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Three Research Guides via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog December 1st, 2008 at 14:45

Here are three recent guides that are designed to help with different facets of the research process: Guide to Locating Migration Policies in the European Commission, 2nd ed. (Migration Policy Group, Oct. 2008) [access] - This guide helps readers to locate migration policy measures in the rather complex machinery of the European Commission. Immigration Data Matters (Population Reference Bureau...

Publications: Asylum/Sexual Orientation, Integration, Iraqi Refugees, Statistics, UNHCR Report via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog November 4th, 2008 at 01:00

2007 Yearbook on Immigration Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Nov. 2008) [access via beSpacific] The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation (Migration Information Source, Oct. 2008) [text] ECRE Recommendations to the 2008 Ministerial Conference on Integration (ECRE, Nov. 2008) [text] Iraqi Refugees: Plan for Ongoing Support in an Unstable Region (Refugees...

Publications: Asylum Stats./UK, Disasters, French IDP Manual, Iraq, Olympics/Forced Evictions, Roma/Forced Evictions via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog August 26th, 2008 at 13:15

Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2007 (Home Office, August 2008) [text] Forced Evictions and the Right to Housing of Roma in Russia (Intl. Fed. for Human Rights, July 2008) [text via Refworld] The Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq (Brookings Institution, August 2008) [text] Manuel pour la protection des déplacés internes (IASC, 2008; English version issued earlier) [text via...

Annual Reports: Conflicts, Disaster Statistics, Peace Efforts, UNICEF via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog July 6th, 2008 at 15:02

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] Posted in...

Publications: Asylum/EU, Disasters, Internal Displacement, Returns Directive, Statistics via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog June 17th, 2008 at 18:25

2007 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, June 2008) [text] The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, 2nd ed. (ASIL and Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2008) [access] Policy Plan on Asylum: An Integrated Approach to Protection across the EU (Commission of the European Communities, June 2008)...

Publications: Asylum Stats., Case Law, Detention, Displaced Iraqis, FGM, Integration, Urban IDPs/Uganda via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog March 19th, 2008 at 13:11

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, 2007: Statistical Overview of Asylum Applications Lodged in Europe and Selected Non-European Countries (UNHCR, March 2008) [text] ECRE 2008 Iraq Survey (ECRE, March 2008) [text] Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation: An Interagency Statement (WHO, Feb. 2008) [text] Local experiences of migration: Consulting Coventry (ICAR, Feb. 2008)...

EU Asylum Law and Policy via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog February 11th, 2008 at 22:00

The Statewatch European Monitoring & Documentation Centre on Justice and Home Affairs in the EU (SEMDOC) recently launched its newly updated and re-organized web site. It monitors EU Justice and Home Affairs policy, including measures relating to migration and asylum. Much of the information posted is available for free, but portions of the site require a subscription to access. Other...

Publications: Afghan Returnees, COI, IDPs, Livelihoods/Uganda, Older Refugees/UK, Statistics via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog January 18th, 2008 at 16:46

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...

Measuring and Monitoring Conflicts via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog November 13th, 2007 at 16:45

Behind the Numbers: Assessing Indices of Peace, Conflict and Instability, USIPeace Briefing (U.S. Institute of Peace, Nov. 2007) [text] - This briefing summarizes the panel discussions that took place during a USIP event that looked at the utility of conflict indices. Several other resources can help you monitor new and unfolding conflicts and determine whether existing conflicts are improving...

New Pubs. on Asylum/EU, Conflict Costs/Africa, Early Warning, Iraqis/EU, Livelihoods/Darfur, Peace Agreements, Refugees, Statistics via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog October 12th, 2007 at 14:30

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...

New Reports on Iraqi Displacement Crisis via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 25th, 2007 at 16:42

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...

Measuring Trends in Peace, Conflict and Refugee Protection via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 20th, 2007 at 14:35

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue recently published Charting the Roads to Peace: Facts, Figures and Trends in Conflict Resolution (Sept. 2007), which provides a statistical overview of global peace developments. As the introduction notes, this reflects a growing movement in the use of quantitative data to analyze and interpret trends in conflicts and peace processes. Mirroring this trend,...

New Survey of Palestinian Refugees & IDPs via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 12th, 2007 at 19:55

The 2006-2007 edition of BADIL's Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons was released today. This resource begins with an historical overview of Palestinian displacement, provides facts and figures about the current Palestinian refugee/IDP population and their status, reviews assistance and protection measures, and concludes with a discussion of attempts to find durable...

New Pubs.: Asylum/UK, Conflict, Darfur, Human Trafficking, Hum. Aid, Integration, Internal Displacement, Intl. HR Law, Refugees/EU, Statistics via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog June 19th, 2007 at 19:45

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...