Re-blog: Stuck in traffic: How helpful is the trafficking framework? | The COMPAS Blog

By: Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration and Citizenship and Deputy Director of COMPAS

‘Trafficking’ seems to extend the audience of those engaged with the human rights of migrants. Even those who are not usually sympathetic to the plight of undocumented migrants can engage with the plight of ‘victims of trafficking’ and respond to calls for their protection. Trafficking also seems to offer a rare patch of common ground between migrant advocates and state actors, both concerned to stop exploitation and abuse.

However in practice, anti-trafficking approaches have proved deeply problematic. How helpful is the trafficking framework?

To ask this question is not to put into question the undoubted abuse, injustice, extortion, rape, violence and murder experienced by migrants, particularly undocumented migrants. There is also no question that this happens, and that the vulnerable are exploited (a tricky term though) in myriad horrendous ways.

Full article available via Stuck in traffic: How helpful is the trafficking framework? | The COMPAS Blog.

New Publications on Resettlement and Human Trafficking/Forced Labour

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

New Publications on Resettlement

EASO & Refugee Resettlement (EASO Monitor, Nov. 2012) [text]

“Expanding Our Community: Independent and Interdependent Factors Impacting Refugees’ Successful Community Resettlement,” Advances in Social Work, vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 2012) [open access text]

“Japan Announces that ’0′ Refugees Will be Resettled This Year,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 32 (Dec. 2012) [full-text]

New Refugee Resettlement Strategy Unveiled (New Zealand Government, Dec. 2012) [text]

Refugee Resettlement Needs Outpace Growing Number of Resettlement Countries (Migration Information Source, Nov. 2012) [text]

Self-Study Module: Resettlement Learning Programme (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]

Starting from Refugees Themselves: Towards an Institutional Ethnography of Resettlement, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 247 (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [text]

Worldwide Community of Resettled Refugees [info] [access]
- Online community for “any refugee or former refugee who has resettled in a third country… .” Free, but requires invitation to join; find out how via the info link.

New Publications on Trafficking/Forced Labour

The 2012 Global Report on Human Trafficking was released this week by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).  As part of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking, the UN General Assembly mandated that the UNODC “collect information and report biennially, starting in 2012, on patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at the national, regional and international levels in a balanced, reliable and comprehensive manner, in close cooperation and collaboration with Member States, and share best practices and lessons learned from various initiatives and mechanisms” (see para. 60).

As such, the newly published report “provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2007 and 2010 (or more recent). The report also includes a chapter on the worldwide response to trafficking in persons. The Country Profiles of the Global Report present a national level analysis for each of the 132 countries covered by this edition of the report.”

This is the first issue of the global report under the UNGA mandate; an earlier 2009 report with the same title was produced within the framework of the UN.GIFT initiative.

Other recent publications:

Human Trafficking, a Shadow of Migration: Evidence from Germany, Discussion Paper, no. 1246 (German Institute for Economic Research, Sept. 2012) [text]

“Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling: Similar Nature, Different Concepts,” Studies of Changing Societies: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Focus, vol. 1, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]

“A Labor Paradigm for Human Trafficking,” UCLA Law Review, vol. 60, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]

The Protection of Internationally Trafficked Persons in Canada: Critical Gaps in Immigration Policy (Oppenheimer Chair, Dec. 2012) [text]

Secular and Faith-based NGOs: A Content Analysis of Priorities, Thesis submitted to the Graduate School (Ball State University, May 2012) [text]

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress (U.S. Congressional Research Service, Dec. 2012) [text]

Understanding Forced Migration and Unfree Labour in the Global Economy, Keynote Lecture at Migration in a Changing World: Where Do We Go Now?, 5-9 Nov. 2012 [access]

 

New Publications on Causes of Displacement; Human Rights Education; Human Security; Migration Control; Refugee Camps; and Trafficking in Scotland

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

A Critical Introduction to Immigration and Asylum (International State Crime Initiative, Sept. 2012) [text]

Human Security Report 2012: Sexual Violence, Education, and War – Beyond the Mainstream Narrative (Human Security Report Project, Oct. 2012) [access]
- See also related IRIN news article and IntLawGrrls blog post.

Important but Neglected: A Proposal for Human Rights Education in Refugee and Displacement Camps (SSRN, Oct. 2012) [text]

“Refugee Camps not Designed for Refugees,” DW, 9 Oct. 2012 [text]

Warfare, Political Identities, and Displacement in Spain and Colombia, HiCN Working Paper 124 (Households in Conflict Network, Oct. 2012) [text]

Care And Support for Adult Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: A Review.
A new report by the Scottish Government.
[Download Full Report]

 

New Publications on: Borderline Justice; PICUM Newsletter; Trafficking; EDL; Minority Languages; Children; and Overseas Students

Borderline Justice: the fight for refugee and migrant rights

Borderline Justice: the fight for refugee and migrant rights.
A new book written by Liz Fekete, vice-chair of the Institute of Race Relations.
The book will be published by Pluto Press and their is a launch event for this work which is due to take place on Monday 22 October.  Further details can be found on the Institute of Race Relations website [here] and please also Download an invite (pdf file, 144kb).
From the product description:

From pre-arrival to detention and deportation, Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current legal system.

Frances Webber, a legal practitioner with over 30 years experience, provides a unique insight into how the law has been applied to migrants, refugees and other ‘unpopular minorities’. The book records some of the key legal struggles of the past thirty years which have sought to preserve values of universality in human rights – and the importance of continuing to fight for those values, inside and outside the courtroom.

With its combination of legal and political analysis with insider insights, Borderline Justice will appeal to both academic and non-academic audiences. The themes and analysis cross boundaries of law, politics, sociology, criminology, refugee studies and terrorism studies, appealing to the radical tradition in all these disciplines.

[Further Details from Pluto Books]
(Source: Institute of Race Relations).

PICUM Quarterly Newsletter, April-June 2012.
Produced by The PICUM Secretariat.
[Download Newsletter]
(Source: The PICUM Secretariat).

Second General Report on GRETA’s activities covering the period from 1

Overseas Students and Net Migration

August 2011 to 31 July 2012.
Produced by the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, (GRETA).
[Download Full Report]
See Also – BBC News Story: Trafficked children in UK council care ‘going missing’

A STUDY OF THE ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE: What draws people of faith to right-wing organisations and what effects does the EDL have on community cohesion and interfaith relations?
By H.S. Lane for Faith matters.
[Download Full Report]

“European Policy-to-Outcome Indicators and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML)”
ECMI Working Paper #61
By Federica Prina.
[Download Full Report]

Into the unknown: Children’s journeys through the asylum
process.
A new report produced by The Children’s Society.
[Download Full Report]
See Also:-
The Independent - UK criticised over child asylum
The Telegraph - Children fleeing wars facing ‘culture of disbelief’ – charity

Overseas Students and Net Migration: Fourth Report of Session 2012–13 : Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence.
New Report by the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee.
[Download Full Report]

 

Publications on Iraqi Refugees; Homelessness; Trafficking; Roma

Iraqi refugees: making the urban refugee approach context-specific
Article published in the Humanitarian Exchange Magazine  Issue 51, (July 2011).
By Géraldine Chatelard.
[Download Article]
(Source: ALNAP).

Homelessness kills: An analysis of the mortality of homeless people in early twenty-first century England.
Report by Crisis(UK).
From the main findings:

Homeless people are more likely to die young, with an average age of death of 47 years old and even lower for homeless women at 43, compared to 77 for the general population, 74 for men and 80 for women. It is important to note that this is not life expectancy; it is the average age of death of those who die on the streets or while resident in homeless accommodation.

[Download Full Report and the Executive Summary]
(Source: DocuBase)

Trafficking in Persons: International Dimensions and Foreign Policy Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists).
From the summary:

Trafficking in persons, or human trafficking, refers to the subjection of men, women, and children to exploitative conditions that can be tantamount to slavery. Reports suggest that human trafficking is a global phenomenon, victimizing millions of people each year and contributing to a multi-billion dollar criminal industry. It is a centuries-old problem that, despite international and U.S. efforts to eliminate it, continues to occur in virtually every country in the world. Human trafficking is also an international and cross-cutting policy problem that bears on a range of major national security, human rights, criminal justice, social, economic, migration, gender, public health, and labor issues…

[Download Full Report]
(Source: DocuBase)

Reducing Vulnerability and Promoting the Self- Employment of Roma in Eastern Europe Through Financial Inclusion.
Report by the World Bank.
[Download Full Report]
Further information:-
(Source: Roma Solidarity News)
Further information:-
The Slovak Spectator – World Bank: Only one in five Roma in Slovakia has a job.
The World Bank – New World Bank Report Calls for Financial Inclusion of Roma in Eastern Europe through a Comprehensive, Incremental Approach.
The World Bank – Self-Employment through Social Microcredit: A Way Forward for Roma’s Financial Inclusion in Eastern Europe.

 

New Publications on Trafficking; Syria; Statelessness; Climate Change; Humanitarian Assistance

Revised Syria Regional Response Plan (UNHCR, June 2012) [text]

“Human Trafficking and Asylum: Problematic Overlap,” Women’s Asylum News, no. 112 (July/August 2012) [full-text]

Joint Task Force in Reducing Human Trafficking, Thesis submitted to the Dyson College of Arts & Sciences (Pace University, May 2012) [text]

The Protection Project Review of the Trafficking in Persons Report (Protection Project, July 2012) [text]
- Provides an analysis of the information presented in the TIP Report.

Reporting on the Status of Trafficking in Women in Accordance with Article 6 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Guidelines on the Interpretation of the Text of Article 6 of the Convention (Protection Project, July 2012) [text]

“States’ Obligations under Human Rights Law towards Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Positive Developments in Positive Obligations,” International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 24, no. 2 (2012) [full-text via Oppenheimer Chair]

Trafficking in Persons: International Dimensions and Foreign Policy Issues for Congress (U.S. Congressional Research Service, July 2012) [text via Refworld]

The UK’s Response to Human Trafficking: Fit for Purpose? (IPPR, July 2012) [text]

Syria: A Full-scale Displacement and Humanitarian Crisis with No Solutions in Sight (IDMC, July 2012) [text]

The Cost of Statelessness: A Livelihoods Analysis (Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, May 2012) [info]
- A copy of the report may be requested from the U.S. State Department.

Climate Change and Statelessness (ICMHD Blog, Aug. 2012) [text]

Climate Change, Migration and Human Security in Southeast Asia, RSIS Monograph, no. 24 (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2012) [text]

Protection and Planned Relocations in the Context of Climate Change, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. PPLA/2012/04 (UNHCR, Aug. 2012) [text]

Research: The Curious Fate of the Natural Environment in Migration Studies (UK Climate Change & Migration Coalition, July 2012) [text]

Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2011: The Numbers and Trends (CRED, 2012) [text]

Constructive Memory and Collective Knowledge: Information Gaps in Humanitarian Action (ODI Blog, Aug. 2012) [text]

Country-specific Civil–military Coordination Guidelines, HPG Working Papers (ODI, Aug. 2012) [text]

Helpdesk Research Report: Donors’ and Agencies’ Humanitarian Protection Frameworks (Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, Nov. 2011) [text]

Meeting the Urban Challenge: Adapting Humanitarian Efforts to an Urban World (ALNAP, July 2012) [text]

New Players through Old Lenses: Why History Matters in Engaging with Southern Actors, HPG Policy Briefs, no. 48 (ODI, July 2012) [text]

Protecting Civilians? The Interaction between International Military and Humanitarian Actors, HPG Working Papers (ODI, Aug. 2012) [text]

All of these publications were originally listed on the Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.

Publications on Human Trafficking; Europe; Displacement; Resettlement

The U.S. State Department launched its Trafficking in Persons Report for 2012 yesterday.  Access to the text is available here; more information about the report is provided in this briefing.

Trafficking in Human Beings: New Impetus in Fighting the Modern Form of Slavery (European Commission, June 2012) [access]

Trafficking in Persons: International Dimensions and Foreign Policy Issues for Congress (Congressional Research Service, April 2012) [text]

UNHCR Statement on the Application of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protcol to Victims of Trafficking in France (UNHCR, June 2012) [text]

Can Frontex Be Held Liable for Human Rights Violations? Potential Application of Recent European Case Law to the Activities of an Inter-Governmental Agency (SSRN, June 2012) [text]

EU Migration Policy and Its Reflection in Third Countries: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine (Bridge, 2012) [text]
- See esp. chapters on “Functioning of the EU Management of External Borders with Emphasis on Migration and Asylum Problems,” “Application of Legislation of the Republic of Belarus on Refugees and the Main Lines of its Development,” “Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Context of the European Union Policies: the Case of Greece,” and “General Legal Aspect on Asylum within European Union and Italy: A Comprehensive Proposal for a Regulatory Reform.”

Forward, Backward, Stalling? Seminar Series Reflects on the Completion of the Common European Asylum System (RSC, June 2012) [access]
- Includes link to podcasts.

“I came here for peace”: The Systematic Ill-treatment of Migrants and Refugees by State Agents in Patras (Pro Asyl & Greek Council for Refugees, May 2012) [text]

S.O.S. Europe: Human Rights and Migration Control (Amnesty International, June 2012) [text]
- See also “When you don’t exist” campaign.

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) released its “annual summary of the numbers of people internally displaced by sudden onset natural disasters” yesterday. Global Estimates 2011: People Displaced by Natural Hazard-Induced Disasters found that “in 2011, 14.9 million people were internally displaced throughout the world due to natural disasters, mostly related to weather events such as floods and storms.”  Most displacement took place in Asia.

Does the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Work? The Economic Outcomes of Program Participants, Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Georgetown University, 2009; posted Feb. 2012) [text]

A Pillar of Protection: Solidarity Resettlement for Refugees in Latin America, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 239 (UNHCR, June 2012) [text]

The Resettlement of Refugees in Australia: A Bibliography (Swinburne Institute for Social Research, May 2012) [text via APO]

The source for all of these publications was the Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog at: http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on Climate Change; Psychosocial Needs; Columbia; ICRC Annual Report; Internal Displacement;

Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility

Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility.
A new report by the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security.

This new report based on scores of personal testimonies from refugees in Eastern Africa finds that climate change can make people more vulnerable and can also play a part in driving them into areas of conflict and ultimately across borders and into exile. “Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility: Perspectives of refugees from the East and Horn of Africa” is the first issue of the newly established UNU-EHS Report series.

[Download Full Report]
(Source: UNHCR – Climate change drives people into harm’s way, says UN Refugee Chief and the United Nations – New UN report spotlights role of climate change in driving people from their homes).

Psychosocial Needs Assessment in Emergency Displacement, Early Recovery, and Return.
By Guglielmo Schininá, Rocco Nuri for the International Organisation for Migration.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP)

A ‘House of Rights’ for Colombia’s displaced people.
By UNHCR.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP).

ICRC Annual Report 2011.

ICRC 2011 Annual Report

By the International Committee of the Red Cross.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: International Committee of the Red Cross).

Unprotected Work, Invisible Exploitation: Trafficking for the Purpose of Domestic Servitude.
Research Paper on Trafficking in Human Beings for Domestic Servitude
in the OSCE Region: Analysis and Challenges.
Report of the Tenth Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference -
“Unprotected Work, Invisible Exploitation: Trafficking for the Purpose of Domestic Servitude”, Vienna, 17-18 June 2010.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: OSCE)

Internal displacement to urban areas: the Tufts-IDMC profiling study:  CASE 1: KHARTOUM, SUDAN.
By Karen Jacobsen for the IDMC and Tufts University.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP)

Internal displacement to urban areas: the Tufts-IDMC profiling study:  CASE 2: ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE
By Karen Jacobsen for the IDMC and Tufts University.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP)

Internal displacement to urban areas: the Tufts-IDMC profiling study:  CASE CASE 3: SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA.
By Karen Jacobsen for the IDMC and Tufts University.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP)

 

New Publications on European Statistics; Europe; Age Assessment; Trafficking Legislation; Migration; Urban Refugees….

Age Assessment Practice Guidance

Asylum decisions in the EU27: EU Member States granted protection to 84 100 asylum seekers in 2011
Eurostat.
[Access]
(Source: Europa).

Third Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum.
European Commission.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Europa).

Report on the Internal Review of Human Trafficking Legislation.
HM Government.
[Download Full Report]

UK Migration Controversies: A Simple Guide.
Royal Geographical Society.
[Download Full Report]

Public Sentiments Towards Immigration in Wales: New Ideas Social Research Fund.  Final Report for the Welsh Government.
By Dr Robin Mann and Dr Yvonne Tommis.
Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods.
[Download Full Report]

The work of the UK Border Agency (November 2010–March 2011):
Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2010–12: First Special Report of Session 2012–13.
House of Commons, Home Affairs Committee.
[Download Full Report]

Statement of Intent: Family Migration.
UK Home Office.
[Download Full Report]

Immigration Statistics January – March 2012 – Summary of key facts.
UK Home Office.
[Access]

Age Assessment Practice Guidance An Age Assessment Pathway
for Social Workers in Scotland.
Produced by the Scottish Refugee Council.
[Download Full Report]

Age Assessment – Information Guide.
Produced by the Scottish Refugee Council.
[Download Full Report]

The Living Ain’t Easy: Urban Refugees in Kampala.
By Jina Krause-Vilmar for the Women’s Refugee Commission .
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP)

Internal Displacement in Nairobi: A Literature Review,
By the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: ALNAP)

 

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)