News Stories (31/01/08)

Kenya overshadows African summit (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya violence prompts US to review its aid (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights(The Independent) - [text online]

Family who fled torture in Kenya to be deported (The Independent) - [text online]

New police powers 'victimise minorities' (The Independent) - [text online]

Lebanon: The Winograd Report in full (The Independent) - [text online]

Suu Kyi critical of Burma junta talks (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR hands over camp infrastructure to Guinea government (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Voluntarily repatriation of Congolese hits 50,000 mark (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes draft Irish asylum bill (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Colombia: IDP Response Requires Greater Local Action and Accountability (Refugees International) - [text online]

Kenya: Camps overflow as post-election violence worsens (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Children increasingly suffering from the consequences of armed conflict - SRSG report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Security Council discusses latest violence engulfing Kenya (UN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General, Sudan agree to speed up deployment of peacekeeping force (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (30/01/08)

UK paying for 'migrant baby boom' (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya parties to begin mediation (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia apology to Aborigines (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma 'acting on child soldiers' (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkish MPs plan headscarf reform (BBC News) - [text online]

Egyptians host Gaza rivals talks (BBC News) - [text online]

UN fails to agree Gaza statement (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan women stage rare protest (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya stares into the abyss as post-election violence spirals out of control (The Times) - [text online]

Helicopters strafe Kenya's mobs as talks begin (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Nigerian family loses claim for review of asylum case (The Independent) - [text online]

Bradman keeps his place in Australian citizenship test (The Independent) - [text online]

Myanmar junta charges leading protesters (The Independent) - [text online]

Erdogan moves to ease ban on wearing of Muslim scarf (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR appeals for US$90 million to help internally displaced people (UNHCR News) - [text online]

First Mauritanian refugees return home after 20-year exile (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about latest violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Closure Situation Report, 29 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update nol 2, 21 - 28 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: UN reports sharp deterioration in security, humanitarian situation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Mauritania-Senegal: First refugees returning from Senegal get mixed welcome (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Child trafficking: UN SG report highlights risks to children in IDP and refugee camps, impact of armed conflict (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Rwanda: World must protect civilians from genocide, says Ban Ki-moon at genocide memorial (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Burma's government tightens its grip on international aid agencies (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraqi footballer refused work permit (Daily Express) - [text online]

NHS paying for migrant baby boom (Daily Express) - [text online]

DRC: Cautious welcome for Kivu peace deal (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Child recruitment continues in over one dozen countries, reports Ban Ki-moon (UN News) - [text online]

Kenya: UN reports sharp deterioration in security, humanitarian situation (UN News) - [text online]

In Rwanda, Ban Ki-moon says world must protect civilians from genocide (UN News) - [text online]

New UN exhibit pays tribute to those who rescued Jews during Holocaust (UN News) - [text online]

Independent Asylum Commission begins large scale citizens consultation (Refugee Council) - [text online]

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Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

News Stories (29/01/08)

MP's killing sparks Kenyan unrest (BBC News) - [text online]

EU launches Chad protection force (BBC News) - [text online]

New wave of violence spreads across Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya: 'They killed our people, so now we will do likewise. We are just revenging' (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenyan opposition MP shot dead (The Independent) - [text online]

French charity workers jailed and repatriated (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo clashes break ceasefire peace deal (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur: Time to Uphold the Arms Embargo (Refugees International) - [text online]

Myanmar: Karen refugees a long way from home (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Violence paralyses western towns as political crisis deepens (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Ceasefire broken, rebels and militia clash (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Gazan exodus to Egypt slows (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste Natural Disasters OCHA Situation Report No. 1 - 25 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 09 - 15 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

It's a long way from Myanmar for Karen refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hundreds flee armed raids in Central African Republic (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Soft Touch Britain (Daily Express) - [text online]

Parents of 'Fagin's children' in UK (Daily Express) - [text online]

Polish migrants living in Britain claiming £21m in child benefits for children left behind (Daily Mail) - [text online]

KENYA: IDP children falling through protection cracks (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN officials hold talks with Sudan on deployment of Darfur peacekeepers (UN News) - [text online]

UN genocide adviser urges end to violence in Kenya, sends staffer there (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Camps offer little refuge from rapes (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (28/01/08)

Police face riots in west Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt watches Gaza traffic go on (BBC News) - [text online]

Dozens die as broadcasts stoke Kenya tension (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Children for sale: UK's new slave trade (The Sunday Telegraph) - [text online]

Return to Fallujah (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers awaiting EU court ruling on detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Rift Valley clashes claim 19 lives as Annan makes moves to end crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

Thousands face 'forced evacuation' in Mozambique (The Independent) - [text online]

Turkey divided over headscarf ban decision (The Independent) - [text online]

Student protest halts family's deportation (The Guardian) - [text online]

Forced from the UK, dying in pain - still she thanks Britain's people (The Guardian) - [text online]

Judge attacks home secretary over unlawful detention (The Guardian) - [text online]

Q&A: UNHCR archivists manage more than 50 years of records (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes repatriation of Congolese in Republic of Congo (UNHCR News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNHCR cautiously welcomes North Kivu peace deal (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN refugee agency resumes cross-river repatriation from ROC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Senegal: Lack of basics blocks return of war-weary displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

CAR: First IDP site opens in Kabo as number of displaced continues to grow (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britain's top black police officer: 'We are struggling to cope with immigrant crime wave' (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Migrants send our crime rate soaring (Daily Express) - [text online]

Immigration `stretches police cash' (Daily Express) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Reasons to Hope (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to teach tolerance - Ban Ki-moon (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Defence ministry asks IDPs to evacuate former military base (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Nakuru residents join displaced camp in their own town as violence erupts (IRIN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (25/01/08)

Army detainee training 'flawed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt moves to seal Gaza border (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyan rivals meet face-to-face (BBC News) - [text online]

Western powers make Burma appeal (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo's independence 'in days' (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror detention plans unveiled (BBC News) - [text online]

The British have made matters worse, says Afghan President (The Times) - [text online]

Open border is Israel's chance to lose responsibility for Gaza, says minister (The Independent) - [text online]

Clash of cultures: the screaming minarets of Oxford (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office warns Smith on detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Netherlands braced for Muslim anger as politician releases 'anti-Islam' film (The Independent) - [text online]

Western demand drains Philippines of 85 per cent of its trained nurses (The Independent) - [text online]

Rivals in talks to end crisis in Kenya (The Independent) - [text online]

Farewell, Udach' Kuqax*a'a'ch, the last native speaker of Eyak (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR cautiously welcomes North Kivu peace deal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR reaches the neediest in Kenyan countryside (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenyan refugees in Uganda OCHA Situation Report No. 5 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Closure Situation Report, 18-24 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Revealed: How Romanian pickpocket gangs are building palaces back home on the back of child slaves (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Scandal of Britain's Romanian Gangsters (Daily Express) - [text online]

Human Rights Council calls for end to Israeli restrictions on Gaza Strip (UN News) - [text online]

NIGERIA: Poverty and poor education behind child trafficking - govt (IRIN News) - [text online]

SENEGAL: Lack of basics blocks return of war-weary displaced (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN agency relocates Kenyan refugees in Uganda (UN News) - [text online]

Resources for Health-related Research (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

UK: New Counterterrorism Bill Endangers Basic Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Rollercoaster ride on ESOL provision (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

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News Stories (24/01/08)

Kenyan crisis talks gather pace (BBC News) - [text online]

Eastern Congo peace deal signed (BBC News) - [text online]

UNDP 'exploited by North Korea' (BBC News) - [text online]

Pressure on Gaza's border mounts (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror law plans to be unveiled (BBC News) - [text online]

Freedom for Gaza (but for one day only) (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: A lesson in how to create Iraqi orphans. And then how to make life worse for them (The Independent) - [text online]

We won't force them back, say Egyptians (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai vows to keep up pressure on Mugabe regime (The Independent) - [text online]

Nepal: Security Council decides to extend UN mission for 6 months (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Militias reach "historic" peace deal (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nansen Award winner opens new hospital in Burundi (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Nicaragua interview 49 asylum seekers (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR relocates Kenyan refugees in Uganda (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Humanitarian situation in Gaza still difficult, says UN relief agency (UN News) - [text online]

Conditions worsen in Kenya with more than 1 dozen killed in past day – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Surge of bandit attacks jeopardizes food rations to Darfur – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

1.3m Poles arrived in Britain last year (Daily Express) - [text online]

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News Stories (23/01/08)

Britons' ID cards 'to be delayed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Gazans flood through Egypt border (BBBC News) - [text online]

Kenya sued over police 'crimes' (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Afghanistan: Severe winter conditions in western regions (Herat, Farah, Badghis, Ghor) OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Kenya post electoral violence ? covering 14 - 20 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 20, Jan 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Central African Republic: First IDP camp opens as number of displaced grows (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Electoral violence - Over 2,000 IDPs in medical camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: The displaced just want peace (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Displaced in Darfur - a generation of anger - Amnesty report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 1 - 31 Dec 2007UNHCR prepares to evacuate 300 urban refugees from Nairobi (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Trauma survey in Syria highlights suffering of Iraqi refugee (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR launches partnership with Spanish sports giant, FC Barcelona (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Threats force 2,000 Colombians to flee from countryside (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN voices concern as first camp opens for displaced Central Africans (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official spotlights spike in sexual violence during Kenyan crisis (UN News) - [text online]

1 in 5 Iraqi refugees in Syria suffered torture or violence back home – UN report (UN News) - [text online]

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