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Protests by refugees taking place outside of UNHCR offices are not new, but usually they are broken up by police action. In Cairo, however, we have had a sit-in demonstration in the Park outside UNHCR's office since September 28 2005. It has not been broken up; in fact, the police are protecting them and the numbers are increasing up to more than 1000. People have left their flats and have become destitute. Two children have died, a baby and a toddler. UNHCR has closed its offices and tends to do emergency work in the offices of other NGOs. My students have written about the demonstration in Cairo in its earliest stages. These articles (and photographs) can be seen on the Pambuzuka web site. We would be interested in hearing about other refugee protests from anywhere in the world and would be grateful for reports, leads to other persons.who can tell us about them. We intend to write a piece on this and other such protests. Any help that we receive will be credited unless the source of information requests anonymity. Leigh Sylvan ([log in to unmask]) and Barbara Harrell-Bond ([log in to unmask]) Distinguished Visiting Professor Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Programme 113 Kasr el Aini Street P O Box 2511 Cairo 11511, Egypt. Tel:: 20 2 794 2219 Fax: 20 2 797 6629 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html