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**Online Articles/Publications**
Alerta 2008! Informe sobre conflictos, derechos humanos y construcción de paz
(Escola de cultura de pau, April 2008) -
http://www.escolapau.org/english/alerta/alerta.php
Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, 2007: Statistical Overview
of Asylum Applications Lodged in Europe and Selected Non-European Countries
(UNHCR, March 2008) - http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/47daae862.pdf
Civil-Military Guidelines & Reference for Complex Emergencies (IASC and OCHA,
March 2008) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASIN-7CHT7T?OpenDocument
Claiming Asylum at a Screening Unit as an Unaccompanied Minor (Children's
Commissioner, March 2008) -
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/Claiming%20Asylum%20at%20a%20Screening%20Unit%20as%20a%20UASC%20-%20FINAL2.pdf
Climate Change and International Security (EU, March 2008) -
http://www.euractiv.com/29/images/SolanaCCsecurity%20reportpdf_tcm29-170886.pdf
Comments from the European Council on Refugees and Exiles on the Proposal for a
Council Regulation amending Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to
beneficiaries of international protection (ECRE, March 2008) -
http://www.ecre.org/resources/responses_recommendations/1049
ECRE 2008 Iraq Survey (ECRE, March 2008) -
http://www.ecre.org/resources/policy_papers/1051
Fit for Purpose Yet? The Independent Asylum Commission's Interim Findings
(March 2008) -
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/files/Fit%20for%20Purpose%20Yet.pdf
Five Years Later, A Hidden Crisis: Report of the IRC Commission on Iraqi
Refugees (International Rescue Commission, March 2008) -
http://www.theirc.org/resources/2008/iraq_report.pdf
How is the Term "Armed Conflict" Defined in International Humanitarian Law?
(ICRC, March 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47e24eda2
Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq - Update (IDP Working Group, March 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=SUBSITES&id=47f243552
Iraq: No Let-Up in the Humanitarian Crisis (ICRC, March 2008) -
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-report-170308/$file/ICRC-Iraq-report-0308-eng.pdf
Local experiences of migration: Consulting Coventry (ICAR, Feb. 2008) -
http://www.icar.org.uk/download/Local%20experiences_of_migration_Coventry_report.pdf
Protection of Conflict-Induced IDPs: Assessment for Action (Protection Cluster
Working Group and the Early Recovery Cluster Working Group, Feb. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47eba3c62
The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?, Centre for Economic Policy
Research Discussion Paper, no. 577 (Australian National University, March 2008)
- http://cepr.anu.edu.au/pdf/DP577.pdf
Sharing Responsibility for Refugee Protection in Europe: Dublin Reconsidered
(ECRE, March 2008) - http://www.ecre.org/resources/policy_papers/1058
"States should not impose penalties on arriving asylum-seekers," Viewpoint of
CoE Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe, March 2008) -
http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Viewpoints/080317_en.asp
Stay Safe: The International Federation's Guide for Security Managers (IFRC,
March 2008) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7DBHYA?OpenDocument
Timor-Leste's Displacement Crisis, Asia Report, no. 148 (International Crisis
Group, March 2008) - http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5355&l=1
Uganda’s Urban IDPs Risk Being Left Out Of Government’s Return Plans (Refugee
Law Project, March 2008) -
http://www.refugeelawproject.org/resources/papers/others/idpspecialbulletin.pdf
Undocumented Migrants and Refugees in Malaysia: Raids, Detention and
Discrimination (FIDH, March 2008) - http://www.fidh.org/spip.php?article5357
UNHCR Compilation of Case Law on Refugee Protection in International Law (UNHCR,
March 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47dfc8e32
UNHCR Manual on a Community Based Approach in UNHCR Operations (UNHCR, March
2008) - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47da54722
**Journals/Newsletters**
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 16, no. 4 (2007) -
http://www.smc.org.ph/apmj16-4.htm (contents)
- Theme is "The Migration and Development Prism: A Lens on Vulnerabilities and
Capabilities."
Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 23, no. 1 (Feb. 2008) -
http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emaInternet.nsf/HeadingPagesDisplay/AJEM?OpenDocument#current
(full-text)
- Mix of articles, including one on "Australasian libraries in the emergency
sector."
Development in Practice, vol. 18, no. 2 (2008) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Econtent=g791553803%7Edb=all (contents)
- Mix of articles, including one analyzing the international humanitarian relief
system.
Disasters, vol. 32, no. 2 (June 2008) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/32/2 (contents)
- Mix of articles.
Human Rights Brief, vol. 15, no. 2 (Winter 2008) -
http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/15/152.cfm (full-text)
- Mix of human rights articles.
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 3, no. 4 (Dec.
2007) - http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/IJMMHSC/index.asp (contents)
- Mix of articles, including one on collecting information on migrant and asylum
seeker status in England.
International Journal on Multicultural Societies, vol. 9, no. 2 (2007) –
http://www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol9/issue2 (full-text)
- Special issue on "Migration and Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region."
International Migration Review, vol. 42, no. 1 (March 2008)-
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imre/42/1 (contents)
- Mix of articles, including one on refugees in Australia.
Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and
Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, vol. 6, no. 1 (March 2008) -
http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/journals/IJMMHSC/index.asp (contents and intro.)
- Special issue on "Evaluation of Community based Psychosocial Programmes."
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 34, no. 4 (2008) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Econtent=g791644441%7Edb=all (contents)
- Special issue on "Economics in Migration Research: Prospects for Disciplinary
Integration."
Migration Letters, vol. 5, no. 2 (April 2008) –
http://www.migrationletters.com/content.html (full-text)
- Mix of articles.
The Researcher, no. 9 (Feb. 2008) -
http://www.ecoi.net/news/48.february-2008-issue-of-the-researcher.htm
(full-text)
- From the Refugee Documentation Centre in Ireland.
Women's Asylum News, no. 74 (April 2008) -
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/publications/77/Issue_No._74_April_final_pdf.pdf
(full-text)
- Compiled by the Refugee Women's Resource Project.
**Events & Opportunities**
ALNAP Event: Improving the International Humanitarian System, 8 May 2008 -
http://www.odi.org.uk/events/alnap/index.html
Migrations & Identities – http://www.migrationsandidentities.org/
- New journal published by Liverpool University Press.
Peacebuilders' Summit, 6-7 May 2008, for practitioners from across the globe -
http://www.globalpeacebuilders.org/english/conference.html
Refugee Studies Centre, Programme of Events 2008 -
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/RSC2008prog.pdf
**Web Sites/Tools**
10 Stories the World Should Hear More About (UN) -
http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/07/index.shtml
- Annual listing of issues selected by the UN Public Information Office to
provide greater exposure.
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect -
http://www.globalcentrer2p.org/
- The mission of the Global Centre “is to promote and catalyze international
action to help countries to prevent or halt mass atrocities.”
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com
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