[noborders-brum] 'criticise failure' - 27 Apr 06 -92 items

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'criticise failure'
27 Apr 06 -92 items

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Lead: - 'criticise failure'

Refugee organisations unite to criticise failure of asylum policies
Improved refugee protection, fairer asylum systems and improved
integration are among the measures called for by organisations across
Europe in a new report
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/apr06/relea0406_5.htm

Europe's role in the global refugee protection system. The Way Forward:
An agenda for change
ECRE proposes new European refugee agenda 
ECRE has laid down a challenge and an invitation to European
policy-makers to take a new approach to refugees and asylum. This Agenda
for Change, based on a series of Way Forward papers published in 2005
was presented at the European Parliament on 26 April 2006. It calls on
European countries to put human rights and respect at the core of their
policies and start sharing responsibility for refugees. 
http://www.ecre.org/policy/Way%20Forward.shtml

Memorandum on practical cooperation
pdf
http://www.ecre.org/statements/praccoop.pdf

01: UK

27 Apr 06

Andijan massacre raises questions over UK arms trade
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article360406.ece
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First-hand experience of the destructive power of guns
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/apr06/curr0406_4.htm

The foreigners still locked in our jails are the other scandal
Non-British prisoners are trapped in a racist, isolated bureaucratic
limbo created by the Home Office's failures.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1761983,00.html

1,000 secret CIA flights revealed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1762212,00.html

Children of Kyrgyzstan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1756789,00.html

26 Apr 06

1,000 docs face axe over rule change
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/health/s/211/211661_1000_docs_face_axe_over_rule_change.html

Home Secretary criticised by judges over civil liberties
Charles Clarke has been criticised by a panel of eminent international
judges over the Government's policies on civil liberties.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article360207.ece

Much 'Ado' about deportation of Foreign Nationals
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine69/muchado.html

Colnbrook Hungerstrike Solidarity Page
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/04/338929.html

Liberty has been the loser
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1761446,00.html

Not totalitarian - but guilty of creeping authoritarianism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1761318,00.html

Algerian terror suspects want to go home
· They say torture better than 'cruelty' in Britain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1761335,00.html

Strong words as Straw urges China to play by global rules
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article360223.ece

The problem is: Iran does pose a threat in every way Iraq did not
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1761372,00.html

25 Apr 06

Refugee voices: Young speak out
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4940708.stm

Why is there no song and dance about this Act
When the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act received Royal Assent
on March 30, it did so to little fanfare, even though it contains
several draconian measures of concern to all sectors of our society but
which could particularly affect ethnic minorities. 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2146936,00.html 

Asylum seekers help to restore old houses
http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1463084

Risking death for a better life
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2006/04/25/82981bda-139a-40db-b7fe-1eb01a207f98.lpf

Poverty twice as likely to persist across generations, shows new JRF
research 
http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/250406.asp

Deported woman returns to marry boyfriend
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1760796,00.html

Immigrant workers are a welcome trickle
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0300business/0100news/tm_objectid=16988255%26method=full%26siteid=50082%26headline=immigrant%2dworkers%2dare%2da%2dwelcome%2dtrickle-name_page.html

Man held after lorry death bailed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4941780.stm

1,000 foreign prisoners escape deportation after release
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article360069.ece

Home Secretary's statement on foreign prisoners
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/foreign-prisoners-statement

Tories put human rights at heart of foreign policy 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/conservatives/story/0,,1761054,00.html

We would have done the same under Nazi occupation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1760503,00.html

Britain welcomes 3.5 million visitors from eastern Europe
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article359972.ece

56,000 Romanian and Bulgarian workers likely to come to Britain next
year
http://www.ippr.org.uk/pressreleases/?id=2081

EU Enlargement
Bulgaria and Romania - migration implications for the UK
http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=457

UK should welcome migrant workers from new accession states 
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=308&Type=2

Blair turns on critics of his 'illiberal' agenda
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article359962.ece

Colonel admits British may have aggressive role in Afghanistan
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article359927.ece

24 Apr 06

The war the world forgot
...on one of the most shocking weeks of his life - in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. 
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/martin_bell/2006/04/the_war_the_world_forgot.html

Do not send Aleen to DR Congo
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine69/Aleen.html

UN Security Council authorizes European force in DR Congo
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18242&Cr=DRC&Cr1=

Algeria: New report reveals torture in Algeria as UK starts proceedings
to return ‘at risk’ detainees
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16973.shtml

Taking liberties?
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/04/24/taking_liberties.html#more

Clarke attacks 'poisonous' liberal media
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/media/story/0,,1760415,00.html

Tony Blair's authoritarian populism is indefensible and dangerous
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1759692,00.html

Government on offensive after criticism of 'authoritarian' laws
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article359794.ece

23 Apr 06

02: World

UN to vote on Sudanese sanctions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4942026.stm

Chernobyl - 20 years on
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,1759370,00.html

Australia searches for missing Games athletes 
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyid=2006-04-27T033549Z_01_SYD280080_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AUSTRALIA-IMMIGRATION.xml&src=rss

Egypt struggles to stop those behind Sinai attacks 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4943600.stm

Egypt Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers in Egypt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,1761777,00.html

France: Sarkozy reaches out to far-right voters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,1759844,00.html

Iran 'greatest threat to Jews'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1760447,00.html

Iranian President insists 'Israel cannot continue to live'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article359954.ece

Iran delivers sanctions warning
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1761020,00.html

Iraqis at risk of nuclear contamination, says IAEA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1760718,00.html

Mauritania: Political Transition in Mauritania: Assessment and Horizons
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4075

Nepal: Five Maoist rebels killed in rural Nepal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1760286,00.html

Nepal: Standing behind the despot on the wrong side of history
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1759694,00.html

Nepal: Americans to leave Nepal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2149761,00.html

Nepal: King recalls Nepalese parliament in effort to halt protests
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article359928.ece

Nepalis celebrate protest victory 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4942078.stm

Nigeria: Indigeneity Policies Marginalize Millions
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/24/nigeri13260.htm

Russia: Armenian student killed in Moscow race attack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1759814,00.html

Solomon Islands; Chinese flee backlash from Pacific cold war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1759959,00.html

Sri Lankan attacks on Tamils push nation towards civil war
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2152565,00.html

Sri Lanka: Bomb targets Sri Lanka army chief
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4941744.stm

Sri Lanka: Government Must Respond to Anti-Tamil Violence
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/25/slanka13262.htm

Sri Lanka: Airstrikes against Tamil rebels
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1761716,00.html

Sri Lanka: Thousands in Sri Lanka flee bombing raids
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1761988,00.html

Trinidad and Tobago: police killings go unpunished
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR490042006

US: With children at war, US mothers go online to stay in touch 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4940088.stm

U.S.: More Than 600 Implicated in Detainee Abuse
Investigations Lag Two Years After Abu Ghraib Photos
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/26/usint13268.htm

Zimbabwe heading for collapse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,,1759843,00.html

03: Events

Sat 29th April From 1PM
Protest - Nepalese Embassy 

Saturday April 29th 2006, 
UAF and LMHR present: Rally against racism and fascism
from 12 noon, Trafalgar Square, London
http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/060425.asp

Thu. May 4th 7-9pm 
UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
Asylum Support meeting Thu. May 4th 7-9pm 
http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Asylum%20Support%20Project.htm

Wednesday 10th May 2006 4.00 - 7.15pm
UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
ILPA/UKLGIG special training session for immigration law practitioners.  
"Asylum on the grounds of sexual orientation"
Wednesday 10th May 2006 4.00 - 7.15pm
St. Bride Institute, 14 Bride Lane, EC4Y 8EQ
Speakers: Tim Barnden (Wesley Gryk Sols), S. Chelvan (Mitre Ho.
Chambers), Matthew Davies (Wilson & Co)
http://www.uklgig.org.uk/docs/dt%20900%20word%20outline%20for%20uklgig-1.doc

04: Europe

Arming Big Brother: new research reveals the true costs of Europe's
security-industrial complex 
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/bigbrother.pdf

EU report condemns secret CIA flights
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1761892,00.html

Barbed wire and bridges
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1761316,00.html

ECRAN weekly update
20 April 2006

In this ECRAN weekly update you will find information on: 

Council of the European Union 
Borders Code Regulation and Data retention Directive published in
Official Journal 
European Commission 
2005 European Refugee Fund call for proposals 
European Parliament 
Malta a "dramatic humanitarian situation" says LIBE committee chair;
Employment, education, participation and anti discrimination keys to
integration says EP rapporteur
UNHCR: UNHCR urges EU to revise Dublin II Regulation; UNHCR report
accuses Europe of “asylum fatigue”
MISCELLANEOUS: COE Parliamentary Assembly urges settlement of conflict
in southern Caucasus to facilitate returns; Jesuit Refugee Service
awards journalists for writing about refugees, New CEPS publication on
Immigration, Integration and citizenship in the EU, Vacancy at Amnesty
International European Union Office in Brussels. 

Read in full: Word version
http://www.ecre.org/Update/Weekly%20Update%2020%20April%202006.doc
Sign up to receive the ECRAN weekly up date direct to your email here 
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05: Why women? campaign website!

The why women? campaign is speaking up for women’s organisations, who do
great work for women and society as a whole, but are under threat from
lack of funding.
http://www.whywomen.org.uk/

06: Unleashing potential, rewarding refugees!

UnLtd, with the support of the Home Office, has launched RISE, a new
initiative to unleash, encourage and reward the potential of refugees as
social entrepreneurs. If you want to make a positive contribution to
society, we want to hear from you.
http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=55&PageName=newsandeventscont

07:  Human trafficking is 'slavery that shames world'

 Almost every country in the world is affected by the scourge of human
 trafficking, a UN report will reveal today.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article359820.ece

Virtually no country immune from human trafficking, UNODC report says
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press_release_2006_04_24.html

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - 26 June 
The 2006 theme is children and drugs. This year's slogan is "drugs are
not child's play". 
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/index.html

08: Immigration, Nationality & Refugee Law Handbook 2006

http://www.jcwi.org.uk/publications/jcwipublications.html

09: Training - Asylum on the grounds of sexual orientation

Asylum Support meeting Thu. May 4th 7-9pm 
http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Asylum%20Support%20Project.htm

ILPA/UKLGIG special training session for immigration law practitioners.  
"Asylum on the grounds of sexual orientation"
Wednesday 10th May 2006 4.00 - 7.15pm
St. Bride Institute, 14 Bride Lane, EC4Y 8EQ
Speakers: Tim Barnden (Wesley Gryk Sols), S. Chelvan (Mitre Ho.
Chambers), Matthew Davies (Wilson & Co)
(Word odc)
http://www.uklgig.org.uk/docs/dt%20900%20word%20outline%20for%20uklgig-1.doc

10: Refugees and Employment: Challenging Barriers and Exploring Pathways

London
6 July 2006

Researchers from the Working Lives Research Institute, London
Metropolitan University have just completed extensive longitudinal and
comparative fieldwork with refugee and ethnic minority workers. A day
conference is being held in London on July 6 2006 to present the
research findings and to showcase good practice and policy examples
together with successful training and support initiatives, enabling the
economic integration of BME and refugee communities. 
http://www.workinglives.org/events.html

11: What are the Home Office playing at? - Now's your chance to find out 

http://www.ncadc.org.uk/resources/SAB.html

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