New Publications and Reports

Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. A new International Crisis Group report available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5563&l=1

Taliban Propaganda: Winning the War of Words? A new International Crisis Group report available online at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5589&l=1

Community Cohesion and Migration: Tenth report of Session 2007-08.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmcomloc/369/369i.pdf

The House of Commons Communities & Local Government Committee has just published the 10th report of the Session 2007/8. The report looks at the effects of migration on cohesion; pressures on local services; responding to migration locally (eg local leadership and integration) and nationally (eg number of bodies involved, need for the Government to improve its provision); Government funding; and concludes with some 32 recommendations.

(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

Empowering agencies to engage communities

http://changesuk.net/empowering_agencies_report.pdf
This research (published March 2008), explores how public agencies can assess and improve their openness and ability to respond to community influence. It was produced by changes an independent consultancy based in the West Midlands specialising in community engagement, community development and active citizenship. More information at www.changesuk.net/
(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

Integration and Diversity in the UK
http://www.ippr.org/research/teams/project.asp?id=1409&pid=1409
Useful summary of work to date and in progress by the Institute for Public Policy Research on migration, equalities and citizenship. Research project in progress is called Moving up together: promoting equality and integration for the UK's diverse communities, and will address the pressing question of why some migrant and minority communities are lagging behind in socio-economic terms. More information at weblink above.
(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

Think research …

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_research.aspx

The Social Exclusion Task Force, together with Barnardo's, Research in Practice and NFER, has developed a user-friendly tool to assist commissioners and service providers to select and monitor evidence-based services for vulnerable people. There is a wealth of data on ‘what-works’ – both from the research community, local authorities and service providers.

This immensely practical document – and other info – can be downloaded from the above weblink.

(Source: Welcome to your Library Digest – www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

Title - Enhancing Access to Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7GH68R?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Checklist for Integrating Human Rights in Natural Disaster
Management in the Pacific
Source - UN Development Programme
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7GLE4T?OpenDocument

(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance: Final Research
Report
Source - Transparency International
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/VDUX-7GMSX8?OpenDocument

(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the Linkages
Between Environmental Change, Livelihoods and Forced Migration
Source - Refugee Studies Centre
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7GMHJF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - A Handbook on Planning Projects to Prevent Child Trafficking
Source - Terre des hommes
Date - Jan 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7GMGY7?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Barbour, Brian and Brian Gorlick, Embracing the 'responsibility to protect': a repertoire of measures including asylum for potential victims, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 159 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Black, Richard et al., Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends and Their Policy Implications for Migration, DRC Working Paper no. T-27 (Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Fielden, Alexandra, Ignored Displaced Persons: the plight of IDPs in urban areas, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 161 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Fletcher, Emily, Changing Support for Asylum Seekers: An Analysis of Legislation and Parliamentary Debates, Working Paper no. 49 (Sussex Centre for Migration Research, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Maxwell, Daniel et al., Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance (Feinstein International Center, Humanitarian Policy Group & Transparency International, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Munteanu, Alison, Partners for protection: a review of the organizational capacity of NGOs in Romania, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 160 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Tiltnes, Åge A., Characteristics of Displaced Palestinian Refugees from the Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp, Fafo-paper 2008:02 (Fafo, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Vigneswaran, Darshan, A Foot in the Door: Access to Asylum in South Africa (Forced Migration Studies Programme, June 2008) [text]
- See the related research
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Posted in: Publications.

New Publications and Reports

Outsourcing Abuse: The use and misuse of state-sanctioned force during the detention and removal of asylum seekers. A new produced published by Birnberg Peirce and Partners, the Medical Justice Network and NCADC reporting on nearly 300 alleged assaults against asylum deportees. Further information and a PDF version of the report can be found on the Medival Justice Network web site at: http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/content/view/411/88/
("Failed asylum-seekers are abused by private security companies, says report"
By Robert Verkaik and Chris Green, Monday, 14 July 2008 , the Independent.)

Brynen, Rex, "The Past as Prelude? Negotiating the Palestinian Refugee Issue," Briefing Paper, The Regional Dimension of the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, June 2008) [text]

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

Burnett, Jon, "Racism, Destitution and Asylum," PAFRAS Briefing Paper, no. 6 (PAFRAS, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Dowd, Rebecca, "Trapped in Transit: The Plight and Human Rights of Stranded Migrants," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 156 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Fielden, Alexandra, "Local Integration: An Under-reported Solution to Protracted Refugee Situations," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 158 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Gal, Orit, "Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue," Briefing Paper, The Regional Dimension of the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Schöch, Rüdiger, "Afghan Refugees in Pakistan during the 1980s: Cold War Politics and Registration Practice," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 157 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]

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

The Independent Asylum Commission launched its final report at the Refugee Rights and Realities conference in Swansea University, which was supported by Welsh Refugee Council. [Read a press release about this]. The report is entitled “Deserving Dignity: The Independent Asylum Commission’s Third Report of Conclusions and Recommendations.” The report is available online via the IAC website at: http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/]
(Source: Welsh Refugee Council - http://www.welshrefugeecouncil.org.uk/).

Failed Responsibiliites: Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon,* the latest International Crisis Group report, recommends the Iraqi government, neighbours, the U.S., EU and wealthy Arab states act resolutely to address a humanitarian tragedy and political crisis. Up to five million Iraqis - nearly one in five - are believed to have fled, about half as internally displaced persons (IDPs) and half to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere. Now available on the International Crisis Group web site at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5563&l=1

Critical Review Instead of Complacency: Amnesty International's
Ten-Point Human Rights Programme for the French Presidency of the
European Union (Amnesty International, June 2008) -
http://www.amnesty.fr/var/amnesty/storage/fckeditor/File/memo_prdce_frcse_eng
.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, 2nd ed.
(ASIL and Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2008) -
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/spring_guiding_principles.aspx
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

No Choice: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants
Crossing the Gulf of Aden (MSF, June 2008) -
http://www.msf.org/source/countries/middleeast/yemen/2008/MSF_report_no_choic
e.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

"No One Should have to be Stateless in Today's Europe," Viewpoint of the
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (June 2008) -
http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Viewpoints/080609_en.asp
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Return with Dignity, Return to What? Review of the Voluntary Return
Programme to Afghanistan (CMI, June 2008) -
http://www.cmi.no/publications/publication/?3055=return-with-dignity-return-t
o-what
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

UNHCR Note on DNA Testing to Establish Family Relationships in the
Refugee Context (UNHCR, June 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48620c2d2.html
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Internally Displaced People in Iraq, Updates (Iraqi Red Crescent) -
http://www.iraqredcrescent.org/reports.html
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Iraq - Rhetoric and Reality: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis (Amnesty
International, June 2008) -
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/011/2008/en
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Emai List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Posted in: Publications.

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/)

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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).

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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/)

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