New Publications

A warm welcome? Public services and managing migration in London. This is a new report by Michael Bell Associates for the London Asylum Seekers Consortium; it “was commissioned as a scoping exercise to explore the management of public services and migrants in London. This report seeks to identify key issues and provides initial pointers on the ways forward.”
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

Title - Mapping European Aid to Africa: Summary of Findings of the EUWI-AWG
Aid Mapping Exercise
Source - IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASIN-7FVKWM?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations
Source - Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASIN-7FVLCY?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Africa's Human Rights Architecture
Source - Centre for Conflict Resolution
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7FVGUF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Forgotten Humanitarian Crises: Conference on the Role of the Media,
Decision-makers and Humanitarian Agencies
Source - Danish Refugee Council
Date - Oct 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LGEL-5F6LTA?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Journalism, Media and the Challenge of Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Jan 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LGEL-5ECH5Y?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and
Displacement: A Work in Progress
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7AHDLV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - The Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The Impact of
Catastrophic Events on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981-2002
Source - Gender and Disaster Network
Date - Jan 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7ELHDA?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - International Dialogue on Migration No 10 - Expert Seminar:
Migration and the Environment
Source - International Organization for Migration
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7FNH38?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

The New Bonded Labour?: The impact of proposed changes to the UK immigration system on migrant domestic workers. A new report by Oxfam and Kalayaan.
Every year around 17,000 visas are granted to domestic workers from non-EU countries to accompany their employers to the UK. Prior to 1998, there was no formal route for migrant domestic workers (MDWs) to enter the UK. They were given leave to enter either as a visitor, a family member, or given a stamp ‘to work with…’ This meant that they were not formally recognised as workers, leaving them extremely vulnerable to exploitation by their employers and others.
Available online from the Oxfam website at: http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=e2008041813281103
(Source: IRR quoting a BBC News Stories at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7484043.stm).

The Countertraffickers - Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade.
by William Finnegan. A new report by The New Yorker which is now available via their web site at: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/05/080505fa_fact_finnegan?currentPage=all

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008. The new annual report from the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, in the United States. An online edition of this publication is now available online at: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

Title - Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and the Responsibilityto Protect: Challenges for the UN and the International Community in the21st Century.
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7G5GHR?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - World Disasters Report 2008: Focus on HIV and AIDS
Source - IFRC
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7FYHWK?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Annual Disaster Statistical Review - The Numbers and Trends 2007
Source - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Date - Jun 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7FVG77?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) has published a briefing paper by Jon Burnett: 'Racism, destitution and asylum - Briefing Paper Number 6, June 2008'. Download the briefing paper at:
http://www.pafras.org.uk/documents/PAFRAS_Briefing_Paper_6_-_Racism,_destitution_and_asylum.pdf (pdf file, 72kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Migration and Development: Perspectives from the South. A new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the report is now available online for consultation via the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674?entryId=17698

Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Civil Wars beyond their Borders: The Human Capital and Health Consequences of Hosting Refugees (Institute for the Study of Labor, April 2008) [text via Human Security Gateway)
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Climate Change and Human Rights: A Rough Guide (International Council on Human Rights Policy, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations (Women's Commission, June 2008) [access to report, resource kit, fact sheet and other related info.)
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Mauritania: Nobody wants anything to do with us, arrests and collective expulsions of migrants denied entry into Europe (Amnesty International, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Netherlands: The Detention of Irregular Migrants and Asylum-Seekers (Amnesty International, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNHCR Note on DNA Testing to Establish Family Relationships in the Refugee Context (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Posted in: Publications.

UHNCR 42nd Standing Committee

Documents from the recent UNHCR 42nd Standing Committee meetings have now been made available via the UNHCR Refworld website (www.refworld.org). Further details can be found by following the links below:

Note on International Protection
EC/59/SC/CRP.10, 11 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486902122.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486901ba2.html ]

Progress Report on Resettlement
EC/59/SC/CRP.11, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4864e3872.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4864e4e72.html ]

Statement by Vincent Cochetel, Deputy Director, Division of
International Protection Services (DIPS). Progress Report on
Resettlement (UNHCR Standing Committee, 42nd Session)
25 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4864cf342.html

Note on the Agenda for Protection
EC/59/SC/CRP.12, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868f5f42.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868f5af2.html ]

Agenda for Protection - Progress Overview (2002-2007)
2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868fdc82.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868fd912.html ]

Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection,
"Agenda for Protection"
24 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868cf7f2.html

Protracted Refugee Situations: Revisiting the Problem
EC/59/SC/CRP.13, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486903142.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486902d72.html ]

Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection,
"Protracted Situations"
25 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868d02c2.html

Report on Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming
EC/59/SC/CRP.14, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868f3e02.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868f3a52.html ]

HIV and AIDS Policies and Interventions
EC/59/SC/CRP.15, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868ffcf2.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4868ff962.html ]

Progress on Mainstreaming IDP Issues in UNHCR and Global Work Plan for
IDP Operations
EC/59/SC/CRP.16, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486900fd2.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486900a02.html ]

Staff Safety and Security Issues, Including Refugee Security
EC/59/SC/CRP.17, 2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486905582.html
[in French: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/486904d42.html ]

Posted in: Publications.

Reports and Publications

Government's response to the House of Lords Committee' s report on the economic impacts of migration (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]. The Government's reply to the House of Lords committee's report on the economic impacts of migration - [The Economic impact of immigration report].
(Source: UK Borders Agency - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/).

Title - Talking about Terrorism ? Risks and Choices for Human Rights
Organisations
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - May 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/TUJA-7FG8VP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

The Immigration Law Practitioners Association has published a briefing paper on: 'Changes to the General Grounds for Refusal in the Immigration Rules to be introduced by Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules HC 321'.
Download the briefing paper at:
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/briefings/HC%20321%2013%2005%2008%20Briefing.doc (word doc, 292kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Immigration Law Practitioners Association has published an Information Sheet on: Immigration Rules - concessions on general grounds for refusal'.
Download the Information Sheet at:
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20immigration%20rules%20-%20concessions.pdf (pdf file, 152kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Communities and Local Government Department has published a report: 'Review of Migrant Integration Policy in the UK (including a feasibility study of the proposal for an Integration Agency)'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/838994.pdf (pdf file, 280kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Communities and Local Government Department has published a report: 'Managing the Impacts of Migration: A Cross-Government Approach'.
Download the report at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/838935.pdf (pdf file, 296kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has published: 'The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmpubacc/316/316.pdf (pdf file, 288kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published: 'A Surveillance Society?'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/58/58i.pdf (pdf file, 2mb)
(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: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eleventh Report): 42 Days and Public Emergencies'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/116/116.pdf (pdf file, 304kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)

Global refugee, internally displaced figures climb for second straight year (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]. The full 2007 Global Trends Report is available on www.unhcr.org/statistics
(Source: UNHCR – http://www.unhcr.org/).

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, 2nd ed. (ASIL and Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Policy Plan on Asylum: An Integrated Approach to Protection across the EU (Commission of the European Communities, June 2008) [text via Statewatch]
- See also press release noting the adoption of this communication and Q&A on the policy plan.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Preliminary Report on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, A/CN.4/598 (UN General Assembly, May 2008) [access via UN Pulse]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Position on the Proposal for a Directive on Common Standards and Procedures in Member States for Returning Illegally Staying Third-Country Nationals (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa, (CoRMSA), have just published their latest annual report. The report is entitled “Protecting Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in South Africa” and is available from our website: www.cormsa.org.za
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html.).

Egypt’s Muslim Brothers: Confrontation or Integration? A new report by the International Crisis Group and available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5487&l=1)
(Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/)

MRS N°32- Irregular Migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union: An Overview of Recent Trends. A new IOM report which can be viewed online at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674?entryId=17520
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/)

MRS N°33 -Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to Estimate Flows. A new IOM report which can be viewed online at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674?entryId=17120
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/)

Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations. The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children releases the first major report to address the critical needs of this all-but invisible population. This report is now available online at: http://www.womenscommission.org/special/disabilities.php
(Source: Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children - http://www.womenscommission.org/).

UNHCR Note on DNA Testing to Establish Family Relationships in the Refugee Context. June 2008.
In light of the increase in use of DNA testing to verify family links in situations affecting refugees, this UNHCR Note seeks to provide guidance on two basic issues relating to DNA testing in the refugee context, namely, (i) the general issue of how DNA testing is to be conducted so as to safeguard dignity and human rights; and (ii) the safeguarding of applicable principles of family unity where DNA testing is conducted to verify family links.
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48620c2d2.html
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.refworld.org).

Improving living conditions for refugees and IDPs in camps - Camp Management Toolkit (NRC, June 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)


"Mental Health of Returnees: Refugees in Germany Prior to Their State-sponsored Repatriation," BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:8 [access via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Neighbors in Need: Zimbabweans Seeking Refuge in South Africa (HRW, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

No Choice: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants Crossing the Gulf of Aden (MSF, June 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Protecting Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in South Africa (CoRMSA, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Return with Dignity, Return to What? Review of the Voluntary Return Programme to Afghanistan (CMI, June 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Posted in: Publications.

Reports and Publications

INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS STILL FAILING CHILD SOLDIERS
New Global Survey Finds Children in Fewer Conflicts but Still Fighting
(New York, 20 May 2008) – Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children, according to the 2008 Child Soldiers Global Report, launched today by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.
Read more at: http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/20/global18885.htm
Read the report: http://www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www.hrw.org/)

Title - Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: A 10-Point Plan of Action
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Jan 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7ETFQX?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www/reliefweb.int/)

Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration. As migration has not commonly been considered as part of the indigenous experience, the prevalent view of indigenous communities tends to portray them as static groups, deeply rooted in their territories and customs. Increasingly, however, indigenous peoples are leaving their long-held territories as part of the phenomenon of global migration beyond the customary seasonal and cultural movements of particular groups. Diverse examples of indigenous peoples’ migration, its distinctive features and commonalities are highlighted throughout this report, and show that more research and data on this topic are necessary to better inform policies on migration and other phenomena that impact on indigenous peoples’ lives.
The publication is now available for download via the IOM web site – [download.]
(Source: IOM - http://www.iom.int/)

International Dialogue on Migration N°10 - Expert Seminar: Migration and the Environment.
Environmental degradation, climate change and migration are not new to the global community. However, managing these phenomena has become both more challenging and more critical to ensuring human security and sustainable development. Not only are gradual and sudden forms of environmental change acquiring greater magnitude, but they are likely to lead to ever increasing waves of internal and international migration, including mass human displacement. Migration is also having a demonstrable impact - at times positive, at others negative - on the environment in communities of origin and destination. Both phenomena are figuring more prominently in the eruption of new and old conflicts.
The publication is now available for download via the IOM web site – [download.]
(Source: IOM - http://www.iom.int/)

The following has been posted by RDS and can be downloaded via http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
Home Office Research Report 07 - Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: A process review of Operation Pentameter
Key implications
Executive summaryTo download the above, visit the "what's new" page at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html

"Community-based Asylum Seekers' Use of Primary Health Care Services in Melbourne," eMJA, vol 188, no. 6 (2008): 344-348 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Dominican Republic: Time to Move Forward to Resolve Statelessness (Refugees International, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Forced Marriage with the LRA, Uganda (Feinstein International Center, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Global Peace Index 2008 [Vision of Humanity, access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

No One to Turn To: The under-reporting of child sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers (Save the Children, May 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Protection of Civilians and the Post-Conflict Security Sector: A Conceptual and Historical Overview (NUPI, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Review of the Use of UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusions on International Protection, Informal Consultative Meeting, 9 June 2008 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Comparative Overview of the Implementation of the Directive 2003/9 of 27 January 2003 Laying Down Minimum Standards for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the EU Member States (Odysseus Academic Network, 2007) [text]
- Note: This report was formerly confidential but has now been made available to the public on the European Commission web site.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Don't Call it Shangri-La: Economic Programs for Displaced Populations in Nepal (Women's Commission, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion (CAFOD, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Housing, New Migration and Community Relations: A Review of the Evidence Base (ICAR, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Recommendations for the Return and Reintegration of Rejected Asylum Seekers: Lessons Learned from Returns to Kosovo (Danish Refugee Council, May 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

"The Refugee Crisis in Southern and Central Africa," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Guidance on Profiling Internally Displaced Persons (IDMC & OCHA, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Common EU Guidelines for Processing Country of Origin Information (COI) (European Union, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Concise Report - Prevention of Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees in Europe: A Participatory Approach (ICRH, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Cyclone Nargis: Lessons for Operational Agencies (ALNAP, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration (IOM, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Last in Line, Last in School 2008: How Donors Can Support Education for Children Affected by Conflict and Emergencies (Save the Children, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Second-generation Afghans in Iran: Integration, Identity and Return (AREU, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child (UNHCR, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Applicability of Ceased Circumstances Cessation Clauses to Refugees
from Sierra Leone
2 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4848ea752
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

ICRC Annual Report 2007 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Global Report 2007 [access via home page]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugees International Annual Report for 2007 - 2007 Annual Report is now available for download
(Source: Refugees International - http://www.refugeesinternational.org/)

Building a Europe of Asylum: UNHCR's Recommendations to France for its
European Union Presidency (July - December 2008)
9 June 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=484e71812
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

Posted in: Publications.

Publications & Reports

PCHR Publishes Annual Report 2007. PCHR has published its Annual Report for 2007, which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007. This report is the 12^th Annual Report published by PCHR since 1996. To download the report, in PDF format - http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/annual_reports07.html

Schools can do more to help refugee children integrate - a new report by the Refugee Council (Refugee Council) - [text online]. For a copy of the report go to: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/inclusiveschools
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Code of practice
Refugee Council response to the UK Border Agency Code of Practice for Keeping Children Safe from Harm [April 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/Codeofpractice.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Following new rules introduced on 1 April 2008 on voluntary returns, we have updated the information on these two pages:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/afghanistan.htm
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/iraq.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

RC highlights independent support for right to work (Refugee Council) - [text online]. You can access the report here - http://www.vulnerableworkers.org.uk/files/CoVE_short_report.pdf
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Note on the Structure and Operation of the KhAD/WAD in Afghanistan
1978-1992. April 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=482947db2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html).

New Publication - MRS N°33 Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to Estimate Flows. Now available from the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17120
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/).

Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: An International Comparison. Now available from the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17121).
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/).

DARFUR: ‘SCORCHED EARTH’ TACTICS WARRANT UN SANCTIONS
Government Attacks Show Civilians Need Greater International Protection
(New York, May 19, 2008) – The United Nations Security Council should impose targeted sanctions on Sudanese officials responsible for attacks against civilians in West Darfur in February 2008, said Human Rights Watch in a new report released today. Following an attack by Darfur rebels on Khartoum on May 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch also expressed concern about possible government reprisals against civilians in West Darfur.
Read more at: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/19/sudan18857.htm
Read the report: http://hrw.org/reports/2008/darfur0508/
(Source: Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/)

Assessment on Returns to Iraq Amongst the Iraqi Refugee Population in Syria (UNHCR Syria, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Beyond the School Gates: Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Secondary School (Refugee Council, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Hidden Cork: Perspectives of Asylum Seekers on Direct Provision and the Asylum Legal System (NASC - Irish Immigrant Support Centre, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

"Living and Health Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in an Unofficial Camp in the Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Survey," Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 62 (2008): 91-97 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Field Review: Presentation of Main Findings (May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Unwelcome Guests: The Detention of Refugees in Turkey's Foreigners Guesthouses (Helsinki Citizens Assembly, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Project:London at Médecins du Monde has published a new report on: 'Improving Access to Healthcare for the Community's Most Vulnerable'.
Download the report at:
http://www.medecinsdumonde.org.uk/doclib/104524-report2007light.pdf (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Positive Action in Housing (PAIH) has published its first edition of the quarterly: 'Destitution Service Bulletin'.
Download the bulletin at:
http://www.paih.org/quickmail-latest_files/destitutionnewsletterissue1.pdf (pdf file, 936kb)

The Independent Asylum Commission has published its first report of conclusions and recommendations: 'Saving Sanctuary'.
Download the report at:
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/files/Saving%20Sanctuary.pdf (pdf file, 1.9mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Fawcett Society has published: 'Ethnic Minority Women - Routes to Power'.
Download the summary at:
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Routes%20to%20Power%20Summary.pdf (pdf file, 314kb). Or download the full report at:
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Routes%20to%20Power.pdf (pdf file, 754kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Independent Monitoring Board at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre has published its: 'Annual Report 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/07-annual-reports/Campfield_House_IRC_2007.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 352kb)
(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: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/108/108.pdf (pdf file, 408kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

NGOs & UN Agencies Assisting Persons with Disabilities; A
non-exhaustive reference list of organizations working with and for
persons with disabilities world-wide
April 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=48297a4e2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html).

Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: An International Comparison. The book by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Eurasylum on 'Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: an International Comparison' has just been published. The book explores some of the key issues, at a policy and practical level, relating to the design, implementation and outcomes of public evaluation systems in the field of migration policy. It reviews the ways migration
policies are evaluated in several EU member states, the USA, Canada, the European Commission, IOM and UNHCR, and provides a range of recommendations for improving the design and implementation of evidence-based and accountable policies in the field of migration and asylum. The book can be downloaded or ordered from here:
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC
0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17121
(Source: FMO Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Title - Catching the Wind - Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7EMJ5M?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www/reliefweb.int/)

Posted in: Publications.

Reports and Publications

Hillingdon fails to support asylum seeking children. A new report from the Children's Commissioner for England has criticised the London Borough of Hillingdon for its treatment of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC). Available via the Children’s Commissioners’ website – click on the title here to download - [The Children's Commissioner's findings and recommendations regarding the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the London Borough of Hillingdon]
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News Release - http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/may/ha000006.html).

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published: 'Report on an unannounced short follow up inspection of Haslar Immigration Removal Centre 5 - 7 November 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544627/Haslar.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 240kb)

The Independent Monitoring Board at Lindholme Removal Centre has published its Annual Report.
Download the report at:
http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/08-annual-reports/Lindholme_IRC_2007-2008.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 152kb)

Iraq after the Surge, a set of two companion reports from the International Crisis Group, examines the security and political aspects of the surge. The New Sunni Landscape, uniquely based on extensive interviews with insurgents, describes the sweeping changes affecting Sunni tribes, al-Qaeda in Iraq and the insurgency. The Need for a New Political Strategy analyses reasons for the current deadlock and suggests a way forward. Both point to the importance of devising a different approach that focuses on pressuring the Iraqi government to agree to political compromise, engaging in negotiations with a fuller range of Iraqi actors, including still-active insurgents, and altering the regional climate.
(Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/)

Guidance Note on Extradition and International Refugee Protection. A new report published by the UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees – now available online via the UNHCR Refworld web site at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=481ec7d92).
(Source: UNHCR RefWorld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain)

Publications (courtesy of ReliefWeb)

Title - Reinforcing Data Reporting from Refugee Settings: Project Report
Source - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZD6R?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Is Cash a Feasible Alternative to Food Aid for Post-drought Relief
in Lesotho
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Sep 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZDYG?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Armed Conflict and Public Health: A Report on Knowledge and
Knowledge Gaps
Source - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Date - Dec 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZDUZ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Civil Conflicts in Four African Countries: A Five-Year Review of
Trends in Nutrition and Mortality
Source - Johns Hopkins University
Date - Feb 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZHGV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability
Source - US Institute of Peace
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7E5DB9?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Gendering Demilitarization as a Peacebuilding Tool
Source - Bonn International Center for Conversion
Date - Jun 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7E5DSG?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Women and Negotiations with Armed Groups
Source - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7E6HJV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Influencing State Behavior for Refugee Protection: UNHCR and the
Design of the Refugee protection Regime
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7E6HRY?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - ALNAP 7th Review of Humanitarian Action
Source - ALNAP
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7E7FWQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Strengthening humanitarian networks: Applying the network functions
approach
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7E8EHE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Beyond the Nexus: UNHCR's Evolving Perspective on Refugee
Protection and International Migration
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7E9HS7?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Human Rights and Service Learning
Source - Human Rights Education Associates
Date - May 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7EAE2E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action - Final
Report
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date - May 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7ECBLP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Becoming an Ex-military Man: Demobilization and Reintegration of
Military Professionals in Eastern Europe
Source - Bonn International Center for Conversion
Date - Oct 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7ECH4H?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Human Rights and Natural Disasters: Operational Guidelines and
Field Manual on Human Rights Protection in Situations of Natural Disaster
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KHII-7EE9KM?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Posted in: Publications.

OHCHR Commitee Meeting Publications

Committee on Migrant Workers: Concluding Observations (8th session)

We are pleased to provide you herewith the sixth 2008 distribution of treaty body recommendations through the listserve administered by the Human RightsTreaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Please, do not reply to this message.

For your information, we attach the concluding observations adopted by the Committee on Migrant Workers at its 8th session, held from 14 to 25 April 2008. The documents are provided in their 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 Migrant Workers, the Committee adopted concluding observations in respect of the following State parties:

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

Syrian Arab Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/mwc/Syria.pdf


Full information relating to the session can be found at the following webpage:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/cmws08.htm

At its 9th session from 24-28 November 2008, the Committee will consider the report of El Salvador. Full information relating to the 9th session can be found at the following webpage:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/cmws09.htm

Human Rights Treaties Branch
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

====

Decisions of the Human Rights Committee (Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights)

Dear Subscribers,

We are pleased to provide you herewith the seventh 2008 distribution of treaty body recommendations through the listserve administered by the Human RightsTreaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Please, do not reply to this message.

For your information, we attach the final decisions of the Human Rights Committee, adopted at its 92nd session, held in New York from 17 March to 4 April 2008, in respect of individual complaints presented under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The decisions are provided 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).

In the following six cases, the Committee found, in its decision on the merits of the case, one or more violations of the Covenant.

Susser_v_Czech Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Susser_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Rakhmatov_et_al_v_Tajikistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Rakhmatov_et_al_v_Tajikistan.pdf
Lumanog_v_Philippines http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Lumanog_v_Philippines.pdf
Lnenicka_v_Czech_Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Lnenicka_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Hens_Corujo_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Hens_Corujo_v_Spain.pdf
Babkin_v_Russian_Federation http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Babkin_v_Russian_Federation.pdf

In the following three cases, the Committee found, in its decision on the merits of the cases, no violation of the Covenant.

Asensi_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Asensi_v_Spain.pdf
Bauetdinov_v_Uzbekistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Bauetdinov_v_Uzbekistan.pdf
Oubina_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Oubina_v_Spain.pdf

In the following eleven cases, the Committee found the complaint to be inadmissible.

Ahmad_ Abdol-Hamid_v_Denmark http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Ahmad_Abdol_Hamid_v_Denmark.pdf
Conde_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Conde_v_Spain.pdf
Fernandez_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Fernandez_v_Spain.pdf
Gougnin Karimov_v_Uzbequistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Gougnin_Karimov_v_Uzbequistan.pdf
Kool_v_Netherlands http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Kool_v_Netherlands.pdf
Korneenko_v_Belarus http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Korneenko_v_Belarus.pdf
Londono Soto_et_al_v_Australia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Londono_Soto_et_al_v_Australia.pdf
Mazon Costa _v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Mazon_Costa_v_Spain.pdf
Schmidl_v_Czech_Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Schmidl_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Stow_Gai_v_Portugal http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Stow_Gai_v_Portugal.pdf
Subero_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Subero_v_Spain.pdf


Further attached is the revised global Reporting Schedule setting out the State reports, received in the Secretariat and tentatively scheduled for consideration in 2008 and 2009, by treaty and session. The schedule, correct as of 5 May, is subject to change without notice.

http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/Reporting_Schedule.pdf

Human Rights Treaties Branch
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights


Posted in: Publications.