Asylum Update June 24th 2009
24 June 2009
Research
Understanding and Changing Public Attitudes: A review of existing evidence from public information and communication campaigns is a report published by the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
Breaking the wall of silence: practitioners’ responses to trafficked children and young people is a report by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has released the World Refugee Survey 2009 which compares conditions for refugees around the world.
Migration and Rural Economies: Assessing and addressing risks by Laura Chappell, Maria Latorre, Jill Rutter and Jaideep Shah, published by IPPR.
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) has published two Forced Migration Policy Briefings:
- Environmentally displaced people
- Development assistance and refugees: Towards a North-South grand bargain?
Journal article: Statelessness: A 21st century challenge for Europe by van Waas, Laura in Security and Human Rights, Vol 20, No 2.
Policy and Law
The European Commission has announced the new Stockholm Plan which will provide the framework for EU activity in the areas of citizenship, asylum, justice, security and immigration over the next five years.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched the Human Rights Inquiry, which includes a literature review and a series of research reports
Following the GLA Economics report on ‘Earned Regularisation’, see the UK Border Agency’s response
The effects of economic recession on international migration is the topic of this month’s Eurasylum policy interview, by Prof. Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff and Prof. Susan Forbes Martin, Chair and Rapporteur of the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on Migration.
News
Press coverage on Yarl's Wood
Hunger strike at immigrant centre
Yarl's Wood solidarity demonstration
Charities urge action to end Yarl's Wood protest
National and local press coverage on Refugee Week:
Refugees need more than tea and sympathy
No bed of roses for asylum seekers
Amnesty march for better treatment of asylum seekers
Events
20th June: World Refugee Day.
See also coverage by ECRE
28th June – 31st August, Cardiff: Exhibition ‘Life after Iraq’. Contact Tarig Yousif for invitation to opening.
Resources
Capacity builders launches Volunteer Management programme
Campaign from the British Red Cross: “Refugees: time to look beyond the label”. It highlights some of the erroneous beliefs about asylum seekers held by the British public in topics such as:
- Number of asylum seekers hosted by the UK
- Number of asylum applications per year
- Education level of asylum seekers and refugees
For a summary of the key points of this campaign, see The Independent
Friday 3 July, London: Seminar Tackling extremism and radicalisation within and across Communities - not just a top down approach To see the full programme, speaker biographies, venue information and booking details Click
