The October 2016 issue of The Researcher
The Researcher is published two times a year by the Refugee Documentation Centre (RDC) in Ireland. It is a publication which combines academic papers, summaries of caselaw, guides to new legislation, reports of conferences, articles on RDC services and items of country of origin information.
24 October 2016: asylum law, coi, ethiopia, irish refugee council, RDC: the researcher, training, unhcrNew ACCORD report on Pakistan
A new COI compilation on Pakistan has been published by ACCORD.
31 August 2016: ACCORD, pakistan, our work, reportsUSDOS publishes annual report on religious freedom for 2015
The US Department of State released its annual report on international religious freedom covering 2015.
12 August 2016: reports, usdosNew reports on Afghanistan and Pakistan: ACCORD on Afghanistan; EASO on Pakistan; BFA Staatendokumentation on both countries
ACCORD published the documentation of a seminar with two experts on Afghanistan. EASO published a report on the security situation in Pakistan. And the COI Department of the Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum published a dossier on the foundations of the clan & tribal structure in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
29 July 2016: afghanistan, pakistan, ACCORD, EASO, bfa staatendokumentation, unsere arbeit, berichteUNHCR reports record level of 65,3 million displaced
UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2015. The report says the number of people forcibly displaced was 65.3 million at the end of 2015, the highest level ever recorded.
20 June 2016: asylum statistics, unhcrNew featured topics on Turkey and on Egypt available, others updated
New featured topics on Turkey (refugees, i.e. international protection) and on Egypt (Copts) are now available. The featured topics on Afghanistan, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, and Somalia, all now dealing with the security situation, have been updated.
7 June 2016: afghanistan, egypt, nigeria, our work, russian federation, somalia, turkey, reportsUSDOS publishes annual report on terrorism
The US Department of State released its annual report on terrorism.
3 June 2016: reports, usdosThe April 2016 issue of The Researcher
The Researcher is published two times a year by the Refugee Documentation Centre (RDC) in Ireland. It is a publication which combines academic papers, summaries of caselaw, guides to new legislation, reports of conferences, articles on RDC services and items of country of origin information.
25 April 2016: ACCORD, asylum law, bangladesh, coi, europe, irish refugee council, RDC: the researcher, south sudan, unhcr, our workUK Foreign & Commonwealth Office releases the 2015 human rights reports; UNHCR published new guidelines on Afghanistan
The UK Foreign & Commonewalth Office released its annual report on human rights in selected countries, covering 2015. UNHCR published new Eligibility Guidelines on Afghanistan.
22 April 2016: afghanistan, fco, reports, unhcrUS Department of State releases the 2015 human rights reports
The US Department of State released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering 2015. And Freedom House launched this year’s “Nations in Transit” report.
15 April 2016: freedom house, reports, usdos