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- UK
- World
- Miscellaneous
- Refugee Week
- World Refugee Day
- Events
- World refugee statistics
- Media reporting
- Archive


:: UK ::

Asylum family's 11th hour reprieve
"A Mongolian family who had made their home on Merseyside were granted an 11th hour reprieve from deportation last night after the Daily Post intervened to save them.
18/6
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=14344000%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=asylum%2dfamily%2ds%2d11th%2dhour%2dreprieve-name_page.html

Links: 'The Liverpool Lord Mayors Parade'
http://www.llmp.org.uk/

and 'Visit Liverpool'
http://www.visitliverpool.com/

and 'PAIH'
http://www.paih.org/liverpoolprincess.htm

Parade Princess and Family Freed from Detention Centre
"Misheel said: "It is nice to get out, I am excited that I am going to be a princess, I am really happy.
"I am going to be going to school and to tell my mates that I am going to be a princess."
18/6
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3082264

Hope for Mongolian girl hoping to be "Princess"
"The family includes eight year old Misheel, who was picked from hundreds of other children to be crowned princess at the Liverpool parade next month.
18/6
http://www.itvregions.com/news.php?region=Granada&content=7139&cat=0

Scottish parliament: International Refugee Week
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/plenary/or-04/sor0616-02.htm#Col9145

A tale of two refugees
18/6
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=693722004

Home Office announces contract for Bicester accommodation centre
18/6
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsID=415

End of road for asylum seeker
"A young Kosovan has admitted defeat in his fight to stay in Wales five years after he arrived hidden in a lorry.
18/6
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3817729.stm

What if WE had to seek asylum?
18/6
http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=455&ArticleID=808291

Refugee homes pan in spotlight
18/6
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132683&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132377&contentPK=10340981

Call over jobless doctors
18/6
http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0001head/tm_objectid=14345178%26method=full%26siteid=50080%26headline=call%2dover%2djobless%2ddoctors-name_page.html

:: World ::

Burundi: UN worried about security of refugees
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17582592.htm

Somalia: Six killed as Somali militia fights over port
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17643388.htm

Afghanistan: UN refugee office attacked in Afghan south
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL112547.htm

Sri Lanka: Thousands walk for peace in Sri Lanka's north
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL108990.htm

Iraq: The West May Go On Trial with Saddam
http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/88451/1/

Iraq: UN urges Iraq to protect Palestinian refugees living in Baghdad
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/440800.html

Afghanistan: Chaos Highlights Need for Aid
http://www.amnesty.ca/resource_centre/news/view.php?load=arcview&article=1632&c=Resource%20Centre%20News

Africa: Family structures threatened by poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS - UNICEF
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41729&SelectRegion=Africa

Sudan: Kofi Annan planning to visit
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41752&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=SUDAN

Sudan: how you can help
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,14658,1242074,00.html

Chad fears spread of Darfur war
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3818085.stm

Chad kills 69 militia near Sudan border
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18407156.htm

UN raps Iran over nuclear stance
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3818229.stm

OT/Israel: Arafat offers refugee guarantee
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3818915.stm

OT/Israel: Israeli Army Wants 'Remote Control' Border
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040618_358.html

Pakistan army kills tribal leader
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3817681.stm

Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shattered Peace, Civilians at Risk
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/cgi-bin/ri/bulletin?bc=00840&spotlight=1

The Chechen Situation
http://www.gcsp.ch/e/meetings/Recent/May-June_2004/Chechen.htm

'A second Chechnya'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1242054,00.html

Peru: CAFTA: A Topic for Women
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/16/americ8853.htm

Moldova: Regional Tensions over Transdniestria
http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=2811

:: Miscellaneous ::

ILO adopts plan to give fair deal to 86 million migrant workers
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2004/31.htm

The Report Department for International Development: Responding to HIV/AIDS has been published.
The Full Report (742 KB)
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/03-04/0304664.pdf

Executive Summary (210 KB) and
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/03-04/0304664es.pdf

Press Notice are available
http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/03-04/0304664.htm

Along with a Paper Costing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic - Thinking about Scope, Responses and Long Term Implications (1207 KB)
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/03-04/0304664_scoping_paper.pdf

Source: http://www.nao.org.uk/whatsnew.htm

:: Refugee Week ::

14 to 20 June

http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk

http://www.refugeeweekinscotland.org.uk

:: World Refugee Day ::

World Refugee Day message from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/whatsNew

:: Events ::

Asylum and Migration: Policy and Practice in the EU Accession Countries
Prague, 5 - 6 June 2004
This conference examined the implications of the imminent EU expansion upon asylum and migration in both the policies and practices of sending, receiving and transit states.
Working papers, presentation slides, and transcripts from the conference are now available to download.
http://www.forcedmigration.org/conferences/prague2004/

:: World refugee statistics ::

UNHCR: Sharp decline in refugees, others of concern in 2003
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=40d1398a4&page=news

2003 Global Refugee Trends: Overview of refugee populations, new arrivals, durable solutions, asylum seekers and other persons of concern to UNHCR
PDF file (94 pages)
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=STATISTICS&id=40d015fb4

:: Media reporting ::

Australian Refugee Advocates Successful in Media Challenge
A formal complaint against the Sydney Morning Herald for its use of the terms "illegal immigrants" and "illegal entrants" to describe asylum-seekers has been upheld by the Australian Press Council.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RACNSW/

Orginating source: http://www.unitedagainstracism.org

Link: 'Australian Press Council'
http://www.presscouncil.org.au/

:: Archive ::

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