The American Friends Service Committee has made available their January 2008 summary report on the status of Iraqi refugees and IDPs (internally displaced persons). Download here.
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The UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006 is now available! If you need a paper copy, e-mail to stats@unhcr.org
Announcing a new website, Roma Them. It desires to “inform about the situation of Roma in Kosovo and Kosvo Roma in Diaspora.”
A letter from Ambassador Mark Lagon is below. Note March 15, 2008 deadline for submitting information!
(The questionnaire can be downloaded - see links at the bottom of the post.)
Dear Friend in the Fight to Abolish Modern Day Slavery:
The 2008 Trafficking in Person Report cycle has begun and we rely on information received from NGOs to provide a source different than the data supplied by foreign governments. In years past, the information obtained from NGOs has significantly contributed to the tier placements of several countries.
We are interested in any trafficking-related research, field work, databases, or any other pertinent information that you think would be useful in our annual assessments. We would also welcome research or information documented or drafted within the past year. In particular, we are interested in data on trafficking trends and anti-trafficking efforts in some countries where we perceive a dearth of adequate outside information: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Macau, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, and Vietnam.
I have attached and pasted below a questionnaire for NGOs to use in compiling information for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report. We realize that your time and resources are precious, but this information is crucial. Please complete the questions for which you have information. You may return this survey via email to TIPReport@state.gov or fax to 202-312-9637 by March 15, 2007.
Thank you for all you do to ensure that modern day slavery is prevented, that victims are protected, and, that traffickers are put in jail. We look forward to your participation in the information collection effort.
Sincerely Yours,
Ambassador Mark P. Lagon
Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
U.S. Department of State
www.state.gov/g/tip
www.gtipphotos.state.gov
(202) 312-9640
TIPOutreach@state.gov
(Adobe) 2008 TIP Report Questionnaire
(Word) 2008 TIP Report Questionnaire
The Refworld Database of the UNHCR is set up to provide information for the UNHCR Field Offices, governments, NGO’s, and those providing legal help. Originally, Refworld was only available on CD-Rom, but it is now available free of charge on the Internet.
The Refworld Website provides access to more than 76,000 documents about home countries, jurisprudence, treaty agreements, research reports, trainings materials, and much more.
The information gives access to land/regions with key words, to subject topics (for example, women, statelessness, volunteer repatriation), and to the type of document. It is also possible to search for specific words from a text.
UNHCR database
The UNCHR RefWorld database is now free online to governments, NGO’s, and others.The available treaties, search options, reports, statistics and more make this an invaluable resource. Visit their website, http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain.(Compact #15, July 26, 2007, page 3, VluchtelingenWerk Nederland.)
The main countries of origin of asylum applicants in 2006 were Iraq (22,200), China (18,300), the Russian Federation (15,700), Serbia and Montenegro (15,600) and Turkey (8,700). The Russian Federation figures include asylum seekers from Chechnya.
…After the United States and France, the main countries of destination for asylum seekers in 2006 were the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece and Belgium.
click here to read more excerpts from the UNHCR report in refugeehighway.com
i’m looking to build a list of recommended reading related to the Highway. my guess is that several of us have existing lists. would you be willing to share what your top refugee-related reading resources are? if so, please share them using the “comment” option to this post. thanks!
here are some of the printed resources i’ve found worthwhile…
- World Refugee Survey (published annually by the USCRI)
- UNHCR Teaching Resources
- The State of the World’s Refugees (2006), a UNHCR publication
- Lost On Earth, by Mark Fritz
- The Middle of Everywhere, by Mary Pipher
- What is the What?, by Dave Eggers (a former Lost Boy)
i look forward to seeing what others add to this list!
Check out the 11 minute QuickTime presentation “Introduction to the Refugee Highway“, created by International Teams. It’s a helpful tool to powerfully communicate Highway realities and our Christian calling to love the alien as we love ourselves.
click here to view the presentation now
*If you do not already have the free QuickTime media player installed on your computer click here to download and install it before viewing the presentation.
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