Asylum Update – 24th September 2008

 
Research
Call for papers to be included in panel on ‘Is humanitarianism compatible with refugee rights?’ at the World Conference of Humanitarian Studies, February 2009, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Refugee Studies Vol 21 No 3 contains Back to Basics: The Conditions of Just Refugee Returns by Megan Bradley.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee has published Access to Protection [...]

Asylum Update – 17th September 2008

Research
Amnesty International has published Scotland’s Slaves: An Amnesty International briefing on trafficking in Scotland
Soldiers, Migrants and Citizens – the Nepalese in Britain is a new report by Jessica Mai Sims in the Runnymede Community Studies series.
Beyond the 21st Century Hadrian’s Wall: the Externalisation of Immigration and Border Control Policy by the European Union by Frigo, [...]

Asylum Update – September 12th 2008

Research
A summary has been published on research by the Institute of Education into the emotional wellbeing and mental health of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK.
Policy and law
The European Parliament has adopted a report critiquing the Dublin system and will propose amendments to the Dublin Regulation later this year.
Events
The Electronic Immigration Network is [...]

Asylum Update – September 3rd 2008

Research
Immigration and social cohesion in the UK: the rhythms and realities of everyday life is a wide-ranging new study by Mary Hickman, Helen Crowley and Nick Mai, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Responses to the publication of the 2007 asylum statistics continue to appear, including from the press in Birmingham and Leeds in the light [...]