Kenya diplomatic push for peace (BBC News) - [text online]
Kenyans burn to death in church blaze (The Telegraph) - [text online]
80 children massacred in Kenyan church (The Independent) - [text online]
Battle to halt deportation of girl, 3, puts spotlight on UK asylum policy (The Independent) - [text online]
UNHCR programme provides shelter for 58,000 Burundian returnees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Kenya: Over 70,000 displaced by violence, roadblocks hindering assistance (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Burundi: NGO worker killed in targeted attack (ReliefWeb) - [test online]
Sudan: UN SG warns of critical gaps as joint UN-AU force takes over in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: Government to give financial aid to displaced in north (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
IRAQ-SYRIA: Starving to survive: Iraqi refugees resort to desperate measures (IRIN News) - [text online]
MIDDLE EAST: Interview with top Saudi UN official on humanitarian aid (IRIN News) - [text online]
Ban Ki-moon voices concern over violence in West Darfur between rebel group, Government (UN News) - [text online]
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Wednesday, 2 January 2008
News Stories (02/01/08)
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
News Stories (19/12/07)
Slave labour that shames America (The Independent) - [text online]
BNP faces inquiry for 'illegal activity' (The Independent) - [text online]
The exploited: 'You work so hard to end up earning hardly anything' (The Independent) - [text online]
Asylum protesters blockade offices (The Guardian) - [text online]
The politics of distraction (The Guardian) - [text online]
Watchdog criticises Heathrow detention facilities (The Guardian) - [text online]
Police called to disturbance at asylum centre (The Guardian) - [text online]
Protesters blockade immigration depots (The Guardian) - [text online]
Congolese refugees return home from Zambia by road and boat (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma launches fund-raising campaign (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR chief meets Congolese President Kabila (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Sudan: Protection of civilians - Learning from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Hell is…Life as an Aid Worker in Sudan, Part 2 (Refugees International WorldBridge Blog) - [text online]
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007
News Stories (18/12/07)
Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]
Heathrow detention 'inadequate' (BBC News) - [text online]
Rome 'umbrella killer' sentenced (BBC News) - [text online]
Planning shake-up of Gypsy sites (BBC News) - [text online]
Families told to pay bond for relatives to visit them in Britain (The Times) - [text online]
100,000 lose out to migrants in hunt for work (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
UK Guantanamo detainee near suicide after years of torture, doctors warn (The Independent) - [text online]
Illegal immigrant was working at front desk of Home Office (The Independent) - [text online]
Donor nations offer billions to boost Palestinian economy (The Independent) - [text online]
Home Office grants 19,000 asylum seekers permission to remain (The Guardian) - [text online]
Migrant workers curb wages and keep interest rates low to boost economic growth (The Guardian) - [text online]
Home Office guard was illegal immigrant (The Guardian) - [text online]
19,000 asylum-seekers are allowed to stay as ministers deny amnesty (The Times) - [text online]
UNHCR chief Guterres calls for end to North Kivu fighting (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Ethiopia-Sudan repatriation resumes with convoy of 610 people (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR issues ATM cards to 7,000 needy Iraqi families in Syria (UNHCR News) - [text online]
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OPT: UNICEF responding to the urgent needs of women and children (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Afghanistan: At the end of 2007, humanitarian actors operating under much tighter security restrictions (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
DR Congo: UN mission says recruitment of child soldiers is surging (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Taiwan Migrant Worker Rally - "I want my day off!!" (Global Voices Online) - [text online]
Democratic Republic of Congo: Transition Without Military Transformation (Refugees International) - [text online]
Common Conversation makes common sense for Leeds (Refugee Council) - [text online]
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Monday, 17 December 2007
News Stories (17/12/07)
Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]
African migrants drown off Yemen (BBC News) - [text online]
Darfur rebels 'win major victory' (BBC News) - [text online]
Paris hosts Mid-East donor talks (BBC News) - [text online]
Sweden denies Mogadishu conflict (BBC News) - [text online]
EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]
Romas and travellers fare worst in school exams (The Independent) - [text online]
English a minority language in 1,300 schools (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Row over payments to failed asylum seekers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
£1,000 bond planned for visits by overseas relatives (The Guardian) - [text online]
Universities fear massive cash loss (The Guardian) - [text online]
Belfast battles to halt deportations (The Guardian) - [text online]
'Sex slaves' win cash in landmark legal deal (The Guardian) - [text online]
Q&A: Why UNHCR cares about migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Colombian makes fountains to integrate in Brazil's Amazon zone (UNHCR News) - [text online]
More than 200 boat people feared drowned in separate incidents (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Surveys give valuable data on plight of Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Central Emergency Response Fund reaches 'important milestone in the history
of humanitarianism' (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: Research looks into lives of refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
New donors contribute to emergency fund (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Hell is…Life as an Aid Worker in Sudan, Part 1 (Refugees International Worldbridge Blog) - [text online]
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Friday, 14 December 2007
News Stories (14/12/07)
Chad sets date for kidnap trial (BBC News) - [text online]
Refugee chief visits Congo crisis (BBC News) - [text online]
Del Ponte leaves 'disappointed' (BBC News) - [text online]
Red Cross demands Mid-East action (BBC News) - [text online]
Asylum rules branded 'inhumane' (BBC News) - [text online]
1995: Bosnia peace accord ends three-year war (BBC News) - [text online]
Two-pronged attack on Smith's plan for 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]
Red Cross denounces Israel's curbs on Palestinians ahead of Blair conference (The Independent) - [text online]
'Find the fugitives', urges UN prosecutor as she steps down (The Independent) - [text online]
Baltic states braced for backlash by Russian minorities (The Independent) - [text online]
11,000 illegal migrants licensed to work as private security guards (The Guardian) - [text online]
Smith: 6,000 illegal immigrants worked in security industry (The Guardian) - [text online]
Brown risks losing trust over immigrants row, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]
Geneva dialogue supports coherent policy on refugees in migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Afghan minority seeks home in India (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR drivers pay heavy price in black week for UN refugee agency (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Condemning the unborn (IRR News) - [text online]
Evidence on assaults and abuse during deportation collected (IRR News) - [text online]
Kosovo debate to dominate EU summit (EU Observer) - [text online]
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Sudan: Humanitarian action still under fire in Darfur (Refugees International) - [text online]
Lahore immigration advisers and education agents hear how the British High Commission wishes to co-operate with them but learn with dismay about abolition of appeals and proposed further restrictions on marriage which would impact (Immigration Advisory Service) - [text online]
Some Iraqis returnees face uncertain lives (Los Angeles Times) - [text online]
Kosovo status talks failed to produce agreement, says report to Security Council (UN News) - [text online]
DRC: Concern over conscription of children, human rights abuses in North Kivu (IRIN News) - [text online]
World Disasters Report: tackling discrimination in disasters (Red Cross Red Crescent) - [text online]
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Thursday, 13 December 2007
News Stories (13/12/07)
Doctors Failing to diagnose HIV early in UK Africans (Wellcome Trust) - [text online]
General jailed for Sarajevo siege (BBC News) - [text online]
Afghan women make call for peace (BBC News) - [text online]
A miracle for Christmas (The Independent) - [text online]
Union challenges M&S on migrant workers (The Guardian) - [text online]
Resettlement referrals for Iraqi refugees top 20,000 this year (UNHCR News) - [text online]
For Iraqi refugees, a sense of community in the American west (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR calls on women leaders to empower female refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
EC allocates €50 million to alleviate plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Timor-Leste will need UN assistance for some time, says Security Council team (UN News) - [text online]
Darfur: UN envoy vows to build momentum in peace process (UN News) - [text online]
MPs to quiz Ministers on treatment of asylum seekers (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]
Immigration and America's Black Population (Docuticker) - [text online]
Race & Ethnicity in
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007
News Stories (12/12/07)
UN review after Algiers bombing (BBC News) - [text online]
Sudanese peace deal back on track (BBC News) - [text online]
General jailed for Sarajevo siege (BBC News) - [text online]
Spectre of civil war returns as al-Qaeda suicide bombings kill 67 (The Times) - [text online]
Britain's breach of honour over Iraq interpreters (The Times) - [text online]
One baby in five born to mothers who came from outside Britain (The Times) - [text online]
One in five babies born to migrants in UK (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Ex-CIA agent: We used torture and it worked (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]
Algerian bomb blasts linked to al-Qa'ida (The Independent) - [text online]
CIA waterboarding 'broke suspect after 35 seconds' (The Independent) - [text online]
UN agency seeks over $1 billion to assist millions of refugees worldwide (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Sudan: Violence and victimization after civilian disarmament - The case of Jonglei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: For returnees, a complex scenario; for displaced, a desperate one (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
US: Immigration Detention Practices Endanger Health, Life: Government Neglecting Healthcare Needs of Ill Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]
Departures of Myanmar refugees from Thailand top 20,000 mark (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Congolese refugees in Uganda prepare to move (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR chief condemns Algiers bombing; mourns dead (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR launches international dialogue on asylum and migration (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR's donors announce contributions of almost US$500 million for 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]
BURUNDI: Boost for returnees (IRIN News) - [text online]
More than $2 billion required for humanitarian, recovery projects in Sudan: UN (UN News) - [text online]
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