New Regional Publications on Africa; Asia; amd Syrians

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

New Regional Publications on Africa

Atelier de Réflexion – Foncier Rural et Solutions Durables en Côte d’Ivoire: Logement, Terre et Biens en Situation de Déplacement, Abidjan, 2-4 Octobre 2012 (IDMC, June 2013) [text]

Central African Republic: Abandoned to its Fate? (MSF, July 2013) [text]

CORI Country Report: Democratic Republic of Congo; Human Rights Issues (CORI, April 2013) [text via Refworld]

Durable Solutions: Perspectives of Somali Refugees Living in Kenyan and Ethiopian Camps and Selected Communities of Return (DRC & NRC, 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

For Malian Refugees, Peace Deal Does Not Guarantee Safe Return (Refugees International Blog, July 2013) [text]

Mission Conjointe d’Evaluation de la Sécurité Alimentaire des Réfugiés Centrafricains du Camp de Belom à Maro au Sud du Tchad (WFP & UNHCR, June 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

South Sudan: Protection and Assistance Challenges Demand a Firm Response (Refugees International, July 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Asia

Gender and Livelihoods among Internally Displaced Persons in Mindanao, Philippines (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, July 2013) [text]

Humanitarian Needs Assessment and Engagement Strategy in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (Danish Refugee Council, Jan. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Life in the Rohingya’s Myanmar: A Q & A with Photojournalist Greg Constantine (Refugees International Blog, June 2013) [text]

Operational Guidance Note: North Korea (DPRK) (UK Home Office, June 2013) [text via Refworld]

Roundtable on Managing Cross-border Movements of People: Promoting Capacity and Response for Irregular Migration, Singapore, 19-20 November 2012 (RSIS Centre for NTS Studies, 2013) [text]

Return to Torture: Extradition, Forcible Returns and Removals to Central Asia (Amnesty International, July 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

“They Say We Should Be Grateful,” Mass Rehousing and Relocation Programs in Tibetan Areas of China (HRW, June 2013) [text]

UNHCR Chief Welcomes Regional Commitments in Central Asia to Protect Migrant and Asylum-seeker Rights (UNHCR, June 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Syrians

Behind the Scenes of the “Most Complex” Refugee Operation in the World (IRIN, July 2013) [text]

Egypt: Do Not Return Asylum Seekers to Syria (HRW, July 2013) [text]

From Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley: Trip Report on Syrian Refugees (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, July 2013) [text]

Joint Education Needs Assessment: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan (UNHCR, April 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Five Uncomfortable Questions for the International Community (UpFront Blog, July 2013) [text]

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Five More Uncomfortable Questions for the International Community (UpFront Blog, July 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Africa and Thematic Publications on Law/Policy Items

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

New Regional Publications on Africa

Update re. cessation for Rwandan refugees:

• Ending of Refugee Status for Rwandans Approaching (UNHCR, June 2013) [text]
• “UNHCR Africa Bureau Announces Only Three States to Implement Cessation Clause for Rwandan Refugees,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 39 (July 2013) [full-text]

Other publications:

Concern over Planned Relocation of Refugees from Kenya to Somalia (IRIN, June 2013) [text via Refworld]

Mali Crisis: A Migration Perspective (IOM, June 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Operational Guidance Note: Gambia (UK Home Office, June 2013) [text]

“Prevalence of Gender Based Violence among Refugees in Urban Kampala, Uganda,” African Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 3, no. 1 (June 2013) [full-text]
– Scroll to p. 2.

“Refugees in Africa’s Great Lakes Region: A Perpetual State of Exile,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 39 (July 2013) [full-text]

New Thematic Publications on Law/Policy Items

“The 1956 Hungarian Refugee Emergency, An Early and Instructive Case of Resettlement,” Amsterdam Law Forum, vol. 5, no. 2 (2013) [open access text]

Case Watch: Assessing Risk in Non-Refoulement Cases (Open Society Foundations, June 2013) [text]
– Discusses two recent UN Human Rights Committee decisions.

“International Refugee Law,” The Year in Review: An Annual Publication of the ABA/Section of International Law, vol. 47 (2013) [access]
– Scroll to p. 349 in full issue or go to relevant section.

Lessons from Arusha and Cape Town: UNHCR’s Perspective on the Relationship between IHL and International Refugee Law, Presentation at “Refuge from Inhumanity: Enriching Refugee Protection Standards through Recourse to International Humanitarian Law, Oxford, 11-12 February 2013 [text]

NGO Statement on International Protection, 57th Meeting of the EXCOM Standing Committee, Geneva, 25-27 June 2013 [access]
– Other NGO Statements are available on ICVA’s web site.

Note on International Protection, UN Doc. No. EC/64/SC/CRP.10, 57th Meeting of the EXCOM Standing Committee, Geneva, 25-27 June 2013 [text]
– Other Standing Committee documents are available here.

UNHCR Comments and Recommendations on the Proposed Amendments to the Asylum Act and the Aliens Act (UNHCR, June 2013) [text]
– Comments shared with the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.

“What Do We Know So Far about Emotion and Refugee Law?,” Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 1 (2013) [full-text via Centre for the Study of Emotion & Law]

New Regional Publications on the Americas; Europe;

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

New Regional Publications on the Americas

Central American Migrants Face Perils on Journey North (NACLA, May 2013) [text]

Conferencia de Soluciones Sostenibles para la Población Desplazada: Experiencias internacionales y nacionales, Bogotá, 28 y 29 de mayo 2013 [info]
– Follow link for programme and concept note.

*Despite Peace Talks, Forced Displacement Still Climbing in Colombia (IPS, June 2013) [text]

Dignidad sin excepción: Alternativas a la detención migratoria en México = Dignity without Exception: Alternatives to Immigration Detention in Mexico (International Detention Coalition, May 2013) [text]

Refugee Voices: Gay Peruvian Faces Barrier to Asylum (Human Rights First, June 2013) [access]
– First podcast in a new series.

“Security for the Many at the Expense of the New: The Securitization of Refugees in Canada,” Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, vol. 3 (Fall 2012) [full-text]
– Scroll to p. 88.

New Regional Publications on Europe

Beyond Proof: Credibility Assessment in EU Asylum Systems (UNHCR, May 2013) [text]

– See also the executive summary.

Protection Interrupted: The Dublin Regulation’s Impact on Asylum Seekers’ Protection (JRS Europe, June 2013) [access]
– Follow the link for the full report, an executive summary, a briefing paper, and individual country reports.

Shifting Responsibilities for EU Roma Citizens: The 2010 French Affair on Roma Evictions and Expulsions Continued, Liberty and Security in Europe (CEPS, June 2013) [text]

“Spiritual Assistance during Two Refugee Crises in the Republic of Macedonia,” The Anthropology of East Europe Review, vol. 31, no. 1 (2013) [open access text]

Where is my Home? Homelessness and Access to Housing among Asylum-seekers, Refugees and Persons with International Protection in… (UNHCR, May 2013)
– Reports for Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia are available.  See also related press release and photo essay.

New Regional Publications on Africa

The Africa Regional Session at UNHCR’s Annual Consultations with NGOs is currently under way in Geneva.  For more information, read the background paper and follow live tweets from the Fahamu Refugee Programme (particularly with regard to the cessation of Rwandan refugee status).

Publications:

Case Studies in Asocial Reproduction: Refugees and Cross Border Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa (SSRN, April 2013) [text]

Modern Challenges to Traditional Justice: The Struggle to Deliver Remedy and Reparation in War-affected Lango (Feinstein International Center, June 2013) [text]

Repatriation: The Politics of (re)-Constructing and Contesting Rwandan Citizenship, Working Paper, no. 92 (RSC, June 2013) [text]

A Return to the Sahel – The Perpetual Crisis (Refugees International Blog, June 2013) [text]

Simultaneous yet Contradictory Relationships between the Turkana and Refugees in Kakuma Area, Northwestern Kenya (SSRN, April 2013) [text]

What is Happening to Rwandan Refugees in Uganda? (Le Monde Diplomatique, June 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Syria; Iraq; and Africa

New Regional Publications on Syria

Childhood Under Fire: the impact of two years of conflict in Syria.
By Save the Children.

From the very beginning of the crisis in Syria, children have been its forgotten victims – facing death, trauma and suffering, and deprived of basic humanitarian aid. Save the Children estimates that nearly 2 million children are in need of assistance in Syria…

This report shows how the conflict is affecting all aspects of children’s lives. Families are struggling to find a safe place to stay, as nearly 3 million buildings have been damaged or destroyed. The lines of fighting move almost daily, so families often do not know if the place they’ve settled in today will be safe tomorrow. Most displaced families share overcrowded apartments and houses, but an estimated 80,000 internally displaced people are sleeping out in caves, parks or barns.

[Download Full Report]
(Source: Docubase]

New Regional Publications on Iraq

Iraq: A Decade of Abuses
by Amnesty International.

Ten years after the US-led invasion that toppled the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains mired in human rights abuses. Thousands of Iraqis are detained without trial or serving prison sentences imposed after unfair trials, torture remains rife and continues to be committed with impunity, and the new Iraq is one of the world’s leading executioners. The government hanged 129 prisoners in 2012, while hundreds more languished on death row. Yet, when he launched the campaign of “shock and awe” in March 2003, that swept away Saddam Hussein’s regime within just four weeks, then US President George W Bush justified the military intervention partly on human rights grounds, pointing to the many grave crimes committed under the Iraqi leader. The decade since, however, as this report shows, has brought only limited change although tens of thousands of Iraqis’ lives have been lost, mostly during the political and sectarian violence that succeeded the armed conflict and continues to this day. As the record shows, in the years when they held sway, the US-dominated coalition of occupying forces created their own legacies of human rights abuse, for which there is yet to be full accountability, and failed to implement new standards that fundamentally challenged the mould of repression set under Saddam Hussein. Today, assuredly, many Iraqis enjoy greater rights and freedom than existed under the ousted dictator but the margin of improvement is far less than it should be, and the country remains wracked by political, religious and other divisions and serious abuses of human rights.

[Download Full Report]
(Source: Docubase)

 

New Regional Publications on Africa

“I can’t be a citizen if I am still a refugee.”: Former Burundian Refugees Struggle to Assert their newTanzanian Citizenship
By the International Refugee Rights Initiative.
[Download Full Report]

Architects of Atrocity: The Sudanese Government’s War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Torture in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States.
By the Enough Project.
[Download Full Report]

 

 

New Regional Publications on Africa; Europe; and Palestinians

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

New Regional Publications on Africa

Municipal Authorities and IDPs Outside of Camps: The Case of Kenya’s ‘Integrated Displaced Persons’ (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, May 2013) [text]

Nutrition Survey Final Report: Unity State Refugee Camps, South Sudan (UNHCR et al., Feb. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

South Africa: Police Repeatedly Turn on Asylum-seekers Amid Xenophobia Spike (Amnesty International, May 2013) [text]

Tuareg Migration: A Critical Component of Crisis in the Sahel (Migration Information Source, May 2013) [text]

‘You are All Terrorists:’ Kenyan Police Abuse of Refugees in Nairobi (Human Rights Watch, May 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Europe

Assisted Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers – How Can We Create Sustainability?, Policy Brief (DIIS, May 2013) [text]

“Asylum Seekers from Serbia and the Problems of Returnees: Why Serbia is among the World’s Leading Countries in Number of Asylum Seekers,” Two Homelands, no. 37 (2013) [full-text]
– Scroll to p. 53.

The Second Phase of the Common European Asylum System: A Brave New World – or Lipstick on a Pig? (European Area of Freedom Security & Justice Blog, April 2013) [text]

UNHCR’s Contribution to the European Commission’s Consultation on Female Genital Mutilation in the EU (UNHCR, May 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Palestinians

Al Jabal: A Study on the Transfer of Bedouin Palestine Refugees (BIMKOM & UNRWA, May 2013) [text]
– See also related UNRWA press release; a relatedlecture takes place today in Jerusalem entitled “Bedouin Palestine Refugees in the West Bank: An Anthropological Perspective.”

Forgotten in the Diaspora: The Palestinian Refugees in Egypt, 1948-2011, Thesis (American University in Cairo, Spring 2013) [text]

Note on UNHCR’s Interpretation of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Article 12(1)(a) of the EU Qualification Directive in the Context of Palestinian Refugees Seeking International Protection (UNHCR, May 2013) [text]

An Ongoing Displacement: The Forced Exile of the Palestinians (Jadaliyya, May 2013) [access]
– Infographic.

Reconciling Return and Rights: Palestinian Refugees and the Emergence of a “Political Society” (Jadaliyya, March 2013) [text]

 

New Regional Publications on Africa

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

New Regional Publications on Africa

Destination Unknown: Eritrean Refugee Torture and Trafficking (NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre, May 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Kampala Convention: Entry into Force (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, May 2013) [access]

Libyans in North Africa Scared to Return Home (IRIN, May 2013) [text]

“Life in Transition: Ongoing Social and Economic Impacts of Internal Displacement on Young People in Liberia,” Georgetown Public Policy Review, vol. 18, no. 2 (Spring 2013) [full-text]

Returns to South and Central Somalia: A Violation of International Law (Amnesty International, May 2013) [text via Refworld]

Tales of the Unexpected (Inside Story, May 2013) [text]

Voices from Exile: Daily Realities and Future Prospects of Congolese and Burundian Refugees in the Great Lakes Region (Danish Refugee Council, May 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Disappearance of Sudan? Life in Khartoum for Citizens without Rights, Citizenship and Displacement in the Great Lakes Region, Working Paper, no. 9 (International Refugee Rights Initiative, May 2013) [textvia ReliefWeb]

Humanitarianism and the “National Order of Things”: Examining the Routinized Refugee Response in Eastern Cameroon, Honors Projects Paper, no. 17 (Macalester College, 2013) [text]

Maban Refugee Camps, South Sudan: Nutrition Survey Final Report (UNHCR et al., 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

République du Tchad: Mission conjointe d’évaluation de la situation des réfugiés soudanais, retournés tchadiens et la population locale dans la zone de Tissi au Sud-est du Tchad (WFP & FAO, May 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Rejected from Refuge: Displaced Malians Face Eviction from Apartments They can no Longer Afford (IDMC Blog, May 2013) [text]

 

New Regional Publications on Africa

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

New Regional Publications on Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

New Regional Publications on Africa and Syria

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 Africa

Armed Violence and Stabilisation in Western Equatoria: Recovering from the Lord’s Resistance Army (Danish Refugee Council & Danish Demining Group, April 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Évaluation approfondie sur la sécurité alimentaire en situation d’urgence dans les camps de réfugiés maliens et villages hôtes au Burkina Faso (World Food Programme, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

I Am a Refugee, and I Have Rights (Refugees International Blog, April 2013) [text]

“Refugees, Ransoms and Revolt ,” Middle East Report, vol. 43 (Spring 2013) [text]

Stranded in the Desert (MSF, April 2013) [text]
– See also related IRIN news story.

Upper Nile Refugee Crisis: Avoiding Past Mistakes in the Year to Come (Oxfam, April 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Publications on Syria

Appeal by Heads of Leading UN Humanitarian Agencies for the People of Syria (OCHA et al., April 2013) [text via ICMC]

A City that’s not a City – Inside a Syrian Refugee Camp (Poverty Matters Blog, April 2013) [text]

Is Turkey’s Approach to Syrian Refugees Sustainable? (IRIN, April 2013) [text]

Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon (PRRN Blog,k April 2013) [access]

Promised Aid Funding for Syria Reaches Half-way Point (IRIN, April 2013) [text]

Security Council Informed that Humanitarian Needs in Syria are Growing Rapidly (UN, April 2013) [access]
– See also remarks from OCHA, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, and UNHCR.

Syrians Don’t Belong in Camps (The Atlantic, April 2013) [text via Brookings-LSE Project]

[Map credit: “Syria: Numbers and Locations of Syrian Refugees,” U.S. Dept. of State, April 2013]

New Regional Publications on Africa and Asia/Oceania

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/

Publications on Africa

Hasty Repatriation: Kenya’s Attempt to Send Somali Refugees Home (Heritage Institute for Policy Studies, Feb. 2013) [text]

“I can’t be a citizen if I am still a refugee”: Former Burundian Refugees Struggle to Assert their New Tanzanian Citizenship, Citizenship and Displacement in the Great Lakes Region Working Paper, no. 8 (International Refugee Rights Initiative, March 2013) [text]

Leaving Libya: A Review of UNHCR’s Emergency Operation in Tunisia and Egypt, 2011-2012, PDES/2013/04 (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

Rapport de Diagnostic: Camp de Réfugiés de Bélom (Solidarités International, Mars 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Return to Somalia: A New Era?, Oslo, 21 March 2013 [info]
– A summary of the discussions is available here; also includes link to video of the event.

The UNHCR and Angolan Liberation: 1974-1975, Global Migration Research Paper, no. 4 (Programme for the Study of Global Migration, 2013) [text]

Publications on Asia/Oceania

Global Asylum Trends 2012: How Does Australia Compare? (FlagPost, April 2013) [text]

“Growth and Development of Children Aged 1–5 Years in Low-intensity Armed Conflict Areas in Southern Thailand: A Community-based Survey,” Conflict and Health 7:8 (April 2013) [open access text]

Myanmar Update: COI Compilation (ACCORD, Nov. 2012) [text]

Refugee Facts Media Manual (Centre for Policy Development, April 2013) [access]
– New resource “which provides key information and statistics for journalists, editors and advocates on asylum seeker issues” in Australia.

Solutions Needed for Afghanistan’s Displaced as International Attention Wanes (IDMC Blog, April 2013) [text]

UNHCR/WFP Joint Assessment Mission Report: Assistance to the Refugees from Bhutan in Nepal (18 June-08 July 2012) (WFP & UNHCR, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

 

 

New Regional Publications on the Middle East and Africa

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

New Publications on the Middle East

Findings from the Inter- Agency Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence Assessment in the Za’atari Refugee Camp (Child Protection and Gender-based Violence in Emergencies Sub-Working Group, 2013) [text]

Israel: Detained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave (Human Rights Watch, March 2013) [text]

“Protected or Excluded? A Case Study of the Interpretation and Implementation of Article 1D with Regard to Palestinian Asylum Seekers,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 35 (March 2013) [full-text]

“State of Exception and Resistance: Two Indivisible Key Aspects to Understand the Political Socialization of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon,”  National Identity: Time, Place, People (University of Latvia, 2012) [text]
– Collection of “publications from 1st international conference for students at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia,” Riga, 15-17 March 2012; scroll to p. 26 for a/m paper.

Syria’s Mess Causes Soul Searching in Humanitarian Aid World (Global Observatory, March 2013) [text]

Syria’s Unseen Crisis: Displaced Women Face Rape, Insecurity, Poverty (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, March 2013) [text]

UNHCR Stands Up for Refugees in Israel (RSDWatch, March 2013) [text]

New Publications on Africa

Citizen Perceptions of Migration in South Africa (Afrobarometer, Feb. 2013) [text]

DR Congo: Poor Coordination Obstructs Emergency Response to Gender-Based Violence (Refugees International, March 2013) [text]

Emergency Response for the Situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Supplementary Budget Appeal (UNHCR, March 2013) [text]

“Humanitarian Conditions in Darfur: The Most Recent Reports Reveal a Relentless Deterioration,” Sudan Tribune, 10 Feb. 2013 [text via SudanReeves.org]

Joint Assessment Mission: Ivorian Refugees Operation in Liberia, February 2013 (WFP & UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Overview of UNHCR’s Operational Strategies in Africa, 56th EXCOM Standing Committee Meeting, 19 Feb. 2013 [text]
– See also related speech by UNHCR’s Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa.

 

 

New Regional Publications on Australia/New Zealand; Africa; and Asia Pacific, esp. Afghanistan, North Korea

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 Australia/New Zealand

How Many Children are in Immigration Detention?, Policy Brief (Refugee Council of Australia, March 2013) [text]

Humanitarian Family Reunion: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Policy Context (RCOA & Settlement Council of Australia, March 2013) [text]
– Background paper for teleconference scheduled for 3 April 2013.

“Refugee Women in New Zealand: Findings and Recommendations,” Women’s Health Update, vol. 16, no. 4 (Dec. 2012; posted March 2013) [full-text]

Refugees in Indefinite Detention, Policy Brief (Refugee Council of Australia, March 2013) [text]

Seeing Migrants, Selecting Refugees: A Historical Study of Chinese Settlement in Canada and New Zealand, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 252 (UNHCR, Jan. 2013) [text]

New Publications on Africa

Cash or Coupons? Testing the Impacts of Cash versus Vouchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Working Paper, no. 320 (Center for Global Development, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

DR Congo: Outdated Approach, Misplaced Priorities (Refugees International, March 2013) [text]

Hostages of the Gatekeepers: Abuses against Internally Displaced in Mogadishu, Somalia (Human Rights Watch, March 2013) [text]

The Kampala Convention on Internal Displacement in Africa: A Human Rights Milestone, Washington, DC, 26 March 2013 [access]
– Follow link for a podcast of this event.

My Journey to Dadaab (Refugees International Blog, March 2013) [text]

Scattered Dreams, Broken Promises: An Assessment of the Links between Girls’ Empowerment and Gender-based Violence in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda (Women’s Refugee Commission, March 2013 [text via ReliefWeb]

New Publications on Asia Pacific, esp. Afghanistan, North Korea

Afghanistan: Comprehensive Response Urgently Required as Displacement Crisis Worsens (IDMC, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Displacement in Afghanistan: Post-2014 Origins, Current Situation and Potential Flows (NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea (TED Talks, Feb. 2013) [access]

New Report: Chronic Emergency in Urban Afghanistan (Danish Refugee Council, March 2013) [info]
– Contact DRC for copy of report.

North Korea Faces Heightened Human Rights Scrutiny (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, March 2013) [text]

Regional Roundtable on Irregular Movements by Sea in the Asia-Pacific Region, Jakarta, 18-20 March 2013 [info]
– Part of the Bali Process; see also background information sheet and UNHCR news story.

Urban Refugees in Asia Pacific: Resiliency and Coping Strategies (APRRN, March 2013) [text]

New Regional Publications on Africa; Europe; and Asia

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 Africa

Addis Ababa Pt I: Visiting the African Union (African Asylum Blog, March 2013) [text]
– Discusses visiting the African Union archives to look for the travaux préparatoires relating to the 1969 African Refugee Convention.

Côte d’Ivoire – Attaque du camp de Nahibly: “une occasion de rendre justice” (FIDH, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]
– See also English-language press release.

Protecting Civilians in Central African Republic is Critical (Global Protection Cluster, April 2013) [text]
– See also related IRIN report.

Western Sahara: The World’s Forgotten Refugees (The Guardian, April 2013) [access]
– Follow link for video.

New Publications on Europe

Examining the European Geography of Refugee Protection: Exclusions, Limitations and Exceptions from the 1967 Protocol to the Present, Nijmegen Migration Law Working Papers Series 2012/03 (Centre for Migration Law, 2012) [text]

Foster Care and Supported Lodgings for Separated Asylum Seeking Young People in Ireland: The Views of Young People, Carers and Stakeholders (Barnardos & Health Service Executive, April 2013) [text]
– See also related briefing paper and blog post.

From Persecution to Management of Populations: Governmentality and the Common European Asylum System, Nijmegen Migration Law Working Papers Series 2012/04 (Centre for Migration Law, 2012) [text]

Migration Is Not a Crime: Report on the Monitoring of Guarded Centres for Foreigners (Association for Legal Intervention & Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, March 2013) [text]
– Review of detention centres in Poland.

[UNHCR Response to ESI letter to LIBE Suggesting Amending EU Legislation on Asylum Procedures and Visas] (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

New Publications on Asia

“Burden of Communicable Disease among the Native and Repatriating Afghans,” PLoS Pathogens 8(10): e1002926 (Oct. 2012) [open access text]

Impacts of Bhutanese Refugees in Eastern Nepal, Paper presented at History Association of Nepal National Seminar, Biratnagar, Feb. 2013 [text]

Rethinking Displacement: Asia Pacific Perspectives (Ashgate, Jan. 2013) [info]
– A portion of Chapter 1 is available as well as an eprint of Chapter 13.

“Tibetan Refugees as Objects of Development: Indian Development Philosophy and Refugee Resistance in the Establishment of Lukzung Samdrupling, the First Tibetan Refugee Settlement in India,” Himalaya, The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, vol. 30, no. 1 (2011) [delayed open access text]

UNHCR Calls for Concrete Steps to Protect Refugees through Bali Process (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

 

 

New Regional Publications on Oceania and Africa

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

New Regional Publications on Oceania

Asylum Seekers and Refugees: What Are the Facts? (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Feb. 2013) [text]

Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Program 2013-14: Community Views on Current Challenges and Future Directions (Refugee Council of Australia, Feb. 2013) [text]

Boat Arrivals in Australia since 1976 (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2013) [text]

“‘Boat People’ in Australia: Press, Policy and Public Opinion,” GEOView: Online Undergraduate Review of Geography and Environmental Studies (2013) [open access text]

Furore over Australian Detention of Immigrant Children (IRIN, March 2013) [text]

RCOA’s Analysis of Progress in Implementing the Recommendations of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers (Refugee Council of Australia, Feb. 2013) [text]

“Towards Sanctuary: Securing Refugees and Forced Migrants in Multicultural Australia,” Chapter 1 in Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia (Ashgate, Oct. 2012) [free sample text]
– More info. about the book is available here.

New Regional Publications on Africa

“African Union,” International Organizations Bulletin (Winter 2012) [text]
– Scroll to p. 2; reports on the entry into force of the Kampala Convention.

Helpdesk Research Report: Humanitarian Response to the Post-election Violence in Kenya in 2007/8 (Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

“International Intervention in Mali and its Impact on Refugees,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 35 (March 2013) [text]

“No Way Back? Adaptation and Urbanization of IDP Livelihoods in the Darfur Region of Sudan,” Development and Change, vol. 44, no. 1 (Jan. 2013) [free full-text]

Report on Property Issues and Displacement in Libya for UNHCR (Terra Nullius, Feb. 2013) [text]

Two Years after the Crisis: Returnees from Libya Revisited, Policy Brief (IOM, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

 

New Regional Publications on Africa, esp. Kenya; Middle East, esp. Syria; and Europe

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 Africa, esp. Kenya

Behind the Scenes: Lessons Learnt from Developing a National Policy Framework on Internal Displacement in Kenya (Refugee Consortium of Kenya & Danish Refugee Council, Feb. 2013) [text]

Congo’s Elderly Act as Caregivers – But Who Will Care for Them? (Refugees International Blog, Feb. 2013) [text]

The Fine Line between Deportation and Refoulement: The Case of Zimbabweans in South Africa (Uppsala University, Autumn 2012) [text]

Invisible Suffering: The DRC’s Unofficial IDP Camps (Think Africa Press, Feb. 2012) [text]

Kenya: Government Directive Leads to Severe Abuses and Forced Returns (Refugees International, Feb. 2013) [text]

Kenya’s Somalis Face Urban Ejection (Think Africa Press, Feb. 2013) [text]

Kenyans Head to the Polls – and a New Displacement Crisis? (UpFront Blog, Feb. 2012) [text]

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

Protection of the Right to Seek and Obtain Asylum under the African Human Rights System (Martinus Nijhoff, Feb. 2013) [info]

New Publications on Middle East, esp. Syria

Analysis of Host Community-Refugee Tensions in Mafraq, Jordan (Mercy Corps, Oct. 2012) [text via InterAction]

Camp New Iraq (Formerly Camp Ashraf) Residents and the Processing of their Cases for Solutions, Update no. 5 (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]

Can Israel Aid Syrian Refugees? (Huffington Post, Feb. 2013) [text]

Israel Deports Refugees to Sudan Despite Threat to their Lives (Daily Beast, Feb. 2013) [text]
– See also related AP story.

Journal of Palestinian Refugee Studies, vol. 2. no. 2 (Autumn 2012) [full-text]
– Mix of articles, with several on Palestinian refugees in Syria.  Individual articles can be accessed here.

*The Syrian Crisis and its Repercussions: Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees, MPC Research Report 2013/03 (Migration Policy Centre, 2013) [text]

UNHCR Leader Warns of Moment of Truth for Syria, Risk of Unmanageable Crisis (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]
– Note: A link to the text of the HC’s remarks to the UN Security Council was originally included, but now seems to have been removed.

UNHCR Warns of Humanitarian Cost of Syrian Conflict, especially on the Displaced (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]
– Includes link to text of AHC’s speech to the UN Human Rights Council.

New Publication on North America

“Aid Groups Warn of Human Cost of Sequester,” Foreign Policy, 21 Feb. 2013 [extract via Refugees International]

New Refugee Determination System in Canada (Oppenheimer Chair, Feb. 2013) [text]

Open Letter from 40 Organizations Supporting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Accounts (InterAction, Feb. 2013) [text]
– See also related press release.

Senate Immigration Hearing Should Include Fixes for Flawed Asylum System (Human Rights First, Feb. 2013) [text]

New Publications on Europe

“1952 – 2012: Le Juge Français de l’Asile, de la Commission de Recours des Réfugiés à la Cour Nationale du Droit d’Asile,” Colloque à l’Occasion des 60 ans de la CNDA, Paris, 29 Octobre 2012
– Conference materials include a speech by the Vice President of the Conseil d’État; a speech by the President of the Conseil National des Barreaux; and a keynote address by UNHCR’s Director of International Protection at a roundtable on social group.

Europe: The Dublin Regulation 10 Years on, Inhospitality Means Denial of Protection (Jesuit Refugee Service, Feb. 2013) [text]

Facing 2020: Developing a New European Agenda for Immigration and Asylum Policy (Migration Policy Institute Europe, Feb. 2013) [text]

“Ideas of ‘Home’ and ‘Return Home’ in Voluntary Return Messaging – A Contemplation on the Impact of Passage of Time and Sense of Failure on Asylum-seekers’ Engagements with Voluntary Return in Ireland,” Migration Policy Practice, vol. III, no. 1 (Feb./March 2013) [text]
– Scroll to p. 15.

Submission to Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece, Application No 30696/09 (Amnesty International, Feb. 2013) [text]

When Maternity Doesn’t Matter: Dispersing Pregnant Women Seeking Asylum (Refugee Council, Feb. 2013) [text]

 

 

New Regional Publications on the Americas; Africa and Asia/Oceania

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 the Americas

Desplazamiento Forzado y Necesidades de Protección, Generados por Nuevas Formas de Violencia y Criminalidad en Centroamérica (CIDEHUM & ACNUR, May 2012) [text]

Evaluating the Implementation of the Persecutor Bar to Asylum: The Case for a Defense of Duress in U.S. Asylum Exclusions (ExpressO, 2013) [text]

Haiti Three Years On: Overpromised and Underdelivered (UpFront Blog, Jan. 2013) [text]
– References new book entitled The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster (Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013).

“How the Charter Has Failed Non-Citizens in Canada – Reviewing Thirty Years of Supreme Court of Canada Jurisprudence,” McGill Law Journal (Forthcoming, 2013) [preprint via SSRN]

“The Mexican Drug War and the Consequent Population Exodus: Transnational Movement at the U.S.-Mexican Border,” Societies, vol. 3, no. 1 (2013) [open access text]

Seeing Migrants, Selecting Refugees: A Historical Study of Chinese Settlement in Canada and New Zealand, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 252 (UNHCR, Jan. 2013) [text]

A Shared State: Iraqi Refugees and American Veterans in the Aftermath of War, Honors Thesis (University of California at Berkeley, Jan. 2013) [text]

New Publications on Africa

Analysis: Refugees Aim for Self-reliance, Not Hand-outs (IRIN, Feb. 2013) [text]

Crossing African Borders: Migration and Mobility (Center of African Studies, 2012) [text]
– Conference report for the 5th African Borderlands Research Network Conference, Lisbon, 21-25 September 2011; see also programme and CFP.  Report includes “Identity Strategies, Cultural Practices and Citizenship Recovery: Mauritanian Refugees in the Senegal Valley,” ” Forced Migration of Chadians in the Faro Division in Northern Cameroon (1980-2010),” “Beyond the ‘Genius Of Suffering’: The Paradox of an Alienated Border Regime – Refugee Integration in Cross-Border Dagana (Senegal-Mauritania),” and “Territory and Border Crossing for Livelihoods among (Voluntary and Forced) Migrants from DRC to Swaziland: The Re-Imagining of a Borderless Spatial System.”

*Hear My Voice: Somalis on Living in a Humanitarian Crisis (MSF, Feb. 2013) [textvia ReliefWeb]

An Indictment of the New Somali Government: Displaced Woman and Journalist Jailed for Raising Rape Charges (UpFront Blog, Feb. 2013) [text]

Return Intention Survey on Displaced Population – Mali (IOM, Feb. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Publications on Asia/Oceania

“Burma in Diaspora: A Preliminary Research Note on the Politics of Burmese Diasporic Communities in Asia,”Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, vol. 31, no. 2 (2012) [open access text]

Destination Anywhere? Factors Affecting Asylum Seekers’ Choice of Destination Country, Research Paper, no. 1 (Australian Parliamentary Library, Feb. 2013) [text]

Philippines Passes Historic Bill to Protect Internally Displaced  (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]

The Rohingya: A Population Facing Violence, Displacement, Segregation, and Statelessness, RSC Public Seminar Series, 6 Feb. 2013 [access]
– Podcast of the seminar.

Sri Lanka: Transitioning from a Humanitarian Crisis to a Human Rights Crisis (InterAction, Jan. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]
– Case study for InterAction’s “Transition from Relief to Development” project.

UNHCR Mission to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, 15-17 January 2013 (UNHCR Australia, Feb. 2013) [text]