Launch of World Refugee Survey 2005








<h1>Launch
of
World
Refugee
Survey
2005</h1>
<p>The
International
Refugee
Rights
Initiative
(IRRI)
is
pleased
to
invite
you
to
a
briefing
by
the
U.S.
Committee
for
Refugees
and
Immigrants
(USCRI)
for
the
international
human
rights
advocacy
community
in
New
York
on
its
soon-to-be-released
World
Refugee
Survey
2005-Warehousing,
Inventory
of
Refugee
Rights,
graciously
hosted
by
the
International
Rescue
Committee.</p>
<p>Last
year,
USCRI
made
headlines
with
World
Refugee
Survey
2004-Warehousing
Issue
and
the
international
campaign
it
launched
to
vindicate
the
long-ignored
rights
of
refugees
to
earn
livelihoods
and
freedom
of
movement.
This
year,
USCRI
deepens
and
focuses
its
analysis
and
advocacy
on
warehousing,
featuring
articles
on
the
relevance
of
development
aid
in
leveraging
refugee
rights
and
the
particular
situations
of
refugee
rights
in
Tanzania
and
Thailand
and
reporting
on
anti-warehousing
campaign
activities
around
the
world.</p>
<p>WRS
2005
will
also
introduce
a
new
format
for
its
country
updates
that
breaks
down
the
policies
and
practices
of
more
than
40
countries
(hosting
more
than
90
percent
of
the
world's
refugees)
and
rates
them
with
reference
to
the
standards
of
the
1951
Convention
Relating
to
the
Status
of
Refugees.</p>
<p>USCRI
will
also
brief
participants
on
the
upcoming
North-South
Civil
Society
Conference
on
Refugee
Warehousing
in
Geneva,
September
25-26,
immediately
before
the
Annual
NGO
Consultations
with
the
Office
of
the
UN
High
Commissioner
for
Refugees.</p>
<p>Please
join
us
for
what
promises
to
be
a
lively
discussion!<br>
<br>
Who:
From
USCRI:
Lavinia
Limón,
President
and
CEO;
Gregory
Chen,
Director
of
Policy
Analysis
and
Research;
Merrill
Smith,
Editor.<br>
<br>
IRRI
Co-Director
Deirdre
Clancy
will
respond
and
facilitate
discussion.<br>
<br>
Where:
International
Rescue
Committee,
122
E
42nd
Street,
12th
Floor,
New
York
City<br>
(SW
corner
of
42nd
and
Lexington
Avenue.
Subway
4/5/6/7
to
Grand
Central.
Please
have
an
ID
ready
to
show
the
security
desk
in
the
lobby)</p>
<p>When:
Thursday,
June
16,
10
a.m.</p>
<p>As
space
will
be
limited,
please
RSVP
by
June
6
to
Olivia
Bueno,
IRRI
at
<font COLOR="#0000ff"><u>olivia.bueno@refugee-rights.org</u></font><br>
212-377-2700
ext.
416</p>



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	<p>Posted June 1, 2005</p>