New Reports and Publications

Iraqi crisis fuels rise in asylum seekers in industrialised world (UNHCR Briefing Paper) - [text online]. The full report is also available online at: "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, 2007."

Immigration bail hearings by video link: a monitoring exercise by Bail for Immigration Detainees and the Refugee Council [March 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2008/bail_hearings.htm

Refugee Council response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Human Trafficking [February 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/hic_trafficking.htm

The Destitution Tally: an indication of the extent of destitution among asylum seekers and refugees [January 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/Destitution.htm

UNHCR Protection Starter Kit – Now available online at:
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/protection_kit
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - www.UNHCR.org/Refworld)

Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation. An Interagency Statement
February 2008.
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47c6aa6e2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - www.UNHCR.org/Refworld)

UNHCR Manual on a Community Based Approach in UNHCR Operations
March 2008.
Available Online at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47da54722
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - www.UNHCR.org/Refworld)

Beyond Naturalisation: Citizenship policy in an age of super-mobility
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=594
Research report for the Lord Goldsmith Citizenship Review for ippr, by Jill Rutter, Maria Latorre and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah. It examines how the Government might respond to the fact that fewer people are willing to take up British citizenship or able to establish long-term roots within communities.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments (Congressional
Research Service, Feb. 2008) - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22810.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

EXCOM Standing Committee, 41st Meeting, Documents (4-6 March 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/excom/418f47444.html
- Issues discussed include protracted refugee situations, supporting the
return and reintegration of displaced populations, assessing unmet needs of
populations of concern, among others.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance (AREU, Feb. 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

Assessment on psychosocial needs of Iraqis displaced in Jordan and Lebanon: survey report (IOM, Feb. 2008) [text via Eldis]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

Claiming Asylum at a Screening Unit as an Unaccompanied Minor (Children's Commissioner, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

Amnesty International et al., "The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion," A Joint Agency Report (Oxfam, March 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

Baraka, H., “Palestinians in Lebanon: Chains of Misery (Bound by the Law and the Market),” FMRS Working Paper, no. 9 (Forced Migration & Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

Gammeltoft-Hansen, T., "The Refugee, the Sovereign and the Sea: EU Interdiction Policies in the Mediterranean," DIIS Working Paper no 2008/6 (Danish Institute for International Studies, March 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

Humanitarian Policy Group, “Humanitarian action in Iraq: putting the pieces together,” HPG Policy Brief 30 (ODI, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com).

No Borders has published its February/March 2008 newsletter.
Download the newsletter at:
http://www.noborders.org.uk/uploads/NbNewsletter3.pdf (pdf file, 176kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

UNHCR Compilation of Case Law on Refugee Protection in International Law
March 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47dfc8e32
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - www.UNHCR.org/Refworld)

Posted in: Publications.

New Publications and Reports

Children’s Commissioner's 'uncovers a series of unacceptable practices' The Children’s Commissioner Professor Sir Al Aynsley Green today released a report into the treatment of unaccompanied children seeking asylum at the Border and Immigration Agency Screening Unit in Croydon. The report was severely critical of the way children were dealt with, and made a series of detailed recommendations. Children’s Commissioner: Report on claiming asylum at a screening unit as an unaccompanied child Refugee Council press release: Refugee Council supports report from the Children's Commissioner
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/).

The Home Office published its quarterly statistics on asylum, highlighting the fact that asylum applications in 2007 were at their lowest level for 14 years. Refugee Council Chief Executive Donna Covey said “It is such a shame that this government takes such pride in preventing people from coming to the UK to claim asylum. It is frightening to think about what has been happening to those who have tried to flee their tormentors only to be stopped in their tracks by these strong border controls.”
Refugee Council press release: Refugee Council responds to latest asylum statistics
BIA press release: Lowest number of asylum application in 14 yearsBIA Stats review: Refugee Council response to “Review of Border and Immigration Agency Statistics on Control of Immigration" [February 2008]Home Office: Press Release on Asylum Statistics - http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/lowest-asylum-apps-in-14-years
HomeOffice: Asylum Statistics: 4th Quarter 2007 (PDF)
How it was reported in the media:
Times: Asylum removals slump as applications rise and Scotsman: Asylum seeker applications at 14-year low
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/).

Citizenship
Refugee Council Submission to the Lord Goldsmith QC Citizenship Review [January 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/Citizenship.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/).

Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Iraqi Asylum Seekers in Jordan: A Report of the ICMC-USCCB Mission to Assess the Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum Seekers in Jordan (International Catholic Migration Commission, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Meeting Room: Libraries as Community Centers for Culturally Diverse Populations (Paper presented at 16th BOBCATSSS Symposium 2008, 28-30 Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Welcome to Europe! A Guide to Resettlement (International Catholic Migration Commission, Dec. 2007) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

International Women's Day: UNHCR launches handbook for protection of women (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The Destitution Tally: an indication of the extent of destitution among asylum seekers and refugees [January 2008]. The full report by the Refugee Council et al is also available online - [download report here]. A press release by the Refugee Council, entitled: 4 out of 10 of the asylum seekers seeking our help are destitute, say refugee agencies is also available online - [text online].
(Source: Refugee Council - http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk).

UNHCR Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls. This new handbook has just bee published by the UNHCR in Geneva and is available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfae612.html
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

EXCOM Standing Committee, 41st Meeting, Documents (4-6 March 2008) [access]
- Issues discussed include protracted refugee situations, supporting the return and reintegration of displaced populations, assessing unmet needs of populations of concern, among others.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

"Managing Migration: The Global Challenge," Population Bulletin, vol. 63, no.1 (March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Migration and Climate Change, IOM Migration Research Series, no. 31 (IOM, 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Observations on the Commission Proposal for a Council Directive Amending Directive 2003/109/EC Establishing a Long-Term Residence Status to Extend its Scope to Beneficiaries of International Protection (UNHCR, 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR second rapid assessment of return of Iraqis from displacement locations in Iraq and from neighbouring countries (UNHCR, March 2008) [text]

(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and trends in asylum and return By Brad Blitz. Compas Working Paper Number 58 – available online at: http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/working_papers.shtml
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

Defending Refugees’ Access to Protection in Europe – a report by the European Council on Refugees and exiles.
Examines the constant tightening of EU border controls having a major impact in preventing refugees from seeking asylum in Europe.

http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?docid=4766464e2

http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4766464e2
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - www.welshrefugeecouncil.org/)

The Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) has published a briefing paper on the Counter Terrorism Bill 2008.
Download the briefing paper at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/campacc_briefing_2008.pdf (pdf file, 2.3mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Children's Commissioner has published a report: 'The Children's Commissioner's findings and recommendations regarding the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the London Borough of Hillingdon'.
Download the report at:
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/Hilligdon_FINAL4.pdf (pdf file, 600kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published: 'Introducing compulsory identity cards for foreign nationals'.
Download the report at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/managingourborders/compulsoryidcards/IDcards/foreignnationalsforidcards.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 640kb
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Sep 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7CHJAK?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Civil-Military Guidelines & Reference for Complex Emergencies
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASIN-7CHT7T?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Legalising a Contemporary "War of Peace": A Case for Humanitarian
Intervention in the Sudan
Source - Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
Date - Nov 2004
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7CJQXQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Global Humanitarian Assistance 2007/2008
Source - Development Initiatives
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7CMMLJ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Posted in: Publications.

Publications

The path to citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system. A new report produced by the UK Home Office: Border and Immigration Agency, (BIA). The full text of this report can be found in PDF format on the BIA website at: [full text] http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/pathtocitizenship/
(Source: IPPR E-mail News - http://www.ippr.org/events/?id=3015)

Kenya in Crisis. (Africa Report N°137), 21 February 2008. A new report released by the International Crisis Group, (ICG). An abstract of the report combined with the full text of the report itself, available in PDF format, can be found on the ICG website here - [abstract and full text]. http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5316
(Source – the International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm).

The Crown Prosecution Service has published a report: 'Racist and religious incident monitoring - Annual Report 2006 - 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/rims06-07.pdf (pdf file, 512kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The Department for Children Schools and Families has published a report: 'The Inclusion of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children and Young People'.
Download the report at:
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/Inclusion%20of%20Gypsy%20Roma.pdf (pdf file, 416kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The Home Office has published a report by Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C.: 'Third report of the independent reviewer pursuant to section 14(3) of the prevention of Terrorism Act 2005'.
Download the report at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/report-control-orders-2008?view=Binary (pdf file, 480kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Ninth Report): Annual Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/57/57.pdf (pdf file, 312kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

Title - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD)
Source - Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-726JV5?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - War and Occupation in Iraq
Source - Global Policy Forum
Date - Jun 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/TBRL-73YPDT?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Towards a Culture of Prevention: Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at
School
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date - Oct 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHES-77TQ4X?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Resolution 1325: From Rhetoric to Practice: A Report on Women's
Role in Reconcilliation Processes in the Great Lakes in Africa
Source - CARE
Date - Oct 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79EJF5?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Negociating Peace in Liberia: Preserving the Possibility for
Justice
Source - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LRON-79JJ5E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Iraq National Dialogue and Reconciliation: Respecting Diversity
Promoting Unity
Source - NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79RKDZ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Maximum or Minimum? Policy Options for Democratisation Initiatives
in UN Peace Operations
Source - Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Date - May 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79SJCK?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - United Nations Consolidated Report 2006
Source - United Nations
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-7AJSUQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - CRED Crunch Newsletter - Jan 2008
Source - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7B3KKU?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Cluster evaluation - final draft
Source - Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7BT8J9?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Securing peace and development: The role of the United Nations in
supporting security sector reform - Report of the Secretary-General
Source - UN Security Council
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7BT9VE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary
armed conflicts
Source - ICRC
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KHII-7BZ4RP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - A Climate of Conflict
Source - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7BZH6U?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Home Office Asylum Statistics: 4th Quarter, 2007: Available Online via the Home Office RDS web site at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/asylumq407.pdf).

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 - UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008
Source - UN Children's Fund
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7BR8XC?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Securing Peace and Development: The Role of the United Nations in
Supporting Security Sector Reform - Report of the Secretary-General
Source - UN Security Council
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7BT9VE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Hold the Applause! EU Governments Risk Breaking Aid Promises
Source - Concord
Date - Apr 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KHII-7C34JV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Exploring the Science of Complexity: Ideas and Implications for
Development and Humanitarian Efforts
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7C3N5E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Why we Need to Look Hard at the NGOs' Flaws
Source - CARE
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASIN-7C3SEW?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Repatriation of Minority Groups to Kosovo: *Repatriation Plans: Romano Them calls for the respect of Human Rights*. The document is available on the website of *Romano Them*.
See:
http://kosovoroma.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/by-force-if-necessary-minority-ret
urns-to-kosovo-after-independence/
*Romano Them* is an independent internet platform informing about the situation of Roma in Kosovo and Kosovo Roma in diaspora. URL: http://kosovoroma.wordpress.com/
(Source: Forced Migration Email List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

More responsive public services? A guide to commissioning migrant and refugee community organisations.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2166-migrant-service-provision.pdf (pdf file, 608kb)
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published this report by John Perry and A Azim El-Hassan for Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust (hact). It is designed to help both commissioners and third sector organisations navigate their way through this terrain. Its main aim is to set out the case for migrant and refugee community organisations (MRCOs) as providers of commissioned public services – both to show commissioners why they should consider them, and help MRCOs understand and form their own views on what their potential roles could be.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: Addressing Vulnerabilities and Harnessing Opportunities - Background Paper (IOM & Greek Chairmanship of the Human Security Network, Feb. 2008) [text].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Repatriation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies: The Case of Rwanda’s ‘Ingando’, RSC Working Paper, no. 43 (RSC, Jan. 2008) [text].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

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