Tuesday 30 September 2008

Refugees and Climate Change

The following pieces of research relating to the impact of climate change in relation to refugee situations are now available online. The full details and web links are as follows:

The latest issue of Forced Migration Review, number 31, is dedicated to this issue and full details can be found at: http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange.htm

Forced Migration Online Resource Summary on climate change and displacement, online at
http://www.forcedmigration.org/browse/thematic/climate-change/

A transcript of the April 2008 ippr conference on climate change and displacement, online at
http://www.ippr.org/migration

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Publications.

Wednesday 24 September 2008

News Stories (24/09/08)

Aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia (BBC News) - [text online]

Burmese democracy veteran freed (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma frees political prisoner after 19 years (The3 Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Zimbabwe starves as Robert Mugabe stalls on new government (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Burma's longest-serving political prisoner freed (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan: Opportunity in the Midst of Crisis (Enough Project) - [text online]

Somalia: Gunmen abduct two foreign aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: UNHCR seeks $17million to help displaced people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Despite international aid, situation of children deteriorating (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

More than 5,000 refugees resettled from Nepal (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes UAE decision on stateless people (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR urges reinforced EU commitment to protection of Iraqi refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Myanmar: Freedom for U Win Tin but 2,100 political prisoners remain behind bars (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Burma activist freed from jail after 19 years vows to fight on (The Guardian) - [text online]

Kenya on path to full recovery after post-election violence, UN debate hears (UN News) - [text online]

‘Precarious calm’ returns to scene of recent Congolese clashes, reports UN (UN News) - [text online]

Africa advancing on democracy and human rights, General Assembly told (UN News) - [text online]

African-UN peacekeepers in Darfur train Sudanese forces on protection (UN News) - [text online]

Kosovo issue could undermine international system, Serbian leader tells UN (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Maureen: "When I reported my rape to the police, they arrested me"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia move to new homes after UN-funded repairs (UN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: What happens to aid money?
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Tortured, raped and forgotten
(IRIN News) - [text online]

UNICEF welcomes British recognition of migrant children’s rights (UN News) - [text online]

BURUNDI: Denise Nzohabonayo: "We are here because we have no land to go to"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Abubakar, "This tree has been my home for years"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

UN calls on European Union to uphold pledges to protect Iraqi refugees (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 30 Aug - 12 Sep 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Posted in: Publications.

Tuesday 23 September 2008

State, Nation, Citizen: Rethinking Repatriation. RSC Working Paper Number 48 written by Katy Long, (August 2008). Online at: [Full Text] http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/RSCworkingpaper48.pdf(Source: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxfordhttp://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/).


New ICAR Briefing entitled: Employment issues for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Available online at:
http://www.icar.org.uk/employment_briefing
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/).

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, 4-8 February 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544687/Yarls_Wood_2008.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 445kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on the unannounced full inspection of the short-term holding facility at: Edinburgh Airport, 20 February 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/edinburgh-airport-sthf?view=Binary (pdf file, 177kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on a full announced inspection of Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre, 10-14 March 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544670/tinsley-house-IRC-2008?view=Binary (pdf file, 1.5mkb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Home Office has published: 'Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter 2008 - United Kingdom'.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/asylumq108.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office has published: 'Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2007'.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1108.pdf (pdf file, 2.3mb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Home Office has published a: 'Control of immigration: quarterly statistical summary, United Kingdom, April 2008 - June 2008'.
Download the statistical summary at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/coiq208.pdf (pdf file, 608kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Home Office has published a statistical bulletin: 'Control of immigration: statistics, United Kingdom 2007'.
Download the statistical bulletin at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1008.pdf (pdf file, 1.2mb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The UK Border Agency of the Home Office has published: 'A strong new force at the border, August 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/managingourborders/astrongnewforceattheborder/strongnewforce.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 448kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Government Equalities Department has published: 'Social Enterprise: Making it work for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women'.
Download the report at:
http://www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/407665_SOCIAL%20ENTERPRISE%20WEB.pdf (pdf file, 1.1mb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

Great Lakes Pact and the Rights of Displaced People: A Guide for Civil Society (IDMC and IRRI, Sept. 2008) [English text] [French text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Iraq's Refugee and IDP Crisis: Human Toll and Implications (Middle East Institute, August 2008) [text via Human Security Gateway]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Access to Protection at Airports in Europe (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Evaluation of UNHCR’s returnee reintegration programme in Angola (UNHCR, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change: Mapping Emerging Trends and Risk Hotspots (CARE, August 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Barriers to Asylum: The Marabastad Refugee Reception Office (Forced Migration Studies Programme, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Conflict, Arms, and Militarization: The Dynamics of Darfur’s IDP Camps, HSBA Working Paper no. 15 (Small Arms Survey, Sept. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Internal Displacement to Urban Areas - the Tufts-IDMC Profiling Study, Khartoum, Sudan (Feinstein International Center & IDMC, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Opportunity and conflict: the impact of a refugee influx on decentralisation in Mali, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper no. 163 (UNHCR, Sept. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Towards a ‘soft law’ framework for the protection of vulnerable migrants, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper, no. 162 (UNHCR, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions, 3rd ed. (UNHCR, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Posted in: Publications.

Sunday 21 September 2008

Publications Listed on Reliefweb

A selection of the publications recently made available via the ReliefWeb portal, (www.reliefweb.int):

Title - The 'Humanitarian Frontline', Development and Relief, and Religion
- What Context, Which Threats and Which Opportunities?
Source - University of Ghent
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7J3JMN?OpenDocument

Title - The 'Humanitarian Frontline', Development and Relief, and Religion
- What Context, Which Threats and Which Opportunities?
Source - University of Ghent
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7J3JMN?OpenDocument

Title - The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping (2): Reforming DPKO
Source - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7HRDVG?OpenDocument

Title - The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping (1): Hybrid Missions
Source - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7HRDXL?OpenDocument

Title - Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change: Mapping Emerging
Trends and Risk Hotspots
Source - CARE
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7HRGCF?OpenDocument

Title - Gender Justice and Reconciliation
Source - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7HRGFJ?OpenDocument

Title - Climate Change and Human Vulnerability: Mapping Emerging Trends and
Risk Hotspots for Humanitarian Actors
Source - CARE
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7HUJ4T?OpenDocument

Title - State, Nation, Citizen: Rethinking Repatriation
Source - Refugee Studies Centre
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7HVJ97?OpenDocument

Title - Annual Report 2007
Source - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7HW9MF?OpenDocument

Title - Local Integration: An Under-Reported Solution to Protracted Refugee
Situations
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7H3J6Z?OpenDocument

Posted in: Publications.

New Online Publications

The following publications are now available online from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust website:

Title: Not moving on: Still destitute in Leeds.
Date: 2008.
Produced by: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
Download the summary at: http://www.jrct.org.uk/core/documents/download.asp?id=329 (pdf file, 83kb) Download the full report at: http://www.jrct.org.uk/core/documents/download.asp?id=330(pdf file, 1.18mb)


Title: Immigration and social cohesion in the UK: The rhythms and realities of everyday life.

Authors: By Mary Hickman, Helen Crowley and Nick Mai Date: 2008.

Date: 2008.
Produced by: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Link: https://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2230-deprivation-cohesion-immigration.pdf (pdf file 592kb)


Title: Immigration and inclusion in South Wales.

Date: 2008.
Produced by: The Jospeh Rowntree Foundation.

Download the report at: http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2290-wales-migration-cohesion.pdf (pdf file 328kb)
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/).


Title: Understanding diversity – South Africans in multi-ethnic Britain

Date: 2008.

Produced by: The Runnymede Trust.
Download at: http://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/publications/pdfs/UnderstandingDiversity-2008.pdf


Title: Soldiers, migrants and citizens – the Nepalese in Britain

Date: 2008.

Produced by: The Runnymede Trust.

Download at:
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/publications/pdfs/TheNepaleseInBritain-2008.pdf
.(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)


Title: Scotland’s slaves: an Amnesty International briefing on trafficking in Scotland

Produced By: Amnesty International

Date: 2008.
Download from: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_18605.pdf


Title: Your place or mine? The local economics of migration

Author: Max Nathan.

Produced by: Institute for Public Policy Research.

Date: 2008.

Available to download from: http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)


Title: 'Report on an announced inspection of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, 4-8 February 2008'.

Published by: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

Date: 2008.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544687/Yarls_Wood_2008.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 445kb)

(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Report on the unannounced full inspection of the short-term holding facility at: Edinburgh Airport, 20 February 2008'.

Published by: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

Date: 2008.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/edinburgh-airport-sthf?view=Binary (pdf file, 177kb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Report on a full announced inspection of Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre, 10-14 March 2008'.

Published by: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

Date: 2008.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544670/tinsley-house-IRC-2008?view=Binary (pdf file, 1.5mkb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter 2008 - United Kingdom'.

Published by: Home Office.

Date: 2008.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/asylumq108.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2007'.

Published by: Home Office, Research Development and Statistics Directorate.

Date: 2008.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1108.pdf (pdf file, 2.3mb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Control of immigration: quarterly statistical summary, United Kingdom, April 2008 - June 2008'.

Published by: Home Office.

Date: 2008.
Download the statistical summary at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/coiq208.pdf (pdf file, 608kb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Control of immigration: statistics, United Kingdom 2007'.

Series: Home Office Statistical Bulletin.

Published by: Home Office.

Date: 2008.
Download the statistical bulletin at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1008.pdf (pdf file, 1.2mb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'A strong new force at the border, August 2008'.

Published by: Home Office, UK Border Agency.

Date: 2008.
Download the report at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/managingourborders/astrongnewforceattheborder/strongnewforce.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 448kb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


Title: 'Social Enterprise: Making it work for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women'.

Published by: Government Equalities Department.

Date: 2008.
Download the report at:
http://www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/407665_SOCIAL%20ENTERPRISE%20WEB.pdf (pdf file, 1.1mb)

(Source: Institute of Race Relations - http://www.irr.org.uk/).


New guide aims to benefit millions displaced in Africa’s Great Lakes region.

Published by: IDMC

Date: September 2008.

Download: Full text of the press release ; View the report).


Posted in: Publications.