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Dear List Members, Below please find references to new online publications, working papers, journal/newsletter issues, events and opportunities, and web sites. **Please note that long URLs may break into two lines in some mail readers. Cut and paste each line of the URL, if this happens.** **Online Articles/Publications** 2006 County Reports on Human Rights Practices (U.S. Dept. of State, March 2007) - http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/ Burma: The Changing Nature of Displacement Crises, RSC Working Paper No. 39, by A. South (RSC, Feb. 2007) - http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/WP39%20Burma%20AS.pdf Contemporary slavery in the UK, by G. Craig et al (Joseph Roundtree Foundation, Feb. 2007) - http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2035.asp IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC, Feb. 2007) - http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/YAOI-6Z3A2K?OpenDocument International conference in Paris on children involved in armed forces and armed groups (February 5 and 6, 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/2qsp7x - Statements and conclusions from the conference are available. Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families (LIRS and Women's Commission, Feb. 2007) - http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/famdeten.pdf North Korea: Harsher Policies against Border-Crossers (Human Rights Watch, March 2007) - http://hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/northkorea0307/ The Protection of Internally Displaced Persons and the Role of UNHCR, Informal Consultative Meeting (UNHCR, Feb. 2007) - http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/45dd5a712.pdf "Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America," by A. Singer and J.H. Wilson, in Migration Information Source (March 2007) - http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=585 Reporting asylum: The UK Press and the Effectiveness of PCC Guidelines (ICAR, Jan. 2007) - http://www.icar.org.uk/reporting_asylum.pdf United Nations Peace Operations Year in Review 2006 (UN, 2007) - http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/pub/year_review06/ Women and Conflict: An Introductory Guide to Programming (USAID, Dec. 2006) - http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/publications/docs/cmm_women_and_conflict_toolkit_december_2006.pdf **Journals/Newsletters** Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 14, no. 4 (2006) - http://www.smc.org.ph/apmj15-4.htm [contents] - Special issue on “Sex Trafficking in Asia and Australia.” Conflict and Health, vol. 1 (March 2007) - http://www.conflictandhealth.com/ [full-text] - New open access journal. Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 1 (2007) - http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g770353878~db=all [contents] - Mix of articles including several on poverty. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, vol. 16, no. 1 (2007) - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/073/2007/00000016/00000001 [contents] - Mix of articles including one on coordinating humanitarian operations. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1 (Feb. 2007) - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/toc/hrq29.1.html [contents] - Mix of articles. International Migration, vol. 45, no. 1 (March 2007) - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2007/00000045/00000001 [contents] - Mix of articles including two focusing on Australia: newly arrived refugees and asylum policies, respectively. International Migration Review, vol. 41, no. 1 (March 2007) - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imre/41/1 [contents] - Includes mix of articles on migration policy and immigrant experiences. Note: Articles in this issue are *freely* available. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (2007) - http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g769869967~db=all [contents] - Focus is on transnationalism. Includes an article by K. Koser entitled "Refugees, Transnationalism and the State." Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, vol. 5, no. 2 (2007) - http://tinyurl.com/3bsfzd [contents] - In prepublication; mix of articles including one focusing on domestic violence in refugee families in Australia. **Events & Opportunities** Call for Papers: African Migrations Workshop, “Understanding migration dynamics in the continent,” Accra, 18-21 September 2007 - http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/news-store/african-workshop-call-for-papers - Submit abstracts by 20 April 2007. Dilemmas of repatriation and return: Between policy ideals and migrant practices, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, 28 March 2007 - http://www.diis.dk/sw33521.asp - Presentations by Marita Eastmond and Laura Hammond that “discuss and challenge current policies and practices of repatriation, based on research on return to the Balkans and Ethiopia.” Peacebuilding & Development Professional Training Program 2007, American University, Washington, DC, 18 June – 7 July 2007 - http://www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding/2007.htm - "...[A]cademic program specifically organized to bridge the fields of peacebuilding and development. ...Experienced trainers guide participants through sessions to explore the relationships between religion, culture, human rights, and applied theories in peacebuilding and development work." Workshop on Internally Displaced Persons, Brussels, 22-23 March 2007 - http://www.cred.be/docs/cedat/announce.pdf - Workshop hosted by UNHCR, UNFPA and CRED to “map out the strategic direction and practical framework for IDP profiling involving all essential key partners.” **Web Sites/Tools** “Cesser de voir la migration comme un envahissement,” J. Valluy, 5 mars 2007 - http://autrecampagne.blogs.liberation.fr/autrecampagne/2007/03/jrme_valluy.html - Watch/listen to a presentation and provide comments. This is an entry on a videoblog set up to provide a forum for new ideas on current social/political issues. Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenarios - http://www.each-for.eu/index.php - Two-year project that will look into environmental changes/degradation that cause forced migration. 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