New Research and Publications (weekly)

• UNHCR – UNHCR report shows leap in asylum applications for industrialized countries

  “GENEVA, March 21 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday issued a report saying there was a sharp rise in asylum claims in 44 industrialized countries over the course of last year, driven primarily by the crisis in Syria.

  UNHCR’s “Asylum Trends 2013″ report says 612,700 people applied for asylum in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific last year – the highest total for any year since 2001.”

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• Jawaab report on “The grassroots voices of British-Pakistanis” | Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN)

  “Based on research carried out in Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester, the report argues that there is a ‘void’ in grassroots representation of the Pakistani community in the media and at local and national government levels. Without the opportunity to see the diverse viewpoints that exist in their community being taken up and considered in the issues considered by politicians and media commentators young British-Pakistanis are in danger of becoming marginalised and alienated from the mainstream of society.”

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• Refworld | UNHCR Protection Manual

  “The Protection Manual is UNHCR’s repository of protection policy and guidance. The Protection Manual is updated whenever a new protection policy or guidance document is published, and can thus be relied upon to represent the latest UNHCR protection policy / guidance. The Protection Manual is organized by theme/subject. Under each heading, the documents are arranged in reverse chronological order and are accessible through a hyperlink. Documents from external sources are generally not included (unless they provide guidance on protection-related topics that also applies to or has specifically been endorsed by UNHCR, such as interagency guidance). At the end of each subject heading, relevant related sources are listed, containing older guidance and documents which serve as background reading.”

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• Immigration (places of detention) direction 2014 – Publications – GOV.UK

  “Immigration (places of detention) direction 2014 came into effect on 17 February 2014.”

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• A fair deal on migration for the UK > Publication :: IPPR

  “In this paper, IPPR brings together its ideas and research on migration from across the last five years to propose a comprehensive Fair Deal on migration for the UK – a set of policies and approaches that address all aspects of migration in a fair and realistic way, and which would make Britain’s economy fairer and our society stronger.”

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