Gulf of Aden crossing last year (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: ICRC medics work on (ICRC) - [text online]

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2009-01-10T08:18:00.000-08:00

A Selection of News Stories (09/01/2009)

2009-01-09T02:38:00.000-08:00

Red Cross accuses Israel of 'unacceptable' conduct in Gaza (The Times) - [text online]

New immigration code does not fully protect children (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Remote controls against refugees (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

UN demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip (The Independent) - [text online]

Compensation clause in ID card contracts angers Tories (The Independent) - [text online]

Imran defends terror suspects (The Independent) - [text online]

Rocket attacks raise fear of second front for Israel (The Independent) - [text online]

Gaza under fire: Children found next to dead mothers (The Independent) - [text online]

Papal response: Vatican compares Gaza to Nazi camp (The Independent) - [text online]

Peru: Reparations begin but IDPs excluded (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.6 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 01 - 08 Jan 2009 (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe No. 09, 06 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

High Commissioner Guterres briefs Security Council on global protection challenges (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres briefs UN Security Council on protection challenges (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: life-saving ambulances must be given unrestricted access to the wounded (UCRC) - [text online]

USA: Amnesty International asks Barack Obama to set date for closing Guantánamo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN-backed Government-rebel talks making progress (UN News) - [text online]

Number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe climbs to nearly 36,000 – UN (UN News) - [text online]

More attention must be paid to underreported conflicts, says top UN refugee official (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council overwhelmingly calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (08/01/2009)

2009-01-08T02:27:00.000-08:00

Tories accuse DFID of trying to usurp powers of Foreign Office (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN-backed Government-rebel talks enter substantive phase (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: 'No military solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict', say speakers at UN Security Council (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Central/Eastern Africa: Nearly 11 million IDPs and refugees - OCHA (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: Small glimmer of hope for forgotten generations of Bhutanese refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.5 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 42 - 43, 20 Dec 2008 - 02 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 40 - 41, 06 - 19 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA regional update no. 2 - Cholera outbreaks in Southern Africa, 24 Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Lathering up success in South Sudan for just US$1,000 (UNHCR) - [text online]

Uprooted Pakistanis find home in ex-Afghan refugee village (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: Military tactics of both sides endangering civilians, says Amnesty International (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Gaza: ICRC demands urgent access to wounded as Israeli army fails to assist wounded Palestinians (ICRC) - [text online]

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

DRC-SUDAN: Fifty feared dead in rebel attack (IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN-backed Government-rebel talks enter substantive phase (UN News) - [text online]

Israel’s daily 3-hour truces in Gaza good first step, but not nearly enough, UN warns (UN News) - [text online]

Number of Bhutanese refugees resettled from Nepal last year tops 8,000 – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban welcomes US pledge to airlift supplies to UN-African Union force (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (07/01/2009)

2009-01-07T02:23:00.000-08:00

Pressure grows for Gaza ceasefire (BBC News) - [text online]

Ethiopia imposes aid agency curbs (BBC News) - [text online]

Cambodians mark end of Khmer rule (BBC News) - [text online]

China's holiday rush begins early (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel agrees to open corridor for relief aid after UN school is hit (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask (The Independent) - [text online]

Massacre of innocents as UN school is shelled (The Independent) - [text online]

Brown calls for international action over Gaza crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Humanitarian situation deteriorates as military operations reach deeper into Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Journalists and humanitarian workers at risk, Amnesty appeals to parties (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: IDPs in urgent need of aid after fresh attacks by LRA in north (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on UN schools in Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ethiopia imposes heavy restrictions on foreign-funded humanitarian groups (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Violence and lawlessness have driven much of the Somali population into destitution - ICRC boosts aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.4 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Humanitarian Update No. 3, Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 14 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Gaza: "The only conflict in the world in which people are not even allowed to flee" - High Commissioner Guterres (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: UN team reaches towns attacked by Lord's Resistance Army (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR visits Congolese towns attacked by Lord's Resistance Army (UNHCR) - [text online]

Amnesty International calls for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Government passes repressive new legislation (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Gaza: plight of civilians traumatic in 'full-blown humanitarian crisis' (ICRC) - [text online]

Letter from the Editor (Kakuma Free Press) - [text online]

ETHIOPIA: New law on charities passed despite objections (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Aid workers’ movements in Gaza severely restricted (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: "Too poor to escape the fighting" (IRIN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA: But is it really trafficking? (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council meets on Gaza fighting, Ban renews ceasefire call (UN News) - [text online]

UN reaches villages in north-eastern DR Congo attacked by Ugandan rebels (UN News) - [text online]

9.1 million people internally displaced in Central, East Africa, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Ban condemns ‘unacceptable’ Israeli strikes on UN schools in Gaza (UN News) - [text online]

Civilians wishing to flee Gaza must be permitted to do so, stresses UN refugee chief (UN News) - [text online]

Ban denounces ‘appalling atrocities’ by Ugandan rebels in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (06/01/2009)

2009-01-06T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children (The Times) - [text online]

Hamas takes fight to the streets of Gaza (The Independent) - [text online]

Two strikes, and another family lay buried in rubble (The Independent) - [text online]

Tunnels – the secret weapon for Hamas (The Independent) - [text online]

Detainee tries to kill himself (This is Oxford) - [text online]

Refugees find a home on the stage (The Herald) - [text online]

Australia opens off-shore detention centre for migrants (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Australia opens off-shore detention centre (The Times) - [text online]

Australia opens detention centre (BBC News) - [text online]

A random act of Christmas kindness (The Independent) - [text online]

'Lost' foreign children revealed (BBC News) - [text online]

Young refugees go missing from care (Leicester Mercury) - [text online]

Hundreds of immigrants land on Italian island (The Independent) - [text online]

Thousands more migrants reach Italy's shores (The Guardian) - [text online]

UK 'failing' victims of torture (BBC News) - [text online]

Housing conditions may breach human rights (Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture) - [text online]

White working class 'feels ignored on immigration' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

French U-turn as new Calais shelter for UK-bound immigrants opens after temperatures plunge (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Stardom beckons for high-rise grandmothers (The Herald) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.3 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

OPT: Humanitarian access increasingly difficult - UNOCHA report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: 'Security Council should live up to Charter responsibilities to end crisis' - Ban Ki-moon (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Angola shuts off border with DR Congo to avoid Ebola (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Fresh fighting displaces 80,000, urgent help needed (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Working-class values (The Guardian) - [text online]

Guterres urges adherence to humanitarian principles in Gaza conflict (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR chief urges adherence to humanitarian principles in Gaza conflict (UNHCR) - [text online]

Somalia: ICRC boosts aid (ICRC) - [text online]

Gaza: wounded people dying while waiting for ambulances (ICRC) - [text online]

UN Security Council must not fail civilians caught in Gaza conflict (Amnesty International) - [text online]

IRAQ: Budget cuts threaten IDP housing projects (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: It takes more than a law to stop the cut (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Urgent help needed for thousands displaced in Galgadud (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban meets with Arab ministers to secure Israel-Hamas ceasefire, to see Bush tomorrow (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: more rapid-response police join UN-African Union peacekeeping force (UN News) - [text online]

UN continues assisting displaced in volatile eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Fresh fighting uproots another 50,000 Somalis, compounding present crisis – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Top envoy to Sudan still misrepresented in Khartoum media, says UN mission (UN News) - [text online]

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