This issue includes a focus on the 60th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention and other milestones for UNHCR, roundup of legal and protection developments in the region during 2011, reports on World Refugee Day, alternatives to detention outlined in research reports and Canberra Roundtable, complementary protection workshop in New Zealand, emergency preparedness and response in Asia and the Pacific and refugee stories told by refugees...download ....
This issue includes a roundup of legal and protection developments in the region during 2009, reports on World Refugee Day, World Food Day and Rural Women's Day in the region, disaster response and refugee protection in Pacific Island Countries, and an in-depth discussion paper on refugee settlement services in Australia and New Zealand...download ....
This issue of the Refugee Newsletter includes the highlights of the High Commissioner's visit to Australia and New Zealand, positive developments in the Solomon Islands towards a legal framework on refugee protection, an update on how an Australian NGO helped a UNHCR Mission in Sudan, tackling sexual and gender based violence in PNG, a perspective on climate change, human rights and displacement in the Pacific, and a message from New Zealand Minister of Immigration Jonathon Coleman...download ....
Includes aroundup of refugee protection perspectives from theory to practice during 2008, instilling a "can do' attitude among refugee girls to self-reliance and making difference in PNG, the latest UNHCR global refugee statistics, resettlement update, and a report on World Refugee Day 2008.
This issue also includes an in-depth discussion paper on strengthening refugee protection in the region...download ....
This issue highlights the arrival of new Regional Representative in the region, a review of the New Zealand Immigration Act, a discussion of Refugee and Humanitarian resettlement issues in Austraila, highlights on how UNHCR is cracking down on resettlement fraud, a wrap up of World Refugee Day 2007, and a focus on young refugees and a Victorian Police visit to South Sudan.
A special discussion paper focusses on the issue of HIV and refugee resettlement...download ....
Contains reports on UNHCR's two new Assistant High Commissioners, an agreement between UNHCR and the International Association of Refugee Law Jurists to help improve decision-making on refugee claims, a glimpse into the Somali community in Hamilton, Australian assistance to women at risk, and UNHCR's support for to internally displaced people in Timor-Leste.
The discussion paper contains a range of views and articles on employment opportunities for refugees and asylum-seekers...download ....
This issue of the UNHCR Regional Newsletter features an introduction to the New High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Antonio Guterres, highlights Australia's Resettlement programme, pays tribute to contribution of Vietnamese refugees, wraps up 2005 World Refugee Day activities in the region and features winning stories from the Telling Refugee Stories project.
The discussion paper covers the concept of complementary protection...download ....
This issue includes the move of Papuan refugees and big welcome to their new home in Kiunga, former refugees running health clinic, the success of DAFI scholars becoming teachers, UNHCR's views on the concept of effective protection as it relates to Indonesia, a meeting of the Pacific states to discuss durable solutions and migration trends, a new charter setting out refugee rights, and how Kiwis pitch in to help new refugees.
The discussion paper feature in-depth reviews on gender-related ....
This issue discusses the vist of High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers to Australia and New Zealand, a boost to Australia's resettlement intake and the commemoration of New Zealand giving refugees a new start, UNHCR's High School Writing project, the securing of birth certificates for refugees in PNG, an emergency appeal for Sudan, World Refugee Day 2004 activities, and the latest asylum statistics from around the world.
The discussion paper focusses on the concept of 'effective protection elsewhere' and ....
