Dispatches No. 276 - 26 February 2010
South Africa: attacks against foreign nationals continue
News:
Reports : Latin America: the involvement of minors in the armed conflict on the Colombian borders
The Colombian conflict is not a recent one. For more than sixty years now, political, economic and social dynamics of the country, as well as the shifting balance of power between armed actors, have plunged the civilian population into the midst of a systematic and prolonged war.
Other news:
Reports : Uganda: reintegration of child soldiers requires expertise and commitment [29/01/10]
Statements : Latinoamérica y El Caribe: Las dificultades en el acceso a la documentación [18/12/09]
Alerts : Haiti: 300,000 left homeless [15/01/10]
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:
THE WOUND OF THE BORDER: 25 Years with the Refugees [01/10/05]
JRS Leaflet: Forced Home by Food Cuts [01/01/06]
GOD IN EXILE: Towards a Shared Spirituality with Refugees [01/10/05]