Poverty, International Migration and
Asylum
by Christina Boswell and Jeff
Crisp. Policy Brief No 8. United Nations University, World Institute for
Development Economics Research, Helsinki. March 2004. 45pp. ISBN 92-9190-574-7.
Policy-focused summary of the UNUWIDER conference on Poverty, International Migration and Asylum. Examines implications as globalisation and modern communications increase the numbers of people fleeing instability, conflict and poverty.
Available online at www.wider.unu.edu/publications/pb8.pdf
Supporting refugee children in 21st century
Britain: a compendium of essential information (2nd edition)
by Jill Rutter. Trentham Books. Sept 2003. 330pp.
ISBN 1858562929. £19.99.
Update of the authoritative information source for those working with the children of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Takes account of changes in the law as a result of the Race Retaliations Amendment Act and the new Asylum Act. Describes best practice on educational provision for students for refugee communities, healthcare and emotional and psychological support.
Contact: Trentham Books Limited, Westview House,
734 London Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 5NP, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 745567. Fax
+44 (0) 1782 745553. Web: www.trentham-books.co.uk
Asylum Law and Practice
by Mark Symes and Peter Jorro. Nov 2003. 579 pp. ISBN 040698378X.
£92.00.
First publication relating to the substantive law and practice surrounding the legal representation of those seeking to remain in the UK as refugees, or whose removal would otherwise breach their human rights. Deals comprehensively with the new procedures and framework of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 including asylum claims and monitoring, appeals and statutory review, procedure before adjudicators and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.
Contact: LexisNexis UK, Tolley House, 2 Addiscombe
Road, Croydon, Surrey CR9 5AF, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2000. Fax: +44( 0)20
8662 2012. Email: order.line@lexisnexis.co.uk
Refugee Women (Second Edition)
by Susan Forbes Martin. Dec 2003. 192pp. ISBN
0-7391-0589-2. $19.95.
Provides a background for understanding the legal issues and policies developed to protect women persecuted because of their gender. Describes the recent genesis of the category of IDPs, focusing on the unique hardships of women who flee their homes but remain within national borders. Foreword by Ruud Lubbers, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Contact: Lexington Books, 4501 Forbes Blvd, Suite
200, Lanham MD 20706, USA.
Order online at
www.lexington-books.co
Shattered lives: the case for tough international
arms control
by Debbie Hillyer and Brian Wood. Oxfam Campaign
Reports. Oct 2003. 98pp. ISBN 0-85598-522-4. £5.00.
Oxfam GB sets out arguments in support of the joint campaign with Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) for a clampdown on small arms production and circulation (see www.controlarms.org ).
Beyond the headlines: an agenda for action to
protect civilians in neglected conflicts
by Amelia Bookstein. Oxfam
Campaign Reports. Nov 2003. 56pp. £5.00.
Campaigning report detailing how civilians - especially those in forgotten conflicts - are suffering as humanitarian aid follows political priorities rather than the greatest need.
Contact: Oxfam Publishing, 274 Banbury Road,
Oxford, OX2 7DZ, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1865 312255. Fax: +44 (0)1865 312393.
Email: publish@oxfam.org.uk
The war through the eyes of Somali women edited
by Judith Gardner and Judy El Bushra, Catholic Institute for
International Relations/Pluto Press. £12.79 + pp.
Compelling first-hand accounts from Somali women of the impact of war and gender-based violence on their lives and how women are mobilising for peace and leading social recovery in a war-torn society.
Contact: CIIR Public Relations, Unit 3, Canonbury
Yard, 190a New North Road, London, N1 7BJ, UK.
Web: www.ciir.orgTel: +44
(0)20 7354 0883. Fax: +44 (0)20 7359 0017. Email: ciir@ciir.org
World Refugee Survey 2004
US Committee
for Refugees. May 2004. 110pp. ISBN 0-936548-18-5. $25.00.
The 43rd annual World Refugee Survey focuses on an immoral practice which has yet to touch the world's conscience: the warehousing of more than seven million of the world's 12 million refugees, who languish for ten years or more - some for generations - in conditions of restricted mobility, dependency and enforced idleness in refugee camps and segregated settlements, or are otherwise deprived of their basic rights under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. The 2004 Survey includes feature articles by Karen Jacobsen, Merrill Smith, Michelle Berg, Joel Frushone, Veronika Martin and Lisa Raffonelli. The Survey is dedicated to the memory of Arthur Helton, who died last August in the UN headquarters bombing in Baghdad. The dedication is written by his colleague Gil Loescher, who survived the attack.
Order online at www.refugeesusa.org/store/ Or con
tact: US Committee for Refugees, 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 200,
Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Tel: +1 202 347 3507. Fax: +1 202 347 3418.
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