Tuesday 21 August 2007

New Home Office RDS Publications

The UK Home Office RDS (Research Development Statistics) Department have just published two new statistical reports. These are:

Home Office Statistical Bulletin 14/07 - Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2006

Asylum Statistics: 2nd Quarter 2007 United Kingdom


They can be downloaded in PDF format from the Home Office RDS website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html

Tuesday 14 August 2007

New Working Papers Published

The following working papers have recently been published by Compas ; the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford and the Sussex Centre for Migration Research:

Anderson, B., "Motherhood, Apple Pie and Slavery: Reflections on Trafficking Debates," Compas Working Paper No. 48 (2007) [full text available online]

Lindley, A., "The early morning phonecall: remittances from a refugee diaspora perspective," Compas Working Paper No. 47 (2007) [full text available online]

Bradley, M., "Return in Dignity: A Neglected Protection Challenge," RSC Working Paper No. 40 (June 2007) [full text available online]

Vigneswaran, D., "Free Movement and the Movement’s Forgotten Freedoms: South African Representation of Undocumented Migrants," RSC Working Paper No. 41 (July 2007) [full text available online]

Capjon, A., "Coordinating the Humanitarian Response to Refugee Situations: The Role of Power and Trust in Humanitarian Networks," Sussex Migration Working Paper No. 42 (2007) [full text available online]

Compas - http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/

Refugee Studies Centre - http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/

Sussex Centre for Migration Research - http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/

Tuesday 7 August 2007

ICG Report - After Gaza

New Report from the International Crisis Group -

After Gaza, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the situation following Hamas’s takeover of Gaza and President Mahmoud Abbas’s appointment of a new government. Some in the international community have viewed the result positively, seeing the new government as one with which Israel can make peace and hoping stagnation in Gaza will discredit Hamas to the point of surrender. They are mistaken. Security and a credible peace process depend on minimal intra-Palestinian consensus.

Available to download from the ICG website - http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4975&l=1

UNHCR Note on Fumigations

New Publication from UNHCR:

Note on Issues Related to Eligibility for International Protection in the Context of Fumigations 30 July 2007 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46b6d62f2

This Note provides guidance on the elements to be considered in deciding on asylum applications for international protection as refugees which may be lodged by persons who have fled areas where fumigation operations are conducted. In Part I, the Note analyses the applicable criteria set out in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. It examines two distinct situations: (a) persons fleeing harm related to conflict and/or generalized violence in areas where fumigations take place; and (b) persons fleeing harm resulting from fumigation operations as such. Part II of the Note outlines the assessment which should be undertaken with respect to other international protection needs that may be relevant under broader refugee definitions and/or by virtue of the extended refugee definition under UNHCR's mandate.

The position can be accessed through www.refworld.org, or directly at the above-mentioned URL.

Wednesday 1 August 2007

Refugee Council Policy Briefing

Updated Policy Publication:

Right to work : Social Exclusion, Refugee Integration, and the Right to Work for Asylum Seekers [July 2007] http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/briefings/2007/righttowork.htm

Asylum Seekers from Nepal

UNHCR's Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Nepal July 2007 is now available via Refworld at:

http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46af032d2