Refugee Archives Newsletter (24/11/2009)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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)

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]

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

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]

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

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]

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

'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]

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

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]

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

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]

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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