Wednesday 2 December 2009

Refugee Archive Newsletter (02 December 2009)

Refugee Archive Newsletter

This newsletter is produced on a regular basis to help disseminate news and further information in relation to refugee and forced migration issues. The newsletter is produced by the Refugee Archives service at the University of East London. This will also be available via our Refugee Studies Blog at: http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com/


News and Media Stories


Iraq
Inquiry


The Independent (26/11/09): Officials knew WMD evidence was tainted
The Daily Telegraph (24/11/09): Iraq inquiry: Britain rejected regime change as illegal in 2001

Swiss Minarets Vote


The Guardian (01/12/09): Letters: Swiss minarets and democracy
IRR News (30/11/09): Swiss poll crushes minarets
The Independent (30/11/09): Swiss voters back right-wing minaret ban
The Guardian (30/11/09): Switzerland: Hatred beneath the harmony

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Independent (02/12/09): 'Historic' ruling on secret evidence
Refugee Council Poliblog (30/11/09): Two takes on Issues facing asylum seeking women...
UK Home Office Press Release (30/11/09) National identity card launched in Manchester
The Daily Telegraph (27/11/09): Hidden threat from al-Qaeda sleeper cells
UK Home Office Press Release (26/11/09): Immigration and asylum statistics released
(Further details on Publications below).
The Guardian (26/11/09): Net migration falls by one-third
Asylum Aid, the national independent charity who work with those seeking to flee human rights violations abroad, have issued a new report entitled `Every Single Woman.’ This is published under the banner of the Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum which, in the words of Asylum Aid, `calls on the UK Border Agency to commit to treating women seeking asylum with fairness, dignity and respect. This means creating a system which recognises the particular issues which cause women to seek asylum and understands their particular needs as women.’ Details of the new puiblication and the Charter can be found as follows:

i) Every Single Woman – campaigning brief (16p.)
ii) Every Single Woman – extended brief (26p.)
iii) Every Single Woman – Watch the Film.
iv) Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum – the Charter and accompanying website.
Further Information: 'We need a gender-sensitive asylum system' Debora Singer in The Guardian
Group Denial: Repression of Kurdish Political and Cultural Rights in Syria
Produced by Human Rights Watch
Available to read online and to order in hard copy at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/26/group-denial

Details from Human Rights Watch:

“This 63-page report documents the Syrian authorities' efforts to ban and disperse gatherings calling for Kurdish minority rights or celebrating Kurdish culture, as well as the detention of leading Kurdish political activists and their ill-treatment in custody. The repression of Kurds in Syria has greatly intensified following large-scale Kurdish demonstrations in March 2004. The report is based on interviews with 30 Kurdish activists recently released from prison, as well as 15 relatives of Kurdish activists still in jail. The Syrian government refused to reply to requests for information or meetings with Human Rights Watch.”

Amnesty International has recently published the following campaign digest on the violence and discrimination experience by women in Yemen:

Yemen’s dark side: Discrimination and violence against women and girls (campaign digest)
Index Number: MDE 31/014/2009 ; Date Published: 25 November 2009
A news brief is also available entitled `Yemeni women face violence and discrimination.'

The UK Home Office has recently published its Control of Immigration statistics for the Third Quarter of 2009. A direct link to the PDF is available by clicking on the title below, and further information is available from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics page at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html

Direct Link to PDF file: Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Third Quarter 2009

Still with the Home Office, the Refugee Council Poliblog posting on the 30th November entitled `Two takes on Issues facing asylum seeking women...' (detailed above), refers to two recently published documents on dealing with violence against women. These have been published by the UK Home Office and the voluntary organisation Rights for Women, and full details of both will be detailed as follows:

1) Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: a Strategy (PDF file - 1mb - Warning: large file) Published by the Home Office who state that, ` This cross-government strategy sets out a range of actions for the police, councils, the NHS and other government departments across three key areas: prevention, provision and protection.” Additional annexes to the main report are also available: Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: Annexes to the Strategy (PDF file - 630kb) ; and an introduction to the report can be found on the Home Office web page entitled: ` Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: a Strategy.’

2) Seeking Refuge? A handbook for asylum-seeking women is a recently published handbook produced by the voluntary organisation Rights of Women, whose role is to work with women to help empower their legal rights. Further details of the organisation and information on their work and related resources can be found on their website at: http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/


Posted in News and Publications.

Thursday 28 May 2009

New Online Reports and Research Publications

Please find below a list of updated and new publications on refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

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Title: Côte d'Ivoire: Needs of IDPs must not be forgotten as peace process edges forward.

Authors: IDMC.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/C32E0A1EC963CEB4C12575BA00420EFA/$file/CDI_Overview_May09.pdf
Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/ (Web).

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Title: Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation May 2009.

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a0c28492.html
Source: UNHCR Refworld – http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain (Web).

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Title: Accession Monitoring Report, May 2004 - March 2009.

Authors: Great Britain: Home Office: UK Border Agency.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/reports/accession_monitoring_report/
Source: UK Home Office – http://ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ (Web).

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Title: British Citizenship Statistics United Kingdom, 2008.

Authors: Great Britain : Home Office : Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
Source: Home Office – http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html (Web).

Additional Info: Home Office Statistical Bulletin 09/09.

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Title: Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - First Quarter 2009.

Authors: Great Britain : Home Office : Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
Source: Home Office – http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html (Web).

Additional Info: Home Office Statistical Bulletin 09/09.

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Title: Somalia: Security and protection crisis continues despite peace deal.

Authors: IDMC.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/FCC39305B271DAEAC12575BC0052511A/$file/Somalia_Overview_May09.pdf
Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/ (Web).

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Title: Immigration Simplification Bill – draft Protection Rules.

Authors: Joint Response from the Refugee Council and Refugee and Migrant Justice
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2009/protection_rules.htm
Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Report on an unannounced follow-up inspection of the non-residential short-term holding facility: Festival Court, Glasgow.

Authors: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/Glasgow_Festival_Court_(2001.pdf?view=Binary
Source: Institute of Race Relationshttp://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Report on an unannounced follow-up inspection of the non-residential short-term holding facility: Glasgow International Airport.

Authors: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/Glasgow_Airport_STHF_(2009).pdf?view=Binary
Source: Institute of Race Relationshttp://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Detainees under escort at Dungavel House IRC - report on an announced escort inspection.

Authors: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/escort-inspections/Dungavel_escort_(2008).pdf?view=Binary
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Corruption and Human Rights: Making the Connection

Authors: International Council on Human Rights Policy
Publication Date: February 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SNAA-7S77VS?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: OCHA Annual Report 2008

Authors: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7S6E3Y?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office Annual Report on
Human Rights 2008.

Authors: Government of the United Kingdom
Publication Date: March 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SNAA-7S64A9?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).Additional Info:

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Title: No Time to Waste: European Governments Behind Schedule on Aid
Quantity and Quality.

Authors: Concord,
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SNAA-7S22XG?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: Easing the Strain: Understanding brain drain and where policy can respond

Authors: Laura Chappell, Loic Sanchez and Jaideep Shah
Publication Date: 18 May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=666
Source: IPPR – http://www.ippr.org/ (Web).

Additional Info: Development on the Move Working Paper 3.

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Title: 4.9 million IDPs across Sudan face ongoing turmoil.

Authors: IDMC.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/A5170810EB2A7213C12575C300342A91/$file/Sudan_Overview_May09.pdf
Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/ (Web).

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Title: Perilous Plight - Burma’s Rohingya Take to the Seas.

Authors: Human Rights Watch
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/05/26/perilous-plight
Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www.hrw.org/ (Web).

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Title: Building Livelihoods: A Field Manual for Practitioners in Humanitarian Settings.

Authors: Women's Refugee Commission.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/livelihoods_manual.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Refugee Girls: The Invisible Faces of War (Women's Refugee Commission.

Authors: Women's Refugee Commission.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/refugee_girls_book.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Targeting in Complex Emergencies -- Darfur Case Study.

Authors: Feinstein International Center.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/FIC/2009/05/14/Targeting+in+Complex+Emergencies+--+Darfur+Case+Study
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Too Little for Too Few: Meeting the Needs of Youth in Darfur.

Authors: Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7SDBF8?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: Engaging Men and Boys in Refugee Settings to Address Sexual and
Gender Based Violence.

Authors: Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7SDC98?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: Gender Sensitive Disaster Management: A Toolkit for Practitioners
Source.

Authors: Oxfam.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7SEBD4?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: ICRC Annual Report 2008.

Authors: ICRC.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PSLG-7SEEBA?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Posted in: Publications.

Monday 18 May 2009

New Online Reports and Research Publications

Please find below a list of updated and new publications on refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.


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Title: UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Sudan.

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a02cf3d2.html
Source: UNHCR RefWorld – www.refworld.org (Web).

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Title: Diasporas: Doing Development or Part of Development - A Study of Two Sierra Leonean Diaspora Organisations in London.

Authors: ODI
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090505&id=3255&title=diasporas-development-study-sierra-leone-organisations-london
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: International Humanitarian Aid: Policy Document

Authors: Austrian Development Cooperation
Publication Date: March 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.entwicklung.at/fileadmin/media/Leitlinien_Fokus_Strategie/Englisch/PD_International_humanitarian_aid.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Masses in Flight: The Crisis of Internal Displacement in Sri Lanka.

Authors: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=29207
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: The Migration-Displacement Nexus in Afghanistan

Authors: Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0504_afghanistan_koser.aspx?rssid=idp
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: A-Z of No Borders.

Authors: The No Borders Network.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://wiki.noborders.org.uk/workspace/A-_Z_workspace
Source: Institute of Race Relationshttp://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Report on the unannounced inspection of the non-residential short-term holding facility at: London City Airport.

Authors: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/London_City_Airport_STHF.pdf?view=Binary
Source: Institute of Race Relationshttp://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Report on an unannounced follow-up inspection of the non-residential short- term holding facility at: John Lennon Airport.

Authors: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/John_Lennon_Airport_STHF.pdf?view=Binary
Source: Institute of Race Relationshttp://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Access to Justice: a review of existing evidence of the experiences of minority groups based on ethnicity, identity and sexuality.

Authors: Great Britain: Ministry of Justice.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/access-justice-minority-groups.pdf
Source: Institute of Race Relationshttp://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Detainees under escort at Dungavel House IRC carried out between 30th September and 02nd October 2008.

Authors: HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/escort-inspections/Dungavel_escort_report1.pdf
Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons – http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/ (Web).

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Title: UNHCR Statement on Article 1D of the 1951 Convention

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a0d7c142.html
Source: UNHCR Refworld– http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain (Web).

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Title: Internally Displaced Peoples in Europe Still Marginalised.

Authors: IDMC.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/67E98BFB4EDD0472C12575B600408751/$file/europe_protracted_may09.pdf
Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/ (Web).

Additional Info: View the full press release ; View the summary and recommendations

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Title: Cost of Coercian.

Authors: ILO.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Officialmeetings/ilc/ILCSessions/98thSession/ReportssubmittedtotheConference/lang--en/docName--WCMS_106230/index.htm
Source: ILO – http://www.ilo.org/ (Web).

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Title: Statistics on terrorism arrests and outcomes Great Britain 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008.

Authors: Great Britain : Home Office : Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
Source: Home Office RDS – http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ (Web).

Additional Info: Home Office Statistical Bulletin 04/09.

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Title: Social Networks and Polish Immigration to the UK

Authors: By Madeleine Sumption
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=662
Source: IPPR – http://www.ippr.org/ (Web).

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Title: Over not Out: The housing and homelessness issues specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum seekers.

Authors: Refugee Support
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.refugeesupport.org.uk/documents/MST_LGBTreport_screen_0509.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: The Second Destitution Tally: an indication of the extent and causes of asylum seekers, people at the end of the asylum process and refugees in the UK.

Authors: Asylum Support Partnership.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2009/destitution.htm
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

Additional Info: From The Refugee Council website: “This report reveals the extent and causes of destitution for people seeking asylum and refugees across the UK, and proposes solutions for implementation by policy makers and administrators of the asylum system. It is a repeat of the first Destitution Tally conducted by the Asylum Support Partnership in 2007 and published in January 2008 which demonstrated the extent of destitution among asylum seekers and refugees accessing their One Stop Services across the UK. In October 2008 the Partnership agencies repeated the survey to demonstrate the persistence of destitution as a feature of the lives of asylum seekers and refugees and their independent advice services, and to understand further its extent and causes.Between the 1st and 31st of October 2008, case workers from the 5 refugee agencies which comprise the Partnership completed a short survey for each client contact episode, recording the proportion of the people who were destitute. The survey results were collated and are presented in this report alongside existing research recommendations. It recommends a range of policy and operational solutions to end destitution as a feature of the UK asylum system.”

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Title: The Trade in Human Beings: Human Trafficking in the UK.

Authors: Great Britain: House of Commons.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmhaff/23/23i.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the "Taking Collective Action to End Human Trafficking".

Authors: UN.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/humantrafficking.shtml
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

Additional Info: Web site includes a range of resources.

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Title: Italy/Malta: Obligation to safeguard lives and safety of migrants and asylum seekers.

Authors: Amnesty International USA.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR300072009&lang=e
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: The 2008 Humanitarian Accountability Report.

Authors: Humanitarian Accountability Partnership.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.hapinternational.org/pool/files/2008-humanitarian-accountability-report.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Amnesty International’s Comments Commission Proposals.

Authors: Amnesty International.
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.amnesty-eu.org/static/documents/2009/AICommentsDublinReceptCond_0409.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Asylum in the EU in 2008: Around 20 000 asylum applicants registered each month in EU27.

Authors: Eurostat.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-08052009-AP/EN/3-08052009-AP-EN.PDF
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Fifth Report on the Expulsion of Aliens, UN Doc. No. A/CN.4/611.

Authors: International Law Commission.
Publication Date: March 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf/dx/12052009013837PMSLKNPN.htm
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Which Diaspora for Whose Development?

Authors: DIIS.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.diis.dk/sw77847.asp?guid=Wed%2C06May200908%3A51%3A30%2B0100
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Wednesday 6 May 2009

New Online Reports and Research Publications

Please find below a list of updated and new publications on refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.


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Title: Asylum and Migration in the Mashrek

Authors: Euro-Med Human Rights Network
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.euromedrights.net/usr/00000026/00000027/00000028/00000156/00002890.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Promises to the Persecuted: The Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2008

Authors: Human Rights First
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/pdf/090428-RP-iraqi-progress.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Globalisation, Sex Trafficking and Prostitution: The Experiences of Migrant Women in Ireland

Authors: Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/images/8302_traffickingreport0409.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Humanitarian Perspectives on "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters"

Authors: Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2009/0421_natural_disasters_ferris.aspx
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 - 2007

Authors: Feinstein International Center
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/FIC/Livelihoods%2C+Migration+and+Conflict+--+Discussion+of+Findings+from+Two+Studies+in+West+and+North+Darfur%2C+2006+-+2007
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: "Refugees Themselves: The Asylum Case for Parents of Children at Risk of Female Genital Mutilation,"

Authors: Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (Winter 2009)
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/iss22-1/109-132.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: The Diaspora–Conflict–Peace–Nexus: A Literature Review

Authors: Diaspeace
Publication Date: March 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.diaspeace.org/D-Working_paper_1_Final.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Iraqi Refugee Assistance: Improvements Needed in Measuring Progress, Assessing Needs, Tracking Funds, and Developing an International Strategic Plan

Authors: U.S. GAO
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09120.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians

Authors: UNODC, IPU & UNGIFT
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ungift.org/docs/ungift/pdf/humantrafficking/UN_Handbook_engl_core_low.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Life in Exile: Burmese Refugees along the Thai-Burma Border

Authors: IRC
Publication Date: February 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.theirc.org/help/take-action/resources/irc_thailandadvocacypaper_february2009.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Migration, Development and Social Service, Transatlantic Perspectives on Migration

Authors: ISIM
Publication Date: February 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://isim.georgetown.edu/Publications/GMF%20Materials/LOWRES_GMFPolicybriefDiasporas.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Iraqi Refugees and Regional Stability

Authors: Stimson Center
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=28869
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis on the Kenya/Somalia Border

Authors: Oxfam International
Publication Date: March 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=28793
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Resettling Iraq's Four Million Displaced

Authors: Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Publication Date: February 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0209_iraq_ohanlon.aspx
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2008.

Authors: IDMC
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.internal-displacement.org/idmc/website/resources.nsf/(httpPublications)/0605361027488A28C12575A90042305B?OpenDocument
Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/ (Web).

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Title: Sri Lanka: Civilians displaced by conflict facing severe humanitarian crisis.

Authors: IDMC
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/9D0639639598A4CEC12575A90034A2DE/$file/SriLanka_Overview_May09.pdf
Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/ (Web).

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Title: Action on Aid: Steps Toward Making Aid More Effective.

Authors: Homi Kharas.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/04_aid_kharas/04_aid_kharas.pdf
Source: Wolfensohn Centre for Development at The Brookings Institution – http://www.brookings.edu/wolfensohn.aspx (Web).

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Title: Selected Documents Relating to National Security and Counter-Terrorism Relevant to International Refugee Protection

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: May 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/49feeaa62.html
Source: UNHCR Refworld – http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain (Web).

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Title: Skilled Shortage Sensible - First review of the recommended shortage occupation lists for the UK and Scotland: Spring 2009.

Authors: The Migration Advisory Committee on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/workingwithus/mac/macreport2009.pdf
Source: Institute of Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/ (Web).

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Title: Migration as Foreign Policy? The External Dimension of EU Action on Migration and Asylum.

Authors: Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies.
Publication Date: 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.sieps.se/files/download-document/528-2009-2rapport.html
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Forecasting the numbers of people affected annually by natural disasters up to 2015.

Authors: Oxfam.
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/9064_forecastingdisasters20151.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Palestinian Refugees: The Regional Perspective

Authors: Nadem Shedi for Chatham House.
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/files/13928_0409palrefugees_shehadi.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Guide on Ratification: International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.

Authors: Steering Committee for the Campaign for Ratification of the Migrants Rights Convention.
Publication Date: April 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/HandbookFINAL.PDF
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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