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**Online Articles/Publications**
Angering Akujù: Survival and Suffering in Karamoja (Feinstein International
Center, Dec. 2007) - http://fic.tufts.edu/?pid=51
- Focuses on livelihoods and human security in the Karamoja Region of Uganda.
Angola: Former IDPs share the common challenge of recovery and reconstruction
(IDMC, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=477e0eea2
(via Refworld)
Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property Rights
Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/0108_iraq_williams.aspx?emc=lm&m=211677&l=21&v=33753
Better outcomes: the way forward, improving the care of unaccompanied asylum
seeking children (UK Home Office, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/uasc/betteroutcomes.pdf
Between war and peace: Land and humanitarian action in Colombia, HPG Working
Paper (ODI, Dec. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/wplangcolombia.pdf
Climate change and forced migration, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 153
(UNHCR, Jan. 2008) - http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/47a316182.pdf
Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and Implications
(UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RK6C?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)
Colombia: IDP Response Requires Greater Local Action and Accountability
(Refugees International, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10426
Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in the
EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.coi-network.net/content/goodpractice.html
Defending Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe (ECRE, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4766464e2
(via Refworld)
Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/darfur-camps-flooded-weapons-20080122
Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4790cbc02
(via Refworld)
- Provisional edition.
The impact of environmental degradation on refugee-host relations: a case study
from Tanzania, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 151 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/47a315c72.pdf
The Iraqi Displacement Crisis (Refugees International, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9679
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action (Migration Policy Institute, Jan.
2008) -
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPI-The_Iraqi_Refugee_Crisis_The_Need_for_Action_011808.pdf
Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees
International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10371/
Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create Statelessness
(Dec. 2007, Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10370
Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and trends
in asylum and return, Compas Working Paper no. 58 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-58.shtml
Like any other child? Children and families in the asylum process (Jan. 2008,
Barnado's) -
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/like_any_other_child_asylum_report08_full.pdf
Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk
Reduction: A Critical Perspective (UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RJYU?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)
Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement (IOM,
Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds
Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work in
Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1214_climate_change_ferris.aspx?emc=lm&m=211677&l=18&v=33753
Older refugees in the UK: A literature review and interviews with refugees
(Refugee Council, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2008/older_refugees.htm
- Re-issue of two earlier reports.
Policy Framework and Implementation Strategy: UNHCR's Role in Support of the
Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations, Informal Consultative
Meeting (UNHCR, Feb. 2008) - http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/47ac2e3c2.pdf
Protective action: Incorporating civilian protection into humanitarian
response, HPG Report no. 26 (ODI, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgreport26.pdf
- See also the related web page:
http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/protection_practice.html
Resilience in Humanitarian Aid Workers: Understanding Processes of Development
(Jan. 2008, London South Bank University) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7ANJ77?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)
Returning to uncertainty? Addressing vulnerabilities in Northern Uganda (Fafo,
Dec. 2007) - http://www.fafo.no/nyhet/return2uncertanity.pdf
'Top Ten' most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007 (MSF, Dec. 2007) -
http://tinyurl.com/2ebyq5
An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change
(Oxford Research Group, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers/uncertainfuture.php
UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs
of Afghan Asylum-Seekers (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=477ce70a2
Welfare, refugees and rescue: Denmark and the 'Jewish Question' from 1933 to
1945, DIIS Working Paper no. 2007/31 (DIIS, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2007/DIIS_WP_2007-31_web.pdf
When the displaced return: challenges to 'reintegration' in Angola, New Issues
in Refugee Research no. 152 (UNHCR, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/47a315402.pdf
World Economic Forum-OCHA Guiding Principles for Public-Private Collaboration
in Humanitarian Action (Jan. 2008) -
http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/content/news/newsdetails.asp?newsid=67&publish=0
**Annual Reports**
Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=395
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.
Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 (HRW, Jan. 2008) - http://hrw.org/wr2k8/
The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival (UNICEF, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/
UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006: Trends in Displacement, Protection and
Solutions (UNHCR, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html
**Papers from Recent Meetings**
22nd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, Papers (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.alnap.org/meetings/22.htm
- Papers are available in English and French. The theme of the meeting
was "Compounding crises: combinations of vulnerabilities, risks and hazards in
West Africa."
ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1
Feb. 2008) - http://www.icva.ch/whatshot.html
**Journals/Newsletters**
AWR Bulletin, no. 3/2007 - http://www.awr-int.de/awr_bulletin_index.htm
(contents - scroll down)
- Mix of articles with several focusing on asylum in the EU.
Conflict and Health (Dec. 2007) - http://www.conflictandhealth.com/ (full-text)
- Three new articles in Dec. 2007.
Conflict Trends, no. 4/2007 - http://www.accord.org.za/ct/2007-4.htm (full-text)
- Theme is peacekeeping in Africa.
Development in Practice, vol. 18, no. 1 (2008) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g789774146~db=all (contents)
- Mix of articles.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (Fall 2007) -
https://articleworks.cadmus.com/geolaw/zs900108.html (contents)
- Mix of articles including one on the difficulties Iraqis face seeking asylum
in the U.S.
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 3, no. 3 (Nov.
2007) - http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/ijmmhsc/samples/1107sample.pdf
(contents, sample article)
- Mix of articles.
International Migration, vol. 46, no. 1 (March 2008) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imig/46/1 (contents)
- Mix of articles including one on hunger among asylum seekers and resettled
refugees.
International Review of the Red Cross, no. 867 (2007) -
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/section_review_2007_867
(full-text)
- Focus is on torture.
Le journal de forum réfugiés, no. 41 (janvier 2008) -
http://www.forumrefugies.org/pdf/soutien/journal/JOURN-41-JANV-08-WEB.pdf
(full-text)
- Includes viewpoint on "réfugiés climatiques."
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (2008) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g790514687~db=all~tab=toc~order=page
(contents)
- Mix of articles, including one on asylum-seekers and refugees in the UK.
The Researcher, no. 8 (Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/2xjgrr (full-text)
- Published by the Refugee Documentation Centre, Ireland.
Torture Journal, vol. 17, no. 3 (2007) -
http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3602 (full-text)
- Mix of articles.
Women's Asylum News, no. 72 (Feb. 2008) -
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/publications/75/Issue_No._72_Feb_final_pdf.pdf
(full-text)
- Lead article discusses how to protect trafficked women under the 1951
Convention.
**Events & Opportunities**
“Hidden Children, Blatant Crime: Sharing information to identify victims of
traffickers,” Barnado’s, Institute of Directors, London, 20 February 2008 -
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/conferences/conferences-trafficking.htm
International Peace Research Association, 22nd Conference, University of
Leuven, Belgium, 15-19 July 2008 - http://www.ipra2008.org/
- Theme is “Building Sustainable Futures: Enacting Peace and Development.”
Unite For Sight, 5th Annual International Health & Development Conference,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 12-13 April 2008 -
http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/index.php
- Theme is “Building Global Health for Today and Tomorrow.”
Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities -
http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/
- Rolling application process.
**Web Sites/Tools**
Information on Treatment and Healthcare Accessibility in Countries of Origin
(ITHACA) - http://www.ithaca-eu.org/
- Provides “information on the medical situation in countries of origin in
support of the asylum process.”
RefBlog - http://icaruk.wordpress.com/
- RefBlog combines ICAR's two previous blogs, PolicyBlog and MediaBlog, along
with the weekly Asylum Update, and presents the content in one unified blog.
Refugee Law Reader: Cases, Documents and Materials -
http://www.refugeelawreader.org
- Fourth edition recently released.
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com
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