"Asylum: A New Perspective," 9th Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture (RSC, Nov. 2008) [text]
Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement: a UNHCR perspective (UNHCR, Oct. 2008) [text]
- See also related web pages.
"The EU's failed asylum rules," International Herald Tribune, 20 Nov. 2008 [text]
From Fast Death to Slow Death: Palestinian Refugees from Iraq Trapped on the Syria-Iraq...
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Afrika Spectrum, vol. 43, no. (2008) [contents]
- Special issue on the Horn of Africa; includes articles on the "productivity of refugee camps" and "international aid to refugee camps."
Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 8, no. 3 (2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including one on "displaced children" and one on "remittance sending practices amongst Somalis in Norway."
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Humanitarian Action and Older Persons: An Essential Brief for Humanitarian Actors (IASC, Oct. 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
Isolated, Exploited, Abused: Jordan's women migrant domestic workers (Amnesty International, Oct. 2008) [access]
Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies(WHO, Oct. 2008) [text]
OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics...
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Several publications have appeared recently that focus on the impact of armed conflict on children, particularly in the area of mental health.
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, A/HRC/9/3 (Human Rights Council, June 2008) [text via Refworld]
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General...
2008 Peace Process Yearbook (Escola de cultura de pau, June 2008) [text]
Alert 2008! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding (Escola de cultura de pau, June 2008) [text]
Annual Disaster Statistical Review: The Numbers and Trends 2007 (CRED, ISDR & UCL, 2008) [text]
Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, June 2008) [text]
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Common EU Guidelines for Processing Country of Origin Information (COI) (European Union, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
Concise Report - Prevention of Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees in Europe: A Participatory Approach (ICRH, April 2008) [text]
Cyclone Nargis: Lessons for Operational Agencies (ALNAP, May 2008) [text]
Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding...
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"Community-based Asylum Seekers' Use of Primary Health Care Services in Melbourne," eMJA, vol 188, no. 6 (2008): 344-348 [text]
Dominican Republic: Time to Move Forward to Resolve Statelessness (Refugees International, May 2008) [text]
Forced Marriage with the LRA, Uganda (Feinstein International Center, May 2008) [text]
Global Peace Index 2008 [Vision of Humanity, access]
No One to Turn To:...
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Anuario 2008 de procesos de paz (Escola de cultura de paz, April 2008) [Spanish text]
Country at a Crossroads: Challenges Facing Young People in Sierra Leone (Women's Commission, April 2008) [text]
Denied Status, Denied Education: Children of North Korean Women in China (Human Rights Watch, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
A Gamble with the Right to Asylum in Europe: Greek Asylum Policy and...
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Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: Addressing Vulnerabilities and Harnessing Opportunities - Background Paper (IOM & Greek Chairmanship of the Human Security Network, Feb. 2008) [text]
Getting it Done and Doing it Right: A Global Study on the United Nations-led Monitoring & Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, Jan....
Climate Change and its Implications for Human Migration and Health (International Centre for Migration and Health, Feb. 2008) [text]
Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children (The Children's Society, Feb. 2008) [text]
OI Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises (Oxfam International, Dec. 2007) [text]
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Better outcomes: the way forward, improving the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UK Home Office, Jan. 2008) [text]
Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General, A/62/609–S/2007/757 (UN General Assembly, Security Council, Dec. 2007) [text]
Climate change and forced migration, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 153 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) [text]
The Externalisation of...
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"The Changing Manifestations of Forced Migration: Africa in Denial of its Migrant History?," Part 1, Refugee Insights, no. 12, pp. 18-20 (Refugee Consortium of Kenya , 2007) [access]
Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008) [access]
Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) [access]
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.
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Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property Rights Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) [text]
The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU...
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Several recently produced and/or newly updated health-related manuals include:
Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and Treatment Manual, 7th ed. (Médecins Sans Frontières, updated Sept. 2007) [access to English, French and Spanish versions]
Find the Help You Need: A Guide to Services for Disabled Refugees and Asylum Seekers (National Information Forum, 2007) [text]
Reproductive Health in Refugee...
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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Asylum from Trafficking: A Failure of Protection, Immigration Briefings (July 2007, posted by DocuTicker, Sept. 2007) [text]
Country of Return Information (CRI) Project, Country Sheets (Aug. 2007) [access]
- See the Project web site for more info.
Documents from the 19-20 September 2007 Standing Committee Meeting (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) [access]
Dynamics of Conflict and Displacement in Papua,...
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2007 Report on International Religious Freedom (U.S. Dept. of State, Sept. 2007) [text]"After the Wave: A Pilot Project to Develop Mental Health Services in Ampara District, Sri Lanka Post-Tsunami," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Sept. 2007) [text]Protracted displacement and remittances: The case of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper No. 143 (UNHCR, Aug....
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"Escape into insecurity: Iraqi refugees find a precarious home in Jordan," National Catholic Reporter (3 August 2007) [text]
The Ongoing Plight of Iraqi Refugees, 10 September 2007 [info.]
- This panel will be hosted by the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC. The speakers are scheduled to discuss their recent mission to the Middle East "to observe the plight of refugees fleeing the...
Human Trafficking: A Strategic Framework Could Help Enhance the Interagency Collaboration Needed to Effectively Combat Trafficking Crimes (GAO, July 2007) [text; posted on beSpacific.com]
Human Trafficking: Monitoring and Evaluation of International Projects Are Limited, but Experts Suggest Improvements (GAO, July 2007) [text; posted on beSpacific.com]
Listening to Youth: The Experiences of...
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"Giving out their Daughters for their Survival": Refugee Self-Reliance, 'Vulnerability', and the Paradox of Early Marriage (Refugee Law Project, April 2007) [text]
Handbook on Integration for Policy-makers and Practitioners, 2nd edition (European Communities, May 2007) [text]
Keeping Up: A Brief on the Living Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in Syria (Fafo, 2007) [text]
Report on Destitute...
Over the weekend, National Public Radio interviewed Iraq's mental health adviser on the results of a survey that was conducted to assess the effects of the war on the mental health of Iraqi children. USA Today reported earlier on the findings, noting that "[a]bout 70% of primary school students in a Baghdad neighborhood suffer symptoms of trauma-related stress... ." The study will become...
The average age of Uganda's 28 million people is just 15.3 years, indicating that the country has the largest proportion of children under 14 years in the world, a new report by the United Nations Population Division has shown.
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An international conference on war-affected children was held last week in Paris (February 5 and 6). The aim was to highlight the "illegal and unacceptable use of children in armed conflict." Participants endorsed two texts, 1) The Paris Commitments to Protect Children Unlawfully Recruited or Used by Armed Forces or Armed Groups (“The Paris Commitments”), and 2) The Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups ("The Paris Principles"). The latter text "provides more detailed guidance for those who are implementing programmes," and it includes a section on refugee and internally displaced children.One of the speakers at the conference was the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy,...
It rained all night, but that was the least of the worries of three hundred and thirty over four hundred chegués (street ‘kids’ of all ages, often accused of banditry) who were rounded up at 3am. Last time they didn’t stay off the streets for long, so this time they’re being flown Katanga, Kabila’s heartland, 800 miles south-east of Kinshasa. The government says the young men will be ‘educated’ and ‘made useful to society’ by picking maize in some sort of agricultural boot-camp, and NGOs are invited to join the sociological fun. It’s not clear what will happen to the thirty-five women or the three babies also caught up in the sweep.
Why were they rounded up? For the same reason as before: they have grown too fond of throwing...