Thursday, 12 June 2008

News Stories (12/06/08)

Shelved asylum centre cost £29m (BBC News) - [text online]

Opponents of 42 days to fight on (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Somali aid worker shot dead (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Bosnian Serb suspect detained (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown wins crucial 42 day vote thanks to Ulster MPs (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

42 day detention vote was a defeat for liberty (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Gordon Brown buys time with deals on terror vote (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe's militia burn opponent’s wife alive (The Times) - [text online]

Brown triumphs on terror – but then he is stopped in his tracks (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration 'boosts the British economy by £1,650 per head' (The Independent) - [text online]

We have to be prepared for the worst, warns Smith (The Independent) - [text online]

Darfur novelist returns personal narratives to the people he left behind (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 30 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Govt bars relief agencies moving food to Zambia after week's aid ban (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Sexual abuse widespread among Congolese deportees from Angola (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

CAR: 1,400 displaced after bandit attacks in the North (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: Dozens of migrants die in Gulf of Aden (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Anguish in cyclone-hit delta 'overwhelming' - IFRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR helps reunite Somali mother and son in UK (UNHCR News) - [text online]

British workers lack skills and drive of east Europe's migrants, says study (The Guardian) - [text online]

Cohesion team will be sent to Norfolk area with big migrant influx (The Guardian) - [text online]

Empowering Women in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UK: 42-Day Pre-Charge Detention Violates Rights (Huiman Rights Watch) - [text online]

Government's response to the House of Lords Committee' s report on the economic impacts of migration (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]. The Government's reply to the House of Lords committee's report on the economic impacts of migration - [The Economic impact of immigration report]. (Source: UK Borders Agency - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/).

Five weeks after cyclone strikes Myanmar, UN appeal remains under-funded (UN News) - [text online]

Central African Republic: UN says 1,400 villagers displaced by bandits (UN News) - [text online]

Grave violations against children increasing in Somalia, UN report says (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief, Lesotho leader discuss xenophobic attacks in South Africa (UN News) - [text online]

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Looking for answers to xenopobia's rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Sexual abuse widespread among fresh wave deportees from Angola (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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Wednesday, 11 June 2008

News Stories (11/06/08)

Last-ditch push over terror vote (BBC Online) - [text online]

Somalia's factions sign ceasefire (BBC Online) - [text online]

Former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Stevens backs 42-day detention (The Times) - [text online]

Rumour and suspicion that threatens Afghan aid (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe's thugs turn to burning people alive (The Times) - [text online]

Poll:British public wants 42-day terror detention (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Brown enters the final hours of his battle to win vote on 42 days (The Independent) - [text online]

Unity government talks offer hope to Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

UN's most expensive mission exposed as farcical shambles (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 09 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]


ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts Situation Report # 129 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 28, 29 May - 10 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: "Alliance" divided over Djibouti peace accord (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: WFP continues to make progress in reaching victims of cyclone (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: govt and rebels commit to end violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: WFP cuts back air service for aid workers because of lack of funding (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNHCR against confrontation, for cooperation in South Kivu (ReliefWeb0) - [text online]

Iraq refugees coralled as Home Office asylum net widens (The Guardian) - [text online]

Colombia/Ecuador: disappearances (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Nobel Peace Prize winner writes book on Iranian refugee law for UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sicilian trawler and UNHCR help in rescue of 27 Somalians (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR chief discusses southern Africa with Lesotho leader (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR works against confrontation and for cooperation in South Kivu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Not just business as usual for refugees in Pakistan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Refugee Week reveals the many faces of refugees as it celebrates its tenth anniversary (Refugee Council) - [text online]

10th Refugee Week kicks off with football tournament and family fun day (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UK: Proposed 42-day Pre-Charge Detention Violates Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

New Report Sharply Criticizes Security Council Over Darfur (VOA News) - [text online]

Kenya: Resettlement of IDPs Flops Due to Intense Ethnic Hate (allafrica.com) - [text online]

UN says global food aid deliveries reach lowest level in almost 50 years (UN News) - [text online]

Former Rwandan official pleads not guilty before UN genocide tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency calls for probe into attacks on Colombian refugees (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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Monday, 9 June 2008

News Stories (09/06/08)

Zimbabwe vote 'not free and fair' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ceremony marks Hindu school work (BBC News) - [text online]

ID cards 'could threaten privacy' (BBC News) - [text online]

'Military coup' in Zimbabwe as Mugabe is forced to cede power to generals (The Times) - [text online]

MI5 has not called for 42 day detention, Jacqui Smith admits (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Victory on 42 days will not halt bid to oust Brown (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe's brutality to force election victory is revealed (The Independent) - [text online]

Thousands of cyclone dead 'may never be identified' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 08 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence after relatively calm days (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

North, south Sudanese draw up "road map" on Abyei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Aid cutoff a 'deplorable decision' - UN humanitarian chief (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cities of Sanctuary across the UK? (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Points-based system: English language tests (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Runoff Vote Will Be ‘Dead on Arrival’ (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Food assistance “likely” for up to a year (IRINNews) - [text online]

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The world's first climate change "refugees" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Occupation is a "millstone" around Israel's neck, report says (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council team and Sudanese President hold talks in Khartoum (UN News) - [text online]

UN advises ending of refugee status for Sierra Leoneans who fled country (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Fear versus democracy (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Assumani Bora: "These people here don't like foreigners" (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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Saturday, 7 June 2008

News Stories (07/06/08)

Brown terror plea to Labour MPs (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe halts opposition rallies (BBC News) - [text online]

Ugandan rebels 'prepare for war' (BBC News) - [text online]

Yellow fever hits Congo deportees (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma hits out at cyclone reports (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkey headscarf ruling attacked (BBC News) - [text online]

France deports genocide suspect (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe accused of using food as 'political weapon' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Bangladesh: End Mass Arrests, Release Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

South Africa: Protect Victims of Xenophobic Violence (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Hope Vetoed (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Discrimination in the name of integration (IRR) - [text online]

Amdani Juma - deportation delayed (IRR) - [text online]

Past Due: Remove the FDLR from Eastern Congo (ENOUGH Project) - [text online]. [Report and Activist Brief]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 10 - 30 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 27 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 15 - 05 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Focus on Ethiopia - May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 21, 25 - 31 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 5 - May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 18, 05 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 57 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 28 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Govt suspends field operations by all NGOs, detains diplomats (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNHCR condemns rebels' deadly attack on IDP camp, aid workers also injured (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Activists urge Security Council on ICC indictments (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: With monsoon season, increased disease risk in cyclone-stricken delta (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Briton sues over deportation as failed asylum seeker (The Guardian) - [text online]

In praise of ... Jhumpa Lahiri (The Guardian) - [text online]

Adrift in the UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR condemns attack on displaced people in eastern D.R. Congo (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

UNHCR declares cessation of refugee status for Sierra Leoneans (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

When a plastic sheet means more than shelter (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Countess works in a noble cause (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Refugee status for Sierra Leoneans to end (UNHCR News) - [text online]

International recognition for clean, safe ethanol stove used by refugee (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Nicaraguan parliamentarians pass key refugee legislation (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR condemns deadly attack on camp for displaced Congolese (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Environment Day: Roma scrap collectors get by in Montenegro camp (UNHCR News) - [text online]

IDP Voices (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: top UN official urges lifting of restrictions on aid groups (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur's child refugees being sold to militias (The Guardian) - [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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Wednesday, 4 June 2008

News Stories (04/06/08)

Armies 'head for central Sudan' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe blocks 'political' aid (BBC News) - [text online]

UN sets out food crisis measures (BBC News) - [text online]

Detentions over Indonesia clashes (BBC News) - [text online]

Rally to mark Tiananmen victims (BBC News) - [text online]

World Bank in Afghan aid warning (BBC News) - [text online]

UK man charged at Guantanamo Bay (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe accuses West of trying to starve him out (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwe crisis: White farming couple beaten and kicked off land (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]


Britishness Day is not the British way (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's land reforms are an example to all, claims Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Only a 'grave threat' would trigger 42-day detention, say ministers (The Independent) - [text online]

All agree there is a food crisis. But the argument is how to deal with it (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 27 13 - 28 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : South Africa: Violence against foreigners Situation Report No. 3 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

China: Additional United Nations aid delivered to earthquake victims (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: number of people in temporary shelters decreasing-WHO (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Export restrictions and insecurity delay food aid delivery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Government incentives for IDPs, refugees to return (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: AU and UN to name joint chief mediator to bring peace to Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

US: Challenge Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza Students (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

US: Protect Health of Immigrants in Detention (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN Security Council: Insist on Justice for Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Italy: Halt Expulsion of Tunisian at Risk of Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

A city built on sanctuary (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ukraine: UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian in Ukraine (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Determination and hard work help 1972 Burundian returnees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

£12.5 Million to Tackle Radicalistation and Help Prevent Extremism in Communities (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Eastern European migration falls Quarterly Asylum, Accession Monitoring and Bulgarian and Romanian statistics published today (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

First batch of Chadian police and gendarmerie graduate from UN training course (UN News) - [text online]

Words must be put into action to fight human trafficking – Assembly President (UN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Communal violence disrupts relief efforts in the east (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN continues efforts to promote peace in Darfur and southern Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

More than 1 million Myanmar cyclone victims have received aid, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Unaccompanied children of war (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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Tuesday, 3 June 2008

News Stories (03/06/08)

UN sets out food crisis measures (BBC News) - [text online]

New appeal for N Korea food aid (BBC News) - [text online]

'Obscene': Mugabe's arrival at food summit provokes outrage (The Independent) - [text online]

Revolt against 42 days crumbles (BBC News) - [text online]

Danish embassy bombed in protest at cartoons (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 26 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN General Assembly to focus on fight against human trafficking on June 3 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka flash floods kill 9, displace thousands (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Africa: Relocation process exacerbates trauma of displaced people - MSF (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Humanitarian air bridge up and running (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

August bank holiday could be celebration of Britishness (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi family board a flight to Australia and the end of their journey (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Turkey update no.5 - a nice little earner... (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Despite promises, Myanmar limits access for aid agencies (Herald Tribune) - [text online]

Chad, Central African Republic: UN envoy welcomes release of child soldiers (UN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Hospitality - too little, too late (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN mission calls on Darfurians to seek peace (UN News) - [text online]

Visiting Security Council team meets Somali leaders during stop in Djibouti (UN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General deplores deadly embassy bombing in Pakistani capital (UN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Humanitarian air bridge up and running (IRIN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: Concerns about humanitarian access, safety of aid workers (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban welcomes ‘positive’ humanitarian steps by Israel and Hizbollah (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 (02/06/08)

Brown urges terror plan support (BBC News) - [text online]

UN mission to study African wars (BBC News) - [text online]

Mugabe food talks trip 'obscene' (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown warns 42-day terror detention rebels that he won't back down (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwean migrants who sought new life limp back into Robert Mugabe's arms (The Times) - [text online]

Lord Goldsmith warns Gordon Brown over 42-day terror detention (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]


We shouldn't hold terror suspects for 42 days (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Swiss defeat citizenship law (The Independent) - [text online]

Hostility to immigrants 'is holding UK back' (The Independent) - [text online]

'I will be dead within days of going back to Baghdad' (The Independent) - [text online]

Murdered by Mugabe's mob (The Independent) - [text online]

Aid appeal for Ethiopian children (BBC News) - [text online]

Apartheid 'not root of SA riots' (BBC News) - [text online]

Abyei Aflame: An Update From the Field (Enough Project) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian needs and response in Chad: Information Bulletin - 30 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 21, 21-27 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: IDPs need urgent aid due to escalating insecurity (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Egypt: Investigate Forcible Return of Refugees to Sudan (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes adoption of accord banning cluster bombs (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR releases 2,000 more tents for South Africa xenophobia victims (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Turkey update no.4 - The end of the road (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Turkey Update no.3 - An uncertain future (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Third World migrants behind our 2.3m population boom (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Figures re-open immigration debate (Daily Express) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Jalozai camp closed, returnees face difficulties at home (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN food chief urges more funding to support aid work after Myanmar cyclone (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: IDPs in Helmand need urgent aid (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency welcomes adoption of pact to ban cluster bombs (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/

Posted in: News.