Dispatches No. 243 - 29 August 2008
Eastern Africa: food crisis on the horizon
Droughts and increases in cereal and fuel prices have caused a serious food crisis in the region, JRS Eastern Africa Regional Advocacy and Policy Officer, Karen Monteiro, told Dispatches on 25 August. [29/08/08]
News:
Alerts : Europe: 185 migrants die in June trying to get to the continent
On 28 August, according to the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, 185 individuals died trying to reach Europe during the month of June, 175 of whom in the Strait of Sicily. [28/08/08]
Other news:
Alerts : Italy: discussion with government positive, but more needed [01/08/08]
Statements : World Refugee Day: Silent tsunami hitting refugees in vulnerable circumstances [20/06/08]
Reports : Dominican Republic: Haitians to be provided with legal assistance to protect their labour rights [29/08/08]
JRS leaflet: Flee for your life and risk imprisonment without crime
For over 20 years JRS has been serving, accompanying, and
defending the rights of, refugees held in detention. JRS
staff around the world - in Europe, the US, South Asia, Asia
Pacific, Southern Africa, Eastern Africa and in the
Caribbean - visit people in detention who have not been
charged with, or convicted of, any crime. These people have
been deprived of their liberty simply for entering or
remaining in a country or moving without authorisation. JRS
is concerned about the inadequate conditions in which
refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are being held in
detention and about their lack of access to proper
procedures. [19/06/06]
Other publications:
JRS Leaflet: Forced Home by Food Cuts [01/01/06]
GOD IN EXILE: Towards a Shared Spirituality with Refugees [01/10/05]
THE WOUND OF THE BORDER: 25 Years with the Refugees [01/10/05]