News Stories (18/03/08)

China blames Dalai Lama for riots (BBC News) - [text online]

Trial of Chinese activist begins (BBC News) - [text online]

Ukrainian officer dies in Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqi asylum seeker numbers jump (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetan prisoners are paraded on trucks as China tightens its grip (BBC News) - [text online]

China crackdown silences Tibet protests (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UN and Nato forces attacked in Kosovo (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Gordon Brown's pragmatic war on terror (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

China prepares for crackdown by clearing Tibetan capital of witnesses (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of Iraqis claiming asylum in Europe doubles (The Independent) - [text online]

Dozens hurt as Serbs go on rampage in Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Chaos in Iraq sparks surge in EU asylum applications (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi crisis fuels rise in asylum seekers in industrialised world (UNHCR Briefing Paper) - [text online]. The full report is also available online at: "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, 2007."

Iraqi crisis fuels rise in asylum seekers in industrialized world (UNHCR News) - [text online]

One Macedonian town's waste is refugees' livelihood (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to Lord Goldsmith's citizenship review (Refugee Council) - [text online]

4 out of 10 of the asylum seekers seeking our help are destitute, say refugee agencies (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Bail system 'not set up to get a fair hearing' says Refugee Council (Refugee Council) - [text online]

House of Lords publishes Enquiry into Frontex (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Support withdrawn from 1400 Iraqis following Home Office announcement (Refugee Council) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : CERF Newsletter March 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 29 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Millions struggle to cope with the impact of five years of war (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenyan Elections inquiry commission to be inaugurated (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN and African Union envoys begin informal consultations with Darfur partners (UN News) - [text online]

MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: Fears of lack of preparation abate as refugee returns escalate (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security still ‘major constraint’ in Afghanistan relief efforts – UN official (UN News) - [text online]

MAURITANIA: "We are happy to welcome back our brothers and sisters" (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Tension high as hundreds flee clash-torn Laikipia (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Human Rights Watch urges inquiry into post-election violence (IRIN 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 (17/03/08)

In pictures: East Timor's displaced (BBC News) - [text online]

China denies Tibet death reports (BBC News) - [text online]

Bleak picture of Iraq conditions (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya poll violence 'was planned' (BBC News) - [text online]

Milosevic allies trial to begin (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad rebels dismiss peace accord (BBC News) - [text online]

Dalai Lama condemns China's 'cultural genocide' of Tibet (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Surrender by midnight or pay the penalty, China tells rioters in Tibet (The Times) - [text online]

Dalai Lama attacks 'cultural genocide' (The Independent) - [text online]

Warlords turn to ivory trade to fund slaughter of humans (The Independent) - [text online]

EU boycotts China oil firm over funding of Darfur regime (The Independent) - [text online]#

Class issues are far from black and white (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Recommendations to the humanitarian community about how best to mitigate the ongoing risks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR transfers more than 1,300 refugees from Chad border to camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Mauritania repatriation operation picks up with second convoy (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR steps up voluntary repatriation to Southern Sudan (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Chad / Darfur / Cameroon / Central African Republic displacement (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

New UNHCR field office in northern Ecuador (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Senegal: Voluntary repatriation of Mauritanian refugees (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

China: Restrain Forces From Violently Attacking Protesters in Tibet (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Support withdrawn from 1400 Iraqis following Home Office announcement (Refugee Council) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Spreading the news to IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

Mexico: despite progress, much remains to be done for migrants, says UN rights expert (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi NGOs receive funding boost from UN to launch electoral education campaign (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Compounds for IDPs should not be a permanent solution, officials warn (IRIN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN report on rights violations says violent attacks in decline (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency steps up pace of refugee returns to southern Sudan (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 (14/03/08)

Troops 'seal Tibet monasteries' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan and Chad strike peace deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Taylor 'made rebels eat enemies' (BBC News) - [text online]

Yemeni describes CIA secret jails (BBC News) - [text online]

India to hold Tibetans two weeks (BBC News) - [text online]

Flexible immigration policy call (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibet monks attempt suicide as China intensifies siege (The Times) - [text online]

Iraqi interpreters and families prepare for new lives in Britain (The Times) - [text online]


John McCain: Early US pull-out from Iraq will cause 'genocide' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Victory for Kazemi as Home Secretary halts deportation to Iran (The Independent) - [text online]

China admits sending in troops to quell Tibetan monk demos (The Independent) - [text online]

Manacled, starved, beaten: a rendition victim's story (The Independent) - [text online]

Hanging horror of immigrant (The Huddersfield Daily Examiner) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 10, 05 - 12 March 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Deportation order on gay Iranian to be reviewed (The Guardian) - [text online]

Aid workers struggle to deal with influx from Central African Republic (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Cash grants help Burundian returnees rebuild their lives (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Perspectives from Afar (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

Eastern Chad under severe humanitarian strain, UN official says (UN News) - [text online]

Displaced Kenyans reluctant to return home, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Rwandan armed groups in eastern DR Congo must surrender – Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

African Union, UN envoys to hold consultations to spark Darfur peace process (UN News) - [text online]

CHAD: A semblance of education for a displaced child (IRIN News) - [text online]

Hollywood humanitarians assist critical UN air operations in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Commitment to CPA at critical stage" (IRIN News) - [text online]

GHANA-LIBERIA: Refugees protest repatriation (IRIN News) - [text online]

Somalia: "Neglected" conflict displaces 20,000 every month (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Lack of access severely constrains humanitarian assessments (ReliefWeb) - [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 (13/03/08)

Peers lobby Smith to halt deportation of gay Iranian (The Independent) - [text online]

Balkans: 'Kosovo shall remain a part of Serbia forever' - foreign minister (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: IDPs being neglected by government, say aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Humanitarian action in Iraq: Putting the pieces together - ODI-HPG (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Reconciliation key to returning home, say IDPs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Mogadishu's IDPs receive shelter - NRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

'The treatment is humiliating' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi asylum seekers given deadline to go home or face destitution in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugees in PNG travel the road to self-reliance (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Border policing strengthened (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

Burundi: Investigate Attacks on Opposition (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

4 out of 10 of the asylum seekers seeking our help are destitute, say refugee agencies (Refugee Council) - [text online]. The full report by the Refugee Council et al is also available online - [download report here].

Refugee Council repsonse to Lord Goldsmith's citizenship review (Refugee Council) - [text online]. The report can also be viewed online at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/reviews/citizenship.htm

Burma: Meeting Humanitarian Needs (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

China: Beijing’s Migrant Construction Workers Abused (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

BURUNDI: Returning home after 35 years (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: UN Secretary-General warns of threats to "still fragile" country (UN News) - [text online]

Uganda defies war crimes court over indictments (The Guardian) - [text online]

Sudan warns west of 'Iraq-style disaster' in Darfur (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon attends ‘mini-summit’ on Sudanese-Chadian relations (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 (12/03/08)

Croats in Hague war crimes trial (BBC News) - [text online]

Gay Iranian man loses asylum plea (BBC News) - [text online]

Scots lead rebellion against oath of allegiance (The Times) - [text online]

Darfur's return to hell (The Independent) - [text online]

Gay teenager faces return to Iran after Dutch ruling (The Independent) - [text online]

Pupils 'to take oath of allegiance' in drive to boost national pride (The Independent) - [text online]

Funding crisis threatens Khmer Rouge trials (The Independent) - [text online]

Anger over 'racist eviction' of Aboriginals from hostel (The Independent) - [text online]

Croatian general accused of ethnic cleansing against Serbs goes on trial (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR begins programme to resolve situation of 1972 Burundian refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Old men keep the ghosts at bay in Colombian village (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Vulnerable refugees from Bhutan spearhead resettlement from Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Text messages spotlight abuse of Congolese refugee women (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The registration of refugees in Zambia passes another milestone (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR moves vulnerable Sudanese refugees to inland Chad camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

International Women's Day Q&A: Serving the cause of Congolese women (UNHCR News) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR launches handbook for protection of women (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Pervez's brother comes to Paris to press for release (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants vanish after police put them on train (The Guardian) - [text online]

EU told to prepare for flood of climate change migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

£15,000 for asylum seeker illegally detained in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant workers in Northern Ireland too easy to exploit, claim unions (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 20 - 26 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 09, 02 - 08 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Update Feb 2008: Vol 2, Issue 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 7 - 3 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 10 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News 25 Feb - 2 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN Security Council urges continued action on Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Hundreds flee, several dead in army offensive (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Kivu peace deal failing to deliver (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Concern over worsening humanitarian situation - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bail system 'not set up to get a fair hearing' says Refugee Council (Refugee Council) - [text online]

House of Lords publishes Enquiry into Frontex (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon fulfils pledge of $10,000 to assist survivors in Rwanda (UN News) - [text online]

UN and partners pinpoint unmet humanitarian needs in Liberia (UN News) - [text online]

UN unveils handbook for civil-military coordination in humanitarian crises (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official urges pressure on Darfur combatants to lay down arms (UN News) - [text online]

Former Bosnian Croat leaders refused temporary leave by UN war crimes tribunal (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 (04/03/08)

Government ponders Zimbabwe ban (BBC News) - [text online]

S Lanka finds boat migrants dead (BBC News) - [text online]

Romanian family's home attacked (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant children more likely to be bullied (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum stories behind the headlines (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugee Council supports report from the Children's Commissioner (Refugee Council) - [text online]. Press release from the Children's Commissioner and a link to the full report is also available online - [click here].

Refugee Council responds to latest asylum statistics (Refugee Council) - [text online]

BIA Stats review (Refugee Council) - [text online]. Link to announcement of the Home Office Review - [text online]

BIA accused of bribing Liverpool over asylum scheme (Community Care) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 8, 28 Feb - 3 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 21, 01 - 29 Feb 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: 15 killed as politicians thrash out reforms (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Western Congo has not been forgotten - UN Official (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN urges immediate protection for civilians, humanitarian access for
agencies in West Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fire razes refugee camp in Nepal; aid rushed to the homeless (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Japan: Press Sudan to End Obstruction and Abuse (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Iraqi Women in Exile (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

Research Databases: Sciences, Economics (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

Researching Migration Web Book (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN reinforces peacekeepers in west to quell flare-up of violence (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushes aid to over 8,000 Bhutanese after fire destroys refugee camp in Nepal (UN News) - [text online]

Aid workers must have full access to victims of violence in West Darfur – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Three extra judges to serve on UN tribunal for the Balkan wars (UN News) - [text online]

Rwandan official convicted by UN tribunal leaves jail after completing sentence (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 (03/03/08)

Deal-broker Annan leaves Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Arab nomads dead in Sudan clashes (BBC News) - [text online]

S Lanka finds boat migrants dead (BBC News) - [text online]

Nato fears over Dutch Islam film (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration points system begins (BBC News) - [text online]

Odinga pledges to rebuild Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo suspends rebel Serb police (BBC News) - [text online]

Euphoria over election peace deal brings Kenya back to work (The Independent) - [text online]

University attempts to calm storm caused by race abuse (The Independent) - [text online]

Q&A: Immigration rules: Hélène Mulholland explains the shakeup of the immigration system (The Guardian) - [text online]

Points-based immigration system comes into effect (The Guardian) - [text online]

Headscarves, secularism and emancipation (The Guardian) - [text online]

Testing time for refugees with an eye on higher education (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens new global service centre in Hungary (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Sudanese returnees benefit from Dutch lottery funds (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks US$18.6 million to help Sri Lankan displaced (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hard decisions as Pakistan's largest refugee village faces closure (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Chad: Arrivals from West Darfur continue (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

High Commissioner mission to Uganda and Tanzania (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Italy: Surge in sea arrivals from Libya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Thousands of refugees homeless in Nepal after fire razes camp (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

New points system goes live (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

Lowest number of asylum application in 14 years (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

European Court of Human Rights Reaffirms the Absolute Prohibition on Return to Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

South Sudan: The dilemma between responding to human needs and strengthening local capacity (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

UN: Shameful Silence on Civilian Killings in Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Serbia: Protect Civil Society and Minorities (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN says refugees fleeing new attacks in Darfur, many to dangerous area of Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Bosnian court jails two former guards after referral from UN war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief to head to Uganda and Tanzania (UN News) - [text online]

Preparing for the Future: Protecting Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons (ReliefWeb) - [text online]. Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement and Human Rights
First - [Full_Report]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 6 - 29 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News 18 ? 24 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 7, 23 - 27 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 21, Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Life's getting better for refugees in Bangladeshi camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR protection chief launches fresh look at Afghan situation (ReliefWeb) - [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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