New Online Publications

Newly listed online publications from ReliefWeb and the Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog:

Title - Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters: Guidelines
for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation
Source - Pan American Health Organization
Date - Jul 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MTRA-79C9QH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Human Development Report 2007/2008 - Fighting Climate Change: Human
Solidarity in a Divided World
Source - UN Development Programme
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79CHHF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Discussion Paper: Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the
Context of International Migration
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79CHR9?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - UNFPA - Annual Report 2006
Source - UN Population Fund
Date - Jan 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CN8N?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - UNFPA - Rapport Annuel 2006
Source - UN Population Fund
Date - Jan 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CNGV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Forced Migration Review No. 29 - Humanitarian Reform: Fulfilling
Its Promise?
Source - Forced Migration Review, University of Oxford
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CR53?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugee Diet in a context of Urban Displacement (Forced Migration & Refugee Studies Program, AUC, Oct. 2007) [Part one] [Part two]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the Context of International Migration (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Study of Iraqis in Jordan (Fafo, Nov. 2007) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Posted in: Publications.

New Publications

Panos London and African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) has published a new report: 'Start the press: How African communities in the UK can work with the media to confront HIV stigma'.

Download the report at: http://www.panos.org.uk/PDF/reports/start_the_press.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)
Also download the 'Start the press: 'Language guide for covering HIV and migration' at: http://www.panos.org.uk/files/start_the_press_words.pdf (pdf file, 128kb)

(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

Save the Children has published: 'Early Years Outreach Practice - Supporting early years practitioners working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families'.
Download the document at:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/ey_outreach_practice.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)
Or view the website at:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/earlyyears/
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Greater London Authority has published a new report on: 'The search for common ground - Muslims, non-Muslims and the UK media'.
Download the full report at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/commonground_report.pdf (pdf file, 608kb). Or download the executive summary at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/commonground_summary.pdf (pdf file, 56kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Commons has published uncorrected oral evidence given by Ms Claudia Sturt (HM Prison Belmarsh); Mr Phil Wheatle (Director General, HM Prison Service); Mr Mohammed Abulkahar and Mr Abul Koyair on: 'The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals'. View the evidence at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/uc43-i/uc4302.htm
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Scottish Government has published research by Mano Candappa, with Miriam Ahmad, Ben Balata, Rayenne Dekhinet and Dogan Gocmen (Institute of Education, University of London) on : 'Education and Schooling for Asylum-Seeking Refugee Students in Scotland: An Exploratory Study'. Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/198224/0052995.pdf (pdf file, 658kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Education Information and Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government has published: 'Insight 38: Education and Schooling for Asylum-seeking and Refugee Students in Scotland: an exploratory study'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/198214/0052990.pdf (pdf file, 112kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Scottish Government has published research by Professor James McGonigal and Dr Evelyn Arizpe (Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow) on: 'Learning to Read a New Culture - How Immigrant and Asylum Seeking Children Experience Scottish Identity through Classroom Books'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/201854/0053801.pdf (pdf file, 1.2mb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Child Recruitment in South Asian Conflicts: A Comparative Analysis
of Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh
Source - Chatham House
Date - Nov 2006
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-794KLM?OpenDocument

Title - Post-Conflict Security-Building
Source - Chatham House
Date - Nov 2006
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-794EX3?OpenDocument

Title - African Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy Framework
Source - New Partnership for Africa's Development
Date - Jun 2005
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-794D7A?OpenDocument

Title - Africa's Recovery from Conflict: Making Peace Work for the Poor
Source - UN University
Date - Dec 2003
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-78XK4Z?OpenDocument

Title - UNDAC Handbook
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address (ReliefWeb) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-78XGYW?OpenDocument

The International Advisory Commission of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has published a report: 'Stamping Out Rights: The impact of anti-terrorism laws on policing'.
Download the report at:
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/chogm/chogm_2007/chogm_report_2007.pdf (pdf file, 4.3mb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Home Office has published: 'Asylum Statistics: 3rd Quarter 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/asylumq307.pdf (pdf file, 224kb)

The Home Office has published: ' Bulgarian and Romanian Accession Statistics, July - September 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/bulgariaromaniajulysept2007.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Home Office has published: 'Accession Monitoring Report May 2004 - September 2007 (A8 Countries)'.
Download the report at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/accessionmonitoring0504-0907.pdf (pdf file, 328kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Home Office has published: Lin Homer's (Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency) letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the deportation of foreign national prisoners.
Download the letter at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/linhomerletter20november2007.pdf (pdf file, 880kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Scottish Government has published: 'Gypsies/Travellers in Scotland: The Twice Yearly Count-No.12: July 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/204251/0054363.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(courtesy: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

CRS — The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

November 25, 2007 at 12:54 pm · Filed under International Relations, Congressional Research Service, Middle East, Government and politics

The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq (PDF; 154 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)
The Kurdish-inhabited region of northern Iraq is relatively peaceful and prospering economically, but the Iraqi Kurds political autonomy and political strength in post- Saddam Iraq has caused growing threat perceptions in Turkey, Iran, and Arab Iraq. However, the Iraqi Kurds’ ties to the United States and the U.S. drive to stabilize Iraq will likely enable the Kurds to parry the threats. This report will be updated.
(source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

CRS — Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens

November 25, 2007 at 12:52 pm · Filed under Congressional Research Service, National security, Immigration, Terrorism, Government and politics, Legal and law enforcement

Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens (PDF; 148 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) spells out a strict set of admissions criteria and exclusion rules for all foreign nationals who come permanently to the United States as immigrants (i.e., legal permanent residents) or temporarily as nonimmigrants. Notably, any alien who engages in terrorist activity, or is a representative or member of a designated foreign terrorist organization, is generally inadmissible. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the INA was broadened to deny entry to representatives of groups that endorse terrorism, prominent individuals who endorse terrorism, and (in certain circumstances) spouses and children of aliens who are removable on terrorism grounds. The INA also contains grounds for inadmissibility based on foreign policy concerns.
(source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

International Crisis Group - New Report:
Darfur’s New Security Reality,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the need to reformulate the peace process, with negotiations that are more inclusive and address the conflict’s root causes. While there are fewer deaths now than in 2003-2004, the parties have splintered, confrontations have multiplied, and violence is again rising. Access for humanitarian agencies is decreasing, international peacekeeping is not yet effective, and a political settlement is still far away. The peace talks launched in Libya in October 2007 are on hold. To succeed, the process must include the full range of constituencies involved in the crisis, such as women and Arab tribes. Available Online: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5180&l=1
(Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm)

Migrant Integration Policy Index [MIPEX]

http://www.eukn.org/eukn/themes/Urban_Policy/Social_inclusion_and_integration/Integration_of_social_groups/migration-policy-index_1146.html

(Source: Kevin Harris, www.local-level.org.uk)

MIPEX is a bi-annual assessment of migration policy across 28 countries "in order to find out which policies various countries apply to address the issue of migration and in how far these policy measures are successful in creating opportunities for migrants to participate in society." MIPEX direct link:- http://www.integrationindex.eu/
(Source: Welcome to Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Provision of ESOL in Scotland

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/202792/0054073.pdf

The Scottish Government has just published research which looks at the impact of EU enlargement and the introduction of the UK Citizenship Test on provision of ESOL in Scotland. The key findings are at the above web-link; the full report is at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/202773/0054072.pdf.

(Source: Welcome to Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

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WTYL Online Resources

Selected online resources taken from the latest Welcome To Your Library e-mail digest which is available to view - [here]. Full details on how o subscribe to this service can be found on the Welcome To Your Library website at: http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/

* The Search for Common Ground - New report from the Greater London Authority, which looks at the coverage of Muslims and non-Muslims in the UK media. Available online at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/commonground_report.pdf

* Making Links: 15 visions of community - New book celebrating the 30th anniversary of Community Links, drawing together varied views on our communities and the way we interact. Available online at: http://www.community-links.org/ourwork/makinglinks_page212.aspx

* Developing a Community Cohesion Strategy in Barking & Dagenham - The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham's website includes information about the second community cohesion strategy and action plan adopted by the Dagenham & Barking Partnership, including how the strategy was developed and details of the Community Cohesion Survey Report, which may be useful to other areas. Available online at: http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/9-council/comm-cohesion/community-cohesion-main.html

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Forced Migration Discussion List: Publications

The follwoing list has been taken from the Forced Migration Discussion List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

Below please find references to new online publications, journal/newsletter
issues, events and opportunities, and web sites/tools.

**Please note that long URLs may break into two lines in some mail readers. Cut and paste each line of the URL, if this happens.**


**Online Articles/Publications**

About Being Without: Stories of Stateless in Kuwait (Refugees International, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10243/

Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the
Qualification Directive (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=473050632

Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid,
Oct. 2007) -
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/publications/67/Asylum_Rights_Watch_Summary_report_Oct_07.pdf

Behind the Numbers: Assessing Indices of Peace, Conflict and Instability,
USIPeace Briefing (U.S. Institute of Peace, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/1108_peace_indices.html

Ethiopia: Addressing the rights and needs of people displaced by conflict
(IDMC, Oct. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/26fhkt

EXCOM Conclusion on Children at Risk, no. 107 (Oct. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/4717625c2.html

Exiled and Suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (Amnesty International,
Oct. 2007) - http://web.amnesty.org/pages/refugees-161007-feature-eng

Fortress Europe and the Iraqi ‘intruders’: Iraqi asylum-seekers and the EU,
2003-2007, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 144 (UNHCR, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/470c9be92.pdf

A guide to the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (Amnesty
International, Nov. 2007) -
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGIOR630052007

Human Trafficking: Update (House of Lords & House of Commons, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/179/179.pdf

Humanitarian advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality (Humanitarian
Policy Group, Oct. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgbrief28.pdf

Law and legal issues in international disaster response: a desk study (IFRC,
Nov. 2007) -
http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/IDRL/research/publications.asp#deskstudy

Persécutions des femmes: Savoirs, mobilisations et protections (Editions Du
Croquant, Nov. 2007) - http://terra.rezo.net/article655.html (contents,
summary, preface and intro. are available)

Refugee Issues relating to China, Statement by Roberta Cohen (Oct. 2007) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1019_china_cohen.aspx

Refugees' Experiences of Integration (Refugee Council and Univ. of Birmingham,
Oct. 2007) -
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2007/integration.htm

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNGA 62nd Session,
Supplement No. 12, A/62/12 (UN, 2007) -
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/LIB/DHLRefWeblog.nsf/dx/05112007023843PMUNRR2R.htm
(access via UN Pulse)

Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia,
Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Legal_aspects_asylum_refugees_Australia_Canada_UK.htm

Resisting displacement by combatants and developers: Humanitarian Zones in
north-west Colombia (IDMC, Nov. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/2x4oxr

Sexual health, asylum seekers and refugees: A handbook for people working with
refugees and asylum seekers in England (FPA, 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/2ye7wy

The Situation of the Lao Hmong Refugees in Petchabun, Thailand (Doctors without
Borders, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2007/10-31-2007.cfm

"The Truth May be Bitter, but It Must be Told": The Situation of Refugees in
the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard (Pro Asyl & Greek Group
of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/Englisch/Griechenlandbericht_Engl.pdf
Zimbabwe Exodus: Too Little, but Not Too Late (Refugees International, Nov.
2007) - http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10280

**Journals/Newsletters**

African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 7, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.accord.org.za/ajcr/2007-1.htm (full-text)
- Mix of articles, including "The Case against Taylor’s Asylum: A Review of
Nigeria’s Domestic and International Legal Obligations."

African Security Review, vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=3&slink_id=5034&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3 (full-text)
- Theme of this issue is "Conflict Prevention and the ‘Responsibility to
Protect’ in Africa."

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 16, no. 3 (2007) -
http://www.smc.org.ph/apmj16-3.htm (contents)
- Mix of articles.

Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 6 (2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g783727272~db=all (contents)
- Focus is on violence and development in Central and South America. Includes
article on "Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on
Colombia's Pacific coast."

Disasters, online early articles (Nov. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/0/0 (contents)
- Includes article on "The sexual and reproductive rights of internally
displaced women: the embodiment of Colombia's crisis."

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (28 Oct. 2007) - http://www.jha.ac/ (full-
text)
- Two new articles posted: "Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid in
Africa: Impact and Policy Issues" and "Reversing food insecurity: Linking
global commitments to local recovery needs."

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 3 (Oct. 2007) -
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol19/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Includes articles on international refugee protection, separated children,
Eritrean asylum seekers in Norway, and refugee legislation in Belarus.

International Journal on Multicultural Societies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2007) -
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11517&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-465.html (full-text)
- The focus of this issue is on migrant integration in rural versus urban areas
in new settlement countries; includes an article entitled "Changing Places:
Voluntary Sector Work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Core and Peripheral
Regions of the UK."

International Migration Review, vol. 41, no. 4 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imre/41/4 (contents)
- Mix of articles, including "Darfurian Livelihoods and Libya: Trade,
Migration, and Remittance Flows in Times of Conflict and Crisis."

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 20, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl (contents)
- Includes report of the 10th International Association for the Study of Forced
Migration conference, a debate on forced migration studies, and articles on
refugees in Glasgow, Melbourne, and Michigan, Japanese asylum policy, the
economy of a refugee camp, and UNHCR's Convention Plus initiative.

Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations, no. 14 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv14.pdf (full-text)

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3 (2007) -
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol26/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Theme of this issue is "Researching Refugees: Lessons, Challenges and Way
Forward."

Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 44, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://tps.sagepub.com/current.dtl (contents)
- Focus of this issue is "refugees and forced migration."

Women's Asylum News, no. 70 (Nov./Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv14.pdf (full-text)
- Includes feature article on "FGM in Kenya."

**Events & Opportunities**

CFP: Melbourne Journal of Politics, vol. 33 -
http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/mjp.html
- The “focus will be on the debates surrounding globalisation, its influence on
identity and its effect on the analysis of world affairs in a number of
regional and global contexts.” Submissions are due Friday 14 December 2007;
they should be emailed to: The Editors at mjp-politics@unimelb.edu.au.

Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’, 22-26 October 2007,
Geneva - http://www.reliefweb.int/symposium/
- Even though this event has already taken place, you can still view
presentations, watch a webcast, and read bloggers’ comments.

“Réfugiés” environnementaux ? Dégradations environnementales et déplacements
humains : constructions politiques de catégories sociales et dispositifs
nationaux et internationaux de solidarité -
http://terra.rezo.net/article657.html
- “Appel du réseau scientifique TERRA à manifestation d’intérêt et à
contributions sur un nouvel axe de recherché… .”

Sustainable Return, Asylum Systems and Border Management in the Western
Balkans, 3-4 December 2007, Dubrovnik -
http://www.ecre.org/topics/regional_conference
- Sponsored by ECRE and partner NGOs in the region.

**Web Sites/Tools**

Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR), Columbia
University -
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/humanrights/archive_collections/index.html
- Houses archives for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among
others.

Contributions on the Green Paper on the future of the Common European Asylum
System -
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/consulting_public/gp_asylum_system/news_contributions_asylum_system_en.htm

Plowshares Digital Archive for Peace Studies -
http://replica.palni.edu/cdm4/index_keplow.php?CISOROOT=/keplow
- Houses archives on peace/social justice efforts of Quakers, Mennonites and
Church of the Brethren.

Redhum: Red de Información Humanitaria - http://www.redhum.org/
- Spanish-language counterpart to ReliefWeb.

Refugee Council Archive at UEL - http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/index.htm
- Houses variety of refugee-related archives.

Researching Refugees Blog - http://researching-refugees.blogspot.com/
- Companion blog to RSQ article on keeping up with refugee research.


Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com

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Other News and Briefs

Report to the General Assembly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007. Source - UN General Assembly (ReliefWeb) - [text online].

INSARAG Guidelines and Methodology. Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Challenges and Suggestions for Enhancing Inter-Agency Contingency Planning: Report of the 1st Global Consultation of Contingency Planners in Humanitarian Agencies. Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements and Peace-Building.
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report no. 31, 01 - 11 Nov 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan Humanitarian Overview Vol 3, Issue 7: Sep - Oct 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian situation in Somalia: Monthly analysis, Oct 2007. Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International) - [text online]

Ten Ways to keep up with humanitarian news (Researching Refugees Blog) - [text online]

Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]

Health-related online resources (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

Two New Reports

These two reports listed below have just been posted on the Forced Migration Discussion List. Archives and further details on how subscribe can be found here: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

1)

From Refugee to Citizen - New Research from the Institute for Public Policy Research

http://www.mst-online.org.uk/researchandconsultancyunit.html

The research was commissioned as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Refugee Support (formerly the Refugee Housing Association), a charity founded in the autumn of 1957 to provide housing for Hungarian refugees who had settled in the UK. It comprised 30 life history interviews with refugees who had arrived in the UK between 1956 and 2006. The research examined how refugees understood their own integration and journey to citizenship, notions of home and what it means to be British.


2)

Please find attached Listening to Youth: The Experiences of Young People in Northern Uganda (http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/ug_machel_short.pdf).
[List mod.'s note: Please visit the URL for the text of the report.] The summary report is based on findings from a May 2007 assessment to northern Uganda in which the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children interviewed young people about the impact of war on their lives and prospects for the future, and their recommendations to local, national and international actors. Findings from this study, supported by UNICEF, also contributed to the 10-year Strategic Review of the "Machel Study" on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children.

The report outlines immediate action that is required by the international community, in partnership with the Government of Uganda, local organizations and affected communities, to ensure that young people in the north are empowered to contribute to peace and prosperity in their country. Listening to Youth gives voice to young people's perspectives and recommendations as northern Uganda strives to restore security and rights for all of its citizens-providing critical lessons to the international community in their support to all regions affected by violent conflict.

In addition to the attached summary report, a "Report to Contributors" was developed in response to requests from young people interviewed who wanted to know how the information they shared would be used and what impact it would have. The "Report to Contributors" is available in English and Luo at
http://www.womenscommission.org/resources/index.cfm?limit=sector&limitID=1. We'd greatly appreciate if you would share with your networks and welcome any feedback on the reports.

Additional information about the Women's Commission's work on conflict-affected youth can be found at
http://womenscommission.org/projects/children/index.php.

Sincerely,

Jenny Perlman Robinson & Juliet Young

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Publications, Conferences and Other News

Publications, Conferences & Other Newa

Publications:

Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: List of new online publications available at: http://fm-pubs.blogspot.com/

Publications listed include:

Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid, Oct. 2007) [text]

Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, Nov. 2007) [text]

Other Publications of Note:

Refugee Heritage Project - Report on the London Museums Hub Project to record refugee heritage 2004-2006: available online via the MLA web site at: http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/renaissance/index.cfm?NavigationID=364

Conference News:

Details of the following conferences have been found on the Welcome To Your Library Email list:

Community engagement workshop. Tue 20 Nov, Coventry

http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/communityservices/events/Community+Engagement+Workshop.htm

Community engagement through reading: a proactive role for public libraries. Fri 30 Nov, London
http://www.lga.gov.uk/Event.asp?lsection=46&id=SXB7C6-A7846A72

Older Refugees: from isolation to integration
Wed 09 Jan 2008, City Hall, London
This conference will focus on the issues, challenges and service needs of older refugees and asylum-seekers, concluding the Older Refugees Programme - a 2-year initiative, funded by Lloyds TSB, between Age Concern England, the Refugee Council, Age Concern London and the Greater London Association of Older Women (AGLOW). To register your interest in attending this conference, please email refugees@ace.org.uk or call 020 8765 7523.

Museums and Refugees - Keeping Cultures conference

13-14 Mar 2008, Museum in Docklands, London
http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Events/RefugeeMuseums.htm

This international conference will explore how museums and heritage agencies respond to complex historical, ethical, legal, social and political issues. Museums, academic research centres, non-government organisations and government departments/agencies increasingly see the need to explore the cultural contributions and impact of refugee and asylum seeker groups on urban and regional centres.

These issues significantly affect museums’ policy and approaches: participation, curatorial decisions, collecting strategies, partnerships, approaches to programming, as well as shared decision making in collaborative exhibitions and public events. See weblink above for the questions that the conference will seek to address and further details.

Other News

Migration Bibliography: Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Consortium have created a new section on their website providing links to reports and research relating to new migrants in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Further details can be found on the web site at: http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=2&id=54

Asylum Aid: have recently launched their new and updated web site and this can be found at: http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/index.php

UNHCR Online Game and New Publications

1) Refugee game offers fear, flight and safety – one click at a time. The UNHCR has just launched an English language version of their Against All Odds online game. The game is designed to be of educational value and is primarily aimed at schoolchildren. Further background information can be found in this UNHCR News Story released today and the game itself is available online at: http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

2) The UNHCR has also recently launched two online publications via the UNHCR website (www.unhcr.org) which may be of relevance to researchers and students. The first is entitled "Asylum in the European Union. A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive (November 2007) and this is available to download from: [by clicking here]; the second publication is entitled "UNHCR Position on the Situation of Asylum in Ukraine in the Context of Return of Asylum-Seekers October 2007" and again, this is available to download: [by clicking here].

3) Australia. Austcare (The Australian Humanitarian Aid NGO) has recently launched its latest annual report for the year 2006-07. This can be viewed on the Austcare website at: http://www.austcare.org.au/aboutus/annual-reports.aspx along with a brief online video highlighting the range of Austcare's programs over the last year.

4) Refugees International have just released a number of policy recommendations and fact sheets relating to the exodus of refugees from Zimbabwe. Download a .pdf of these policy recommendations and fact sheets.

New Publications List on FMO Blog

A new list of online publications has just been made available via the Forced Migration Online blog. A full list of these can be found on the Publications section of the blog at: http://fm-pubs.blogspot.com/

Publications include:

Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]

"The Truth May be Bitter, but It Must be Told": The Situation of Refugees in the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard (Pro Asyl & Greek Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, Oct. 2007) [text]

New Publications

This list of new resources has been from the Welcome to you Library email newsletter. Details of how to subscribe to this free regular email update are available here: http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/

Reports

Strong and prosperous communities - The Local Government White Paper Implementation Plan: one year on

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/532485

Updated implementation plan, showing the progress made on how the Government is playing its part in implementing key proposals.

Volunteering works

http://www.volunteering.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4D138A1D-022E-4570-9866-B8E3A4F86C20/0/Final_Volunteering_Works.pdf [nb file is 8 Mb]

New report from Volunteering England that demonstrates the positive impact of volunteering in five key policy areas: development; safer and stronger communities; social inclusion; quality of life and lifelong learning. Includes brief reference to the needs of refugees and asylum-seekers.