CONFERENCE WEEK - 13-17 March

Student Action for Refugees is pleased to announce a conference week! Join us Monday, 13 March - Friday, 17 March for a week of public talks on refugee & asylum issues with speakers from the London Detainee Support Group, Refugee Council, UNHCR and LSE's own Dr Beyani.

Monday 13 March
>London Detainee Support Group - 'Detention Centres & Asylum-Seekers in UK: Key issues and life stories'
SPEAKER: Aoife O'Higgins is a representative of the London Detainee Support Group. She will speak alongside three former detainees who will share their experiences of detention
WHEN:17:00-18:30
WHERE: D302, Clement House

Tuesday 14 March
>Refugee Council - 'Child Refugees: Unaccompanied minors'
SPEAKER: Mehari Ogba Michael is working in the child refugee section for the Refugee Council
WHEN: 11:00-13:00
WHERE: D402, Clement House

Thursday 16 March
>UNHCR - 'The Challenges of Refugee Protection in the UK and Europe'
SPEAKERS: Mrs Muggeridge and Mr Lim are working in the legal protection team of the UNHCR office in London
WHEN: 19:00-20:30
WHERE: D702, Clement House

Friday 17 March
>Dr Beyani - 'The Impact of Counter-Terrorism on Asylum Policy'
SPEAKER: Dr Chaloka Beyani is a Senior Lecturer in Law with the LSE Department of Law. His specific areas of interest are human rights, refugees and armed conflicts
WHEN: 17:00-18:30
WHERE: D702, Clement House

All are welcome. See you there!

Resources on internal displacement

We know many of you are interested in the study of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Follow the links below to some current and comprehensive resources on the topic . . .

>Forced Migration Review, 24 IDP Supplement (October 2005)
Protecting and assisting the internally displaced: the way forward (pdf)

>UNHCR Refugees Magazine, Issue 141 (December 2005) IDPS: Forgotten No Longer? (pdf) (a few hard copies available -- e-mail e.a.lotter@lse.ac.uk if you're interested)

>BRAND NEW (February 2006) Forced Migration Online research guide on Sudan

Volunteer interviewers needed!

The STAR nat'l office is looking for volunteer interviewers and focus group moderators in London to interview young refugees and asylum-seekers for a Refugee Council research project, funded by the KPMG Foundation, on the experience of young refugees in secondary schools.

If you have few hours on hand each week for next two months and you already have established links with organisations working with young refugees (eg you volunteer with a youth group, homework club, conversation classe, etc) . . . get in touch with the nat'l office. Training and expenses will be provided.

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