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:: Index
A) 'Much ado about, harsher, tortoise, race-hate, restriction'
20 Aug 06 - 36 items
B) 'babies, Children, forcible repatriation'
18 Aug 06 - 30 items
C) 'city toll, silence'
16 Aug 06 - 50 items
D) 'Migrant Voices and Migrant Rights'
13 Aug 06 - 55 items
E) 'now-you-see-it, now-you-don't policy moments'
11 Aug 06 - 51 items
F) 'Refusals Without the Right of Appeal'
8 Aug 06 - 67 items
G) 'optimum, power, commercial potential, plan does not add up'
6 Aug 06 - 60 items
H) How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info
:: Contents
A) 'Much ado about, harsher, tortoise, race-hate, restriction'
20 Aug 06 - 36 items
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01: UK
02: World
03: Events
04: Europe
05: Middle East
06: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info
Lead: - 'Much ado about, harsher, tortoise, race-hate, restriction'
Reid is the attack tortoise who could win the race
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2320411,00.html
Reid wants to bypass human rights law and intern suspects
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1220495.ece
Artist's 'race-hate' video divides troubled town
A migrant worker’s diary of abuse is threatening to upset a farming
community
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2319357,00.html
Public wants much harsher immigration policy, says poll
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2320662,00.html
Immigrant worker restriction call
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5267880.stm
Much ado about nothing on Bulgaria and Romania
"Other EU states are now opening their borders as they are required to
do...
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=329&Type=2
Immigration fails to stem European population loss
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1852509,00.html
Darling promises immigration will be 'controlled'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/20/uimmi.xml
Tories demand limit on migrants from Europe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/20/nmigr20.xml
Pride and prejudice about immigration
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/08/20/ccimmi20.xml
20 Aug 06
Transsexual rights activist ordered to leave the country
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article1220489.ece
UK tourists stage mutiny over Asian passengers
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/article1220492.ece
Our foreign policy is just plain wrong
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1854244,00.html
RAF tribute stirs up 'war crime' storm
A memorial to 55,000 aircrew in the bombing campaign has angered critics
of the Dresden raid.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1854290,00.html
19 Aug 06
Artist's 'race-hate' video divides troubled town
A migrant worker’s diary of abuse is threatening to upset a farming
community
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2319357,00.html
Iraqi asylum seeker was mugged and stabbed in a street attack
http://www.prestontoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=73&articleid=1707934
The true face of immigration
http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article1220255.ece
The cruel hypocrisy that demonises the world's most vulnerable people
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/deborah_orr/article1220293.ece
18 Aug 06
Talented teenage asylum seeker wins coveted college place
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED18%20Aug%202006%2011%3A47%3A02%3A277
02: World
Survivors of Halabja gassing prepare to testify against Saddam
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2320457,00.html
The world's first 'climate refugees'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1220476.ece
Afghanistan: Taliban's terror tactics reconquer Afghanistan
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1220487.ece
Iran cartoon show mocks Holocaust
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1854223,00.html
Italy rescues immigrants at sea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5265864.stm
Italy: Ten dead in immigrant boat sinking off Sicily
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-08-19T075347Z_01_L19866959_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ITALY-BOAT.xml&src=rss
Kyrgyzstan's Prison System Nightmare
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4336
Lebanon facing humanitarian crisis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1853534,00.html
Moldova’s Uncertain Future
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4340
Spain: Where compassion is sinking in a tide of desperate migrants
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2319309,00.html
Spain: Canaries see more migrants arrive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5268018.stm
Thailand: Further information on Fear of forcible return: At least 231
ethnic Hmong Laotian refugees
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA390112006
US: Feds Estimate 10.5M Illegal Immigrants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6024096,00.html
zimbabawe: Healthcare collapses under Mugabe
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2319882,00.html
03: Events
Rewrite's A.G.M
Followed by an International PARTY to remember
Saturday 16th September 6pm
at the CAVE premises, 2 Rectory Grove, Clapham, London, SW4 0DZ (close
to Clapham North tube on the Northern line)
Rewrite was formed in 2000 with the aim to bring children and young
people from refugee and non-refugee backgrounds together in drama and
creative writing projects with the specific objective of breaking down
barriers of prejudice surrounding refuge and asylum, and promoting
understanding and celebration of cultural diversity.
Please RSVP to
rewritegroup at googlemail.com
04: Europe
ECRE's Memorandum to the Finnish Presidency - The Hague Programme and
beyond
In its Memorandum, entitled “The Hague programme and beyond”, ECRE draws
attention to some important issues it feels need to be addressed by the
Finnish Presidency of the EU from July-December 2006 in the area of
asylum. Key concerns include balancing the fight against illegal
immigration with access to protection, responsibility sharing,
transposition of EU asylum legislation, asylum decision-making, return
procedures, integration, resettlement and human rights in EU-Russian
relations. ECRE notably calls for more respect of the asylum institution
in line with Tampere, a review of Dublin II, the suspension of
discussions on the safe country list and a number of safeguards in the
proposed draft Return Directive.
(Word doc)
http://www.ecre.org/eu_developments/presidencies/memofinnishpresaug06.doc
05: Middle East
Uri, my dear son
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1854239,00.html
Now the US must practise the art of diplomacy
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1854251,00.html
Beirut Diary: A land reduced to rubble
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1220400.ece
Israeli army raid 'breaks' ceasefire
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1854228,00.html
Lebanon facing humanitarian crisis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1853534,00.html
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B) 'babies, Children, forcible repatriation'
18 Aug 06 - 30 items
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01: UK
02: World
03: Europe
04: Middle East
05: 2006 World Population Data Sheet
06: Update on the situation of Zimbabwean asylum seekers
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Lead: - 'babies, Children, forcible repatriation'
Breastfeeding mothers detained away from babies
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1852396,00.html
500 children face forcible repatriation
Home Office condemned over plan to deport asylum-seeking minors
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1852816,00.html
Two Children Detained Illegally at Yarl's Wood IRC
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine73/nellie.html
18 Aug 06
Senior staff dismissed at refugee RSL
http://www.cipfa.org.uk/publicfinance/news_details.cfm?News_id=28545
Where are the hordes of grasping migrants?
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/68214.html
17 Aug 06
Hafsatu Sesay Must Stay
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine73/hafsatu.html
Racism claim as family is turned back from US
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1219731.ece
Illegal worker warnings 'ignored'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4800537.stm
West losing 'war on terror'
Four out of five Britons want Tony Blair to distance British foreign
policy from US.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/terrorism/story/0,,1852229,00.html
I yearn for a foreign policy of which we can be proud
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1851621,00.html
16 Aug 06
Young asylum seekers costing local taxpayers £3.7m
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.880967.0.young_asylum_seekers_costing_local_taxpayers_3_7m.php
02: World
Kurds flee as Iran shells north
Turkey and Iran dispatch tanks and troops to disrupt Kurdish rebels.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1852843,00.html
Iraq: 25 dead in Baghdad blasts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1852434,00.html
France: Paris police evict 500 immigrant squatters
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/36daa858-2e1f-11db-93ad-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=7c485a38-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html
Spain: Canaries 'facing migrant crisis'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5261978.stm
Sudan: Khartoum resists UN peace force as fighting cuts off aid from
half of Darfur
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1219715.ece
Sudan: Darfur needs a UN peacekeeping force that can provide security
for civilians
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR540382006
US: Ad Disappears From Democratic Web Site
Democrats dropped an ad that Hispanics had criticized as unfairly
depicting illegal immigrants as terrorists.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6022747,00.html
03: Europe
Immigration fails to stem European population loss
Three million people a year migrate from developing countries to
industrialised nations, a research group said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1852509,00.html
04: Middle East
The Big Question: Can UN peacekeeping succeed in Lebanon, and does it
work elsewhere?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1220047.ece
Under-equipped, under pressure: the Lebanese Army rolls in after an
absence of four decades
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2318152,00.html
Lebanon: Israeli Cluster Munitions Threaten Civilians
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/17/lebano14026.htm
Clever moves may become a dangerous game for Iran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2318005,00.html
Hezbollah wins hearts and minds amid devastation
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2316383,00.html
Lebanon's pain grows by the hour as death toll hits 1,300
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1219684.ece
Lebanese troops deploy in south
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1852260,00.html
05: 2006 World Population Data Sheet
Immigration fails to stem European population loss
Three million people a year migrate from developing countries to
industrialised nations, a research group said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1852509,00.html
Each year, nearly 3 million migrants move from poor countries to
wealthier ones, but more of this migration will occur between developing
countries, such as from Bangladesh to India. This year's Data Sheet
provides new information on migration rates, and up-to-date demographic,
health, and environment data for countries and world regions.
http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/Content/ContentGroups/Datasheets/2006_World_Population_Data_Sheet.htm
07 Update on the situation of Zimbabwean asylum seekers
Briefing:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/publications/pub014.htm
C) 'city toll, silence'
16 Aug 06 - 50 items
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01: UK
02: World
03: Events
04: Europe
05: Middle East
06: Australian PM drops asylum bill
07: Report - Development, Democracy, and Mass Killings
08: CultivAsian - An Epitaph To British Multiculturalism?
09: I Came Here For Safety: The reality of detention and destitution
for asylym seekers
10: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info
Lead: - 'city toll, silence'
Most hate crime victims suffer in silence
Most victims of racist and homophobic crime do not report their
experiences to the police, according to a new report.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1851125,00.html
Shameful city toll of racial hatred
In the second part of her investigation into the life of asylum seekers
on Merseyside
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17563230%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html
Asylum seekers 'driven to suicide'
An asylum seeker in Liverpool has been found hanged. Deborah James
speaks to some of his fellow refugees
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17557829%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=asylum%2dseekers%2d%2ddriven%2dto%2dsuicide%2d-name_page.html
BNP honours violent race attacker
The far right British National Party awarded a prize to an activist
jailed for a violent attack on an asylum seeker.
http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=12248&grp=66&cat=330
The Met is doing more for victims of race hate crime
Police are prosecuting perpetrators of racist violence in increasing
numbers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1850835,00.html
16 Aug 06
Home Office ignored court injunction on deportation
Judge says immigration officials failed to comply with instructions in
deportation of Turkish family.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,1851114,00.html
Unlikely exodus
Increasing number of Jews leave Britain to start a new life in Israel.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1850945,00.html
This fear may at last rid us of the curse of hyper-mobility
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1850886,00.html
The venomous media voices who stereotype Muslims
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1850856,00.html
Blair's Middle East policy has driven me to return my MBE
I accepted my honour on behalf of Palestinian and Lebanese colleagues. I
have now sent it back, also in their name
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1850885,00.html
Immigrant students to get extra classroom help in learning English
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1194232006
15 Aug 06
Interpreter work for immigrants
Lincolnshire's immigrant workers could benefit from a new scheme to
provide translation services.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4793379.stm
Torture: Liberal agonies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1844559,00.html
Nurses from overseas face the axe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2006/08/14/naxe14.xml&sSheet=/health/2006/08/14/ixhmain.html
Inconstancy of Rain, Homes and Politics
http://living.scotsman.com/books.cfm?id=1186542006
Contempt for democracy
Most Britons, Muslim and non-Muslim, can see the link between Blair's
policies and terrorism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1844577,00.html
Ex-minister calls for block on new EU migrant workers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,1845187,00.html
Charities fail to attract cash as 'human crisis overlooked'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2313128,00.html
Gap years create 'new colonialists'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2313014,00.html
14 Aug 06
Hotel fall man was asylum seeker
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4791929.stm
Justice and jobs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1843868,00.html
Critics warn against attempt to push through 90-day detention
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1219066.ece
Protesters plan to blockade Foreign Office over Lebanon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/foreignaffairs/story/0,,1844386,00.html
British policy let down by arms sales
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article1219125.ece
City to say sad farewell to Jolly Joe
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/community/display.var.876373.0.city_to_say_sad_farewell_to_jolly_joe.php
Handover sets up British troops to stop gunrunners
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2311757,00.html
13 Aug 06
Archbishop's peace vigil in tent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4787855.stm
02: World
A New Database of Health Professional Emigration from Africa
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/9267
Shortlist lengthens for world's worst job
UN: The next UN secretary general will have wars, scandal and the
implacable opposition of the US to overcome
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1844482,00.html
Bush's belief in a worldwide Islamist conspiracy is foolish and
dangerous
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1843841,00.html
Burundi refugee families split up
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4790725.stm
china: Rape of Nanking to be made into film for 70th anniversary
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1219244.ece
France: Families Facing Deportation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6015123,00.html
Iraq: '60 dead' in Baghdad attacks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1844443,00.html
Iraq: Battle for Baghdad
US and Iraq forces struggle with spiralling sectarian strife
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4795987.stm
Japan: Koizumi ignores protests in final shrine visit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,1851180,00.html
Sri Lanka: Schoolgirls killed in attack on orphanage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1844664,00.html
Sri Lankan army warns children can be targets
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1219476.ece
Sudanese leaders 'must face sanctions over Darfur'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,1845051,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704
03: Events
04: Europe
Fingerprinting of children - the debate goes on
- Spain taking fingerprints and facial images from children at birth
- Czech Republic taking fingerprints from 5 and facial images from birth
- Latvia and France in favour of fingerprints from 6 and facial images
from birth
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/aug/02eu-fingerprinting-children.htm
05: Middle East
Lebanese return despite warnings
Some 6,000 an hour return to rebuild ruined homes and farms.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1851172,00.html
Rebuilding Lebanon
How much will it cost - and who should foot the bill?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4794739.stm
Truce holds as Israelis withdraw
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1845091,00.html
In a military democracy, it is the warriors who call the shots
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1844572,00.html
Hezbollah fighters emerge from rubble as refugees defy curfew to head
home
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2313031,00.html
Going home, claiming victory
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1844809,00.html
A war without winners
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1843847,00.html
Bush 'saw war in Lebanon as curtain-raiser for attack on Iran'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1219021.ece
Thunder of bombs and missiles drowns out UN's voice of peace
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2312173,00.html
Lebanon's 'real' soldiers are put in their place
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2312171,00.html
Refugees Find Widespread Devastation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6014806,00.html
If this was a defeat, the Israelis must be praying for a lot more of
them
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2311756,00.html
UN truce holds in Lebanon
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-14T180035Z_01_L12144752_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST.xml
Tide of refugees flows south
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/04f764f4-2bbb-11db-a7e1-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=61e21220-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html
Hizbullah leader claims victory
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1844240,00.html
'Here's one we bombed earlier'
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/08/14/heres_one_we_bombed_earlier.html
06: Australian PM drops asylum bill
The Australian government has withdrawn a controversial bill to process
all future asylum seekers arriving by boat in offshore camps.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4789637.stm
Howard drops migration bill
Humiliating defeat for Australian prime minister.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1844354,00.html
07: Report - Development, Democracy, and Mass Killings
Working Paper 93
(PDF)
http://www.cgdev.org/files/8953_file_Masskillings2005Dec21Test.pdf
More publications:
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/
08: CultivAsian - An Epitaph To British Multiculturalism?
CultivAsian with the 1990 Trust provides a platform to get messy with
multiculturalism.
http://www.cultivasian.co.uk/
09: I Came Here For Safety: The reality of detention and destitution
for asylym seekers
Book: Full text PDF
http://covpeacehouse.org.uk/files/I%20came%20here%20for%20safety.pdf
Preface
This book is published in Refugee Week June 2006. The current asylum
climate is therefore of that time but many of the issues are much more
lasting than the latest Immigration Act
More:
http://covpeacehouse.org.uk/i_came_here_for_safety
Source: http://www.smartgroups.com/group/group.cfm?GID=1256290
D) 'Migrant Voices and Migrant Rights'
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02: World
03: Events
04: Europe
05: Middle East
06: Migrants' Rights Network News August
07: Asylum From Rape Bulletin No. 1: August 2006
08: Funding for Refugee and Asylum Related Projects
09: The conflict in the Middle East - UK must use its migration laws
10: Australia: process all future asylum seekers arriving by boat
in off-shore camps.
11: Update on case of refugee researcher sacked from Salford University
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Lead: - 'Migrant Voices and Migrant Rights'
Conference: Migrant Voices and Migrant Rights: Getting heard
in the public debate on immigration and inclusion
The Migrants' Rights Network (MRN) is now pushing ahead with the
organisation of its first national conference, to take place on Monday
6th November in central London. For those of you who received our
previous MRN news, please note that this is a change of date from the
one notified there.
The working title of the event is Migrant Voices and Migrant Rights:
Getting heard in the public debate on immigration and inclusion. It
will be free to attend. The target audience for the conference will be:
1. migrant and refugee community organisations (MRCOs);
2. NGOs, including trades unions, working closely with MRCOs on
immigration, workplace and social policy issues;
3. public authorities working closely with MRCOs (such as local
government, health services, schools, etc);
4. public policy researchers working on issues concerning migrant
communities;
5. Human rights and equality advocacy and campaign organisations.
The objective of the conference is to:
- review the current state of the public policy debate as it concerns
MRCOs and other organisations working with them;
- provide MRCOs with the opportunity to formulate positions on issues of
central importance in common with other groups in the network;
- establish key priority areas for campaigning, lobbying and public
education in 2007;
- facilitate networking between groups.
A programme for the discussion will be available shortly. If you have
suggestions for this please do let the MRN team know via the contact
details below.
MRN contact details
For queries about the MRN or information about any activities you are
involved in, contact Don Flynn, the project director, as below.
Don Flynn
Project Director
Migrants' Rights Network (MRN)
c/o Barrow Cadbury Trust
25-31 Tavistock Place
London WC1H 9UT
Mobile: 07845 147502
E-mail: don_flynn2000 at yahoo.co.uk
and d.flynn at barrowcadbury.org.uk
13 Aug 06
Polish aid teams sent to Britain
Charity mounts a UK rescue mission to help thousands of penniless and
homeless immigrants.
The government is being too slow on this and the situation is becoming
drastic
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1843510,00.html
House set on fire in racist attack on Poles
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1843578,00.html
Laughter taking over the asylum
http://living.scotsman.com/performing.cfm?id=1176192006
Reid moves to block Romanian migrant rush
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2310055,00.html
War criminals still hiding
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2310652,00.html
Britain gives genocide suspect asylum
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2310650,00.html
Save us from the crackpots who see Zionist conspiracies in everything
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1843569,00.html
MPs hit out at net giants over China censors
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1843614,00.html
12 Aug 06
Reid pushes for ban on next wave of EU workers
Plan to delay rights when Bulgaria and Romania join
Hoon argues in cabinet to keep open-door policy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,1842992,00.html
Dream on, self-righteous leftists and angry neocons
Theirs was one of the most poignant of human diasporas.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1842882,00.html
It's undeniable: British foreign policy is endangering all of us
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2309097,00.html
Reid seizes the reins of power
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2309261,00.html
Muslim leaders say foreign policy makes UK target
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1843114,00.html
Give us good policing and fair trials - not rhetoric on stilts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1842880,00.html
Put an end to the aggression
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1842881,00.html
11 Aug 06
Ignorant anti-immigration populists will block new prosperity
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0c357442-28da-11db-a2c1-0000779e2340.html
Airing views on migration
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/slough/tm_objectid=17546602%26method=full%26siteid=50102%26headline=airing%2dviews%2don%2dmigration-name_page.html
9 Aug 06
Arrest after asylum seeker dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/4777305.stm
Please help Sangwa Remy Kayumba - to remain in Leeds!
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine73/sangwa.html
02: World
African refugee flotilla lands in Canarie
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1165892006
Cuba’s dissident democrats stir as the Castros lie low
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2309971,00.html
Iran likely to defy UN on nuclear package
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1842998,00.html
Sri Lanka 'faces disaster'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/12/wsri12.xml
Sri Lanka: Tamil-run districts hit by air raids
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1218639.ece
Sri Lanka: Strong International Role Needed in Inquiry on Aid Worker
Killings
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/11/slanka13959.htm
Tamil Tigers hit navy base in new push
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1843515,00.html
U.S. Relaxing Cuban Immigration Rules
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6010167,00.html
US: The land of the free - but free speech is rare
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1843543,00.html
US: Criminal, Immunize Thyself
The Bush administration's get out of jail card for torturers
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/11/usdom13971.htm
03: Events
From: 12 August 2006
To: 10 September 2006
Lost Childhood
Venue: Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh
This exhibition will feature striking and evocative photographs taken by
photojournalists in the midst of conflicts all over the world, from Iraq
to Sierra Leone, alongside rap music by and about child soldiers, a
programme of film screenings, and a decomissioned AK47.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=36
From: 11 September 2006
To: 20 September 2006
Paula Cox: Celebrating the life of Palestinian women
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Artist for human rights Paula Cox presents an exhibition of her new work
'Celebrating the life of Palestinian women' plus a retrospective
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=142
04: Europe
05: Middle East
1.8 million asked to write to Israeli government demanding safe passage
for trapped civilians
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE020132006
Human Rights Council members put politics before lives
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE020142006
U.N. Rights Body Squanders Chance to Help Civilians
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/11/lebano13969.htm
Nobody's victory, but in the end Israel could not defeat Hizbollah
A month of fighting, more than 1,000 dead, upwards of 800,000 Lebanese
displaced and $2bn worth of damage - for what?
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1843521,00.html
Israel launches assault to encircle Hezbollah
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2310646,00.html
The land of the free - but free speech is rare
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1843543,00.html
Israel widens assault on Lebanon
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1843666,00.html
UN plans for 15,000 peacekeepers as Israel expands ground offensive
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2309181,00.html
Olmert's support begins to waver as war drags on
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2309165,00.html
UN votes for peace deal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1843191,00.html
1 Dead in Israeli Attack on Refugees
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6009685,00.html
Israeli Drone Strike on Convoy Kills 7
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6010655,00.html
14 die as bombardment goes on across Lebanon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1843104,00.html
06: Migrants' Rights Network News August
- November conference
- Regularisation - a key campaign for 2007
- Health care for migrants
- 2006: European Year of Workers' Mobility
- What's going on in your area?
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/mrn.txt
07: Asylum From Rape Bulletin No. 1 August 2006
Our Asylum from Rape Project aims to provide self-help support services
to rape survivors seeking asylum. We offer help and referrals, welcome
volunteers and provide guidance to organisations on how to meet the
needs of asylum-seeking rape survivors.
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=3929
08: Funding for Refugee and Asylum Related Projects
The National Consortia Co-ordinating Group [NCCG] Executive Summary and
Final Report on the research about 'Funding for Refugee and Asylum
Related Projects'
Report summary:
(PDF)
http://www.refugeeaccess.info/uploads/funding/NCCG_Exec_Summary.pdf
Full report:
(PDF)
http://www.refugeeaccess.info/uploads/funding/NCCG_Final_Report.pdf
Access to funding - August 2006
(Word doc)
http://www.refugeeaccess.info/uploads/funding/ATF_aug06.doc
09: The conflict in the Middle East - UK must use its migration laws
The Conflict in the Middle East- The UK must use its migration laws to ensure
the safety of all victims of the fighting and that families are re-united as
quickly as possible
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=3931
10: Australia: process all future asylum seekers arriving by boat
in off-shore camps.
Australia asylum bill passes test
Australia's lower house of parliament has passed a controversial bill to
process all future asylum seekers arriving by boat in off-shore camps.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4778535.stm
Senate Should Vote Down Migration Bill
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/11/austra13964.htm
11: Update on case of refugee researcher sacked from Salford University
Rhetta’s colleagues, students, and supporters believe that she was
targeted for the sack because of her research into refugee issues that
was the first to expose how UK Government Policy was making people
destitute.
The employment tribunal panel that is hearing her case has sat for 23
days so far.
The court will reconvene at Alexandra House, 14-22 The Parsonage,
Manchester M3 2JA. (Alexandra House is located directly behind Kendals
on Deansgate.) on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th August and Monday 2nd to
Friday 6th October. Your continued support and solidarity are important.
The tribunal sessions run from 10am to 1pm, then from around 2pm to 5pm
in the afternoon. Your attendance at any time would be greatly
appreciated.
More:
(Word doc)
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/update.doc
E) 'now-you-see-it, now-you-don't policy moments'
11 Aug 06 - 51 items
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01: UK
02: Jobs
03: World
04: Europe
05: Middle East
06: Leeds - Can you provide workplace training for refugee women?
07: BASIS - a new project supporting Refugee Community Organisations
08: US Reforms for Immigration Courts and Board of Immigration Appeals
09: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info
Lead: - 'now-you-see-it, now-you-don't policy moments'
'Sometimes we may have to modify some of our freedoms'
Warning: Why Reid changed his speech
John Reid was due to give a major speech on immigration on Wednesday as
part of his ongoing restructure of the Home Office
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1842285,00.html
Immigration is now making the rich richer and the poor poorer
It was one of those now-you-see-it, now-you-don't policy moments.
Equal rights for all workers and a proper inspectorate would make
exploitation of migrants much more difficult
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1842146,00.html
11 Aug 06
Lives may be in danger for those refused entry
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2250&c=uk
British troops 'in worst fighting since Korea'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1218449.ece
10 Aug 06
Pregnant refugee punched in stomach as gang attacks family
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1160842006
Teachers back overseas recruitment, poll finds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Education/schools/story/0,,1841842,00.html
Immigrants are no threat to tax bills
http://www.miltonkeynestoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=415&ArticleID=1686194
Forced to take asylum for doing my job
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=15116505&folderPk=83726
What young British Muslims say can be shocking - some of it is also true
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1840737,00.html
Sent home because I'm 'not skilled enough...'
http://www.fifenow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1015&ArticleID=1687041
Student's eyes opened after working with asylum seekers
http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0001head/tm_objectid=17541341%26method=full%26siteid=109975%26headline=student%2ds%2deyes%2dopened%2dafter%2dworking%2dwith%2dasylum%2dseekers-name_page.html
Yes, you're right Mr Reid, but how are you going to keep the illegals
out?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2306059,00.html
'Mass murder on an unimaginable scale' intended
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1218218.ece
Reid attacks judges who hamper 'life and death' terrorism battle
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1218053.ece
Minister quits while Brown aide wants MPs to discuss conflict
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1218102.ece
Ways forward to stability for all
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1840774,00.html
Demands for recall of parliament growing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/foreignaffairs/story/0,,1840985,00.html
UK general warns over Afghanistan fighting
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1841751,00.html
200 years on...
Ever heard the one about Britain's invasion of Argentina?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4779479.stm
9 Aug 06
Arrest after asylum seeker dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/4777305.stm
Please help Sangwa Remy Kayumba - to remain in Leeds!
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine73/sangwa.html
02: Jobs
Team Manager
REFUGEE ACTION
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
£29,010 pa
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/social-care/refugee-services/vacancy-1176454.html
Support Worker
SHELTER
West Midlands
£23,148 pa plus benefits
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/housing/housing-services/vacancy-1179361.html
Legal Officer
IMMIGRATION LAW PRACTITIONERS' ASSOCIATION
England
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/general/legal/vacancy-1182200.html
Immigration Appeals Presenting Officers
Immigration & Nationality Directorate
£23,000 plus benefits
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/government/policy/vacancy-1115991.html
Project Manager – Refugee Enterprise Project
Refugee Council
£31,653 + ILW if applicable
Temporary until 31st December 2006
London or Birmingham
http://www.jobsincharities.co.uk/public/job/job_view.cfm?r=0.11054047&v_ref=16353
PT Farsi Interpreter
Refugee Council
£15,459 Pro Rata - 14 hrs pw
temporary until 31st March 07
Birmingham
http://www.jobsincharities.co.uk/public/job/job_view.cfm?r=0.28519749&v_ref=16149
Advisory Panel on Country Information (APCI): new members required.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0608&L=forced-migration&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=60
03: World
Web firms' China role criticised
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1841951,00.html
UN condemns Kyrgyz extradition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4779449.stm
Women repeat anti-apartheid march
http://www.guardian.co.uk/southafrica/story/0,,1840786,00.html
Australia: Revolt brews over Australian immigration bill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1840947,00.html
Bosnian war footage shows 'crimes' against Serbs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/yugo/article/0,,1840836,00.html
France to deport 'model student'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/10/wstudent10.xml
Iran outlaws human rights group in new crackdown
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1218441.ece
Iraq: Attack outside Shia mosque kills 35
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1841812,00.html
Somalia: Can the Somali Crisis Be Contained?
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4333
Sri Lanka accused of killing civilians and aid workers
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1218423.ece
04: Europe
European Commission: Strategy on children's rights
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/aug/eu-rights-of-child-com-367a.pdf
05: Middle East
Deal to end war falls apart after Lebanon protests over UN force
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2307868,00.html
Israel, Hizbullah a disgrace, says UN as aid is blocked
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1842195,00.html
Ceasefire plan facing collapse
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1218059.ece
Israel orders new attack on Hezbollah as UN squabbles
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2306289,00.html
The big problem is Iran's strength, not the UN's weakness
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2306497,00.html
No man's land
Israeli Arabs are caught in the middle as crisis deepens
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4778163.stm
It is Lebanon, not Israel, whose existence is threatened
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,1840842,00.html
Israel struggles to capture strategic hills
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1841637,00.html
Israel agrees to put new offensive on hold
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1218154.ece
06: Leeds - Can you provide workplace training for refugee women?
Leeds employers are being asked to provide workplace training for
refugee women as part of a scheme to tackle labour shortages in health,
social care, education and housing.
http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=4&pid=337
07: BASIS - a new project supporting Refugee Community Organisations
The development phase of this project is funded by the BLF under their
Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Services (BASIS) programme. This
initial phase will last for approximately six months, and will focus on
developing the main project by working with RCOs and other stakeholders,
particularly infrastructure support organisations and funders, to:
- scope the support needs of Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) in
all English regions
- set up a national RCO data base
and
- develop a five year strategic plan to meet the identified needs.
More...
(Word doc)
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/documents/BASISProjectstatementAug06.doc
08: US Reforms for Immigration Courts and Board of Immigration Appeals
The Department of Justice will implement new measures to enhance the
performance of the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration
Appeals, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced today in remarks
at the Immigration Judges’ Training Conference.
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/August/06_ag_520.html
F) 'Refusals Without the Right of Appeal'
8 Aug 06 - 67 items
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Lead: - 'Refusals Without the Right of Appeal'
Britain accused of refusing visas to prevent entry of world's poor
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303020,00.html
Great damage could be done to the UK unless the Government takes action
on the report
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=328&Type=2
Independent Monitor for Entry Clearance Refusals Without the Right of
Appeal
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060725/wmstext/60725m0173.htm
Turned back twice. What does a Ugandan need to study here?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303019,00.html
Graphic: Total UK visa applications
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2302866,00.html
Entry clearance - facts and figures
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1006977150151
The Independent Monitor
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1006977150169
8 Aug 06
New asylum unit plan for Gatwick
Up to 572 asylum seekers would be housed at Gatwick Airport
A second immigration removal centre planned for Gatwick would have the
capacity to hold 426 asylum seekers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/5255790.stm
UK must not become a safe haven for genocide suspects
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17058
Refugee's story of Afghan children tops book club poll
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/news/article1217560.ece
Refugees tell their stories on screen
http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/newsroundup/display.php?artid=868511&FROMPAPER=ealingtimes.co.uk
Celebrating couple turn presents into special gift
A Horwich couple have turned a triple celebration into a large cash
"gift" to help destitute asylum seekers living in Bolton.
http://www.boltoneveningnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/display.var.868599.0.celebrating_couple_turn_presents_into_special_gift.php
'Stop giving haven to genocide suspects'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/rwanda/story/0,,1839284,00.html
Britain accused of refusing visas to prevent entry of world's poor
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303020,00.html
Turned back twice. What does a Ugandan need to study here?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303019,00.html
Graphic: Total UK visa applications
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2302866,00.html
Inaccurate migrant numbers may lead to council tax rise
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/localgovt/story/0,,1839584,00.html
British Jews warned of rise in hate crime
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303025,00.html
Protesters storm Prestwick over US military flights
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1217611.ece
7 Aug 06
Asylum seeker dies after assault
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5252186.stm
The fight to save the Island's first asylum seeker from deportation is
continuing.
http://www.iomonline.co.im/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=870&ArticleID=1677020
Get a grip, Mr Reid
The home secretary's plans for immigration policy are playing to the
racist gallery
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/philippe_legrain/2006/08/get_a_grip_john_reid.html
Hackers crack biometric passports
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Technology/news/story/0,,1838751,00.html
How the US fired Jack Straw
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2301799,00.html
The global battle for ideas cannot be fought with guns
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1838670,00.html
02: World
Document reveals Columbus as tyrant of Caribbean
Christopher Columbus, the man credited with discovering the Americas,
was a 'greedy and vindictive tyrant'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,,1838823,00.html
Afghanistan: Brutal US attack on unarmed Afghans captured by photos
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1217554.eces
Australia; Howard faces revolt over new asylum laws
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-08-08T081845Z_01_SYD249637_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AUSTRALIA-POLITICS-IMMIGRATION.xml&src=rss
Belarus: Peaceful intentions under fire -- Amnesty International demands
freedom for four prisoners of conscience
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGEUR490112006
China's secret deals are fuelling war
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2302757,00.html
Germany gives Iran lesbian asylum
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=36201
Iran threatens to use 'oil weapon' in nuclear standoff
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1838645,00.html
Iran: Government Outlaws Nobel Laureate’s Rights Group
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/08/iran13928.htm
Iraq: US troops attempt to stem Baghdad's bloodshed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1838792,00.html
Iraqi PM attacks US tactics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1839817,00.html
Iraq: Troops 'took turns' to rape Iraqi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5253160.stm
Iraq: More than 30 killed in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1839857,00.html
Iraqi medic tells how he 'found family slaughtered by US troops'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1217434.ece
Nepal peace talks 'near collapse'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1839213,00.html
Nepal talks 'stall on monarchy'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5251544.stm
New Zealand's dark secret
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2301807,00.html
Nigeria: The Swamps of Insurgency: Nigeria’s Delta Unrest
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4310
Philippines: Congress Should Stand Up for Basic Fairness
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/08/philip13930.htm
Somalia's leaders sack government
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5252602.stm
South Africa: Zimbabwean Migrants Vulnerable to Abuse
Government Officials and Commercial Farmers Violate Migrants’ Basic
Rights
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/08/safric13923.htm
Spain: 400 migrants arrested in fairground equipment
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2302581,00.html
Sri Lanka: 15 tsunami aid staff executed in Sri Lanka
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,,1838618,00.html
Sudan: Aid groups fear worsening Darfur chaos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,1839807,00.html
03: Middle East
Israel responded to an unprovoked attack by Hizbullah, right? Wrong
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1839244,00.html
While the UN fiddles... the Middle East burns
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1217432.ece
Toll of a war that shames the world
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1217588.ece
War in Lebanon becomes propaganda tool in Iran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,1839894,00.html
Hezbollah's hidden stronghold sends death across the border
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303026,00.html
Arab moves stall ceasefire deal as Israel threatens more attacks
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303022,00.html
'We are all united'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1839887,00.html
'We are all Hizbullah now.' Really?
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/harold_evans/2006/08/we_are_all_hizbullah_now_reall.html
Israel to escalate offensive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1839799,00.html
Hezbollah's most lethal attack of the war kills 12 Israeli soldiers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2302118,00.html
Lebanon rejects peace plan that fails to ensure Israel's retreat
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2302130,00.html
Towards a Lebanese solution?
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/brian_whitaker/2006/08/a_lebanese_solution.html
Israel hits Lebanon in new raids
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5251370.stm
Prominent Hamas politician is seized
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1217433.ece
This draft shows who is running America's policy... Israel
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1217413.ece
The logic of force
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1838669,00.html
Bush: 'violence must stop'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1839195,00.html
G) 'optimum, power, commercial potential, plan does not add up'
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Lead: - 'optimum, power, commercial potential, plan does not add up'
Reid calls for migration debate
"We have to give the Immigration and Nationality Directorate more
power
Mr Reid also highlighted his proposal for an independent committee
to advise on the optimum level of immigration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5250396.stm
ID card fee could make government a profit
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2300775,00.html
Brown to let shops share ID card data
Opponents warn that linking police databases with the private sector to
beat crime will lead to a 'surveillance state' and a big assault on
privacy.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1838315,00.html
ID plans: powers set to widen
Gordon Brown is considering exploiting the commercial potential of the
proposed ID scheme in order to fund a massive expansion of the
programme, it was reported last night.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1216000.ece
ID card plan does not add up, say MPs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2298746,00.html
Science and Technology Committee: Sixth Report - Identity Card
Technologies: Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmsctech/1032/103202.htm
6 Aug 06
Gays flee Iraq as Shia death squads find a new target
Evidence shows increase in number of executions as homosexuals plead for
asylum in Britain.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1838222,00.html
Sayed Hashemi
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine73/sayed.html
New migrants take students' summer jobs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2300740,00.html
Immigrant detectors cost £4m but have never worked
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/06/nimmi06.xml
Let slip the blogs of war ...
New plays inspired by online diaries include one woman's story of life
in strife-torn Iraq
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1838273,00.html
Ceasefire hopes rise as thousands march in London
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1215981.ece
Peace, can Blair deliver?
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,1838227,00.html
The voices of the innocent must be heard above the din of war
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1838217,00.html
Postcards from the edge: Wish you were here, Mr Blair?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1215973.ece
5 Aug 06
Reid to change asylum law after court defeat on Afghan hijackers
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article1214539.ece
Blair admits to cabinet splits over his support for Bush on Israel
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1212769.ece
Who's the extremist?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1837631,00.html
Thousands to march in support of immediate ceasefire
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1214551.ece
It's called peace support at home. The troops here know it is a war
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2299451,00.html
Soldiers' families launch party
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/iraq/story/0,,1837762,00.html
4 Aug 06
Reid loses Afghan hijack ruling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5244936.stm
Asylum policy: radical rethink needed
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article.aspx?articleid=1447917
Group wants to help refugees remain in the UK
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/community/display.var.862973.0.group_wants_to_help_refugees_remain_in_the_uk.php
ID card plan does not add up, say MPs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2298746,00.html
Peace activist Wolfgang is elected on to Labour NEC committee
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1212789.ece
02: World
Afghanistan's 'Hell'
The new desert camp in an unforgiving Taleban heartland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5245238.stm
Australia: Sydney confronts 'barbarism' of Guantanamo
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article1214510.ece
Cubans defiant in face of US plan for regime change
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2299546,00.html
Russia reignites old feud with Japan
Snub from Moscow stirs 500-year-old conflict over disputed islands.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1837843,00.html
Sri Lanka: Thousands of Muslims flee fierce fighting in Sri Lanka
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1214508.ece
US troops face 'war crimes' claim
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5246424.stm
US slaps 'WMD' sanctions on firms
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5247350.stm
03: Europe
EU launches marine border squad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5244796.stm
04: Events
‘Positive Futures? Current asylum policy and its impact on
asylum seekers in Scotland’
August 12, 2006
Show Racism the RED Card - Walker United
A Family Fun Day Celebrating the Diverse nature of Walker and the Region
Venue: Walker Central Football Club
Time: 10am till 4pm
http://www.equality-ne.co.uk/readevent.php?id=1309
Flyer:
(PDF)
http://www.equality-ne.co.uk/pdf/1309_Walker+Event+reci+14th+July+for+12th+Aug.pdf
27th September 2006
The event will focus on New Asylum Model and provide
an update of the new legislation, what can be expected when
it arrives in Scotland and a variety of workshops on the issues
currently facing asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland.
This event is for members, stakeholders and practitioners and full
details and a downloadable booking form can be accessed at:
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
05: Middle East
US, France agree UN Lebanon text
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5248868.stm
Bush gives way over peace deal
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1838348,00.html
Hizbollah kills eight on bloody day for Israel
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1212771.ece
Traumatised and afraid - 300,000 children who want to go home
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1212793.ece
Slaughter in Qana
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1215967.ece
Gaza strikes 'kill Palestinians'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5247566.stm
Israel holds Palestinian Speaker
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5249528.stm
Front line
Life in an Israeli kibbutz metres from the Lebanese border
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5247486.stm
Gaza crisis
Living under a military campaign and severe financial crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5245482.stm
The underground voice of Hezbollah that Israel is still unable to
silence
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2299863,00.html
Israeli bomb attack kills 33 as aid effort suffers
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1214552.ece
Hezbollah unleashes rocket storm to defy 'security zone' onslaught
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2298536,00.html
A terrible thought occurs to me - that there will be another 9/11
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1214522.ece
06: Afghan hijack ruling
S & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ
1157 (04 August 2006)
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2006/1157.html
Reid loses Afghan hijack ruling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5244936.stm
Reid to change asylum law after court defeat on Afghan hijackers
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article1214539.ece
Afghanistan's 'Hell'
The new desert camp in an unforgiving Taleban heartland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5245238.stm
07: Working Group on Refugee Children
IASFM has co-organised a working group on refugee children, together
with Jill Rutter from the London Metropolitan University. The report
will be available on this website soon.
http://www.iasfm.org/activities/workinggroups.html
08: ‘Positive Futures? Current asylum policy and its impact on
asylum seekers in Scotland’
27th September 2006
The event will focus on New Asylum Model and provide
an update of the new legislation, what can be expected when
it arrives in Scotland and a variety of workshops on the issues
currently facing asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland.
This event is for members, stakeholders and practitioners and full
details and a downloadable booking form can be accessed at:
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
09: Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and
Refugee Protection
Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee
Protection in the U.S., U.K. and Australia reports coming soon.
US report
(PDF)
http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/conference/Seeking_Asylum_Alone_US_Report.pdf
US Executive Summary
(PDF)
http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/conference/US_Executive_Summary.pdf
Human Rights at Harvard
http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/
Refugee and Immigrant Children Alone in the United States
http://www.womenscommission.org/projects/detention/unacc.shtml
The Women's Commission has produced a new film that orients
unaccompanied alien children to their court proceedings in the United
States:
"What Happens When I Go to Immigration Court?"
http://www.hklaw.com/cst/womenscommission.asp
User's guide:
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/kidsvideo_guide.pdf
Story of an unaccompanied child:
http://www.womenscommission.org/projects/detention/JP%20speech%20071806.shtml
10: Resolving the Liberal Paradox: Citizen Rights and Alien Rights
in the UK
Working paper
(PDF)
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/workingpaper31.pdf
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