Report to the General Assembly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007. Source - UN General Assembly (ReliefWeb) - [text online].
INSARAG Guidelines and Methodology. Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Challenges and Suggestions for Enhancing Inter-Agency Contingency Planning: Report of the 1st Global Consultation of Contingency Planners in Humanitarian Agencies. Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements and Peace-Building.
Source - Brookings-
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Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International) - [text online]
Ten Ways to keep up with humanitarian news (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]
Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]
Health-related online resources (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Other News and Briefs
News Stories (15/11/07)
Extended terror limits proposed (BBC News) - [text online]
UN warning over Darfur mission (BBC News) - [text online]
UN envoy plans Burma prison talks (BBC News) - [text online]
Gordon Brown reveals 'Fortress Britain' plan (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Brown seeks all-party consensus on extending detention limit (The Independent) - [text online]
Deportation of Darfuris 'not unduly harsh' (The Independent) - [text online]
Mysterious world of a movement in exile (The Independent) - [text online]
Law lords back Home Office in Darfur appeal (The Guardian) - [text online]
Brown risks losing trust over immigrants row, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]
UNHCR signs cooperation accord with Americas nations (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR launches Christmas appeal for refugee kids (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Displaced Congolese return to Ituri with UNHCR help (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Top UNHCR official gets mixed impressions in Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
News Stories (14/11/07)
'10,000 illegal immigrants' work in security (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Smith accused of 'blunder and panic' (The Independent) - [text online]
Brown to unveil anti-terror plans (BBC News) - [text online]
UN envoy sees progress on Burma (BBC News) - [text online]
Migrant complaint policy shake-up (BBC News) - [text online]. Link to publications at: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/cac
'Blunder, panic and cover-up' (The Guardian) - [text online]
The trouble with the Home Office (The Guardian) - [text online]
How serious is the illegal security workers row? (The Guardian) - [text online]
UNHCR seeks urgent reunion of Chad children with families (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR sends aid to help displaced Somalis (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR signs accord for repatriation of Mauritanians (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Displaced Congolese flee fresh fighting near Goma (UNHCR News) - [text online]
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Campaign cuts malnutrition rates in Kenya refugee camps to lowest levels in years (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Global efforts to clear landmines by 2010 faltering, says UN-backed study (UN News) - [text online]
UN official urges greater support for global refugee operations (UN News Centre) - [text online]
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
News Stories (13/11/07)
Nato urged to end Afghan transfer (BBC News) - [text online]
Zimbabwean dies queuing for visa (BBC News) - [text online]
UN calls for Burma reconciliation (BBC News) - [text online]
Egypt 'denies minority beliefs' (BBC News) - [text online]
Dromey: politicians are 'demonising' migrants (The Independent) - [text online]
Starved to death: migrant's tragic story highlights plight of Zimbabwean refugees (The Independent) - [text online]
Khmer Rouge minister and his wife to face genocide charges (The Independent) - [text online]
Holocaust train sets off to tell the story of Auschwitz (The Independent) - [text online]
Smith to brief MPs over illegal workers row (The Guardian) - [text online]
UNHCR rushes supplies to fire-gutted camp in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR and partners battle cholera in North Kivu camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Zimbabwe: EU to scale up aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Somalia: UN, NGOs to share views on addressing current situation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: Refugees forced home as funds dry up (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Too many states not on course to meet clearance deadlines - Landmine
Monitor 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Monday, 12 November 2007
Conferences, Publications and Other News
Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: List of new online publications available at: http://fm-pubs.blogspot.com/
Publications listed include:
Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid, Oct. 2007) [text]
Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, Nov. 2007) [text]
Other Publications of Note:
Refugee Heritage Project - Report on the London Museums Hub Project to record refugee heritage 2004-2006: available online via the MLA web site at: http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/renaissance/index.cfm?NavigationID=364
Conference News:
Details of the following conferences have been found on the Welcome To Your Library Email list:
http://www.lga.gov.uk/Event.asp?lsection=46&id=SXB7C6-A7846A72
Older Refugees: from isolation to integration
Wed 09 Jan 2008, City Hall, London
This conference will focus on the issues, challenges and service needs of older refugees and asylum-seekers, concluding the Older Refugees Programme - a 2-year initiative, funded by Lloyds TSB, between Age Concern England, the Refugee Council, Age Concern London and the Greater London Association of Older Women (AGLOW). To register your interest in attending this conference, please email refugees@ace.org.uk or call 020 8765 7523.
http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Events/RefugeeMuseums.htm
These issues significantly affect museums’ policy and approaches: participation, curatorial decisions, collecting strategies, partnerships, approaches to programming, as well as shared decision making in collaborative exhibitions and public events. See weblink above for the questions that the conference will seek to address and further details.
Other News
Migration Bibliography: Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Consortium have created a new section on their website providing links to reports and research relating to new migrants in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Further details can be found on the web site at: http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=2&id=54
Asylum Aid: have recently launched their new and updated web site and this can be found at: http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/index.php
News Stories (12/11/07)
5,000 illegal workers in security (BBC News) - [text online]
Talks fail to end Sudan stand-off (BBC News) - [text online]
Somalis flee Mogadishu fighting (BBC News) - [text online]
Terror detention 'longest' in UK (BBC News) - [text online]
UN rights envoy enters Burma (The Independent) - [text online]
Imagine: a shortage of Polish plumbers (The Guardian) - [text online]
Thousands of illegal migrants in security jobs (The Guardian) - [text online]
Facing deportation - over 87p an hour (The Guardian) - [text online]
Last family leaves camp for displaced in Kosovo (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Conditions deteriorate for 2,000 Palestinians stuck at Iraq-Syria border - [text online]
Iraq: Landmine Impact Survey 2004 - 2006 (Reliefweb) - [text online]
United States humanitarian assistance for displaced Iraqis (Reliefweb) - [text online]
Situation remains unstable for Palestinian refugees at the Iraq-Syria
border (Reliefweb) - [text online]
DRC: UNHCR has stepped up its efforts to combat cholera in North Kivu camps (Reliefweb) - [text online]
UN TRIES TO RESETTLE PALESTINIANS TRAPPED IN REFUGEE CAMPS ON IRAQI-SYRIAN BORDER (UN News) - [text online]
Friday, 9 November 2007
News Stories (09/11/07)
Sudan defends expulsion of UN man (BBC News) - [text online]
Massage adverts to be withdrawn - sex trafficking (BBC News) - [text online]
Refugee child rights action urged (BBC News) - [text online]
Sri Lanka in false UK visa report (BBC News ) - [text online]
Slave's son who inspired the Chartists gets credit at last (The Independent) - [text online]
Cost of biometric passport 'over £100' (The Independent) - [text online]
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Poland's growth will draw migrants home, says bank (The Guardian) - [text online]
Last family leaves camp for displaced in Kosovo (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR fits Malawi's refugees into one camp (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR picks up Freedom Award for its global work (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Top UNHCR official in Sudan to review operations (UNHCR News) - [text online]
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