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  • Syrian Regime Attacks Refugee Camp - WRTV Indianapolis

    REFUGEE - Google News
    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    AsiaOneSyrian Regime Attacks Refugee CampWRTV IndianapolisBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrians seeking cover at a camp for displaced residents came under attack Wednesday by government forces, an opposition group said, unable to escape the violence that has tormented the country for 14 months.3 killed as Syrian forces fire on refugee camp: WatchdogTimes of IndiaSyria: 3 die as loyalists attack a refugee campAgenzia Giornalistica Italiaall 72 news articles »

  • Climate and Conflict in the Sahel

    Refugees International blogs
    Mark Yarnell
    14 May 2012 | 4:59 pm
    The Sahel region of West Africa is facing a major food crisis for the third time in seven years. The region has suffered from poverty and vulnerability for generations, but now drought, poor harvests, high food prices, environmental degradation, and decreased remittances from Libya and Cote d’Ivoire are putting millions at risk. read more

  • Peter Mangs Trial in Sweden Has Echoes of Breivik Case

    NYT > Immigration and Emigration
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Peter Mangs is on trial in the killings of three people and the attempted murder of 12 others in a case that reminds Swedes of the Norwegian massacre last summer.

  • New Publications on the Ivorian Crisis in Liberia; International Students and Net Migration; UNHCR

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    Refugee Archives at UEL
    14 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    Save the Children Emergency Response to the Ivorian Crisis in Liberia By Save the Children. [Download Full Report] (Source: ALNAP) International students and net migration in the UK. A new report published by the Institute of Public Policy Research, (IPPR). This report recommends that international students should be excluded from overall net migration figures, as moves to limit incoming student numbers for the sake of long-term migration figures put a valuable export market – higher education – at risk. A survey of the top 10 countries for international students suggests there is no…

  • Nepal: Halt Evictions in Kathmandu

    UNHCR | Refworld | Latest Updates
    16 May 2012 | 4:41 am
    Publisher: Human Rights Watch - Document type: Country News
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  • Syrian Regime Attacks Refugee Camp - WRTV Indianapolis

    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    AsiaOneSyrian Regime Attacks Refugee CampWRTV IndianapolisBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrians seeking cover at a camp for displaced residents came under attack Wednesday by government forces, an opposition group said, unable to escape the violence that has tormented the country for 14 months.3 killed as Syrian forces fire on refugee camp: WatchdogTimes of IndiaSyria: 3 die as loyalists attack a refugee campAgenzia Giornalistica Italiaall 72 news articles »

  • Somali, Eritrean refugees resettle in US - Fox News

    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    Somali, Eritrean refugees resettle in USFox NewsVALLETTA, Malta – The new US ambassador to Malta has said farewell to 27 Somali and Eritrean refugees headed to the United States under a refugee resettlement program. Since 2007, 985 refugees have been resettled in the United States from the island United States refugee programme resettles 27MaltaTodayall 56 news articles »

  • Syrian regime attacks refugee camp - KSAT San Antonio

    16 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    The Daily StarSyrian regime attacks refugee campKSAT San AntonioSyrians seeking cover at a camp for displaced residents came under attack Wednesday by government forces, an opposition group said, unable to escape the violence that has tormented the country for 14 months. Three people, including a young girl, UN team in Syria apparently stranded after attackWTOPThe Only True Revolution in Syria Is NonviolentHuffington Post (blog)Gunfire in Central Syria Following Tuesday's Mass ShootingsVoice of America (blog)all 1,017 news articles »

  • Guinea: Liberian Fisherman Returns to Lost Family as Refugee Status Deadline Looms - AllAfrica.com

    16 May 2012 | 3:01 am
    Guinea: Liberian Fisherman Returns to Lost Family as Refugee Status Deadline LoomsAllAfrica.comI want to see my family," said the 55-year-old fisherman, who is joining a growing number of Liberian refugees who are returning home with UNHCR help before they lose refugee status. Once the so-called cessation clause has been invoked on June 30, and more »

  • Aid Agencies Prepare for Rainy Season in Yida Refugee Camp - AllAfrica.com

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    HaaretzAid Agencies Prepare for Rainy Season in Yida Refugee CampAllAfrica.comBy Bonifacio Taban Kuich, 15 May 2012 Bentiu — Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan who are supporting refugees from conflicts in Sudan have warned the seasonal rains, which have already begun in some areas, will make existing bad conditions in Rains to worsen conditions for Sudanese refugeesAfrica Science News ServiceForeign Ministry: International law allows Israel to deport South Sudan refugeesHaaretzUrgent UN Appeal For South Sudan Food AidVoice of AmericaAlbany Times Union -Daily Beastall 462 news…
 
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    Refugees International blogs

  • Climate and Conflict in the Sahel

    Mark Yarnell
    14 May 2012 | 4:59 pm
    The Sahel region of West Africa is facing a major food crisis for the third time in seven years. The region has suffered from poverty and vulnerability for generations, but now drought, poor harvests, high food prices, environmental degradation, and decreased remittances from Libya and Cote d’Ivoire are putting millions at risk. read more

  • Countering Climate Extremes Really Does Take a Village

    Alice Thomas
    11 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    Newtok is a small Native American village on the northwestern coast of Alaska. Indigenous populations have inhabited Newtok for at least 2,000 years. But over the past two decades, unprecedented changes have taken place that threaten Newtok’s very existence. Accelerated coastal erosion – exacerbated by thawing permafrost, declining sea ice protection, and warmer temperatures  – along with increased storm surges and salt water inundation of fresh water supplies, are making life here untenable. So the Newtok community has decided to move. read more

  • Displacement in the DRC: A Desperate Situation Getting Worse

    Dara McLeod
    4 May 2012 | 11:01 am
    Human beings have a remarkable capacity to endure suffering. And perhaps nowhere in the world is this capacity more thoroughly tested than in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is news today that more than 20,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo during the past few weeks. Last month, Congolese President Joseph Kabila announced he would try to arrest one of his generals, Bosco Ntaganda. Ntaganda is a former rebel commander who has been accused by the International Criminal Court of committing war crimes. read more

  • A Frustrated Council Puts Pressure on Sudans

    Michelle Brown
    3 May 2012 | 11:36 am
    The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday demanding that Sudan and South Sudan immediately stop fighting and conclude negotiations within three months on the issues of citizenship, oil revenue sharing, borders, and the status of Abyei.  read more

  • Sudan Clashes Have Huge Costs Beyond Battlefield

    Sarnata Reynolds
    2 May 2012 | 12:53 pm
    The recent conflict between Sudan and South Sudan has seen civilians in border areas subjected to brutal attacks by both sides. However, as I found while in South Sudan last week, the impact of this conflict goes far beyond the disputed areas of Heglig or Abyei, threatening many more lives. Prior to the most recent round of fighting, millions of Sudanese on both sides of the border were already displaced and vulnerable - from the restive Sudanese states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, to South Sudanese villages emptied by tribal conflicts. read more
 
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  • New Publications on the Ivorian Crisis in Liberia; International Students and Net Migration; UNHCR

    Refugee Archives at UEL
    14 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    Save the Children Emergency Response to the Ivorian Crisis in Liberia By Save the Children. [Download Full Report] (Source: ALNAP) International students and net migration in the UK. A new report published by the Institute of Public Policy Research, (IPPR). This report recommends that international students should be excluded from overall net migration figures, as moves to limit incoming student numbers for the sake of long-term migration figures put a valuable export market – higher education – at risk. A survey of the top 10 countries for international students suggests there is no…

  • New Journal Articles on Refugee Issues (weekly)

    Refugee Archives at UEL
    12 May 2012 | 7:43 pm
    Institutionalizing Statelessness: The Revocation of Residency Rights of Palestinians in East Jerusalem “This article examines the methods by which Israel institutionalizes statelessness among Palestinians from East Jerusalem through national citizenship and entry laws. Through the lens of the international legal framework, notably the right to a nationality, the prohibition on the arbitrary deprivation of nationality, and the antidiscrimination principle, the article focuses on three policies under which Palestinian East Jerusalemites are rendered stateless: the ‘center of life’…

  • New Publications on State of the World’s Mothers; Humanitarian Assistance; Human Trafficking; and Australia

    Refugee Archives at UEL
    11 May 2012 | 5:14 am
    In the Eyes of Others State of the World’s Mothers 2012. Published by Save the Children. (Link to full report (PDF; 6.86 MB)) (Link to executive summary (PDF; 733 KB)) (Link to 2012 Mothers’ Index Ranking (PDF; 127 KB)) (Link to publication web page for interactive report and additional content) From the press release: Save the Children’s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report shows Niger as the worst place to be a mother in the world — replacing Afghanistan for the first time in two years. Norway comes in at first place. The Best and Worst Places to Be a Mom…

  • Off Air Recording Requests for the Week Beginning 12 May 2012

    Refugee Archives at UEL
    11 May 2012 | 4:55 am
    The following off air recording requests have been made for the Refugee Council Archive for the week beginning the 12 May 2012: Saturday 12 May 2000-2100: BBC4: (1/4): Lost Kingdoms of Africa.  Series 2 Part 1 The Kingdom of Asante.  Whole Series Please. Sunday 13 May 2000-2100: BBC2: (3/6) Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve.  (Part 3: Kenya to Somaliland).  (Series Recording). Thursday 17 May 2100-2200: BBc1: New Tricks: Lost in Translation (Just this Episode). Friday 18 May 1930-1955: Channel 4: (5/8) Unreported World Ukraine: the Teenagers Who Live Under Ground. (Series Recording). Filed…

  • Events: Refugee Law Seminars, 10 May 2012

    Refugee Archives at UEL
    10 May 2012 | 4:24 am
    *** Apologies for Cross-Posting *** 1.  Oxford Migration Law Discussion Group: Today’s group meeting will start at 5 pm (instead of 6h30) and will take place not in the Senior Common Room, but in Seminar Room F at the Law Faculty (University of Oxford, St Cross Building, St Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3UL). Kate Ogg (Oxford RSC) will present her paper: “Separating the persecutors from the persecuted: a feminist and comparative examination of exclusion from the refugee regime”. For further details on the Migration Law Discussion Group see:…
 
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  • Focus on Statelessness

    EEM
    15 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    The RSC is offering a short course on "Statelessness and International Law," scheduled for 27-28 October 2012 in Oxford.  Follow this link for more information and an application form. Other related items: "Institutionalizing Statelessness: The Revocation of Residency Rights of Palestinians in East Jerusalem," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Access, 9 May 2012 [abstract] - Eprint available via SSRN. Kuwait: Security Forces Forcibly Disperse Stateless Residents (Human Rights Watch, May 2012) [text] "People of Nowhere: Stateless in South Asia," Refugee Watch Online (May 2012)…

  • Impact of Climate/Environmental Change

    EEM
    15 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Climate and Conflict in the Sahel (Refugees International Blog, May 2012) [text] Climate Change and Fragile States: Rethinking Adaptation, SOURCE, no. 16 (UNU-EHS & Munich Re, 2012) [text] Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration, International Dialogue on Migration Publication Series, no. 18 (IOM, 2012) [text via ReliefWeb] - Report from previously-reported conference. Climate Change Roundtable for Researchers and Practitioners, Washington, DC, 3 April 2012 [access] - Follow link for meeting report and list of participants. Countering Climate Extremes Really Does…

  • New Items from UNHCR

    EEM
    11 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    Six years after the last edition, a new State of the World's Refugees is due to be published this month by Oxford University Press (OUP).  The theme is "In Search of Solidarity."  Previous editions are available on the Publications page of the UNHCR web site (right side). For more information on this flagship publication, check out the table of contents; here is part of the description: Drawing on UNHCR's direct experience, eight chapters address key challenges, starting with the diminishing space for humanitarian action in places like Somalia and Afghanistan. Protracted conflicts…

  • Focus on Human Trafficking

    EEM
    10 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    For information about a recent asylum case involving a family targeted by an Albanian human trafficker, read "DHS Grants Asylum in Demiraj v. Holder Case" on the ImmigrationProf Blog.  Some background on the case is here, and briefs and documents are available on the the SCOTUSBlog. Publications: Asylum Seeking Victims of Human Trafficking in Ireland: Legal and Practical Challenges (Immigrant Council of Ireland, Nov. 2011) [text] Children, Adolescents and Human Trafficking: Making Sense of a Complex Problem, Issue Paper, no. 5 (Rights Work, May 2012) [text] Hidden Exploitation: Women in…

  • Focus on Australia

    EEM
    10 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    "Acculturation Challenges that Confront Sudanese Former Refugees in Australia," Journal of Intercultural Communication, no. 28 (March 2012) [full-text] Boats, Camps and Barbed Wire Fences: Forced Migration and the Law Conference, Brisbane, 13 April 2012 - See UNHCR Australia news story for overview of conference; audio is available here. Case Analysis: Sayed Abdul Rahman Shahi v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Asylum & Refugee Law Project, posted April 2012) [text] - Concerns "the rights of unaccompanied minors to sponsor immediate family members to join them in Australia."…
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    Free Movement

  • Crime and Courts Bill

    Free Movement
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 am
    As has been widely reported in the mainstream media, the Government proposes to scrap family visitor appeal rights. Again. The change is intended to come into full effect in 2014 but as early as July 2012 the definition of ‘family’ will be narrowed to exclude cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces or nephews. See the press release here. The full abolition is to be effected in yet another piece of legislation with a title that cements the subliminal link between crime and immigration, the Crime and Courts Bill. The justification is cost saving at both the Ministry of Justice and the Home…

  • UKBA crushes people smuggler

    Free Movement
    15 May 2012 | 4:27 am
    Sometimes you just can’t make it up. The UK Border Agency has posted a video on YouTube of it crushing a van used by people smugglers. As I understand it, the nine Kuwaiti migrants were removed first. So were the people smugglers. Although it doesn’t actually explicitly say so anywhere in the press release. Indeed, Regional Director, Simon Walker at the UK Border Agency is quoted as saying Immigration abuse will not be tolerated, and we will always take the strongest possible action against those involved. This really is getting tough.

  • More unlawful detention cases

    Free Movement
    9 May 2012 | 1:55 am
    There has been a flood of judgments in the last few weeks on the issue of unlawful detention. With immigration detention used more frequently and for longer periods than ever before, the aftermath of the secret and unlawful presumption of detention policy and the ongoing travails of the UK Border Agency, it seems likely that many more such judgments will be seen in the coming months. Already some cases involve extreme periods of administrative detention at the whim of a Government department equivalent to heavy criminal sentences for genuinely serious offences. R (on the application…

  • Important judgment on value of medical reports

    David Rhys Jones
    8 May 2012 | 1:13 am
    The Court of Appeal has reviewed the meaning of ‘independent evidence of torture’ and the correct approach to the analysis of medical reports in R (on the application of AM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 521. AM was unrepresented, her asylum application refused, her appeal lost and she was detained prior to removal. It looked pretty hopeless for her. Two medico-legal reports were nevertheless prepared by a registered nurse, working as clinical co-ordinator at the Helen Bamber Foundation, a fresh asylum claim was made and rejected and an…

  • Historic trafficking cases

    David Rhys Jones
    3 May 2012 | 1:23 am
    The case of R (on the application of Y) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1075 (Admin) may change the way in which the Home Office approach ‘historic’ trafficking cases. Although the case is Y left China, was smuggled into Sweden and then stayed in an unknown country.  She was raped about twice a month by three Snakeheads.  She was then brought to the UK made to do housework and raped. Others were released when they paid their ‘debt’ but Y could not; she had lied to the Snakeheads.  Finally, an arrangement was made with a man called M who paid some money for…
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  • A graphic novel and film review - Ari Folman's "Waltz with Bashir"

    hayatli7
    3 May 2012 | 4:01 pm
    This is a graphic novel, but I will also put it under my “books I reviewed” list because I don’t think I would be reviewing many other graphic novels. Summary: Using a unique blend of animation and story telling, this documentary is based on the real life story of Israeli soldier, Ari Folman. And it has now been converted into a graphic novel. One night, a friend of Ari calls him over for a drink and tells him of a nightmare that he had, a nightmare spawned by the Lebanon War of 1982, where Israel invaded during the Lebanese Civil War from 1975-1990. On that same night, Ari…

  • Mother: An Odyssey

    boyslikeme
    3 May 2012 | 3:28 pm
    She was 14 when my Uncle Kassim visited, she had no idea that he was there on a scouting mission, it was just a rare, fun day at the zoo. She lived in Hurghada in Egypt by the red sea, she had been cleaning houses since the age of 4 to help make ends meet at home, which was little more than a mud hut. At the age of 8 she came home from work to discover a dead baby on her bed. It was her 8 month old cousin. Her uncle sternly explained that no one else was big enough to fit in to the cave where the baby must be buried, so she had to do it. She carried the baby a mile or so to the…

  • A boy with a Tea mug in Geneva camp

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    3 May 2012 | 3:04 pm

  • An Observer, a Traveller

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    3 May 2012 | 3:03 pm

  • A boy in Geneva Bihari Camp

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    3 May 2012 | 2:57 pm
 
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  • Somali, Eritrean refugees resettle in US - Fox News

    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    Somali, Eritrean refugees resettle in USFox NewsSince 2007, 985 refugees have been resettled in the United States from the island nation of Malta, which struggles to integrate refugees who reach its shores, mostly from Northern Africa. This year alone, the United States has accepted 174 and more »

  • One killed in grenade blast in Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa - The Independent

    16 May 2012 | 5:30 am
    BBC NewsOne killed in grenade blast in Kenyan coastal city of MombasaThe IndependentNairobi has said al Shabaab militants, who merged with al-Qa'ida earlier this year, are behind a surge in violence and kidnappings threatening tourism in east Africa's biggest economy. Police said the target of the attack was Bella Vista sports bar in Kenyan restaurant grenade attack kills 1News24Explosion rocks Mombasa barIndependent Onlineall 284 news articles »

  • Out of Africa - Knox Journal

    16 May 2012 | 2:07 am
    Out of AfricaKnox JournalMore than 5000 Africans now call the south-eastern suburbs home and their numbers continue to increase. Many have survived unimaginable trauma, including losing parents and siblings in the civil war, living in vast refugee camps and narrowly escaping and more »

  • Why are so many Africans hungry? (VIDEO) - GlobalPost (blog)

    15 May 2012 | 4:35 pm
    Why are so many Africans hungry? (VIDEO)GlobalPost (blog)UN calls for Africa to increase food production to reduce malnutrition and to boost economic growth. A child from Sudan's Nuba Mountains shows signs of severe malnutrition in a feeding center at the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.

  • Girl Refugees -- From The Hands of Smugglers to Community Leaders - Forbes

    15 May 2012 | 12:09 pm
    ForbesGirl Refugees -- From The Hands of Smugglers to Community LeadersForbesShe is now 20 years old and works as a translator with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the African Refugee Development Center. Rim also volunteers with the Hagar & Miriam project, helping young asylum-seeking women who are and more »
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