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Failed States Index 2010

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Fund for Peace has published it’s annual Failed States Index for 2010. The 2010 Failed States Index ranks 177 states according to 12 social, economic, political, and military indicators based on data from more than 90,000 publicly available sources. The reports are essential tools for people fighting deportation or removal. In 2010, the top ten [...]

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Online protest against Malawian Government

Malawian Justice System Violates Human Rights Join the Online Protest against Malawian Governments horrendous persecution of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga To:  Malawian Government, Secretary General of the United Nations and the South African Government We condemn in the strongest terms the conviction of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga in a court in Blantyre for [...]

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New HRW Report: US Detention Policy Costly and Unfair

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Costly and Unfair, Flaws in US Detention Policy Human Rights Watch, MAY 6, 2010 In 2009, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) held between 380,000 and 442,000 people in some 300 US detention facilities, at an annual cost of $1.7 billion. These people are not imprisoned as punishment for criminal offenses, but rather [...]

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Frontex general report published

download pdf About Frontex, from No Border Network 5 years ago in May 2005, Frontex, the European border agency, started its work with a few pilot projects. Today, Frontex is permanently involved in militarized sea- and land-operations against refugees and migrants on the European border as well as in the coordination of charter-deportations. Frontex is [...]

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Uganda: The silent practice of deportations

Pambazuka News – pan-African voices for freedom and justice Currently, most deportees come from the UK, and the UK considers deportations to Uganda safe and legal due to assurances offered by President Yoweri Museveni. However, the personal accounts relayed to our office match a general pattern documented by experts and journalists: ‘A failed asylum seeker, [...]

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May Day message from Int. Fed. of Iraqi Refugees

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International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) wishes you a very happy May Day and says NO ONE IS ILLEGAL! IFIR struggles to defend the rights of Iraqi and Kurdish Refugees. IFIR believes refugees are part of the worker class in the world. On May Day we call for the working class to support the right [...]

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Afghanistan: return and re-integration prospects

This report was commissioned by the UNHCR Status Determination and Protection Information Section. It looks at the experiences of Afghans who were born or have been living in Iran or Pakistan, but most of the information could be relevant for refugees facing being returned from the UK or any other country, particularly if they have [...]

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Peoples under Threat

Over the last five years, Peoples under Threat has pioneered the use of statistical analysis to identify situations around the world where communities are at risk of mass killing. From research, tables are produced illustrating countries with the greatest risk of mass killing, and the groups of people within those countries. 1. Somalia: Darood, Hawiye, [...]

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Iraq: UK defying UN – returning refused asylum-seekers despite violence

Iraq Civilians Under Fire

Amnesty International, 27 April 2010 UK among countries defying UN over returning refused asylum-seekers despite violence Amnesty International has today called on the Iraqi authorities to urgently step up the protection of civilians amid a recent surge of violence in the country. Groups like religious and ethnic minorities, journalists, women and girls, and men perceived [...]

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NCADC Country Information blog

Recent Posts at http://ncadcworld.wordpress.com Somalia: Harsh War, Harsh Peace DR Congo: army kills civilians Zambia: refugees deported to DRC Pakistan: UN agency condemns attack on refugee site DR Congo: Sexual violence ‘becoming normal’ in Congo Afghanistan: conflict forcing increasing numbers of Afghans to flee their homes DR Congo: refugee crisis

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