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Publications: Climate, Employment, EU Asylum Policy, Human Trafficking, Literature Review, Local Integration, Sri Lankan Refugees via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 29th, 2008 at 21:04

Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy (Oxfam, Aug. 2008) [text] Employment Issues for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK (ICAR, Sept. 2008) [text] FMO Research Guide: Local Integration (FMO, Aug. 2008) [text] The French Presidency’s European Pact on Immigration and Asylum: Intergovernmentalism vs Europeanisation? Security vs Rights? (Centre...

New Issues of AJEM, Conflict Tr., HR Brief, HRQ, Hum. Sec. J., IJMHSC, Intervention, JEMS, JMRI, RSQ, TWQ via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog August 21st, 2008 at 13:43

Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 23, no. 2 (May 2008) [full-text] - Mix of articles. Conflict Trends, no. 2008/2 [full-text] - Mix of articles. Human Rights Brief, vol. 15, no. 3 (Spring/Summer 2008) [full-text] - Mix of articles. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3 (August 2008) [contents] - Includes articles on Darfur and sexual violence in Bosnia and Rwanda. Human...

Working Papers: Asylum/Europe, Palestinians, Return Migration, Timor-Leste, Voluntary Repatriation/Afghanistan via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog February 14th, 2008 at 14:34

Bialczyk, Agata, "‘Voluntary Repatriation’ and the Case of Afghanistan: A Critical Examination," RSC Working Paper, no. 46 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text] Bitar, Maher, "Unprotected Among Brothers: Palestinians in the Arab World," RSC Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text] Gonzalez Devant, Sara, "Displacement in the 2006 Dili Crisis: Dynamics of an Ongoing...

New Pubs. on Climate Change, Detention, Diaspora, IDPs/Uganda, Refugee Protection/Europe via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog December 21st, 2007 at 17:35

A Climate of Conflict: The Links between Climate Change, Peace and War (International Alert, Nov. 2007) [access] Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and Implications (UNDP, Dec. 2007) [text via ReliefWeb] Defending Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe (ECRE, Dec. 2007) [text via Refworld] Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk...

Recent Policy/Research Papers from Compas, DIIS, FIC, ICTJ, RLP, RSC, and Sussex via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog August 12th, 2007 at 21:00

Anderson, B., "Motherhood, Apple Pie and Slavery: Reflections on Trafficking Debates," Compas Working Paper No. 48 (2007) [text] Bradley, M., "Return in Dignity: A Neglected Protection Challenge," RSC Working Paper No. 40 (June 2007) [text] Capjon, A., "Coordinating the Humanitarian Response to Refugee Situations: The Role of Power and Trust in Humanitarian Networks," Sussex Migration Working...

International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain via Digital Vision Fellowship Collaboration Framework - A Virtual Community and Collaboration Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs and Human Development Fellows February 17th, 2006 at 17:05

A copublication of the World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, this book is the result of extensive research from a diverse group of experts. "Knowledge of the economic effects of migration, especially its impact on economic development, is rather limited. In order to expand knowledge on migration, and identify policies and reforms that would lead to superior development outcomes, this volume presents the results of a first set of studies carried out on the subject. Current demographic trends in both developed and developing countries are pointing toward significant, potential economic gains from migration. The labor forces in many developed countries are expected to peak around 2010, and decline by around 5 percent in the following two decades, accompanied by a rapid increase in dependency...