Refugee Archive:Off Air Recording Requests: WB 26/01/2013

The following off-air recordings have been requested for the Refugee Council Archive for the week beginning 26 January, 2013.  Further details are as follows:

Saturday 26 January

2100-2200: More 4: Japan’s Tsunami: How it Happened

Sunday 27 January

2000-2130: BBC4: Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz

2225-2310: BBC1: Prisoner Number A26188: Henia Bryer

Monday 28 January

2100-2200: BBC4: (3/4) Lost Kingdoms of South America.  (Part 3 – Lands of Gold). Series Recording.

Tuesday 29 January

0155-0250: BBC3: Life After War: Haunted by Helmand

2200-2300: BBC4: Illuminations: The private Lives of Medieval Kings.  (Part 3 – Libraries Gave Us Power).

2235-2325: BBC1: The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2013.

Wednesday 30 January

2100-2200: BBC3: Make Me A Muslim.

2230-2330: Channel 4: Dispatches – Britain’s Hidden Child Abuse.

Thursday 31 January

2000-2100: ITV4: (9/13) Border Security. (Part 9 of 13). Series Recording.

Friday 1 February

2200-2300: BBC4: Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds.

2300-2345: BBC4: A Concert for Bangladesh Revisited.

Courses: International Summer School in Forced Migration and Palestine Refugees and International Law Short Course

The Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford has forwarded details of the following course:

International Summer School in Forced Migration 1-19 July 2013
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University

Application is now open!

The summer school is aimed at mid-career or senior policy makers and practitioners involved with humanitarian assistance and policy making for forced migrants. Participants typically include host government officials, intergovernmental and non-governmental agency personnel engaged in planning, administering and co-ordinating assistance. We also accept applications from Researchers specialising in the study of forced migration.

The Refugee Studies Centre’s International Summer School fosters dialogue between participants working to improve the situation of refugees and other forced migrants. It provides the time and space for them to reflect on their experiences and to think critically about some of the aims and assumptions underlying their work.

Over three weeks, around 70–80 participants from all over the world study together, take part in group activities and produce independent presentations. The course looks at the complex phenomenon of forced migration from a number of different angles. Beginning with reflection on the diverse ways of conceptualising forced migration, the course considers the political, legal and well being issues associated with contemporary displacement. Individual course modules also tackle a range of other topics, including globalisation and forced migration, and negotiating strategies in humanitarian situations.

The fee for 2013 is £3,220 (Pay by 31 March to qualify for a reduced fee of £3,050). This covers 19 nights’ bed-and-breakfast accommodation and all weekday lunches; all tuition; all course materials, including reading materials; and a range of social activities.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 1 May 2013

For further details and how to apply see:
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/international-summer-school

Palestine Refugees and International Law 15-16 March 2013 The British Institute, Amman, Jordan

Convenors: Professor Dawn Chatty (RSC) and Professor Susan Akram (Boston University)

This two-day non-residential workshop places the Palestinian refugee case study within the broader context of the international human rights regime. It examines, within a human rights framework, the policies and practices of Middle Eastern states as they impinge upon Palestinian refugees. Through a mix of lectures, working group exercises and interactive sessions, participants engaged actively and critically with the contemporary debates in international law and analyse the specific context of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza and Israel).

The fee for this short course is £350 and includes a course pack of materials, and refreshments (lunches, morning and afternoon tea/coffee breaks).

The course has a maximum of twenty-five spaces.

For further details and how to apply see:
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/palestine-refugees-international-law-2013

Refugee Studies Centre
Oxford Department of International Development
University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road
Oxford, OX1 3TB
UK
tel: +44 (0) 1865 281728/9
fax:+44 (0) 1865 281730
email: summer.school@qeh.ox.ac.uk
web: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk

 

Refugee Archive: Off-Air Recording Requests, WB 09/12/2012

The following programmes have been requested for the Refugee Council Archive for the week beginning the 9 December, 2012.  Further details are as follows:

Sunday 09 December

2100-2200: Channel 4: (10/12). Homeland.  (Series 2 Part 10 – Broken Hearts).  Series Recording.

2100-2300: BBC4: The Trouble with Aid.

2300-2345: BBC4: The Trouble with Aid – The Debate.

Monday 10 December

2030-2100: BBC1: Panorama – The Secret Drone War.

Tuesday 11 December

2000-2100: BBC2: This World – Cuba with Simon Reeve. 

2100-2200: BBC4: The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (Series 1 Part 3 –The Wonder of Islam).  This Episode Only.

Wednesday 12 December

2100-2200: Channel 5: (2/3) Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways.  (Series 1 Episode 2 - Australia).  Series Recording.

Thursday 13 December

2100-2200: BBC1: Britain’s Hidden Housing Crisis.

Friday 14 December

1930-1955: Channel 4: Unreported World – (Episode 7.  Russia’s Radical Chic).  Series Recording.

Refugee Archive: Off Air Recording Requests WB: 9 June 2012

The following off air recording requests were made for the Refugee Council Archive at UEL for the week beginning the 9 June, 2012. Details are as follows:

Monday 11 June

1900-2200: BBC4: A Tale of Two Cities.  VideoPlus: 2877985

Wednesday 13 June

2100-2200: BBC4: Turner’s Thames.  VideoPlus: 2811329

2100-2200: BBC2: (2/6) The Secret History of Our Streets.  (Part 2: Camberwell Grove).  Series recording.

2320-0020: BBC2: The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate.  VideoPlus: 546110  (Just this episode).

Thursday 14 June

2100-2200: BBC4: The bridges that Built London with Dan Cruickshank.  VideoPlus: 2708801

2335-0005: ITV1 London: The Late Debate (BOA).  VideoPlus: 933199

Friday 15 June

 1930-1955: Channel 4: (8/8) Unreported World.  (Part 6 – Hondurous: the Lost Girls). Series recording.

2100-2200: BBC2: (4/8) The Great British Story: A People’s History.  (Part 4: The Great Rising).  Series recording.

Off Air recording Requests : WB Monday 14 November, 2011

Off air recording requests for the week beginning Monday 14 November are as follows:

Monday 14 November

 2030-2100: BBC1: Inside the Riots – Panorama.  VIDEO Plus+: 7207

2100-2200: BBC3 : Mixed Up in the Middle East.  VIDEO Plus+: 4925675

2235-0005: More 4: (6/10)  Unreported World – Greece: the Unwanted.  VIDEO Plus+: 99937085

 Tuesday 15 November

 2000-2100: Channel 5: (2/6) London: The Inside Story.  VIDEO Plus+: 6688467

2200-0000: More 4 : True Stories – To Hell and Back Again.  VIDEO Plus+: 68443134

 Friday 18 November

 1930-1955: Channel 4: (7/10)  Unreported World – India’s Child Savers.  VIDEO Plus+: 841586

Refugee Archive Induction – Powerpoint Presentation

Refugee Archive Induction Presentation

For students on the postgraduate MA in Refugee Studies here at the University of East London, I am including a PDF copy here of the Powerpoint Presentation I have created for the Archive Induction session tonight.  I hope you will find this useful?

Archive Induction Powerpoint Presentation – [PDF Download]

Refugee Archive at UEL Opening Hours for Semester A, 2011

The Refugee Council Archive at UEL will be open during the following staffed hours for Semester A, 2011:

Mondays :      10am – 6pm
Tuesdays:      10am – 7pm
Wednesdays:            10am – 6pm
Thursdays:    1pm – 5pm
Fridays:          9am – 1pm
Sat/Sun:        Closed

if you have any feedback on these then do please let us know as we will be reviewing these times on a regular basis in order to make sure they are as relevant and helpful as possible for our users.

Archive staff can be contact via email on : library-archives @uel.ac.uk.

Off-Air Recordings : WB 12/09/2011

The following off-air recording requests have been made on behalf of the Refugee Council Archive for the week beginning Saturday 10 September, 2011 :

Saturday 10 September

 1945-2115: Channel 4: Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill.  VIDEO Plus+: 801107

Sunday 11 September

 1330-1515: BBC2 : America Remembers September 11^th.  VIDEO Plus+: 78781904

1515-1615: BBC1 : Britain Remembers September 11^th.   VIDEO Plus+: 188966

2100-2235 : Channel 4 : Children of 9/11.  VIDEO Plus+: 42544966

 Monday 12 September

 2030-2100: BBC1 : Panorama – Tsunami : The Survivors; Stories.  VIDEO Plus+: 3473

2100-2255: ITV4 : 9/11: Day That Changed the World.  VIDEO Plus+: 99781015

2340-0010: More4: (8/10) Unreported World – Afghanistan: Waiting for the Taliban.   VIDEO Plus+: 33491367

 Tuesday 13 September

 2235-2335: BBC1: (1/2) The Bomb Squad.  VIDEO Plus+: 329348 .  Whole Series Please.

 Thursday 15 September

 2100-2200: (2/2) How Facebook Changed the World : The Arab Spring.  VIDEO Plus+: 6641

Off Air Recordings : WB 05/09/2011

The following off-air recording requests have been made on behalf of the Refugee Council Archive for the week beginning Monday 5th September, 2011 :

Monday 5 September

2000-2100: Channel 4: The Ground Zero Mosque.  VIDEO Plus+: 2227

2100-2200: Channel 4: 9/11: Emergency Room.  VIDEO Plus+: 3501

2100-2200: BBC2: (1/2) How Facebook Changed the World : The Arab Spring.  VIDEO Plus+: 5105.  Whole Series Please.

2340-0010: More 4: (8/10) Unreported World: Afghanistan: Waiting for the Taliban.  VIDEO Plus+: 33491367 (part of an existing series recording).

Tuesday 6 September

2235-2335: BBC1: The Twins of the Twin Towers.  VIDEO Plus+: 557983

Wednesday 7 September

2100-2240: Channel 4: Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill.  VIDEO Plus+: 22909939

2320-0020: BBC2 : (2/2) The Secret War on Terror.  VIDEO Plus+: 452262

Thursday 8 September

2100-2200: BBC3: 9/11 Conspiracy Road Trip.  VIDEO Plus+: 3752156

2235-2335: BBC1: Question Time 9/11 Special.  VIDEO Plus+: 420021

Friday 9 September

2230-2335: BBC2: Newsnight: The 9/11 Decade.  VIDEO Plus+: 4950731

UEL MA Students Archive Survey and August Opening Hours

Dear UEL Refugee Studies MA Students,

I hope that you will be able to spare a few minutes to complete our online survey  about the Refugee Archive. I have created the short survey (only 10 questions) to try and get some feedback on the service provided by the Archive and how it can be improved for the future. The survey is Ananymous and I will circulate feedback once the survey has closed.

The link to the survey is here : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DPLV8MP and the survey will be open until Friday 2nd September 2011. A link will also be available on the main Refugee Archive webpage (www.uel.ac.uk/rca) and via our blog (http://refugeearchives.wordpress.com/)

On a different note, both my colleague Caroline and I will be taking annual leave at various times during the month of August. Please contact me via email to confirm opening times during this period or ask at the Docklands Library issue desk counter if the Archive is closed.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Paul

New Refugee Archive Newsletter

Archive Newsletter

The latest edition of the Archive Focus newsletter for the Refugee Council Archive is now available online on the Refugee Council Archive website : namely, Volume 4 Number (Summer 2011).  This newsletter includes information on the work of the Refugee Archive at UEL, incorporating details of new additions to the Archive and various news stories of relevance.

This current edition of the newsletter can be downloaded directly from this link : Download Now (1.63 MB).

The newsletter, along with previous editions, are all available online in PDF format from the main Refugee Council Archive website at : http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/newsletter.htm

Journals, Periodicals and Newsletters

Further to my earlier email, please find part a selected listing of recently published journals, periodicals, and newsletters relating to refugee and forced migration studies :
(these documents have been compiled from lists of resources made available on the Forced Migration Curent Awareness Blog) :

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (Winter 2011) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including “Welcoming the Unwanted: Italy’s Response to the Immigration Phenomenon and European Union Involvement” and “China’s ‘Way Out’ of the North Korean Refugee Crisis: Developing a Legal Framework for the Deportation of North Korean Migrants.”

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 50 (April 2011) [full-text]
- Theme is “Humanitarian Partnerships.”Medicine, Conflict and Survival, vol. 27, no. 1 (2011) [contents]
- Special section highlighting student essay winners of the “Holdstock-Piachaud Prize 2010,” which includes “Border-controlled health inequality: the international community’s neglect of internally displaced persons.”

RSC Newsletter, no. 11 (Spring 2011) [full-text]
- Provides details of recent RSC activities.

The Women’s Press, no. 11 (May & June 2011) [full-text]
- Includes articles on Roma refugees and LGBT refugees, among others.

APRRN Newsletter (May 2011) [full-text]

- Information on the activities of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network.

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 13, no. 2 (2011) [contents]

- Mix of articles including “Legislative Update EU Immigration and Asylum Law 2010: Extension of Long-term Residence Rights and Amending the Law on Trafficking in Human Beings” and a review of Susan Kneebone’s book Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives.

Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2 (May 2011) [contents]
- Mix of articles including “A Note from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Leading a Displaced Life.”

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 37, no. 6 (2011) [contents]
- Special issue on “The Limits of the Liberal State: Migration, Identity and Belonging in Europe and the United States.”

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (May 2011) [full-text]
- New article posted entitled “Neo-Realism and Humanitarian Action: From Cold War to Our Days.”

Call for Papers:

The next issue of Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana (REMHU), no. 37, will focus on “human trafficking.” Submit articles by 31 July 2011.

New Issues:

Human Rights Brief, vol. 18, no. 2 (Winter 2011) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Perspective, no. 1 (2010) [full-text]

- New foreign policy magazine from the Norwegian Refugee Council; the current issue is not available in full-text, but past issues are. This issue includes an op-ed by the High Commissioner for Refugees, profiles of Barbara Hendricks and Fridtjof Nansen, a special report on climate change, and a field report on Haiti.Refugee Watch Online (May 2011) [full-text]
- Mix of news, views, workshop overviews, and reports on Tibetans in Nepal and Eritrean refugees.Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, no. 36 (Jan./June 2011) [contents]
- The theme of this issue is “Refugiados Ambientais” (“Environmental Refugees”).

Runnymede Bulletin, no. 365 (Spring 2011) [full-text]

- Includes articles on the misrepresentation of refugees in the media and refugees and education in the UK.

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 16 (June 2011) [full-text] [blog]

- Lead article is “Expert advice in asylum cases: Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom.”

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (Dec. 2010) [contents]

- Mix of articles, including “Wasted Lives: Internally Displaced Persons Living in Camps in Kenya” and “The Interplay Between International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law.”

Journal of Palestinian Refugee Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2011) [full-text]

- New journal; articles include “”Palestinian Refugees – A Brief Overview,” “Syria’s Palestinian Refugees: a Brief Overview,” “An Introduction to Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, No way out?,” “Internal Displacement in the Occupied Palestine Territories,” “UNRWA, Meeting Evolving Goals in the Face of Challenges,” “International Refugees Law and the Palestinian Issues: A Double Standard Approach to Protection and Return?,” “The Refugee Issue and the Peace Process,” “Palestinian Refugees and the Mainstream Media,” and “The Right of Return Is Inevitable.”

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2 (June 2011) [contents]
- Articles include “Failed Asylum-Seekers’ Responses to Arrangements Promoting Return: Experiences from Norway,” “Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India: Rehabilitation Mechanisms, Livelihood Strategies, and Lasting Solutions,” “Danger, Loss, and Disruption in Somalia After 1991: Practicalities and Needs Behind Refugee Decision-Making,” “The Unwanted Service Provider: Implementation of WTO and EU Liberalisation of Service Mobility in the Dutch Legal Order,” and “Asylum Claims Made in Bad Faith Under the Refugees Convention – The Australian Experience.”

Other Journal Resources:

1948: Sixty Three Years On… (Institute for Palestine Studies) [access]

- Resource created to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba, with articles selected from the Journal of Palestine Studies. See esp. section on “Exodus and Refugees.”

Historical Archive of PDF Journals (Association of Jewish Refugees) [access]

- Includes issues of the AJR Journal dating back to 1946. AJR was established to provide “financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain.”

Field Exchange Digest (Emergency Nutrition Network) [access]

- A digest of key articles in Field Exchange from the past year. Produced annually.

New Research and Publications, Part 5

Further to my earlier email, please find part 5 of my listing of recently published reports and publications relating to refugee and forced migration studies :
(these documents have been compiled from lists of resources made available on the Forced Migration Curent Awareness Blog) :

African Migrants are Drowning in the Mediterranean (Human Rights Comment, June 2011) [text]

Briefing Paper on Flood-displaced Women in Sindh Province, Pakistan (IDMC and NRC, June 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Last Resort or First Resort? Immigration Detention of Children in the UK (Bail for Immigration Detainees, May 2011) [access]

“Malaria in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana, Kenya: Facilitation of Anopheles Arabiensis Vector Populations by Installed Water Distribution and Catchment Systems,” Malaria Journal 10:149 (2011) [open access article]

Paving the Way: A Handbook on the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees (ICMC, June 2011) [text]

African Migrants are Drowning in the Mediterranean (Human Rights Comment, June 2011) [text]

Briefing Paper on Flood-displaced Women in Sindh Province, Pakistan (IDMC and NRC, June 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Last Resort or First Resort? Immigration Detention of Children in the UK (Bail for Immigration Detainees, May 2011) [access]

“Malaria in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana, Kenya: Facilitation of Anopheles Arabiensis Vector Populations by Installed Water Distribution and Catchment Systems,” Malaria Journal 10:149 (2011) [open access article]

Paving the Way: A Handbook on the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees (ICMC, June 2011) [text]

Natural Disaster Response in Japan and Fiji, Foreign Policy Trip Report, no. 27 (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, June 2011) [text]

Refugee Integration in Scotland (Scottish Refugee Council, May 2011) [text]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/17/35 (UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council, April 2011) [text]

What Have I Done? The Experiences of Children and Families in UK Immigration Detention (Children’s Society, May 2011) [text]

Who’s Still Missing? Refugees, Migrants and the Equality Agenda (Equality and Diversity Forum, May 2011) [text]

2010 Annual Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC, May 2011) [access]

Critical Reflections on Anti-Human Trafficking: The Case of Timor Leste, NTS Alert (Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, May 2011) [text]

Electing Displacement: Political Cleansing in Apartadó, Colombia, HiCN Working Paper 96 (Households in Conflict, May 2011) [text]

“The Resettlement of Nauruans in Australia: An Early Case of Failed Environmental Migration,” Journal of Pacific History, vol. 46, no. 2 (2011) [full-text via SSRN]

Shahram Khosravi on a World of Borders (The Browser, May 2011) [text]

Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010: The Numbers and Trends (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, May 2011) [text]

Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum (2010) (European Commission, May 2011) [text]

Body of Evidence: Treatment of Medico-legal Reports for Survivors of Torture in the UK Asylum System (Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, May 2011) [text]

The Italian Approach to Asylum: System and Core Problems (Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers, April 2011) [text]

“Searching for the Key in the Wrong Place: Why ‘Common Sense’ Credibility Rules Consistently Harm Refugees,” Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 30, no. 1 (2011) [preprint via SSRN]

Selected Bibliography: Displacement to Urban Areas (UNHCR, updated May 2011) [text]

“Alien Language: Immigration Metaphors and the Jurisprudence of Otherness,” Fordham Law Review, vol. 79, no. 4 (March 2011) [full-text]

Asylum Procedure and Reception Conditions in Italy: Report on the Situation of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Persons under Subsidiary or Humanitarian Protection, with Focus on Dublin Returnees (Swiss Refugee Council & and the Norwegian Law Student’s Legal Aid Office (Juss-Buss), May 2011) [text]

Beyond Making Ends Meet: Urban Refugees and Microfinance (Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy, April 2011) [text]

Legal and Policy Review: Responses to Human Trafficking in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (UNODC, April 2011) [text]
Meanwhile, Back in Iraq… (IntLawGrrls, May 2011) [text]

Reconsidering the Role of Conflict in the Lives of Refugees: The Case of Somalis in Europe, Working Paper no. 45 (MICROCON, May 2011) [text]

The 2010 Humanitarian Accountability Report (Humanitarian Accountability Partnership, 2011) [text]

“The Impact of Direct Provision Accommodation for Asylum Seekers on Organisation and Delivery of Local Primary Care and Social Care Services: A Case Study,” BMC Family Practice 12:32 (May 2011) [open access article]

Regional Dialogues with Refugee Women and Girls, Reports (It Begins with Me…, 2011) [access]- See earlier post for more information.

Settlement Outcomes of New Arrivals (Australian Government, Dept. of Immigration and Citizenship, April 2011) [text]

Tearing Down the Bridge to Inclusion for Young Asylum Seekers (openDemocracy, April 2011) [text]

Finally, Some Clarity for Gender-Based Asylum Claims (Health Rights Advocate, May 2011) [text]

“Refugee” Status Should Protect Victims of Gang Violence (Health Rights Advocate, May 2011) [text]

There Are Alternatives: A Handbook for Preventing Unnecessary Immigration Detention around the World (International Detention Coalition & La Trobe Refugee Research Centre, May 2011) [text]

The UN Refugee Convention: Still Valid? (Jesuit Refugee Service, May 2011) [text]

Without Citizenship: Statelessness, Discrimination and Repression in Kuwait (Refugees International & Open Society Justice Initiative, May 2011) [text]

Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh and Thailand: Fact Finding Mission to Bangladesh and Thailand, 4-17 February 2011 (Danish Immigration Service, May 2011) [text via Refworld]

Annual Risk Analysis 2011 (Frontex, April 2011) [access]
- “[R]ecords the main trends in regular and irregular migration into the European Union in 2010 and offers predictions for the coming year’s trends.”

Crisis and Opportunity: Protracted Displacement in Sudan (Refugee Cooperation, May 2011) [text]

Migration and International Human Rights Law, Practitioners Guide, no. 6 (International Commission of Jurists, April 2011) [text]

Peoples under Threat 2011 (Minority Rights Group International, May 2011) [access]

Voice after Exit: Revolution and Migration in the Arab World (Migration Information Source, May 2011) [text]

Country Information and Evidence Assessment in New Zealand (New Zealand Refugee Law, April 2011) [text]

DR Congo: Support Community-Based Tools for MONUSCO (Refugees International, May 2011) [text]

“Power and Politics in Resettlement: A Case Study of Bhutanese Refugees in the USA,” New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 208 (UNHCR, May 2011) [text]

“Protracted Sahrawi Displacement: Challenges and Opportunities Beyond Encampment,” Policy Briefing, no. 7 (RSC, May 2011) [text]

“Rhetoric versus Reality: The Best and Worst of Aid Agency Practices,” World Development, forthcoming (2011) [preprint]

Displacement in Georgia: IDP Attitudes to Conflict, Return and Justice (Conciliation Resources, Feb. 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011: Revealing Risk, Redefining Development (UN, 2011) [text]
- See esp. chapter 2 for disaster-induced displacement.

Mexican Internal Forced Displacement Gains Salience (Oxford Analytica, May 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protracted Refugee Situations: An Iraq Case Study (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, April 2011) [text]

“Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s Response,” Briefing Paper, no. 147 (Oxfam, May 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Trafficking for Forced Labour and Labour Exploitation in Finland, Poland and Estonia (European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, 2011) [text]

Back to Basics: The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and ‘Alternatives to Detention’ of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Stateless Persons and Other Migrants (UNHCR, April 2011) [text]

Cash in Hand: Urban Refugees, the Right to Work and UNHCR’s Advocacy Activities, PDES/2011/05 (UNHCR, May 2011) [text]

“The End of History? Conflict, Displacement and Durable Solutions in the Post-Cold War Era,” New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 207 (UNHCR, May 2011) [text]

EXCOM Membership by Admission of Members (UNHCR, posted May 2011) [text]

 

“Look Who’s Coming to Europe,” New York Times, 9 May 2011 [text]

- OpEd by António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Statistical Report on UNHCR Registered Iraqis and Non-Iraqis: Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and the GCC countries (UNHCR, April 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Research and Publications, Part 4

Further to my earlier email, please find part 4 of my listing of recently published reports and publications relating to refugee and forced migration studies :

Darfur in the Shadows : The Sudanese Government’s Ongoing Attacks on Civilians and Human Rights
By Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2011/06/05/darfur-shadows-0
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www.hrw.org/)

Pakistan: Impact of flood-induced displacement on women in Sindh province
The July and August 2010 floods in Pakistan caused the largest displacement in the country’s history, of over 11 million people. Women faced particular challenges and discrimination in the extreme circumstances which followed, before, during and after their displacement.
Download the briefing paper (pdf)
Pakistan country page
Source (IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: Global estimates 2009 and 2010
Millions of men, women and children around the world are displaced from their homes each year by sudden-onset natural disasters. This report finds that over 17 million people were newly displaced in 2009 and over 42 million in 2010, most of them by extreme weather events. The sheer scale of displacement should leave no doubt as to the seriousness and immediacy of the challenge facing affected populations, governments and the international community. People displaced by disasters have the right to be protected and assisted, and greater efforts and collaboration between actors from different fields are required to strengthen preparedness and response.”
View the report
Press release
Source (IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Pakistan: Returns continue in some areas but comprehensive IDP policy needed
The population of north-west Pakistan has suffered conflict-induced displacement for the past seven years, with the phenomenon reaching its peak in 2009 when there were more than three million internally displaced people (IDPs) in the region. By May 2010, the figure was down to one million, but returns since then have been offset by new displacements. As of May 2011, ongoing military operations and militant activities were causing new displacements in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
The official criteria for registration as an IDP have barred many displaced people from assistance. A multi-agency IDP vulnerability assessment profiling (IVAP) found that only around half of all IDPs were registered, but that hundreds of thousands of ineligible people were. (…)
Read the Overview (html / pdf)
Pakistan country page

 

IDPs return to face slow land allocation, and no shelter, basic services or livelihoods
In August 2010, the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) announced an ambitious initiative aimed at facilitating the rapid return to the south of up to 1.5 million Southern Sudanese living in the north and Egypt. However, the return of Southern Sudanese people to the south has been slower than the GoSS anticipated, and up to now only around 300,000 IDPs have returned.
Achievement of durable solutions has been difficult in a region ravaged by war, still plagued by insecurity and offering limited access to water, health care, education or livelihood opportunities. Upon return many IDPs are faced with no services, no livelihood opportunities and no land to settle on. So far, the GoSS has provided little or no support for integration of returning IDPs an a large share of the facilitation for the returnees has been taken on by the international community.
Download the briefing paper (pdf)
Sudan country page

Source (IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

 

Central African Republic: Grave violations against children including internally displaced children
Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are being abducted, recruited into armed groups, and denied access to humanitarian assistance, according to a report released today by the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist) and IDMC.
The report, An Uncertain Future? Children and Armed Conflict in the Central African Republic, finds that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is still present and active in CAR, where it is abducting children. Abducted children are raped, used as sex slaves, and forced to attack villages and kill others, including other children.
Watchlist and IDMC interviewed former child soldiers, internally displaced children and their families, community leaders and teachers, defense and security forces, and members of self-defense militias.
IDMC has called for a stronger international response to the humanitarian and human rights crisis in CAR. Despite the range, extent and gravity of the violations which children in CAR face, the country continues to receive a relative lack of international attention.
View the report (PDF)
Press release
CAR country page
Source (IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Libya: Increasing reports of internal displacement
The continuing internal conflict in Libya started on 15 February when rioters in Benghazi demanded the end of the 41-year rule of Muammar Qadhafi. As of 14 April, repeated advances and retreats of both pro-Qadhafi and opposition forces had left cities and villages deserted, with civilians increasingly bearing the brunt of the combat.
As of 14 April, aid organisations reported that about 106,000 people had been internally displaced many of them several times. The Libyan Committee for Humanitarian Aid and Relief had reported that 35,000 people had been displaced from Ajdabiya to Benghazi; UNHCR reported that about 6,000 IDPs were seeking shelter in Tubruq. As of 25 March, International Medical Corps’ East Libya Team reported that 25,000 IDPs had gathered in Al Butwen. Meanwhile, according to the Libyan Red Crescent, some 5,000 people were displaced in Derna. (…)
Read the Overview (html / pdf)
Libya country page
Source (IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Communication & engagement toolkit

http://www.evelynoldfield.co.uk/files/publications/EOU%20Engagement%20and%20Communication%20Toolkit.pdf

New from the Evelyn Oldfield Unit is this important toolkit (intended for “supporting RCOs to better connect with their beneficiaries” [p7]) and which looks at mapping; “tools for engagement”; social media; removing barriers; “human resources” – sources of help and support.
NB Fuller assessment to appear in The Network Newsletter.
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

“Eastern European workers under attack”

http://www.irr.org.uk/2011/may/ha000023.html
(Source: IRR Weekly Digest, 27 May)

“Research by the Institute of Race Relations shows that eastern Europeans in the UK face a significant threat of racial violence. Cases over the last twelve months reveal incidents ranging from graffiti and abuse to brutal attacks causing long-lasting physical damage. Some people have resorted to moving away to escape from danger and although incidents occur throughout the UK, there is a particularly high number of cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Most of the cases we have recorded involve Polish people.”
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

Who’s still missing? Refugees, migrants and the equality agenda

http://www.edf.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/EDF-Report_Whos-Still-Missing_May-2011_Web-2-2.pdf
(Source: email from the Equality and Diversity Forum)

“Coinciding with the introduction of the new public sector Equality Duty, EDF commissioned research to explore what lessons can be learnt from the implementation of the previous Race Equality Duty and to consider how public authorities can most effectively use the new Duty to incorporate refugee and migrant communities into their core work.”
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

 

Refugee Integration in Scotland – Briefing 1: Key Findings from Stage 1

http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/policy_and_research/research_reports
(Source: MEMO [Minority Ethnic Matters Overview], 265, 30 May 2011)

The Scottish Refugee Council is undertaking a longitudinal study of refugee integration in Scotland. This briefing paper is the first in a series that will highlight the findings of each stage.
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

“Should we be upset by a silent ‘amnesty’ of asylum seekers in the UK?”

http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2011/06/coalition-must-stop-making-undeliverable-promises-immigration
(Source: Migrants Rights News, 6 June)

Thoughtful blog posting from Ruth Grove-White, which questions whether there really has been an amnesty …
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

“Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (experimental)”

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/product.asp?vlnk=14238
(Source: Migrants Rights News, 23 May)

The Office of National Statistics has just published these new figures: “Population estimates by ethnic group are available for mid-2001 to mid-2009 for England and Wales and for constituent areas (regions, counties and local authorities). The estimates are provided by age, sex and ethnic group as defined in the 2001 Census.”
However, as you may have seen, there have been some ‘knee-jerk’ reactions to these figures. Ruth Grove-White at Migrants’ Rights Network takes a more analytical look at what they mean in her blog-post at: http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2011/05/looking-those-immigration-stats-beyond-hysteria.
Also, The Guardian has produced an interactive map: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/may/19/ethnic-breakdown-england-wales.
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

Migration issues – Other Agencies

Glossary on migration

http://www.west-info.eu/files/iom.pdf
(Source: Migrants Rights News, 9 May)

This is the 2^nd edition of the Glossary first published in 2004, and which is a valuable source for governments, practitioners, NGOs and students working in the field of migration.

(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

“The Plight of Chinese Migrant Workers in the UK: Survey findings from East Midlands”

http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/migration-pulse/2011/plight-chinese-migrant-workers-uk-survey-findings-east-midlands
(Source: Migrants Rights News, 11 April)

“Migration Pulse” blog entry from Dr. Bin Wu, a senior research fellow in the China Policy Institute, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham, which highlights research findings from a pilot survey on Chinese migrant employment in East Midlands two years ago.
The full report, Employment conditions of Chinese migrant workers in the East Midlands, is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cpi/documents/funded-projects/ilo-employment-conditions-migrant-workers-final.pdf.
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

33^rd IBBY International Congress, August 2012 – call for papers

http://www.ibbycongress2012.org/

The themes are translation and migration; submissions accepted up to Thursday 30 June 2011.
Further info on the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) weblink (above).
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

What have I done? The experiences of children and families in UK immigration detention

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/tcs/research_docs/ExperiencesOfDetention_ExecSummaryRecs_FINAL.pdf (Summary)

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/tcs/research_docs/immigration%20experiences_full%20report.pdf (Full report)
(Source: IRR Weekly Digest, 20 May)

Important new report from the Children’s Society, which “investigates the experiences of UK immigration detention of children and their families”, and which found that “the majority of the 79 children and parents in the sample were detrimentally affected by a period in immigration detention.”
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

Ending the abuse: policies that work to protect migrant domestic workers – report from Kalayaan

(Source: EoE AS&R/MW Newsflash 16-20 May 2011)

“Kalayaan, the charity which provides advocacy and advice to Britain’s migrant domestic workers … has published a new report which draws on evidence collected over the last decade and demonstrates that migrant domestic workers are highly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.”
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

No easy options: irregular immigration in the UK

http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=815
(Source: ippr E-newsletter, 27 April)

New report from ippr, available to download from the above weblink. It takes as its starting point:“A major reduction in irregular immigration in the UK will be difficult to achieve and will take a long time, particularly with respect to reducing significantly the population of irregulars that is long established in this country.” [p4]
It then investigates key options, and makes a series of recommendations. It’s a depressing read, as it places this work in the current UK context:

“Ippr has long backed earned regularisation as one option for dealing with a portion of the UK’s large irregular stock which has built up in recent years. We remain of the view that, properly managed and properly explained to the public, it would be a useful policy tool … There are strong moral and practical arguments in favour of regularisation, given the UK’s recent history of immigration mismanagement, and excluding it as an option will certainly make the task of reducing irregularity that much harder. However, our conclusion in this report – hard-nosed but, we think, self-evident – is that the outcome of the general election in 2010 has ended any prospect of a large-scale regularisation programme.” [p7]

NB The Institute of Race Relations has just published a strong critique of this ippr paper – see: http://www.irr.org.uk/2011/april/ha000027.html.
(Source: Network e-Bulletin – NETWORKEBULLETIN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK)

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration’s assessment of immigration policy

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Migration met for the second time this year in Parliament to debate the Coalition Government’s immigration policy of the past 12 months in a meeting entitled, ‘Immigration under the Coalition Government: looking back, moving forward’. On the occassion a briefing paper was published to inform the debate.

Parliamentary Accounts Committee report criticises Points Based System

A new report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the UK Border Agency over the operation of the Points Based System work routes, which were introduced in 2008.

New Research and Publications, Part 3

Further to my earlier email, please find part 3 of my listing of recently published reports and publications relating to refugee and forced migration studies :

Journals and Periodicals

International Journal of Refugee Law (Table of Contents – Volume 23 Number 1, March 2011): http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/

Refugee Survey Quarterly (Table of Contents – Volume 30, Number 1, March 2011): http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/

CrisisWatch N°91, 1 March 2011 – Download the full issue of CrisisWatch N°91

Forced Migration Review issue 37, entitled ‘Armed non-state actors and
displacement’ is now online at http://www.fmreview.org/non-state/

Some armed non-state actors behave responsibly and humanely, at least some of the time. Others seem to have no regard for the damage, distress or deaths
that they cause – and may actually use displacement as a deliberate tactic – in pursuit of their goals of power, resources or justice. FMR 37 looks at a
variety of such actors, at their behaviours and at efforts to bring them into frameworks of responsibility and accountability.

HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE MAGAZINE 49 – HUMANITARIAN SPACE IN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN

This issue of Humanitarian Exchange is themed Humanitarian Space in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A combination of violent conflict and natural
disasters has led to widespread humanitarian needs in both contexts. Yet, humanitarian organisations are increasingly challenged in their ability to
respond.
To view the issue online visit http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?id=3182.

It is a pleasure to inform you of the second issue of Diversities, published jointly by UNESCO and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. The issue is dedicated to female migration outcomes and published at the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March).

Diversities is a continuation of the International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS), which is published by UNESCO since 1999.

How do women benefit from migration? This special issue of Diversities is focused on how migrant women fare in terms of human rights, gender justice and gender empowerment. The Journal takes an innovative human rights based approach in defining migration outcomes beyond the more conventional economic approach. Papers in the issue provide a broad geographic perspective, including migration following the Haiti earthquake in 2010, South-South migration in Latin America, and migration from Africa to Europe. Data and analysis is provided on the way to measure the outcomes of migration for female migrants in gender equality terms.

Diversities Vol. 13, No. 1, 2011

Female Migration Outcomes: Human Rights Perspectives

Guest Editors: Nicola Piper and Amber French

Do Women Benefit from Migration? An Editorial Introduction, pp. 1-4

Nicola Piper and Amber French

Notions of Rights and Entitlements Among Peruvian Female Workers in Chile, pp. 5-18

Claudia Mora and Nicola Piper

Transnational Migration and Changing Gender Relations in Peruvian and Bolivian Cities, pp. 19-34
Tanja Bastia and Erika Busse

Social Change and Female Involvement: Sinthiane’s Associations at Home and Abroad, pp. 35-48
Georgia Barbara Jettinger

Measuring Women’s Empowerment through Migration, pp. 49-66

Amie Gaye and Shreyasi Jha

Shaking up the Grounds for Human Trafficking on Hispaniola, pp. 67-81

Bridget Wooding

Publications:

New IDMC Reports:

Ethiopia: Monitoring of conflict, human rights violations and resulting displacement still problematic – Read the Overview (html / pdf).

Links made available by ICAR:

The European Court of Human Rights – Facts and figures is a new book published by the Council of Europe.

House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee: UK Border Agency and Glasgow City Council – third report of session 2010-11.

Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre and Short Term Holding Facility by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

Coping with Destitution: Survival and livelihood strategies of refused asylum seekers living in the UK by Heaven Crawley, Joanne Hemmings and Neil Price is a new research report from Oxfam. See also IRIN article.

The Management of Oppression: Focussing on relationships between refugees and the British state in Newcastle upon Tyne by Tom Vickers. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Becoming British Citizens? Experiences and Opinions of Refugees Living in Scotland – Refugee Council research report by Emma Stewart and Gareth Mulvey.

Children and youth:

• Landing in Kent: The experience of unaccompanied children arriving in the UK is a new report from the Children’s Commissioner. See also Refugee Council press statement and Children and Young People Now
• The experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in and leaving the out-of-home care system in the UK and Australia: A critical review of the literature by Larissa Barrie and Philip Mendes in International Social Work 54.
• Understanding the experiences and emotional needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents in the UK by Claire Groark and Irene Sclare in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
• Lives in the Balance: The Quality of Immigration Legal Advice Given to Separated Children Seeking Asylum – Refugee Council report by Laura Brownlees and Terry Smith.
• Something to smile about: Promoting and supporting the educational and recreational needs of refugee children – Refugee Council report on its SMILE project for refugee children. See also Children and Young People Now
• Families New to the UK: Confident families in cohesive communities – new report by 4Children.

Rights on the Line: Human Rights Watch Work on Abuses against Migrants in 2010

Protection Gaps in Europe? Persons fleeing the indiscriminate effects of generalized violence by UNHCR. See also press release

New reports from Frontex:

• Joint Operation Agelaus: Children in Irregular Migration
• FRAN Quarterly – quarterly EU illegal migration figures

Occasional Paper 92 – A feasibility study for a survey of migrants published by the Home Office.

An inspection of entry clearance in Abu Dhabi and Islamabad by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency.

Unsustainable: the quality of initial decision-making in women’s asylum claims is a new report by Asylum Aid.

Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre and short-term holding facility (16-27 August 2010) by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

UNHCR Position on Returns to Côte d’Ivoire

 Summary Conclusions: Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from UNCHR Expert Roundtable, Geneva, 30 Sept-1 Oct 2010.

Are Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers Entitled to Access Health Care in the EU? A Comparative Overview in 16 Countries  by the HUMA Network (Health for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers). See also European declaration of health professionals towards non-discriminatory access to healthcare

Protecting Europe and Protecting Migrants? Strategies for Managing Unauthorised Migration from Africa by Carling, Jørgen and Hernández-Carretero, María in the British Journal of Politics & International Relations Volume 13, No1.

Health and Social Needs of Traumatized Refugees and Asylum Seekers: An Exploratory Study by Patricia J. M. Strijk, Berno van Meijel, Claudia J. Gamel in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care Vol 47 No 1.

Working with Interpreters in Child Mental Health by Cécile Rousseau, Toby Measham, and Marie-Rose Moro Child in Adolescent Mental Health Volume 16, No 1.

Unsustainable: the quality of initial decision-making in women’s asylum claims – new Asylum Aid research report. See also Executive Summary

Child Detention Review: Interim Assessment of family return pilots by the UK Border Agency. See also intlawgrrls blog analysis of child detainee decisions in UK/Europe

Asylum Seekers and the Right to Access Health Care by Stevens, Dallal in Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 4.

Asylum in the Margins of Contemporary Britain: The Spatial Practices of Desire in Gypo by Kirsten Emiko McAllister. Space and Culture 14 (1), (online only)

Reports made abailable through IRR:

Calais Migrant Solidarity has published issue no.3 of: ‘Without Borders’.
Download the issue at:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2011/03//475212.pdf (pd file, 188kb)

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published new research on: ‘A review of poverty and ethnicity in Scotland’.
Download the summary at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/poverty-ethnicity-Scotland-summary.pdf (pdf file, 132kb)

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published new research on: ‘Ethnic diversity and inequality: ethical and scientific rigour in social research
Download the full report at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/ethnicity-social-policy-research-full.pdf (pdf file, 376kb)

South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) has published the February edition of: ‘SYMAAG News’.
To receive copies email: dignitynotdetention@yahoo.co.uk

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report: ‘Landing in Kent: The experience of unaccompanied children arriving in the UK’.
Download the report at:
http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/force_download.php?fp=%2Fclient_assets%2Fcp%2Fpublication%2F465%2FLanding_in_Kent_-_The_experience_of_unaccompanied_children_arriving_in_the_UK.pdf (pdf file, 396kb)

The Scottish Affairs Committee has published its third report: ‘UK Border Agency and Glasgow City Council’.
View the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmscotaf/733/73302.htm

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has published a report: ‘Policing Public Order: An overview and review of progress against the recommendations of Adapting to Protest and Nurturing the British Model of Policing’.
Download the report at:
http://www.hmic.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/PPR/PPR_20110209.pdf (pdf file, 282kb)

The Chief Inspector of The UK Border Agency has published a report: ‘A Thematic Inspection of the Points-Based System: Tier 2 (Skilled Workers), July – August 2010′.
Download the report at:
http://icinspector.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/A-thematic-inspection-of-the-PBS-Tier-2_Skilled-Workers.pdf (pdf file, 656kb)

Research Development and Statistics at the Home Office has published a Statistical Bulletin: ‘Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation: Arrests, outcomes and stop & searches, Quarterly update to September 2010, Great Britain’.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs11/hosb0411.pdf

Research Development and Statistics at the Home Office has published: ‘Monthly Asylum Statistics – December 2010′.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs11/asylum-dec2010.xls (excel file, 76kb)

Research Development and Statistics at the Home Office has published: ‘Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by age and place of initial detention, (excluding Harwich), January 2011′.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs11/child-detention-jan2011.xls (excel file, 20kb)

Research Development and Statistics at the Home Office has published: ‘Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom – Fourth Quarter 2010′.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs11/control-immigration-q4-2010.pdf (pdf file, 252kb)

The UK Border Agency at the Home Office has published the: ‘Terms of Reference – Independent Family Returns Panel’.
View the document at:
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/imagelibrary/DownloadMedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=3246 (pdf file, 1.8mb)

The UK Border Agency has published:’ Annual update to the codes of practice for sponsored skilled workers’.
View the codes of practice at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2011/march/01-annual-update-to-the-cop

A new report has been published by the Qalb Mental Health Centre and Cheetah Books, written by Dr Qadir Bakhsh: ‘Mental Health: South Asian Communities Delivering Racial Equality in Mental Health Care – 2010 and Beyond A legacy report’.
Email: cheetah_qb@yahoo.co.uk for a copy of the report

The Migrants’ Rights Network has published its 2010 Annual Report.
Download the report at:
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/files/publications/MRN_annual_report_2010.pdf (pdf file, 1.1mb)

Joint Enterprise, Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) has published issue no.3 of its latest newsletter.
Download the newsletter at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/JENGbA_Newsletter_issue_3.pdf (pdf file, 464kb)

The Community Security Trust has published its: ‘Antisemitic Incidents Report 2010′.
Download the report at:
http://www.thecst.org.uk/docs/Incidents%20Report%202010.pdf (pdf file, 2.8mb)

Qa research has published a summary report for Children & Young People Now magazine on: ‘Children and Gangs’.
Download the report at:
http://www.qaresearch.co.uk/index.php?/component/option,com_rokdownloads/id,60/task,download/view,file/ (pdf file 684kb)

The Home Office has published a report on: Knife, gun and gang-related youth violence.
Download the report at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/tackling-knife-crime-together/

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: ‘Report on an unannounced full inspection of the short-term holding facility at: Luton Airport, 18 October 2010′.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/2010-Luton_Airport_STHF_final_report.pdf (pdf file 68kb)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: ‘Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre and short-term holding facility, 16-27 August 2010′.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Colnbrook_2010_rps.pdf (pdf file, 580kb)

The Home Office has published a report by Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C: ‘Sixth Report of the Independent Reviewer pursuant to Section 14(3) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005′.
Download the report at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/independent-reviews/lord-carlile-sixth-report?view=Binary (pdf file, 788kb)

Oxfam has published a report by the Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR), Swansea University: ‘Coping with Destitution: Survival and livelihood strategies of refused asylum seekers living in the UK’.
Download the full report at:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/right_heard/downloads/rr-coping-with-destitution-survival-strategies-uk-040211-en.pdf (pdf file, 612kb)
Download the summary at:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/right_heard/downloads/rr-coping-with-destitution-survival-strategies-uk-040211-summ-en.pdf (pdf file, 302kb)

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published the: ‘Monitoring places of detention: First Annual Report of the United Kingdom’s National Preventive Mechanism 2009-10′.
Download the full report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/National_Preventive_Mechanism_Annual_report_2009-2010(web).pdf (pdf file, 1mb)

Positive Action For Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) has published a report by Jon Burnett and David Whyte on: ‘The Wages of Fear: risk, safety and undocumented work’.
Download the report at:
http://www.pafras.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The_Wages_of-Fear.pdf (pdf file, 352kb)

Asylum Aid has published a report: ‘Unsustainable: the quality of initial decision-making in women’s asylum claims’.
Download the report at:
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/unsustainableweb.pdf (pdf file, 2.4mb)

The Migrants Resource Centre has published a report: ‘”Hope Costs Nothing” – A report on the lives of undocumented migrants in the UK – 2010′.
Download the report at:
http://www.migrantsresourcecentre.org.uk/images/umr.pdf (pdf file, 5.8mb)

The Children’s Legal Centre has published its: Migrants Children Project update, January 2011′.
View the update at:
http://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=727f7cb511aa9ca211dde2fbc&id=40d67cdb2a

The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published a report: ‘The work of the UK Border Agency’.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmhaff/587/587.pdf (pdf file, 684kb)

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published statistics on: ‘Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by age and place of initial detention, (excluding Harwich), November 2010′.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/child-detention-nov2010.xls (excel file, 28kb)

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published: ‘Monthly Asylum Statistics – October 2010
’.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/asylum-oct2010.xls (excel file, 36kb)

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published: ‘Occasional Paper 92 – A feasibility study for a survey of migrants’.
Download the paper at:
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html

Research Development Statistics at the Home Office has published: ‘Home Office Research Report 49 – Users’ views of the Points-Based System’.
Download the report at:
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html

Reports detailed from the Network Ebulletin:

Health Protection Agency “Migrant Health Guide” – http://www.hpa.org.uk/migranthealthguide
(Source: EoE AS&R/MW Newsflash 31 Jan- 4 Feb 2011)

“This resource aims to assist primary health care practitioners to look after people who have come to live in the UK from abroad. It is organised on
a country specific basis and outlines a range of health issues that might affect someone coming from each country, making their health care needs
different to that of the UK born population. It also provides practical guidance and resources to assess and manage a wide range of health needs.”

Coping with destitution: survival and livelihood strategies of refused asylum seekers living in the UK

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/right_heard/downloads/rr-coping-with
-destitution-survival-strategies-uk-040211-en.pdf

New research from Swansea University’s Centre for Migration Policy Research and Oxfam, which “. uncovers how the hundreds of thousands of people
currently living in the UK, with no access to legitimate means of securing a livelihood, survive on a day-to-day and longer-term basis.”

Publications from Other Sources

‘Migration and Climate Change: an Overview’,  by Étienne Piguet, Antoine Pécoud and Paul de Guchteneire

Summary:  Climate change has become a major concern for the international community. Among its consequences, its impact on migration is the object of increasing
attention from both policy-makers and researchers. Yet, knowledge in this field remains limited and fragmented.

Download the Working Paper
<http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/files/docs/WP1079%20Piguet-Pecoud-de%20
Guchteneire_01.pdf>  [English, PDF].

The International Detention Coalition (IDC) has published a new report on developments at the UN level on the issue of immigration detention.

The report indicates that developments at the UN level over the last 18 months suggest there is growing international recognition among UN
agencies of the issue of immigration detention, particularly the detention of children, and the importance of exploring and promoting
alternatives to immigration detention.

The report can be downloaded at:
http://idcoalition.org/idc-report-the-issue-of-immigration-detention-at-the-u
n-level/

Monthly Asylum Statistics – November 2010

Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by age and place of initial detention (excluding Harwich), December 2010

To download the above, visit the “what’s new” page at
http://www.mailingm.co.uk/6/link.php?M=436645&N=2914&L=1&F=T

From the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford:

We are delighted to attach the Winter 2010-2011 issue of our newsletter and our 2009-2010 Academic Record in PDF format. You can also find both documents
at: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk

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• Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers, by age and place of initial detention, (excluding Harwich), January 2011
  (24.02.11)
• Statistical News Release
• Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom – Fourth Quarter 2010
  Also available: Main excel tables Q4 2010 and Supplementary excel tables Q4 2010
  (24.02.11)

A new guide on including migrants in the process of commissioning health services has been published. It is available here:
http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=25719135

Please circulate to anyone involved in health needs assessment. Thank you.

Rose N, Stirling S, Ricketts A, Chappel D. Including migrant populations in Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: a guide. February 2011

This Guide has been written to assist those writing a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) as part of the process of commissioning. A JSNA
acts as a critical part of the steps taken in commissioning. It pinpoints areas of concern that require changes to provision in order to
inform mid to longterm strategy; and areas needing further focused assessment.

Some understanding of migration and how it might be changing the local population is essential, as migrants to any given area form part of the
demography. Knowledge of local migration and needs is also important in assessing equity of provision as migrants are in all areas, even when
not visible or seldom heard.

This Guide will help planners and commissioners to build an objective analysis of population needs, taking into account issues of perception
and prioritisation.

To read this informative guide in full see: A Guide to including migrant populations in Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment <http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/aio/25890015>
(PDF, 48 pages, 575KB)

Migration Profile Shows 6.9 Million Affected by Migration and Displacement in Sudan

Sudan – A new IOM migration country profile of Sudan shows that out of a population of 39.2 million, an estimated 6.9 million people in the
country are affected by migration and displacement. These include 4.9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), 750,000 foreign migrants
and refugees living in Sudan and at least 1.2 million Sudanese living abroad.
The Sudan Migration Country Profile can be accessed at: http://bit.ly/fCS3sI