Publications and Reports: Part Two.

Climate Change and its Implications for Human Migration and Health (International Centre for Migration and Health, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children (The Children's Society, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

OI Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises (Oxfam International, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Protecting Darfur’s Internally Displaced (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Tertiary Refugee Education Impact and Achievements: 15 Years of DAFI (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, Feb. 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]. Also available from the UNICEF web site with links to additional multimedia resources at: http://www.unicef.org/har08/
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Hidden Hands in Fair Trade : Nicaraguan migrants and the labour process in the Costa Rican coffee harvest. By Peter Luetchford (2007). Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 44 (Sussex Centre for Migration Studies, Sept. 2007). Available online at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/documents/mwp44.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

King, Russell and Anastasia Christou, "Cultural Geographies of Counter-Diasporic Migration: The Second Generation Returns ‘Home’," Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 45 (Sussex Centre for Migration Research, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bialczyk, Agata, "‘Voluntary Repatriation’ and the Case of Afghanistan: A Critical Examination," RSC Working Paper, no. 46 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bitar, Maher, "Unprotected Among Brothers: Palestinians in the Arab World," RSC Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Gonzalez Devant, Sara, "Displacement in the 2006 Dili Crisis: Dynamics of an Ongoing Conflict," RSC Working Paper, no. 45 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Uganda: Doubly Traumatised: The lack of access to justice by women victims of sexual and gender-based violence in northern Uganda. Amnesty International Report, (30 November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR59/005/2007

Gender justice and reconciliation. By Nahla Valji. (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES),
November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0002922/index.php

Iraq: Study targets food insecurity and vulnerability
Source : Government of Iraq, World Food Programme
Date : 13 Feb 2008
URL :
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7BSRN8?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Myanmar (Burma): No end in sight for internal displacement crisis. IDMC Update. Available online at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/CA157EECA36DF78EC12573E40062F57F?OpenDocument&count=10000
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – http://www.internal-displacement.org).

Title - EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict
Source - European Union
Date - Dec 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7BRH6Q?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - WHO's Humanitarian Action 2008-2009/ Biennial Work Plan to Support
WHO's Capacity for Work in Emergencies and Crises/ Medium-term Strategic
Plan 2008-2013/ Programme Budget 2008-2009
Source - World Health Organization
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7BQNXP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property
Rights
Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal
Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/0108_iraq_williams.aspx?emc=lm&m=211677&
l=21&v=33753

Between war and peace: Land and humanitarian action in Colombia, HPG Working
Paper (ODI, Dec. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/wplangcolombia.pdf

Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and
Implications
(UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RK6C?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in
the
EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.coi-network.net/content/goodpractice.html

Defending Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe (ECRE, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4766464e2
(via Refworld)

Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008)
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/darfur-camps-flooded-weapon
s-20080122

Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4790cbc02
(via Refworld)
- Provisional edition.

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action (Migration Policy Institute,
Jan. 2008) -
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPI-The_Iraqi_Refugee_Crisis_The_Need_for
_Action_011808.pdf

Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007,
Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10371/

Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create
Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10370

Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and
trends
in asylum and return, Compas Working Paper no. 58 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-58.shtml

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM,
Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk
Reduction: A Critical Perspective (UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RJYU?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM, Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work
in Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1214_climate_change_ferris.aspx?emc=lm
&m=211677&l=18&v=33753

Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=395
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.

Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 (HRW, Jan. 2008) - http://hrw.org/wr2k8/

The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival (UNICEF, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006: Trends in Displacement, Protection and
Solutions (UNHCR, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html

22nd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, Papers (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.alnap.org/meetings/22.htm
- Papers are available in English and French. The theme of the meeting
was "Compounding crises: combinations of vulnerabilities, risks and hazards
in West Africa."

ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1
Feb. 2008) - http://www.icva.ch/whatshot.html

The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict has recently issued a series of new reports which we would like to draw your attention to. On January 30^th, the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict launched its latest study: Getting it Done and Doing it Right: A Global Study on the United Nations-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (January 2008). Each report includes extensive, detailed and practicable recommendations that address challenges and provide ways forward in each of these areas. All reports are available in English at www.watchlist.org. The global report is also available in French and Spanish (coming soon). The DRC report and Colombia reports are also available in French and Spanish (coming soon) respectively.
(Source: HURIDOCS - http://www.huridocs.org/)

Posted in: Publications.

Publications and Reports: Part One.

Refugee Council Conference Report: Building Communities: equality and diversity in action [November 2007] http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/eventsandtraining/conferences/archive/buildingcommunities.htm(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Refugee Council Policy Response:
Refugee Council response to the Community Cohesion and Migration Inquiry by the Communities and Local Government Committee [January 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/cohesion_migration.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Refugee Council Policy Position:
Asylum seekers’ experiences of the New Asylum Model: Findings from a survey with clients at Refugee Council One Stop Services [January 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2008/NAMmonitoring.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Refugee Council Trustees’ Annual Report:
The Trustees’ Annual Report is now published online. The report is a summary of the charity’s activities and performance for the financial year. It is a statutory document which, together with the audited accounts, must be filed at Companies House and the Charities’ Commission on an annual basis. The Annual Report is usually published together with the Audited Accounts, which show the income and expenditure of the charity for the year and the assets and liabilities of the charity at the year end.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/impact
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Eritrea. January 2008
Available online via Refworld at :
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47a87d412

UNHCR's Status Determination and Protection Information Section (SDPIS) has started to produce Country Briefing Folders on the top countries of origin (as highlighted and regularly updated on the homepage of www.refworld.org).
(Source: INHCR Refworld - www.refworld.org).

Updated Iraq Research Guide
http://www.forcedmigration.org/guides/fmo015/
The Forced Migration Online research guide on Iraq has been updated to reflect rising levels of displacement and other recent developments. Since 2003, UNHCR estimates that at least 2 million Iraqis have left Iraq and a further 1 million have been displaced inside the country. One in eight Iraqis has been forcibly uprooted, and according to UNHCR estimates, some 40,000 to 60,000 are leaving their homes on a monthly basis. There are an estimated 1.4 million Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria and a further 750,000 in Jordan. See also the FMO resource summary which highlights a selection of web-based resources that focus on Iraq.Resource summary: http://www.forcedmigration.org/browse/regional/iraq.htm
(Source: Forced Migration Email List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW REPORT
Afghanistan: The Need for International Resolve. A new report by the International Crisis Group available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5285&l=1

The Mental Health Act Commission has published: 'Risk, Rights, Recovery - Twelfth Biennial Report, 2005-2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.mhac.org.uk/files/pdf%2012th%20biennial%20report.pdf (pdf file, 3.3mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee has published: 'Oral evidence given on 11 December 2007 by Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and Mr David Ford, Bill Manager, Counter-Terrorism Bill, Home Office; Mr Ken Jones, President, Association of Chief Police Officers'.
View the evidence at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/180/7121101.htm
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report on: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eighth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/50/50.pdf (pdf file, 656kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published: 'The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/38/38.pdf (pdf file, 768kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints - analysis of responses'.
Download the report at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/ipccconsultation/consultationdocument.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 274kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints - policy statement'.
Download the policy statement at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/ipccconsultation/ipccpolicystatement?view=Binary (pdf file, 170kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'Statement of changes in immigration rules'.
Download the statement at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/statementsofchanges/2008/hc321.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 995kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a new report by Mike Sutton, Barbara Perry, Jonathon Parke and Catherine John-Baptiste on: 'Getting the message across: using media to reduce racial prejudice and discrimination'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/611667 (pdf file, 464kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published: 'Community cohesion impact assessment and community conflict prevention tool'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/communitycohesiontool (pdf file, 176kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published: 'Predictors of community cohesion: multi-level modelling of the 2005 Citizenship Survey'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/682739 (pdf file, 80kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published: 'Cohesion Guidance for Funders: Consultation'.
Download the consultation at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/681891 (pdf file, 200kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Human Rights Watch World Report 2008
Source - Human Rights Watch
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7BBB2E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)
Also available on the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/

Title - IASC Report 2007
Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7BDJXH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Human Security: Concepts and Implications with an Application to
Post-Intervention Challenges in Afghanistan
Source - CERI Program for Peace and Human Security
Date - Sep 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7BJEKZ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Advisory Panel on Country Information, Papers from Ninth Meeting, 2 October 2007 [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa, A/RES/62/125 (UNGA, 24 Jan. 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Colombia: IDP Response Requires Greater Local Action and Accountability (Refugees International, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1 Feb. 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Iraqi Displacement Crisis (Refugees International, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Policy Framework and Implementation Strategy: UNHCR's Role in Support of the Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations, Informal Consultative Meeting (UNHCR, Feb. 2008) [English text] [French text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Better outcomes: the way forward, improving the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UK Home Office, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General, A/62/609–S/2007/757 (UN General Assembly, Security Council, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Climate change and forced migration, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 153 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Externalisation of EU Asylum Policy: The Position of African States, DIIS Brief (Danish Inst. for International Studies, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The impact of environmental degradation on refugee-host relations: a case study from Tanzania, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 151 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change (Oxford Research Group, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

When the displaced return: challenges to 'reintegration' in Angola, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 152 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

World Economic Forum-OCHA Guiding Principles for Public-Private Collaboration in Humanitarian Action (Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Posted in: Publications.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (40th session): Concluding Observations

For your information, we attach the concluding observations adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its fortieth session held from 14 January to 1 February 2008 in Geneva, in respect of reports submitted by 8 States parties. The documents are provided in advance unedited version and in the original language of adoption. The final versions, in all six official languages of the United Nations, will be available on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Committee adopted concluding observations in respect of the following States parties:

Bolivia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Bolivia.pdf

Burundi http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Burundi.pdf

France http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/France.pdf

Lebanon http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Lebanon.pdf

Luxembourg http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Luxembourg.pdf

Morocco http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Morocco.pdf

Saudi Arabia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Saudi_Arabia.pdf

Sweden http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Sweden.pdf

Posted in: Publications.

Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding Observations (47th session)

For your information, we attach the Concluding Observations adopted in
respect of reports submitted by States parties to the Committee on the Rights
of the Child, which held its 47th session from 14 January to 1 February 2008.
The documents are provided in advance unedited version and in the original
language of adoption, with translations into additional languages to be found
in due course on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

I) Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee
adopted Concluding Observations in respect of the following 2 States parties:

Dominican Republic
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Dominican_Republic.pdf

Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste.pdf


II) Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on the Sale of
Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, the Committee adopted
Concluding Observations in respect of the following States parties:

Chile
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Chile_OPSC.pdf

Kuwait
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Kuwait_OPSC.pdf


Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste_OPSC.pdf


III) Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on the
Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the Committee adopted Concluding
Observations in respect of the following States parties:

Chile
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Chile_OPAC.pdf

Germany
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Germany_OPAC.pdf

Ireland
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Ireland_OPAC.pdf

Kuwait
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Kuwait_OPAC.pdf

Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste_OPAC.pdf

Posted in: Publications.

Publications and Reports

Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property Rights Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states (Dec. 2007, European Parliament) [text online via Statewatch].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work in Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) on community cohesion.
Published by the UK Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) and available online at: [full text]. http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/esol_consultation.pdf
In addition, further information on DIUS available at: http://www.dius.gov.uk/
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http:/www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

Country Information in Asylum Procedures - Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU
December 2007 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=479074032
This report, published by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, aims to draw a complex picture of how substantive quality standards of researching and assessing COI appear in the form of legal requirements in the EU, either as binding legal provisions or guiding judicial practice. The report identifies "good legislative practices" concerning COI in the 27 member states and presents what the EU asylum directives require in this respect.
(Source: UNHCR RefWorld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

The Refugee Law Reader: Cases, Documents, and Materials
January 2008 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=478f22f12
This document is the syllabus for "The Refugee Law Reader", an on-line 'living' casebook (www.refugeelawreader.org). It is the fourth edition of the Reader, which is published by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee. The Refugee Law Reader is a collaborative project among experts in the field that offers a fully developed course curriculum and access to over 10,000 pages of legal instruments, documents and specialist commentary.

The Refugee Law Reader has been designed to easily adapt to the wide range of teaching and research needs of professionals. This booklet aims to facilitate navigation within the web site and to assist in seeing the structure of the curriculum as a whole. It also seeks to assist users with the selective adaptation of the course structure and access to the extensive legal material available in The Reader.
(Source: UNHCR RefWorld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain)

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006. This report has just been published by the UNHCR in Geneva and the report is now available online via the UNHCR Statistics site (http://www.unhcr.org/statistics.html). Full text of the report is available at: [text online - http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html].
(Source: UNHCR – http://www.unhcr.org).

Mexico: Evictions of indigenous communities fuel displacement in Chiapas
In the Mexican state of Chiapas, 5,500 people are still internally displaced, in addition to an unknown number who have sought anonymity or remain dispersed, more than a decade after the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) led an uprising of indigenous communities against socio-economic exclusion and lack of access to land. (...)
Full Overview (html/pdf) ; Full Internal Displacement Profile ; Mexico country page
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Children and armed conflict - Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/609–S/2007/757). General Assembly Sixty-second session. Agenda item 66 (a)
Promotion and protection of the rights of children. Security Council. Sixty-second year. Available online via ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7BBTF3?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int ; and the United Nations General Assembly - http://www.un.org/ga/)

More effective strategies needed to prevent global conflicts – UN report. Available online via ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SHES-7BEV4Z?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int).

Burma/Myanmar: After the crackdown - new ICG report
Published By : International Crisis Group
Date : 31 Jan 2008
URL :
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7BDHPD?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int).

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Somalia
January 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47a353642

UNHCR's Status Determination and Protection Information Section (SDPIS) has
started to produce Country Briefing Folders on the top countries of origin
(as highlighted and regularly updated on the homepage of www.refworld.org).
The tables of contents of all Country Briefing Folders will be made available
through Refworld and provide (directly clickable) access to information from
UNHCR and external sources.
The Country Briefing Folders contain general background information,
information relating to the legal context of the country, human rights,
international protection considerations regarding particular groups, and
additional information.
(Source: UNHCR Refword - www.refworld.org).

Help the Prisoners has published a report on: 'Abuse of Muslims in Frankland Prison'.
Download the report at:
http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=673 (pdf file, 368kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees has published issue no.10 of its Echoes Newsletter.
Download the newsletter at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/echoes_newsletter_ten.pdf (pdf file, 668kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales has published its: 'Annual Report 2006-7'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/docs/prisons_ann_rep_1_.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales has published its: 'Annual Report 2006-7: Survey Summaries'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/docs/Ann_Rprt_Surv_Sum.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a new report: 'Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/37/37.pdf (pdf file, 576kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published a summary of responses to a recent consultation on unaccompanied asylum seeking children: 'Better outcomes: the way forward improving the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children'.
Download the report at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/uasc/betteroutcomes.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 280kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published details of a consultation which ends on 24 April 2008: 'The Border and Immigration Agency code of practice for keeping children safe from harm consultation'.
Download details of the consultation at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/keepingchildrensafe/uasc_codeofpractice.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 624kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).