New Regional Publications on Africa

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Regional Publications on Africa

“The First Country of Asylum Principle in Tanzania: A National and East African Perspective,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 37 (May 2013) [full-text]

Kenya’s Forgotten IDPs (Institute for War & Peace Reporting, April 2013) [text]

Letters from Eritrea: Refugee Women Tell Their Stories (Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, April 2013) [text]

Livelihoods, Gender and Displacement in Côte d’Ivoire (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, April 2013) [text]
– Note: French text, English overview.

Non-military Strategies for Civilian Protection in the DRC (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2013) [text]

Policy Shifts in the South African Asylum System: Evidence and Implications (Lawyers for Human Rights, 2013) [text]
– See also related IRIN news story.

Would the Last Eritrean to Flee the Country Please Turn Out the Lights (The Asylumist, May 2013) [text]
– Note: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea is visiting Ethiopia and Djibouti from 30 April to 9 May 2013 to “collect information directly from Eritrean refugees on the human rights situation in their country.”

Emergency Response to the Mali Situation: Special Appeal (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

*Joint Assessment Mission Report: Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi (WFP et al., Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Opportunities and Risk: Enacting Socio-cultural Transformation in Refugee Camps in Uganda, Oxford, 24 April 2013 [access]
– Podcast of seminar.

“Organization of African Unity and African Union Engagement with Refugee Protection: 1963–2011,” African Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 21, no. 1 (Feb. 2013) [full-text via Trudeau Foundation]

“Refugee Rights in Kenya: Between Theory and Practice,” Stichproben: Vienna Journal of African Studies, no. 23 (2012) [open access text]

UNHCR Position on Returns to the Central African Republic (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]
– See also related news story.