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4 Nov 2013, 9:57 am
During a recent visit to Washington, DC, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 9:15 am
EU Immigration and Asylum Policy from the Perspective of Regime Complexity, Thesis (Lund Univ., Spring 2013) [text] Compliance of the Dublin Regulation with the Principle of Non-refoulement, Thesis (Univ. of Oslo, April 2013) [text] Factors Influencing Effective Utilization of Donor Funding: Case Study of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Funded Projects in Oadaab Refugee Camp in North Eastern Province, Kenya, Thesis (Kenyatta… [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 10:00 am
Questioning the Crowd: Data Verification Challenges for Humanitarians (IRIN, Aug. 2013) [text] Risk-taking, Innovation Key to Future Humanitarian Work (IRIN, Aug. 2013) [text] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) - Update 2013 (DFID, 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]Tagged Publications. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 6:30 am
Sudan has failed to renew the work permits for the majority of the humanitarian workers from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), seriously hindering the UNHCR's ability to provide assistance to the persons who have been displaced by... [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 10:45 am
A British national, Jeff has a Master’s degree and a PhD in African Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. [read post]
21 Jun 2013, 7:15 am
Building Empirical Research into Alternatives to Detention: Perceptions of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Toronto and Geneva, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 31 (UNHCR, June 2013) [text] Detention in the Asylum System (Refugee Council UK, April 2013) [text] Expecting Change: The Case for Ending the Immigration Detention of Pregnant Women (Medical Justice, June 2013) [text] "Immigration Detention – Finding Alternatives," Session at UNHCR Annual… [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 6:45 am
(Bright Blue, June 2013) [text] Ministry of Justice Consultation on Transforming Legal Aid: Response of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, June 2013) [text] 'She endures with me': An Evaluation of the Scottish Guardianship Service Pilot (Scottish Refugee Council, April 2013) [access] - Follow link for full report and executive summary. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 6:28 pm
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ guidelines suggest that the following factors should be taken into account: 1. [read post]
15 May 2013, 7:30 am
Initial Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on Law Proposal No. 579/Lp11 Amending the Asylum Law of the Republic of Latvia (UNHCR, May 2013) [text] "Refugees in Serbia – Twenty Years Later," Journal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA, vol. 63, no. 1 (2013) [full-text] Social Networks, Social Capital and Refugee… [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 6:45 am
Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on Asylum: Submission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, April 2013) [text] Into the Fire [access via PICUM] - Documentary about mistreatment of refugees and migrants in Greece. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 7:00 am
Department of State Refworld Country Information Collection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) World Report 2013 – Country Chapters, Human Rights Watch Country Studies, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress (offers more of a historical view than current view) Learn About Human Rights, Amnesty International Free or Low-Cost Legal Services National Immigration Legal Services Directory, by the Immigration Advocates… [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 7:17 pm
Recent data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Union (EU) show a sharp rise in refugee and asylum applications, much of it attributable to the on going conflict in Syria. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 8:00 am
Naturalization of Stateless Persons: The Standards of Facilitated Access to Citizenship (Statelessness Programme Blog, Feb. 2013) [text] Paper Presented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Collaboration with the Eugene Dupuch Law School to the Constitutional Commission of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text] - Includes recommendations for changes to Bahama's Constitution that would help prevent and reduce… [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 9:30 am
Belgium and Greece (Application no. 30696/09) and Related Cases (ICJ & ECRE, Feb. 2013) [text] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Observations on the Proposed Amendments to the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 12:19 pm
He served as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and was Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Tokyo University and York University.Joel Bakan is professor of law at the University of British Columbia as well as author, filmmaker and professional jazz guitarist. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 9:15 am
You can find many of its comments on national laws and policies in Refworld under the following sections:Category: Policy documents--UN High Commissioner for Refugees--Comments on national legislation [access] Category: Policy documents--UN High Commissioner for Refugees--Commentaries (these are mainly related to EU developments) [access] Category: Legal information--UN High… [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 9:49 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued a Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Victims of Organized Gangs, 31 March 2010, ~ 38 (resistance to criminal gangs may be considered an immutable characteristic fundamental to conscience and the exercise of human rights because it is founded on respect for the rule of law and the right to freedom of association.). [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 2:07 am
RT (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening); SM (Zimbabwe) v Same (Same intervening); AM (Zimbabwe) v Same (Same intervening); KM (Zimbabwe) v Same (Same intervening) [2012] UKSC 38; [2012] WLR (D) 226 “A claim for asylum should not be defeated on the ground that an individual who had no political views, and who therefore did not support the persecutory regime in his home… [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 8:15 am
The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) portal, REFWORLD, is a good source for select laws including on immigration and citizenship, criminal law and refugee law. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 8:15 am
"Sovereignty, Protection and the Limits to Regional Refugee Status Determination Arrangements," Merkourios, vol. 28, no. 75 (2012) [open access text] Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: New Zealand Immigration Amendment Bill 2012 (UNHCR, June 2012) [text] [Photo credit: Rescuing asylum-seekers on Christmas Island, Migration Information Source] Tagged Publications. [read post]
