The Neglected Generation
Disabled Asylum Seekers, the Social Model of Disability and United Kingdom Government Policy and Legislation (Univ. of Leeds, 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)
Elderly Syrian Refugees Need More Care (IRIN, June 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)
Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Needs of Older Persons in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean (PAHO, 2012) [text via PreventionWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)
The Neglected Generation: The Impact of Displacement on Older People (IDMC & HelpAge International, June 2012) [text]
- See also related IRIN article.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)
A Study of Humanitarian Financing for Older People and People with Disabilities, 2010–2011 (ECHO & HelpAge International, Feb. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has just published its first country of origin information report entitled `Afghanistan: Taliban Strategies – Recruitment.’ EASO has also published a methodology guideline for future similar reports.
The reports can be downloaded as follows:
- EASO Country of Origin Information report Afghanistan Taliban Strategies – Recruitment
- EASO Country of Origin Information report methodology
(Source: EASO Monitor blog).
The Heinrich Böll Foundation released a study written by Dr. Ben Hayes from Statewatch and Mathias Vermeulen (editor of The Lift- Legal Issues in the Fight Against Terrorism blog) entitled “Borderline – The EU’s new border surveillance initiatives: assessing the costs and fundamental rights implications of EUROSUR and the ‘Smart Borders’ Proposals.”
Details form the Preface:
The upheavals in North Africa have lead to a short-term rise of refugees to Europe, yet, demonstrably, there has been no wave of refugees heading for Europe. By far most refugees have found shelter in neighbouring Arab countries. Nevertheless, in June 2011, the EU’s heads of state precipitately adopted EU Council Conclusions with far-reaching consequences, one that will result in new border policies ‘protecting’ the Union against migration. In addition to new rules and the re-introduction of border controls within the Schengen Area, the heads of state also insisted on upgrading the EU’s external borders using state-of-art surveillance technology, thus turning the EU into an electronic fortress.
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(Source: Migrants At Sea blog)
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