The European Council on Refugees and Exiles, (ECRE), have recently launched their new web site. The ECRE mission statement stated that, "ECRE is a pan-European network of non-governmental organisations, concerned with the needs of all individuals seeking refuge and protection within Europe." The website contains a range of informative resources and their is also the option to sign up to a regular e-mail digest.
The website can be found at: http://www.ecre.org/
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Audit Commission website on migrant workers
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/migrantworkers/
This website expands on the Audit Commission’s report Crossing Borders published in 2007, which looked at the varying impact that the increase in migration for work has had in different parts of England. The website includes additional and expanded case study material, with a particular focus on data issues and on engaging with migrant workers themselves. One of the case studies (no 11) looks at changes to Cumbria’s library service. (Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/).
UNHCR Statistics Update:
We are pleased to inform you that updated statistics on monthly asylum
applications submitted in selected industrialised countries are now
available. The data, which include country totals as well as selected
countries of origin, cover the period from January to June 2008 and refer to
44 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. The data have been
posted on the UNHCR Statistics website (www.unhcr.org/statistics) under
ASYLUM TRENDS.
Iraqis in Egypt Website:
Since the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, almost 2.5 million Iraqis
have fled their homes to seek asylum in neighbouring countries.
Now Iraqis in Egypt brings you the first ever in-depth online resource
into one of these refugee populations. Close to 150,000 refugees from Iraq are now trapped in Egypt. They have little hope of integration and no home to return to.
Iraqis in Egypt:
We are an association of journalists, filmmakers, artists and researchers working together with the Iraqi community of Egypt to bring world attention to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
Visit iraqisinegypt.org now for the latest media releases, films, podcasts and more.
http://www.iraqisinegypt.org/. Contact us on: info@iraqisinegypt.org
IDMC: Interactive Senegal photo gallery
Website gives voice to people displaced by
13 of these personal accounts have also been brought together in the book A Heavy Burden - Internally Displaced in Georgia: Stories from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, published in English, Georgian, and Russian. The book was also unveiled today in
Full text of the press release
IDP Voices website
Please contact the IDMC in case you would like to receive an electronic copy by e-mail.
The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established by the Norwegian Refugee Council, is the leading non-governmental body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide.
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Forgotten in the Mountains: Displacement in the
The film 'Forgotten in the Mountains' is now available to view on the
Forced Migration Online website. The film looks at the issue of forced
displacement of indigenous Papuans in (West)
Forgotten in the Mountains:
http://www.forcedmigration.org
More videos can be viewed at:
http://forcedmigration.org
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