Good Intentions: A Review of the New Asylum Model and its Impact on Trafficked Women Claiming Asylum (POPPY Project and Refugee Women's Resource Project, June 2008) [text]
Iraq Displacement and Return - 2008 Mid-Year Review (IOM, June 2008) [text]
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Checklist for Field Use (IASC, June 2008) [access via ReliefWeb]
Outsourcing abuse:...
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urban areas,
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Barbour, Brian and Brian Gorlick, Embracing the 'responsibility to protect': a repertoire of measures including asylum for potential victims, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 159 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
Black, Richard et al., Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends and Their Policy Implications for Migration, DRC Working Paper no. T-27 (Development Research Centre on Migration,...
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NGOS,
South Africa,
Romania,
united kingdom,
humanitarian assistance,
protection,
Palestinians,
climate,
asylum,
internally displaced persons,
urban areas
Armed Conflict and Schooling: Long-term Evidence from Cambodia and Rwanda (World Bank, May 2008) [text]
Building a Europe of Asylum: UNHCR's Recommendations to France for its European Union Presidency (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
Critical Review Instead of Complacency: Amnesty International's Ten-Point Human Rights Programme for the French Presidency of the European Union
Iraq - Rhetoric and...
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asylum
Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, no. 2008-1 [full-text]
- This issue focuses on psychosocial support programs.
AWR Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles on migrants/asylum seekers in Europe.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (Winter 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on the use of teleconferencing in asylum removal...
Assessment on Returns to Iraq Amongst the Iraqi Refugee Population in Syria (UNHCR Syria, April 2008) [text]
Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2008. Special Focus: In the Shadow of War (Plan International, May 2008) [text]
Beyond the School Gates: Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Secondary School (Refugee Council, May 2008) [text]
Hidden Cork: Perspectives of...
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Youth,
Health,
Turkey,
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Annual Reports,
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returnees,
secondary education,
females,
armed conflict,
Iraqis,
Palestinians,
asylum,
detention
Conflict and Health (March 2008) [access]
- Several full-text articles posted to this open access journal focus on infectious diseases in the displaced Burmese population.
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2 (May 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
International Migration, vol. 46, no. 2 (June 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on forced displacement in Darfur.
Refuge, vol....
Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq - Update (IDP Working Group, March 2008) [text via Refworld] [text via ReliefWeb]
The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?, Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper, no. 577 (Australian National University, March 2008) [text]
Sharing Responsibility for Refugee Protection in Europe: Dublin Reconsidered (ECRE, March 2008) [access]
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Publications,
Malaysia,
Timor-Leste,
safety of humanitarian personnel,
undocumented migrants,
European Union,
refugees,
protection,
Iraq,
asylum,
internally displaced persons
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 16, no. 4 (2007) [contents]
- Theme is "The Migration and Development Prism: A Lens on Vulnerabilities and Capabilities."
Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 23, no. 1 (Feb. 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including one on "Australasian libraries in the emergency sector."
Disasters, vol. 32, no. 2 (June 2008) [contents]
- Mix of...
Five Years Later, A Hidden Crisis: Report of the IRC Commission on Iraqi Refugees (International Rescue Commission, March 2008) [text]
How is the Term "Armed Conflict" Defined in International Humanitarian Law? (ICRC, March 2008) [text via Refworld]
Independent Asylum Commission Report: Executive Summary (The Independent, March 2008) [text]
Iraq: No Let-Up in the Humanitarian Crisis (ICRC,...
The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance (AREU, Feb. 2008) [access]
Assessment on psychosocial needs of Iraqis displaced in Jordan and Lebanon: survey report (IOM, Feb. 2008) [text via Eldis]
Civil-Military Guidelines & Reference for Complex Emergencies (IASC and OCHA, March 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
Claiming Asylum at a Screening Unit as an Unaccompanied Minor (Children's Commissioner,...
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Afghanistan,
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unaccompanied minors,
manuals,
cooperation,
community organizations,
directories,
psycho-social problems,
European Union,
Iraqis,
humanitarian assistance,
climate,
asylum
Conflict Trends, no. 4/2007 [text]
- Focus is on peacekeeping in Africa.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (Fall 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on the difficulties Iraqis face seeking asylum in the U.S.
International Migration, vol. 46, no. 1 (March 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on hunger among asylum seekers and resettled refugees....
AWR Bulletin, no. 3/2007 [contents - scroll down]
- Mix of articles with several focusing on asylum in the EU.
Conflict and Health (Dec. 2007) [full-text]
- Three new articles in Dec. 2007.
Conflict Trends, no. 3/2007 [full-text]
- Theme is "Peace Agreements."
Development in Practice, vol. 18, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social...
Angering Akujů: Survival and Suffering in Karamoja (Feinstein International Center, Dec. 2007) [text]
- Focuses on livelihoods and human security in the Karamoja Region of Uganda.
Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) [text]
Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007) [text...
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Sustainable Development,
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Afghans,
elderly,
returnees,
European Union,
refugees,
protection,
asylum,
internally displaced persons
The latest issue (no. 71) of Women's Asylum News from the Refugee Women's Resource Project (RWRP) is now available on Asylum Aid's web site. The lead article is entitled "Safe to Return? Pakistani women, domestic violence and access to refugee protection." Previous issues are available through the publications library.
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The December 2007 issue of Refugees magazine has been published. Its theme is "Refugee or Migrant? Why It Matters." Both an HTML version and a PDF version of the magazine are available.
To coincide with the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, the UNHCR web site recently launched a new sub-section which examines many of the same concerns addessed in the Refugees magazine...
Asylon(s), no. 2 (nov. 2007) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "Terrains d'ASILES."
Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, no. 2007-2 (Nov. 2007) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, with several on psychosocial aspects of disasters.
Conflict, Security & Development, vol. 7, no. 4 (2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including one on conflict-generated diasporas.
Disasters, vol....
About Being Without: Stories of Stateless in Kuwait (Refugees International, Oct. 2007) [text]
Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid, Oct. 2007) [text]
Ethiopia: Addressing the rights and needs of people displaced by conflict (IDMC, Oct. 2007) [text]
A guide to the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (Amnesty International, Nov. 2007) [text]...
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Zimbabwe,
Ethiopia,
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Colombia,
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Kuwait,
Hmong,
African Commission,
Human Rights,
Research,
asylum,
internally displaced persons
African Security Review, vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "Conflict Prevention and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Africa."
Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 6 (2007) [contents]
- Focus is on violence and development in Central and South America. Includes article on "Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on Colombia's Pacific coast."...
Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]Law and legal issues in international disaster response: a desk study (IFRC, Nov. 2007) [text]Persécutions des femmes: Savoirs, mobilisations et protections (Editions Du Croquant, Nov. 2007) [access contents, summary, preface and full-text of the introduction]
Refugee Issues...
Accountability and Peace Agreements: Mapping Trends from 1980 to 2006 (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Sept. 2007) [text via ReliefWeb]
Africa’s missing billions: International arms flows and the cost of conflict (Oxfam, Oct. 2007) [text]
"Asylum applications in the European Union," Statistics in Focus 110/2007 (Eurostat, Sept. 2007) [text]
Fortress Europe and the Iraqi ‘intruders’: Iraqi...
Asylum Disparities Persist, Regardless of Court Location and Nationality (TRAC, Sept. 2007) [text]
The building blocks of sustainable peace: The views of internally displaced people in Northern Uganda, Oxfam Briefing Paper 106 (Sept. 2007) [text]
Civilians in the way of conflict: Displaced people in Sri Lanka (IDMC, Sept. 2007) [text]Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing...
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Sri Lanka,
Government,
children,
legal decisions,
reconstruction,
Uganda,
peace efforts,
Africa,
Publications,
armed conflict,
asylum,
internally displaced persons
Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries: Second Quarter 2007 (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) [text]
- See also the related UNHCR press release entitled, "Almost 20,000 Iraqis seek asylum in industrialized world in first half of 2007" (21 Sept. 2007).
IOM Emergency Needs Assessments: Post Feb. 2006 Displacement in Iraq (15 Sept. 2007) [text]
Meeting the Health Needs of Iraqis Displaced in...
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) offers a useful weekly round-up of news on developments in Europe, at both the regional and national levels. The service was discontinued temporarily during the summer, but has now resumed operation once again with a September 15 update.
Here are links to some of the reports referenced in the update:
Country Reports (European Committee for the...
Archive Focus, vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 2007) [text]
- Inaugural issue from the Refugee Archives, UEL.
Field Exchange, no. 31 (Sept. 2007) [text]
- From the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN).
Monday Developments, vol. 25, no. 8 (Aug. 2007) [text]
- From InterAction; focus is on climate change.
Women's Asylum News, no. 69 (Sept./Oct. 2007) [text]
- From the Refugee Women's Resource Project......
Expert Seminar on Protracted IDP Situations (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, June 2007; posted August 2007) [text]
Guidelines for Relations between U.S. Armed Forces and Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organizations in Hostile or Potentially Hostile Environments (InterAction, posted August 2007) [text]
On Migration and the Policy Process, Working Paper no. T20 (Development...
DR Congo: A Regional Analysis (WriteNet, July 2007) [text]
EU needs common policy on asylum (ISN Security Watch, 31 July 2007) [text]
The New Myth about Climate Change (Foreign Policy, August 2007) [text]
Peace and Conflict 2008 (CIDCM, 27 July 2007) [access]
- Chapter extracts, supplemental materials, and executive summary provided.
Real-time evaluation of UNHCR's IDP operation in Uganda...
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Uganda,
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Lebanon,
Annual Reports,
European Union,
Palestinians,
climate,
asylum,
internally displaced persons
Asylum News, no. 55 (July 2007) [text]
CrisisWatch, no. 48 (August 2007) [text]
Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas, no. 107 (June 2007) [text]
Human Rights Professionals Newsletter, no. 6 (July 2007) [text]
Human Security Research (23 July 2007) [text]
- Focus is on the costs of conflict.
Serbian Refugee Council Newsletter, no. 4 (August 2007) [text]
UN Chronicle, no. 2...
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 2 (July 2007) [contents]
- Includes articles on expanding the scope of the gender guidelines in Canada; North Korean refugees; refugees in India; and assessing credibility of asylum applicants.
International Migration, vol. 45, no. 3 (August 2007) [contents]
- Focus is on "illegal" and "irregular" immigrants.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration...
Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 22, no. 2 (May 2007) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.
Forced Migration Review, no. 28 (July 2007) [full-text]
- Focus is on Southern capacity-building. Also includes a range of articles on other topics.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 3 (Spring 2007) [contents]
- Includes articles on human trafficking, African refugee resettlement...
2006 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, June 2007) [text]
Bridging Divides: The Role of Ethnic Community-based Organizations in Refugee Integration (MPI, June 2007) [text]
Detention of asylum seekers in the UK (ICAR, June 2007) [text]
Failed States Index 2007 (Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy, June 2007) [access]
Human...
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Immigration,
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asylum,
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