New Publications on State of the World’s Mothers; Humanitarian Assistance; Human Trafficking; and Australia

In the Eyes of Others

State of the World’s Mothers 2012.
Published by Save the Children.
(Link to full report (PDF; 6.86 MB))
(Link to executive summary (PDF; 733 KB))
(Link to 2012 Mothers’ Index Ranking (PDF; 127 KB))
(Link to publication web page for interactive report and additional content)

From the press release:

Save the Children’s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report shows Niger as the worst place to be a mother in the world — replacing Afghanistan for the first time in two years. Norway comes in at first place. The Best and Worst Places to Be a Mom ranking, which compares 165 countries around the globe, looks at factors such as a mother’s health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators such as health and nutrition. This year, the United States ranks 25th.

(Source: Docubase - State of the World’s Mothers 2012 by Peggy Garvin).

Humanitarian Access in Situations of Armed Conflict (Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, 2012).
[access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

In the Eyes of Others: How People in Crises Perceive Humanitarian Action (MSF, 2012).
[text]
- See also webcast of online discussion about the book that took place 30 April 2012.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Minimum Standards for Protection Mainstreaming (World Vision, 2012).
[text via ReliefWeb]

Asylum Seeking Victims of Human Trafficking in Ireland: Legal and Practical Challenges (Immigrant Council of Ireland, Nov. 2011).
[text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Organised Crime and Trafficking in Persons, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 436 (Australian Institute of Criminology, March 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Humanitarian Family Reunion: The Building Block of Good Settlement (Refugee Council of Australia, April 2012).
[text] – See also related bibliography.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

The “Safe Third Country” Approach vs. the Notion of Non-refoulement in International Law: A Critical Examination of Australian Law and Policy, Dissertation presented to the School of Law (University of Western Sydney, Jan. 2011).
[text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Children, Adolescents and Human Trafficking: Making Sense of a Complex Problem, Issue Paper, no. 5 (Rights Work, May 2012).
[text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Hidden Exploitation: Women in Forced Labour, Marriage and Migration. Understanding the Gaps in Prevention and Protection Needs in Trafficking and Exploitation of Women and Girls in Australia: An Evidence Review (Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, Feb. 2012).
[access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

New Publications on Family Reunion; Compensation for Trafficking Victimsand Others

Compensation for Trafficked and Exploited Persons in the OSCE Region

Family Reunion for Refugees in the UK: Understanding Support Needs (British Red Cross, 2011) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Compensation for Trafficked and Exploited Persons in the OSCE Region.
Report published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
[Download Full Report]
(Source: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)).

2011 Humanitarian Accountability Report (HAP International, April 2012)
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

A Commentary on the April 2012 Sri Lanka Operational Guidance Note (Still Human, Still Here, May 2012)
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

“EASO’s On-going Activities to Support the Completion of a Common European Asylum System,” Interview with Dr. Robert Visser, Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (Eurasylum, May 2012)
[Access]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 26 (May 2012)
[Download Full Newsletter]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

Humanitarian Space: A Review of Trends and Issues, HPG Report, no. 32 (ODI, April 2012)
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

International Conference on the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees to Support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable Reintegration and Assistance to Host Countries, Geneva, 2-3 May 2012
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

The Interpretation of the Convention Ground of “Membership of a Particular Social Group” in the Context of Gender-related Claims for Asylum: A Critical Analysis of the Tribunal’s Approach in the UK, Working Paper, no. 3 (Refugee Law Initiative, Jan. 2012)
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

The Researcher, vol. 7, no. 1 (April 2012)
[Download Full Newsletter]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

Romani Studies, vol. 22, no. 1 (2012)
[Access]
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List).

New Publications on Statistics in Europe; Refugee Convention; Trafficking; Bangladesh

Migrants in Europe

Migrants in Europe: A statistical portrait of the first and second generation
2011 edition.
A new statistics report produced by Europa, the European Union’s statisical division.

Migration has become an increasingly important phenomenon for European societies. Patterns of migration flows can change greatly over time, with the size and composition of migrant populations reflecting both current and historical patterns of migration flows. Combined with the complexity and long-term nature of the migrant integration process, this can present challenges to policy-makers who need good quality information on which to base decisions. It is important that the statistics should go beyond the basic demographic characteristics of migrants and present a wider range of socio-economic information on migrants and their descendants.

This publication looks at a broad range of characteristics of migrants living in the European Union and EFTA countries. It looks separately at the foreign-born, the foreign citizens, and the second generation. It addresses a variety of aspects of the socio-economic situation of migrants including labour market situation, income distribution, and poverty. The effects of different migration-related factors (i.e. reason of migration, length of residence) are examined. The situation of migrants is compared to that of the non-migrant reference population.

[Download Full Report]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network and Europa).

Europa have also released an online document entitled, Asylum in the EU27:
The number of asylum applicants registered in the EU27 rose to 301 000 in 2011
[Access]
(Source:  Europa).

Analysis: Has the Refugee Convention outlived its usefulness?
Published via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
[Access]
(Source:  IRIN).

At the margins of Europe : externalisation of migration controls.  Migeurope Annual report 2010-2011.
[Download Full Report]
(Source:  Migrants’ Rights Network).

MORE ‘TRAFFICKING’, LESS ‘TRAFFICKED’: Trafficking for Exploitation outside the sex sector in Europe.

GAATW has always proactively lobbied for a broad definition of human trafficking and has consequently critiqued a ‘traditional’ near exclusive focus on the sex industry as the primary, if not the only, site of trafficking. The last years have seen, especially in Europe, a growing attention to what is termed as ‘trafficking for labour exploitation’ as something somehow separate or different.  Whilst we welcome the broadening of focus we wonder if creating two separate and distinct categories such as ‘trafficking for labour exploitation’ and ‘trafficking for sexual exploitation’ is helpful.

[Download Full Report]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network).

Saga of the killing fields

Saga of the killing fields (e-book in Bengali)

We have realised after just three weeks of field-level investigation that many of those mass graves have not even been recorded properly. We discovered that there were many more mass graves over and beyond what the Liberation War Museum had collected in its substantial database. Many of these mass graves have not been documented by the government either.

[Access]
(Souce:  bdnews24)

 

New Publications on Children in Detention; Asylum Support; MRN; Faith; Trafficking; Immigration Rules; Syria; and Displacement

Captured Childhood

Captured Childhoods: Introducing a new model to ensure the rights and liberty of refugee, asylum seeker and irregular migrant children affected by immigration detention.
A new report by the Immigration Detention Coalition.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: IRIN – MIGRATION: Too many migrant children locked up).

Networks of Asylum Support in the UK and USA: A Handbook of Ideas, Strategies and Best Practice for Asylum Support Groups in a Challenging Social and Economic Climate’.  A new report by the Asylum Network.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network)

Migrants’ Rights Network Progress Report 2006-2011.
[Access]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network)

Faith on the Move: The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants
The Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: The Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life)

An evidence assessment of the routes of human trafficking into the UK
By Kevin Marsh, Rashmi Sarmah, Phil Davies, Emma Froud, Jacque Mallender, Elizabeth Scalia, Tony Munton (Matrix Knowledge Group); and
Andrew Zurawan, Laura Powlton, and Carolyne Tah (Analysis, Research and Knowledge Management, UK Border Agency)
[Download Full Report]
(Source:  Home Office)

Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules:  HC1888.
UK Home Office.
[Download Full Report]
(Source:  Home Office)

`I wanted to die’: Syria’s torture Survivors Speak Out
Amnesty International
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Amnesty International – Syria: New report finds systemic and widespread torture and ill-treatment in detention).

Sanctuary in the City

Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Amman.
HPG Working Papers, March 2012.
By Sara Pavanello and Simone Haysom for the Humanitarian Policy Group.
[Download Full Report]
(Source:  Humanitarian Policy Group).

What does the future hold for IDPs living in camps in Centre Masisi? Return, local integration, and settlement elsewhere in the country.

For over five years, thousands of displaced people have been living in camps in North Kivu. This report analyses the camps of Bihito, Kalinga, Kilimani, and Lushebere, located in Masisi, a territory especially affected by displacement. In order to gain a better understanding of durable solutions that are suitable for the IDPs living in the camps, this report investigates the causes behind their displacement, as well as their living conditions and their prospects for the future. Finally, it offers concrete suggestions to the actors involved, such as authorities in DRC, as well as international and Congolese organisations that provide assistance and protection to IDPs in the camps and support durable solutions to their displacement.

[Download Summary and recommendations)
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)

New Puiblications on the Middle East; EU; Repatriation & Return; Statelessness; Human Trafficking

UNHCR World Map

International Support for Reparation Processes and the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, Feb. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

“Iraqi Refugees and the Humanitarian Costs of the Iraq War: What Role for Social Work?,” International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 21, no. 1 (Jan. 2012) [free full-text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Joint United Nations Comments on The European Commission Proposal for a Directive Establishing Minimum Standards on the Rights, Support and Protection of Victims of Crime (UNHCR et al., March 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Common EU Resettlement Priorities for 2013 and New Rules on EU Funding (Council of the European Union, March 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

The Evaluation of the Return Process of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Back to their “Home of Origin”: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thesis submitted to Department of Baltic Slavic and Oriental Studies (University of Macedonia, 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

“Understanding Repatriation: Refugee Perspectives on the Importance of Safety, Reintegration, and Hope,” Population, Space and Place, vol. 18, no. 1 (January/February 2012) [free full-text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness (UNHCR, 2012) [access]
- See background note, testimonials and a press release.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

European Good Practices: Advocacy Tool in Serbia – Report on the Expert Debate. Right to be Recognized as a Person before the Law; Right to Adequate Housing (Praxis et al., Feb. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

World Map of Parties to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, as of 1 March 2012 (UNHCR, March 2012) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy (USAID, Feb. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

An Evidence Assessment of the Routes of Human Trafficking into the UK (UK Home Office, March 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Guidelines for Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking in the East Africa Region (IOM, Feb. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Incorporating Human Trafficking in Academic Institutions: The European Experience, Amsterdam, 25-26 November 2011 [info]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

 

New Publications on Trafficking in the US; Iraq; Statelessness; Humanitarian Law

USAID Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has recently published a new report entitled, “Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy.”

The C-TIP Policy will enable the Agency to be a catalytic partner in the counter-trafficking community by outlining concrete, measurable principles and objectives. These include integrating counter-trafficking activities across the development sectors, improving program design to capture lessons learned and best practices in counter-trafficking activities, and enhancing institutional accountability within USAID to address trafficking through training of staff and coordination with partners.

[Download Full Report]
(Source: DocuBase – Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy)

A Commentary on the December 2011 Iraq Operational Guidance Note (Still Human, Still Here, Feb. 2012) http://stillhumanstillhere.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/still-human-still-here-commentary-on-the-december-2011-iraq-ogn.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Jiscmail List – http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Guidelines on Statelessness No. 1: The definition of “Stateless Person” in Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (UNHCR, Feb. 2012) http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4f4371b82.html
(Source: Forced Migration Jiscmail List – http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Humanitarian Law in Action within Africa (Oxford University Press, Feb. 2012)

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/PublicInternationalLaw/InternationalHumanRights/?view=usa&ci=9780199856961

(Source: Forced Migration Jiscmail List – http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

International Migration Report 2009: A Global Assessment (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Dec. 2011) http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/WorldMigrationReport2009.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Jiscmail List – http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Politics of Innocence: Hutu Identity, Conflict and Camp Life (Berghahn Books, paperback ed., Feb. 2012) https://www.berghahnbooks.com/extras/docs/flyer/TurnerPolitics_9780857456090.html
- Note: Discount is available with flyer via a/m link.
(Source: Forced Migration Jiscmail List – http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Transnational Migration, Gender and Rights, Advances in Ecopolitics, vol. 10 (Emerald Group Publishing, Feb. 2012)

http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?K=9781780522029

(Source: Forced Migration Jiscmail List – http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Publications on Climate Change; Trafficking; Angolans; Liberians; Rwandans; Media

Working Paper Series on Environmental Degradation and Migration (Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development, 2011) [access]
- Relevant titles include “Is the ‘Environmental Migration’ Nexus an Analytically Meaningful Subject for Research?,” “Challenges and Pitfalls of Resettlement Measures: Experiences in the Pacific Region,” and “Migration as Source of Risk-aversion among the Environmental Refugees: The Case of Women Displaced by Erosion of the River Ganga in the Malda District of West Bengal, India.”
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

People on the Move: Human Trafficking and Migration in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, CARIM Research Report, no. 2011/04 (Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, Oct. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Implementation of the Comprehensive Strategy for the Angolan Refugee Situation, including UNHCR’s Recommendations on the Applicability of the “Ceased Circumstances” Cessation Clauses (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Implementation of the Comprehensive Strategy for the Liberian Refugee Situation, including UNHCR’s Recommendations on the Applicability of the “Ceased Circumstances” Cessation Clauses (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Implementation of the Comprehensive Strategy for the Rwandan Refugee Situation, including UNHCR’s recommendations on the Applicability of the “Ceased Circumstances” Cessation Clauses (UNHCR, Dec. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

ICAR has just released a new briefing on “Asylum Seekers, Refugees and the Media,” which looks at “how refugees are reported in the English media.”
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Child Trafficking in the Nordic Countries: Rethinking Strategies and National Responses (UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Dec. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Report Concerning the Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Georgia (Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, Feb. 2012) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Report by OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, following her visit to the UK, 7-10 March 2011 (OSCE, Jan. 2012) [text via Refworld]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

A Toolkit for Reporting to CEDAW on Trafficking in Women and Exploitation of Migrant Women Workers (GAATW, 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

News Pubs. On Housing, Accomodation, Disasters, Trafficking, Burma, Displacement, Egypt

After the Deluge: Gender and Early Recovery Housing in Sindh, Pakistan, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 228 (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

“Between Control and Assistance: The Problem of European Accommodation Centres for Asylum Seekers,” International Migration, forthcoming (posted Jan. 2012) [text via SSRN]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Literature Review for Shelter after Disaster (Shelter Centre et al., 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Guidelines on Exemption Procedures in respect of Cessation Declarations (UNHCR, Dec. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Human Trafficking in Mexico and Neighbouring Countries: A Review of Protection Approaches, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 229 (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

More ‘Trafficking,’ Less ‘Trafficked’: Trafficking for Exploitation Outside the Sex Sector in Europe (GAATW, 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Refugees International (RI) has just released a new report called “Burma: An Opportunity to Expand Humanitarian Space.”
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Ending the Displacement Cycle: Finding Durable Solutions through Return and Resettlement (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, June 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

The Cost of Living: An Analysis of the Time and Money Spent by Refugees Accessing Services in Nairobi, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 230 (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

New Pubs. on Trafficking, Migration Stats., Migration Reform, Displacement, UKBA

What's the Cost of a Rumour?

What’s the Cost of a Rumour? A guide to sorting out the myths and the facts about sporting events and trafficking.
A new report published by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, (GAATW).
From the GAATW website,

In this guide, we review the literature from past sporting events, and find that they do not cause increases in trafficking for prostitution. The guide takes a closer look at why this unsubstantiated idea still captures the imagination of politicians and some media, and offers stakeholders a more constructive approach to address trafficking beyond short-term events. We hope this guide will help stakeholders quickly correct misinformation about trafficking, develop evidence-based anti-trafficking responses, and learn what worked and what didn’t in past host cities.

[Download Report]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network).

Migration Statistics Quarterly Report November 2011 – Statistical Bulletin
[Download Statistical Bulletin]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network).

Migration Reform:  Caps Don’t Fit.
A new report by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
[Download Report]
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Press Release – Impact of immigration is far wider than many realise).
(Souce: Migrants’ Rights Network).

Beyond ‘Supply and Demand’ Catchphrases

Beyond ‘Supply and Demand’ Catchphrases: Assessing the Uses and Limitations of Demand-Based Approaches in Anti-Trafficking
Produced by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, (GAATW).
[Download Report]
(Source:  Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women).

Pastoralist displacement in northern Kenya: Findings of a Scoping Study.
By the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC).
A new scoping study from the IDMC which details:

 

A range of factors has led to the displacement of thousands of pastoralists in northern Kenya. Notwithstanding the humanitarian consequences, the situation remains under-reported and under-studied, and internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Kenya have received little assistance.  Against this backdrop, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and IDMC conducted a scoping study on pastoralist displacement in northern Kenya to draw attention to the plight of IDPs and the consequences of their displacement. They presented these findings in Nairobi on 15 November to representatives of the Kenyan government, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Internal Displacement, and the diplomatic, academic and civil society communities.

View Meeting Summary with Key Findings of the Study
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)

Mexico: Displacement due to criminal and communal violence
By the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC).
Read the Overview (html / pdf)
Full Internal Displacement Profile
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)

Three new reports published by the Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA, Mr John Vine.  The three reports are as follows:

• Annual report for 2010-11 ,
• A global review of entry clearance December 2010 – June 2011 , and
• An inspection report of the UKBA New York visa section January – March 2011.

(Source: Migrant’s Rights Network).

New Pubs. on Digital Londoners and on Migration and Trafficking,

Autumn 2011 edition of the digital New Londoners magazine.
[Download here]
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Network – Digital New Londoners magazine – Launch of autumn edition).

A new Chatham House Briefing Paper by Dr Khalid Koser entitled “Responding to Migration from Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Libya” has been released.
[Download Paper]
(Source: Migrants at Sea blog – http://migrantsatsea.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/chatham-house-briefing-paper-responding-to-migration-from-complex-humanitarian-emergencies-lessons-learned-from-libya/)

A new study on migration and trafficking by Dr Nick Mai of the Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET) at Lodon Metropolitan University.
(Source: Migrants’ Rights Watch – Research suggests immigration status a bigger problem for sex workers than trafficking).

“Comparative Analysis of Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons,” Module 2 in In-depth Training Manual on Investigating and Prosecuting the Smuggling of Migrants (UNODC, Oct. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

GRETA Reports (Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, Sept. 2011) [access]- First evaluations of States Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Joint Statement of the Heads of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies, 5th EU Anti-Trafficking Day, 18 Oct. 2011 [text]

Organised Crime, Corruption and the Movement of People Across Borders in the New Enlarged EU: A Case Study of Estonia, Finland and the UK (HEUNI, 2011) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Trafficking in Persons and the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg Observers, Oct. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Trafficking in Persons in East Asia and the Pacific, Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights (U.S. Dept. of State, Oct. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

‘In Whose Name? Migration, Sex Work and Trafficking’

‘In Whose Name? Migration, Sex Work and Trafficking’

MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2011, 3pm to 6pm

London Metropolitan University, Libeskind Building, 166-220 Holloway Road London N7 8DB

This seminar will explore the relationship between migration, the sex industry and trafficking in the UK by presenting the findings of the ESRC-funded ‘Migrant Workers in the UK Sex Industry’, led by Dr Nick Mai, Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. The findings will be presented with other recent and relevant research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London-based x-talk project. The presentation will be followed by a screening of Dr Nick Mai’s documentary drawing on his research findings.
More information about the ESRC ‘Migrant Workers in the UK Sex Industry’ research project is available at:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/iset/projects/esrc-migrant-workers.cfm

To register for the seminar please email: iset@londonmet.ac.uk
**Please note that, as space is limited, registration will be allocated on a first come basis**

The Festival of Social Science is run by the Economic and Social Research Council and runs from 29 October to 5 November 2011. Events from some of the country’s leading social scientists, the festival celebrates the very best of British Social Science research and how it influences our social, economic and political lives – both now and in the future. This year’s Festival of Social Science has over 130 creative and exciting events aimed at encouraging businesses, charities, government agencies; and schools or college students to discuss, discover and debate topical social science issues. Press releases detailing some of the varied events are available at the Festival website. You can now follow updates from the Festival on twitter using #esrcfestival.
ESRC RES-622-26-367

Newly Published Research

HPG Working Paper

Humanitarian action, early recovery and stabilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  By Sarah Bailey.  A new working paper in the HPG Working Papers publication series :

This paper examines the challenges facing the protracted crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo as they relate to the international response in eastern DRC, with a particular focus on the relationship between humanitarian assistance, early recovery and stabilisation.

“Evidence-based Clinical Guidelines for Immigrants and Refugees,” CMAJ, Early Release (27 July 2011) [full-text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Refugee Children at “High Risk” of Mental-health Problems (IRIN, Aug. 2011) [text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Reviewing the Application of the Cessation Clause of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in Africa, Working Paper, no. 76 (RSC, August 2011) [text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Should Citizenship Be Conditional? Denationalisation and Liberal Principles, Working Paper, no. 75 (RSC, July 2011) [text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Progress Report on Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons in the ASEAN Region (Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project, July 2011) [text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Prosecution of Trafficking in Persons Cases: Integrating a Human Rights-Based Approach in the Administration of Criminal Justice, Background Paper for Expert Meeting of the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms Joy Ngozi Ezeilo (OHCHR, July 2011) [text] (Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The Protection Project Review of the Trafficking in Persons Report 2011 (Protection Project, July 2011) [text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Smuggling Roundtable Meeting Report, Bangkok, 20-22 June 2011 (GAATW & OHCHR, 2011) [text]
(Source : Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Body of Evidence

Body of evidence: treatment of medico-legal reports for survivors of torture in the UK asylum tribunal.  A new report publishged by Freedom from Torture and The Helen Bamber Foundation.  This report :

documents the common ways in which expert medical reports submitted in support of asylum claims are marginalised or rejected, and demands that medico-legal reports (MLRs) be treated with respect by UK Border Agency (UKBA) officials and by immigration judges dealing with asylum claims. It calls on the Tribunal’s president to issue specific guidelines to immigration judges on how to address expert medical evidence, and for more training on the issue, to avoid some of the more common errors judges make. It makes similar recommendations to the Home Office, calling for urgent revision of the policy guidance and training for caseworkers.

The report can be downloaded in PDF format – [here].
(Source : Institute for Race Relations – Double standards in MLRs