Asylum Update 22nd July 2010
22 July 2010
Research
Differentiation and Policy Convergence against Long Odds: Lessons from Implementing EU Migration Policy in Morocco by Daniel Wunderlich in Mediterranean Politics Vol 15 No 2.
Agents of Fear: The National Security Service in Sudan Amnesty International report.
Still Targeted: Continued Persecution of Iraq's Minorities by the Minority Rights Group.
Country Reports 2009: Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine by the European Council for Refuges and Exiles (ECRE) on the situation for refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs.
Improving reach: promoting engagement by building bridges between refugee women and the voluntary sector by Newman, Andrea in Diversity in Health and Care Vol 7 No 2.
Refugee Roulette: A UK Perspective by Robert Thomas in Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication and Proposals for Reform by Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew Ian Schoenholtz and Philip G. Schrag.
New from the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency:
Forced Displacement, Onward Migration and Reformulations of 'Home' by Chagossians in Crawley, UK by Jeffery, Laura in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol 36; No 7.
Asylum Aid has published Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum 2 years on: impacts and actions See also article on report in Women's Asylum News
Should citizenship be earned through compulsory volunteering? Migrant and refugee voices on Active Citizenship is a new report from MRCF (Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum) and MRN (Migrants' Rights Network).
Including Youth - Learning from the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Fund is an evaluation of the work of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's Fund of the same name, by Jane Pitcher and Jane Thompson.
Law and Policy
The Home Office has published its Structural Reform Plan outlining its policy priorities and targets for all areas of its work including immigration and asylum. See also Egov Monitor and The Guardian on Yarl's Wood family unit closure.
The Upper Tribunal set out new country guidance for Pakistan in its judgement on KA and Others (domestic violence risk on return) Pakistan CG [2010] UKUT 216 (IAC).
Scottish Refugee Council Strategic Plan 2010-2013
Events
Friday 23 July: Launch of ‘State of the Sector‘ report by Evelyn Oldfield Unit in London. The report covers key issues currently facing refugee and migrant community organisations.
Thursday 9 September: London Protecting Unaccompanied Child Asylum Seekers - improving local provision through multi-agency working - Westminster Briefing conference
Friday 10 September: seminar on Research methods for new immigrant groups at the University of Manchester.