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Refugee issues in focus in Burnaby
Burnaby NewsLeader
Since last year, the federal government has made major changes to the process for refugee claims and the resettlement program in which Canada takes in refugees escaping civil war and other dangers who are selected from overseas, said Janet Dench, ...

Canada drags its feet in offering aid to Syrian refugees
National Post
Also, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees warns that overseas refugee resettlement programs would interfere with the more immediately urgent work of putting up tents and finding food for the 1.5 million Syrians crowding into makeshift ...

Middle East Online
Syrian refugees head to Libya
Middle East Online
... around 8,000 Syrians were registered with UNHCR as asylum seekers, though because of UNHCR's lack of a formal legal agreement with the government, the asylum seekers cannot advance to the agency's refugee status determination (RSD) process.

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Amnesty International: Our World Is a Dangerous Place
The Jewish Press
Here's the report's summary, the short version: “The world became an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants. Governments around the world showed more interest in protecting their national borders than the rights of their citizens or the ...
State of the World 2013Amnesty International USA

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The European Network on Statelessness and the Statelessness Programme at Tilburg University are calling for the adoption of an "International Day on Statelessness," similar to Human Rights Day or World Refugee Day.  Share your support/thoughts over at the ENS blog!

Publications:

"Becoming Stateless: Historical Experience and Its Reflection on the Concept of State among the Lahu in Yunnan and Mainland Southeast Asian Massif," Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 1 (2013) [full-text]

"Born Lost: Stateless Children in International Surrogacy Arrangements," Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 21, no. 2 (2013) [full-text]

"'A Forgotten Human Rights Crisis': Statelessness and Issue (Non)Emergence," Human Rights Review, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2013) [abstract]
- See also related ENS Blog post, FMR article and thesis.

A Government Approach to Moving Statelessness Forward on the International Agenda (ENS Blog, May 2013) [text]

Litigation, Legal Aid & Law Clinics (ENS Blog, May 2013) [text]

[Nationality Laws in Liberia, Nepal and Thailand] (Statelessness Programme, May 2013)
- Students in the 'Nationality, Statelessness and Human Rights' course at Tilburg University provide their analyses.

The Price of Statelessness: Palestinian Refugees from Syria (Middle East Monitor, May 2013) [text]

U.S. Immigration Reform May Finally Help Stateless People (Refugees International Blog, May 2013) [text]

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African Unity After 50 Years of OAU/AU - a Dream Deferred?
AllAfrica.com
Regime security continues to trump the demands of human security to which AU member states freely subscribed under various AU instruments. In this regard, former South African President Thabo Mbeki pointed out that one of the AU's failures is ensuring ...

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Amnesty International's flagship annual report was released today.  The 2013 edition includes a focus on "People on the Move," with the press release noting "that the rights of millions of people who have escaped conflict and persecution, or migrated to seek work and a better life for themselves and their families, have been abused. Governments around the world are accused of showing more interest in protecting their national borders than the rights of their citizens or the rights of those seeking refugee or opportunities within those borders."

The report begins with an introductory essay on "Human Rights Know NO Borders," and continues with surveys on the state of human rights in 159 countries and territories. A global update, regional overviews, and other language editions can be found on the report's web site.

Previous editions of the report can be accessed via my wiki.

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Joint UN Human Security Conference Opens In Accra
Ghana
Government has committed tremendous human and financial resources to promote human security in conflict-sensitive areas in Northern Ghana. Government, in an effort to counter human security challenges which come in the form of chieftaincy, land ...
Development partners urged to help promote human securityGhanaWeb

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A few weeks ago David Cameron suggested that private landlords should be required to check the immigration status of tenants. Now, lo and behold, the measure is to be included in a new Immigration Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech. This such a Bad Idea it is difficult to know where to start to explain why. Perhaps the clearest way to put it is to say that it is Good News for we immigration lawyers, and therefore Very Bad News for everyone else.

Employers who employ immigrants who do not possess permission to work are already given criminal or civil penalties if they fail to check their employee’s immigration status and keep copies of the relevant documents. The UK Border Agency (or whatever it is called this week) issues lists of defaulting employers, presumably in order to name and shame them. Fines remain uncollected, though, as the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency revealed in a report last year. It is almost as if

Full blog posting via Private landlords as immigration informants | Free Movement blog.

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'Asian Century' raises own tough challenges
Global Times
Human security and welfare are growing concerns as well. An Asian approach is required based on the continent's own heritage. India has a unique experience in this regard. Networking is required to exchange these experiences among Asian countries.

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Refugees failed by global inaction on human rights
Mail & Guardian Online
Resettlement is one such solution that provides refugees with immediate protection, but the total number of global resettlement places offered stands at some 80 000 per year. Shockingly, only 5 000 of these places are offered in the relatively affluent ...

Shields Gazette
Dedicated Dorothy's 10 years' work for charity
Shields Gazette
The society helps kids in all circumstances, including those at risk of homelessness, disabled children, child refugees, young carers and those falling into crime. Mrs Jackson was keen to put the spotlight back on the charity, adding: “We still need ...

Vatican Radio
Forced Migration: An Australian perspective
Vatican Radio
It is looking at how the Church can increase its pastoral assistance to the victims of forced migration. Many of these people have to leave their homes because of conflict or persecution. Attending the conference is Fr Maurizio Pettenà, Director of the ...

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The edgy, the off-beat and the wonderful
Prague Post
... of hand with an exploration of modern-day superstitions; the winner of the Stockholm Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Artist/Act, Ragulabuggla: A Tale About an Environmental Refugee, an interactive multi-genre performance; and the Edinburgh ...

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'The world is increasingly dangerous for refugees'
Deutsche Welle
Our research shows that to some extent the world is increasingly becoming dangerous for refuges and migrant workers also in the context of Asia-Pacific for internally displaced persons. What is clear to us is that the rights of millions, who have ...
Rich nations should tackle global crisisPress TV
42 million people displaced globally due to conflictNewstalk 106-108 fm
Amnesty International urges governments to do more for refugeesChannel News Asia
Capital FM Kenya
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Syrians seeking refuge in Libya
IRINnews.org
... around 8,000 Syrians were registered with UNHCR as asylum seekers, though because of UNHCR's lack of a formal legal agreement with the government, the asylum seekers cannot advance to the agency's refugee status determination (RSD) process.

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Development partners urged to help promote human security
GhanaWeb
The vice president made the call in a speech read for him at the opening of a two-day human security conference on the theme: “Enhancing Human Security through developing local capacity for holistic community-based conflict prevention in Northern ...

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Development Partners urged to help promote human security
BusinessGhana
The Vice President made the call in a speech read for him at the opening of a two-day human security conference on the theme "Enhancing Human Security through developing local capacity for holistic community-based conflict prevention in Northern ...

SBS
Amnesty: Greek legislation fuels asylum-seeker abuse
EnetEnglish
Police are also now able extend the maximum three- or six-month period that an asylum-seeker can be held by a further 12 months. Undocumented immigrants in the courtyard of a detention centre in Fylakio, by the Evros Riber in northern Greece (Reuters) ...
Australia 'going backwards' on asylum policySBS

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Afro American
Adding Shakur to Most Wanted List Baffles Activists
Afro American
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When officials from the FBI and the New Jersey State Police called a press conference to name Assata Shakur, a 65-year-old-Black women and political refugee living in Cuba, to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List, the move left many ...