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Dear colleagues,
To increase awareness of UNHCR recommendations, guidelines and related papers,
UNHCR regularly sends out e-mail notifications of recently released papers of
interest. We would like to draw your attention to the following new webpage
which has just been launched on the UNHCR website:
"UNHCR comments on European Union asylum law and policy"
This page is accessible through the "Protecting Refugees" webpage of the UNHCR
website < http://www.unhcr.org/protect >, or directly at:
<http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/protect?id=43672f0a2>
This page contains a collection of all UNHCR's observations on EC law and EU
policy development on asylum, refugee protection and other issues relevant to
the work of UNHCR . Among other subjects, the comments address current
proposals and adopted texts, initatives and programmes, including those of the
European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission.
In addition, news stories, briefing notes and press releases from UNHCR on
European asylum issues are included, as well as a link to the "UNHCR Tool
Boxes on EU Asylum Matters".
Finally, the page contains links to the Refworld collection of EU instruments
(from the "International Instruments" database RefInt), a unique and easy way
to access EU documents relevant to UNHCR's work in one place, including from
the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, and to the
complete Refworld collection of UNHCR commentaries (from the "Refugee Policy
and Practice" database RefPol). Both of these are available at
<http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/legal.htm> .
To highlight a few of the recent UNHCR comments that are included on the new
webpage:
UNHCR Observations on the European Commission Communication "A Common Agenda
for integration: Framework for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals in
the European Union" (COM (2005) 389 final, 1.9.2005), 14 November 2005
<http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/protect/opendoc.pdf?tbl=PROTECTION&id=437b513c2>
UNHCR Observations on the Communication from the European Commission to the
Council and the European Parliament on Regional Protection Programmes [COM
(2005) 388 final, 1 September 2005] , 10 October 2005
<http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/protect/opendoc.pdf?tbl=PROTECTION&id=4360a5ab2>
and
UNHCR Observations on the European Commission Communication: "Migration and
Development: Some Concrete Orientations" COM (2005) 390 final, 1 September
2005] , 10 October 2005
<http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/protect/opendoc.pdf?tbl=PROTECTION&id=4360a51cd5>
Naturally, all UNHCR comments on EU asylum and policy (and the other databases
mentioned above) will also be included on the next edition of Refworld.
We hope to have informed you. Should you wish to have your e-mail address NOT
appear in the "To:" field or should you wish NOT to receive these
notifications in the future, please respond to this e-mail
( [log in to unmask] ).
Best regards,
Oldrich Andrysek
Chief
Protection Information Section
Department of International Protection
UNHCR
MBT M5094a
94, Rue Montbrillant
1202 Geneva
Tel.: 00-41-22-739 8168
Fax: 00-41-22-739 7396
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
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