Tuesday, 15 July 2008

News Stories (15/07/08)

Sudan angered by genocide claims (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan head accused of war crimes (BBC News) - [text online]

Aid groups mull leaving Somalia (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir faces war crimes charges (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, charged with genocide (The Times) - [text online]

‘Anti-Islamist group’ charged with plotting military coup in Turkey (The Times) - [text online]

Gordon Brown turns to EU after failed Zimbabwe vote (The Times) - [text online]

Failed asylum-seekers are abused by private security companies, says report (The Independent) - [text online]

Mercenaries join Mugabe's ruthless terror campaign (The Independent) - [text online]

MPs demand inquiry into torture of Briton overseas (The Independent) - [text online]

African Union: Suspend Sudan genocide charge (The Independent) - [text online]

After eight years, Gaza student walks to freedom and an education (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 27, 03 - 09 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 26, 29 Jun - 05 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan warns ICC legal process could harm Darfur peace (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Putumayo region (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Thousands flee Beletweyne as clash fears mount (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Azerbaijan: IDPs still trapped in poverty and dependence - IDMC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UNRWA signs 4 agreements valued at USD 6m with Saudi Committee (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Azerbaijan: IDPs still trapped in poverty and depenence (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Memorandum to Djibril Bassolé: Building blocks for peace in Darfur (ENOUGH Project) - [text online]

The Merits of Justice (ENOUGH Project) - [text online]

Deportation threat lifted from asylum seekers (The Independent) - [text online]

African migrant wins deportation battle (Scotsman) - [text online]

EU immigration plan draws flak in Africa (EU Business) - [text online]

Italy rejects accusations of racism from EU assembly (EU Observer) - [text online]

Visa plan for 'risky' visitors (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration: Bail bonds and electronic tags proposed for illegal migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Post-PC dignity (The Guardian) - [text online]

'They threatened to break my neck' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers assaulted by private security teams, says report (The Guardian) - [text online]

What's behind the baby boom? (The Guardian) - [text online]

South Africa: Changing pattern of displacement from Zimbabwe (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Close to 400 Lao Hmong repatriated from Thailand (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Winnipeg's refugee rapper with a mission (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Colombia's Putumayo region (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabweans face uphill struggle in search for asylum in South Africa (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Newcomers Must Earn The Right To Stay In The UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Results Of Britains First Global Visa Review (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

President’s Corner: ICC Case Against Bashir is Risky but Right (Refugees International) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Refugees' Difficult Road Home (Refugees International) - [text online]

Darfur: ICC Moves Against Sudan’s Leader (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ICC: Good Progress Amid Missteps in First Five Years (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

“Utter hypocrisy” as government fails to act on Zimbabweans left destitute in the UK (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UN awaiting clarification on future support to Nepalese peace process (UN News) - [text online]

ICC Prosecutor seeks charges against Sudanese President for Darfur crimes (UN News) - [text online]

SWAZILAND: Siphiwe Hlope, "Today women are so courageous"
(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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Thursday, 10 July 2008

News Stories (10/07/08)

Visa plea to keep family together (BBC News) - [text online]

Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths (BBC News) - [text online]

UN fury at Darfur militia ambush (BBC News) - [text online]

Global net closes on Mugabe's gang (The Independent) - [text online]

Seven peacekeepers killed in Darfur after ambush by gunmen (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Have sanctions ever worked, and should they be applied to Zimbabwe? (The Independent) - [text online]

War crimes: the hunt for Doctor Death (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 09 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 25 Jun - 01 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet, Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur militia ambush kills 7 peacekeepers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Thousands unable to return home (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Gov't and UN launch USD 400m food appeal for vulnerable people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Afghan villagers to improve irrigation system (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Local Courts Face Obstacles in War Crimes Trials (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

International commitments to help Afghanistan must be upheld, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Political violence surges after Mugabe assumes presidency
(IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Post-violence sex work boom
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban deplores ‘unacceptable’ attack on UN peacekeepers in North Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN refugee agency welcomes new government policy on displaced people (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Ituri returnees struggle to rebuild lives
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Political violence surges after Mugabe assumes presidency
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Families displaced after homes destroyed
(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, 9 July 2008

News Stories (09/07/08)

G8 to move against Mugabe allies (BBC News) - [text online]

No bail for Khmer Rouge minister (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown shock tactics force a UN showdown on Robert Mugabe (The Times) - [text online]

Storm over Tory peer Lord Dixon-Smith’s ‘nigger in woodpile’ remark (The Times) - [text online]

Former head of MI5 says 42-day detention plan is 'unworkable' (The Independent) - [text online]

Huge rise in number of racist attacks (The Independent) - [text online]

Pledge to double aid for poor is renewed (The Independent) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 6 - Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Israel hindering Palestinian aid effort - officials (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: IFRC revised emergency appeal seeks USD 72.5m (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Hundreds of families displaced by fighting in Baidoa (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Suffer the children (The Guardian) - [text online]

EU agrees to keep migrants out (The Guardian) - [text online]

Proposed EU Pact on immigration and asylum (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

As food prices rise, refugees in Jamaica look to their own back yard (UNHCR News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Hundreds of families displaced by fighting in Baidoa
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in Germany: prosecutor (AFP) - [text online]

International Criminal Court suspends release of Congolese rebel leader (UN News) - [text online]

Chad: UN mission trains police officers to protect refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe crisis poses challenge not just to Africa but to the world – Migiro (UN News) - [text online]

European Union must ensure rights of refugees and asylum-seekers, says UN (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.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

News Stories (08/07/08)

Militia attack Zimbabwe displaced (BBC News) - [text online]

EU backs French immigration pact (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum woman wants removal review (BBC News) - [text online]

EU won over to France's hard line on immigration and asylum (EU Observer) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians: Summary data tables - Reports to the end of Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 38
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: NGO ban starting to bite (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Global food crisis: Export restrictions hamper humanitarian response - World Bank (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: UNHCR and implementing partners support vulnerable population in Al Sadre City with non-food items (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

The Big Question: Why is tension rising in Turkey, and is the country turning Islamist? (The Independent) - [text online]

Conference breaks (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugee footballers in Jordan score a goal for unity (UNHCR News) - [text online]

President's Corner: Facing up to Iraqi Displacement (Refugees International) - [text online]

Enhanced UN mission vital to helping Afghans improve their lives – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

UN team voices concern over human rights situation in occupied Syrian Golan (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: IDPs hold out for better compensation
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur Rebels Threaten New Action Against Sudan Government (VOA) - [text online]

Departing rights official praised, and attacked, for speaking out (Hearlad Tribune) - [text online]

Weak Laws, Energy Wealth, Contribute To Rise In Sex Trade (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty) - [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.

Monday, 7 July 2008

News Stories (07/07/08)

Mugabe crisis 'infecting' Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid (BBC News) - [text online]

UN troops in Congo gold warning (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers are sent back to Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

Miliband urges UN resolution on Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Claudia Jones and the 'West Indian Gazette' (IRR News) - [text online]

A timely new educational resource (IRR News) - [text online]

UK is sending 11,000 Mugabe refugees back (The Observer) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers leader quits UK after war crimes inquiry is dropped (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ecuador holds first Refugee National Consultations in Latin America (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Q&A: A day in the life of our man in Baghdad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

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

Meeting our Match (Refugees International) - [text online]

"Give all Zimbabweans a temporary right to stay in the UK" (Refugee Council) - [text online]

The battle to prevent removals to Zimbabwe continues (Refugee Council) - [text online]

NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening
(IRIN News) - [text online]

French children donate toys to displaced youngsters in Liberia – UN (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 20; 28 Jun - 04 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 19/20, 07 ? 30 Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 63 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, and update on Gaza crossings, 02 - 15 Apr 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 37
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 23 - 29 Jun 200
8 (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/

Posted in: News.

Thursday, 3 July 2008

News Stories (03/07/08)

Mugabe rival rejects unity call (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad troops kill sect disciples (BBC News) - [text online]

ICC orders Congo warlord release (BBC News) - [text online]

ID card fingerprint errors fear (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant domestic staff 'at risk' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rich nations are 'betraying' Africa (The Independent) - [text online]

18,000 women and children trafficked into UK sex trade (The Independent) - [text online]

The shame of a Mugabe torturer: 'I am being forced to kill someone' (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judge (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 18 - 24 Jun 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Central African Republic on Peacebuilding Commission's agenda (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Govt denounces attacks on aid workers as abductions continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Crises in Africa's Horn reach emergency levels - Regional Humanitarian Partnership Team (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghan pride and German prejudice (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers: Pressure grows to free detained Zimbabwean asylum seekers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Homeland insecurity (The Guardian) - [text online]

Come to Canada! But only if you've got a job (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR interviews 179 Eritrean asylum seekers detained in Egypt (UNHCR News) - [text online]

On an island awash in music, a refugee adds his voice (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UN official visits Chadian town ahead of planned mission deployment (UN News) - [text online]

Horn of Africa facing growing humanitarian crisis, UN agencies warn (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency begins health relief efforts in disputed Sudanese town of Abyei (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.

Wednesday, 2 July 2008

News Stories (02/07/08)

France terror laws 'flout rights (BBC News) - [text online]

African call for Zimbabwe unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant bodies washed up in Gabon (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Ghraib inmates sue US firms (BBC News) - [text online]

Police won't have to pay for Yarl's Wood fire (Bedfordshire on Sunday) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe cements grip as African Union ducks censure (The Times) - [text online]

Migrant builder took home £8.80 for a week (The Guardian) - [text online]

Africa backs unity rule in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judge (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Back to the past for a peaceful future (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Mozambique: UN expert calls for sustainable solutions for IDPs after floods (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: International migration office bombed, growing security concern (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Tories propose border protection service (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR recommendations as France takes up EU Presidency (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UN refugee agency condemns blasts at IOM office in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

France: Guilty-by-Association Prosecutions Violate Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Record Number Of Foreign Criminals Removed From Britain (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Another Successful Year For Identity And Passport Service (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Chad: Before the Rainy Season (Refugees International) - [text online]

Struggling to survive on £10 a week (Refugees Council) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Too early for forgiving
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Nepal: UN refugee agency deplores attacks on migration organization (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Mumino Haji: "I am too weak and my husband cannot move"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Ahmed: "I was convinced I was going to die"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation
(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/

Posted in: News.