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[A] 'World-Wide , state-sanctioned, scrap'
25 Jun 06 - 44 items
[B] 'Celebrate, Primary, entrepreneurs, Realities, Quiz'
23 Jun 06 - 54 items
[C] 'Against Rape, Bogus, Unfit, decency, deprivation,
Don't believe the Type'
21 Jun 06 - 83 items
[D] How to cancel or change your subscription to asylumpolicy.info
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25 Jun 06 - 44 items
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05: France: Underground network hides children facing deportation
06: UNITED's list of 7,182 documented refugee deaths through
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07: Tackling Human Trafficking - Summary of the responses to the
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Lead: - 'World-Wide , state-sanctioned, scrap'
Cameron 'could scrap' rights act
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm
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Viewpoints: the Human Rights Act
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4990414.stm
Torture: It didn’t go away
June 26th: UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
More than 100 countries in the modern world commit gross human rights
violations
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/index.php
British Embassies to Highlight Use of Torture World-Wide
A new handbook to which MF experts have contributed encouraging the
investigation and documentation of state-sanctioned torture is to be
distributed by British embassies to health professionals world-wide.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/articles/news/822
About:
Medical Investigation and Documentation of Torture
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/news/index.shtm
Research Publications
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/publications/index.shtm
01: UK
25 Jun 06
Church finds refugees on streets
Failed asylum seekers are living rough on the streets of
Leicester according to a Church of England report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/5114610.stm
Immigration boost is 'temporary'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5113200.stm
Doctor’s pioneering programme recognised
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.802224.0.doctors_pioneering_programme_recognised.php
Sarkozy seeks help from Blair
The two men first met in 2002 after Sarkozy had reached an agreement
with then Home Secretary David Blunkett over the closure of the Sangatte
immigrants' centre.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1805352,00.html
Campbell can't meet Guantanamo prisoners
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1805433,00.html
Bid to return Guantanamo eight to UK
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2242142,00.html
MPs call for judges to rule on terror raids
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1805467,00.html
TV chiefs turn Iraq war into drama
Channel 4 film will focus on British troops abusing prisoners.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1805395,00.html
British 'helpless' as violence rises in southern Iraq
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1096222.ece
24 Jun 06
Refugee week honours journalists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5112778.stm
Immigration stems Scotland’s population decline – for now
http://www.ey.com/global/Content.nsf/UK/Media_-_06_06_25_DC_-_Immigration_stems_Scotlands_population_decline
23 Jun 96
Asylum-seekers are dependent on charity
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=14743141&folderPk=77465
Benefit gig for refugees
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=14728702&folderPk=77465
City's £2.5m homes deal for refugees
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_objectid=17280520%26method=full%26siteid=50002%26headline=city%2ds%2d%2d2%2d5m%2dhomes%2ddeal%2dfor%2drefugees-name_page.html
'Immigration could pay for soaring costs of pensions'
http://business.scotsman.com/finance.cfm?id=922642006
Sad end to refugee's bid for a new life
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200southlondonheadlines/tm_objectid=17281513%26method=full%26siteid=50100%26headline=sad%2dend%2dto%2drefugee%2ds%2dbid%2dfor%2da%2dnew%2dlife-name_page.html
Immigrants found in cold food lorry
http://www.northamptontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=255&ArticleID=1584992
Police quiz drivers in immigrant death case
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=170875&command=displayContent&sourceNode=170757&contentPK=14732418&folderPk=91138
BNP member 'should not lead public body'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2239149,00.html
22 Jun 06
Government gives hope of amnesty for Sukulas
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.803466.0.government_gives_hope_of_amnesty_for_sukulas.php
Home Secretary outlines major shake-up
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/home-office-shakeup
02: World
Celebrating Two Decades of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/35337
Hundreds of migrants reach Italy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5113518.stm
The battle to close Guantánamo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1804808,00.html
Australian Catholics speak out on mandatory asylum detentions
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060624asylum.shtml
Canada apology to China migrants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5109092.stm
French fight for illegal children
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5104732.stm
Iraq's sectarian violence leaves widows to suffer
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1096067.ece
Sudan: The Darfur Peace Agreement: Which way forward?
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/35335
US: Court deals blow to US migrants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5108074.stm
US: Immigrant Detention Plan Dismays Critics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5909185,00.html
03: Europe
Fears over China rival to Google
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1805396,00.html
04: Events
Date: 30 June 2006
Russia/Chechnya: Human rights, and freedom of speech
Venue: St Matthew’s Rooms, Next to St Matthew’s Church, Carver Street,
Sheffield 1
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=101
Date: 4 July 2006
Fire
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Winner of best film at the 1997 Verona Love Screens Film Festival,
'Fire' tackles the complex issues surrounding arranged marriages in a
sensitive and compelling tone
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=14
05: France: Underground network hides children facing deportation
A secret network of families across France has started hiding illegal
immigrants and their children in a bid to save them from deportation.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=923302006
French fight for illegal children
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5104732.stm
French defy state child snatchers
Mothers' network hides young immigrants to keep them safe from
deportation by Sarkozy
All over France this week similar scenes will be repeated as a national
network of volunteers mobilises. According to Jean-Michel Delabre, an
activist with Education sans Frontières (ESF), the battle is about more
than just the future of several thousand youngsters. 'This is a fight
for the soul of France and for the sort of society we want to live in,'
he told The Observer. 'Do we want our country to be tolerant and
multicultural? Or xenophobic and closed?'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1789868,00.html
ESF: Éducation Sans Frontières (French)
http://www.educationsansfrontieres.org/
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ESF website translation into English:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educationsansfrontieres.org%2F&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
Liverpool taking babies from asylum-seeking mothers?
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=3713&startid=3726
06: UNITED's list of 7,182 documented refugee deaths through
Fortress Europe
PDF document
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jun/2006-UNITED-list-of-deaths.pdf
07: Tackling Human Trafficking - Summary of the responses to the
Consultation on Proposals for a UK Action Plan
The consultation document 'Tackling Human Trafficking - Consultation on
Proposals for a UK Action Plan' was issued on the 5 January 2006 and ran
for three months. The consultation set out the progress the UK has made
so far in our fight against people trafficking and proposed future plans
for building on our existing work in this area. This document
summarises the responses to the consultation paper.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-2006-tack-human-trafficking/cons-summary-210606-trafficking
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Lead: - 'Celebrate, Primary, entrepreneurs, Realities, Quiz'
Refugees Celebrate Stepping into Jobs
New students starting an innovative course to help refugees gain
language and jobs skills a
http://www.govanha.org.uk/podium/govan/ces_news.nsf/wpg/42170EA86221C14F80257194003BBC05!OpenDocument
Primary: a new video bringing a fresh perspective to the issue of
asylum.
http://www.oxfamgb.org/ukpp/safe/refugees_video.htm
Asylum seekers' film goes global
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5086406.stm
Refugees into Business
http://www.refugeesintobusiness.org.uk/
Following in the footsteps of Marks & Spencer - website launched to help
refugee entrepreneurs
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/jun06/relea0606_4.htm
Updated asylum myths and facts
(PDF)
http://www.naar.org.uk/resources/PDFs/ASYLUMfact%20sheet.pdf
Asylum Realities
This film shows you what it is like to be someone claiming asylum in the
UK and the contribution asylum seekers and refugees can make to our
country.
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/pub/Index
Updated Refugee Week Quiz
http://www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk/asylum/rasgame/
Source: http://www.refed.org.uk
01: UK
22 Jun 06
Asylum firm is picked to run private prison
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=912612006
Immigration review
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters.cfm?id=911212006
City asylum families face new upheaval
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5053938.html
New Centre Offers Cross-Cultural Psychological Support
A new centre intended to promote the benefits of counselling and therapy
for troubled families and couples from black and other minority groups
has opened with MF support.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/articles/news/819
Family Amnesty Exercise - revised criteria - very disappointing
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine71/criteria.html
Police launch unit to target human trafficking
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1803123,00.html
Ways of tackling human trafficking considered by government
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/06/22/54678/Ways+of+tackling+human+trafficking+considered+by+government.html
Sex workers are a soft target in the asylum figures battle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1802914,00.html
Second death in immigrants case
Officers in Essex have been liaising with colleagues in Kent who
investigated the deaths of 58 Chinese people in a container six years
ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/5107796.stm
The little corner of London that's forever Ecuador
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1094692.ece
Asylum seekers protest
http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1580186
A week in the life Of Gaynor Atkin, co-ordinator of Refugee Week in
Peterborough a
http://www.peterboroughnow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=847&ArticleID=1580721
Week highlights refugees' plight
http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED22%20Jun%202006%2011%3A40%3A28%3A080
Church plea for asylum women
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17273108%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=church%2dplea%2dfor%2dasylum%2dwomen-name_page.html
Celebrate refugees with songs, dance and poetry
http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.803913.0.celebrate_refugees_with_songs_dance_and_poetry.php
A safe haven from the bloodshed and violence that forced them to flee
http://www.peterboroughnow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1581755
Immigration detention centre fails safety test
http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/news/observer/2006/06/22/immigration%20detention%20centre%20fails%20safety%20test.lpf
Reid: 'I must reform Home Office or face sack'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/
Ancram calls for troops to return home from Iraq
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1094712.ece
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Iraq Occupation Newsletter 46
# Military Offensive
# Occupation Crimes
# Daily Life
# Financial news
# Anti-war news
# Upcoming events
http://www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk/
Slave trader's descendant begs forgiveness in Africa
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article1094749.ece
'Sex-for-visas' envoys recalled
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2236625,00.html
Reid the riot act
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2237001,00.html
Less is more
Like men seeking to strap packs to a wilting mule, both Tony Blair and
David Cameron yesterday suggested extra work for the creaking Home
Office.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1802878,00.html
21 Jun 06
New report highlights inadequate conditions in immigration holding
centres
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/jun06/relea0606_3.htm
'Jail Mugabe, not refugees' demand protestors
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=1620
A day in the death of an asylum seeker
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/june/ha000027.html
02: World
Violence Beyond Borders
The Human Rights Crisis in Eastern Chad
http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/chad0606/
>From migrant to refugee: two men tell their stories
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=featuresNews&storyid=2006-06-22T123756Z_01_L13762870_RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-IMMIGRATION-AFRICA-ASYLUM-DC.XML&src=rss
Saddam's lawyer is tortured and murdered
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1094709.ece
Afghanistan: Remove New Restrictions on Media
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/21/afghan13605.htm
Bangladesh: 22 Ahmadi families in danger
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGASA130062006
East Timor president threatens to resign
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1803845,00.html
French resistance to unjust asylum laws
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060622asylum.shtml
Indonesia: Military Business Threatens Human Rights
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/21/indone13587.htm
Iran rejects US 'pressure'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1803718,00.html
Iran: Remove Rights Abuser from U.N. Delegation
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/22/iran13602.htm
Iraq: Insurgents Commit War Crimes
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/21/iraq13601.htm
Israel/Occupied Territories: Olmert 'sorry' for air strike deaths
Israeli PM apologises for the death of 14 Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1803847,00.html
Jamaica: Political will needed to end violence against women and girls
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR380062006
Jordan: Investigate use of force against Iranian Kurdish Refugees
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE160072006
Somali president in crisis talks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1803739,00.html
Uzbekistan: Broader Criminal Charges Used to Quash Dissent
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/21/uzbeki13589.htm
03: Europe
04: Events
24th June 2006 between 3 - 7p.m. at Kurdish Cultural Centre.
The theme is united countries from around the world.
Music and song from around the world about the struggle of the world's
refugees.
address: Kurdish Cultural Centre, 14 Stannery St SE11.
Contact helena 0208-743-8246
Unreported World
7:35pm - 8:00pm
Channel 4
9/10-Democratic Republic of Congo
http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=132&programmeId=44817856&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details.jsp
05: Rape on Trial
BBC One Sunday 25 June 10.15 – 11.00pm
The criminal justice system is failing the victims of rape and in Rape
on Trial we discover why, and what can be done to bring more rapists to
justice.
http://www.filmsofrecord.com/productions/productions_rapeontrial.htm
Women Against Rape available for comment after broadcast of Panorama’s
“Rape on Trial”
On Sunday 25 June, Panorama puts "Rape on Trial", an investigation
produced by Films of Record with Roger Graef, whose 1982 documentary A
Complaint of Rape -- featuring Thames Valley police interrogating a
woman -- caused shock waves.
Women Against Rape served as consultants for this programme. We are
available for comment after broadcast to address the key questions: Has
the response to rape improved since the 1980s? What is women’s
experience now? Why is rape still not a priority for investigation by
the police and prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service? Why have
government changes not improved the conviction rate for rape? Does
Panorama’s expose go far enough? How can women finally win justice?
For 30 years we have helped thousands of rape survivors seek justice.
We led the 15-year campaign which finally made rape in marriage a crime,
pressed for a ban on sexual history questioning in court,* and have
called for better sentences and compensation. We highlight the hidden of
rape of children, the discrimination faced by prostitute women, by those
who know their attacker or have a history of mental health problems, and
by victims of racist sexual assault. We advocated for two women who
made legal history when they won the first private prosecution for rape
in 1995, which resulted in an 11-year prison sentence on the same
evidence the CPS had rejected. We are well placed to assess what has
changed – and what has not.
We can put you in touch with rape survivors we are working with now who
can speak about their responses to the programme and their own
experience. They include:
- “Chloe”, who is featured in the Panorama programme, who was raped at
age 16 by her boyfriend. The crime was not properly investigated or
prosecuted. The police refused to let her come back the next day to
check her statement, pressing her to finish it in one gruelling session.
The police went over her head to disclose the crime to her parents
although she was 18 at the time, but never took a statement from her
parents about the effects of the rape. The CPS refused to meet her to
explain why the case was discontinued. Five years on, she still faces
intimidation and threats from the accused.
- Ms B, raped at 15 by a neighbour. The police lost evidence, and
waited three months before arresting the man. The judge told the jury
to disregard her age, although she was below the legal age of consent.
This all contributed to a not guilty verdict.
- Ms L, who woke up to find a man sexually assaulting her, the morning
after a party where she’d been drinking. She was "put on trial" in
court, undefended by the prosecutor, and the judge stopped the case
before the jury had a chance to hear corroborating evidence. The man
had a previous conviction for rape.
- Ms N, who guessed her drink had been spiked after she'd been out for
a meal with a girlfriend. She found herself next morning covered in
bruises but had no memory of what had happened. Forensic tests found
semen. But the police failed to gather further evidence, told her to
wash her clothes, and closed the case. She made a formal complaint
about the investigation to the IPCC.
- Ms M, whose boyfriend and his friend drugged and raped her. The
boyfriend was never charged; only his accomplice was put on trial.
Despite a doctor testifying in court that no human being could have been
conscious while sustaining such severe injuries, the man was found not
guilty.
Contact us during office hours on 020 7482 2496, for comments and to
arrange interviews. Or out of office hours 07961 156 877.
This week, a Home Office report confirmed that sexual history evidence
continues to be used in rape trials, despite the Youth Justice &
Criminal Evidence Act 2000 which the government claimed would exclude
such evidence. WAR had warned that the Act as drafted would not work.
06: CDrom2006 Address book Against Racism
Update your data for the new Addressbook Against Racism CDrom 2006 -
check your own organisations' entry online !
Please return the internet questionnaire at
http://www.unitedagainstracism.org/ as soon as possible, preferably
before 25 June
[C] 'Against Rape, Bogus, Unfit, decency, deprivation,
Don't believe the Type'
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Lead: - 'Against Rape, Bogus, Unfit, decency, deprivation,
Don't believe the Type'
Don't believe the Type
In fact, having fled from conflict, torture and rape, most asylum
seekers are forced to live in poverty - and many end up sleeping rough
and going hungry.
http://www.dontbelievethetype.org.uk/
Claiming Asylum From Rape: Three tools for rape survivors, legal
representatives & supporters
Friday 23 June 06, 11am
Trinity United Reformed Church, Buck Street,
Camden Town, London NW1
http://www.womenagainstrape.net/RefugeeWeek06.htm
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Rape victims denied refuge in Britain
http://www.womenagainstrape.net/PressCoverage/Highlights.htm#Rape_victims_denied_refuge_in_Britain
Against Rape
Black Women's Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape
http://www.womenagainstrape.net/indexpage.htm
Rape law change has failed to boost convictions
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article1093519.ece
Justice for victims of rape: public consultation
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-290306-justice-rape-victims
Section 41: an evaluation of new legislation limiting sexual history
evidence in rape trials
(PDF)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/rdsolr2006.pdf
The Bogus Woman
Date: 24 June 2006
The Womens’ Action Network presents a performance of Kay Adshead's The
Bogus Woman.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=23
Poverty and deprivation – key causes of mental health problems in
children
Children from poorer backgrounds, children in care, asylum-seeker
children and those who have witnessed domestic violence, are all at a
higher risk of developing mental health problems, according to a new BMA
report out today
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/PR-Poverty+and+deprivation+%E2%80%93+key+causes+of+mental+health+problems+in+children+-+20+Jun+2006
Report: Child and adolescent mental health - a guide for healthcare
professionals
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/Childadolescentmentalhealth
Immigration detention centres "unfit for children"
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-06-21T010501Z_01_L20876750_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-DETENTION.xml&src=rss
Immigration sites 'lack decency'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5098430.stm
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales (HMIP)
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/
01: UK
21 Jun 06
Refugee GPs 'should be re-trained'
Allowing 500 refugee doctors to retrain and work in Britain could save
the NHS £120 million, it has been claimed.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1886073.html?menu=
Asylum for Ilengela Ileo
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine71/ilengela.html
Reid plans Home Office shake-up
Focus on prison, probation and immigration services
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/labour/story/0,,1802449,00.html
Timetable set for Iraq withdrawal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2235533,00.html
Why Britain should pay homage to Catalonia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1802138,00.html
20 Jun 06
Locals team up with refugees to tell the truth about asylum
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/news/2006/RefugeeActionnews2006RefugeeAwarenessProjectnationallaunch.aspx
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Dispelling the myths: Refugees and the media debate comes to Liverpool
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/news/2006/RefugeeActionnews2006refugeeandthemedialiverpool.aspx
Critics slam anti-immigration housing report by right wing think tank
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2187&c=uk
Bail for Thai man fighting deportation from Shetland
http://scotlandtoday.scottishtv.colo.ednet.co.uk/content/defaulttext.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=11932
Refugee Week - Project: London
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/6401
Birmingham NoBorders and The Angel Group at Celebrating Sanctuary
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/06/343137.html
Let young Zimbabwean stay, says MP
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1575337
'We need to encourage people from different cultures to get together for
everyone's benefit'
http://www.peterboroughnow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1576020
'You must help'
A refugee starving in Kenya sent a very simple text. Greg Barrow
received it
http://society.guardian.co.uk/aid/comment/0,,1801779,00.html
McWilliams slams decision to detain asylum seekers at Scottish centre
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=74400&pt=n
Shopkeeper finds human cargo
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/dartgravenews/display.var.800042.0.shopkeeper_finds_human_cargo.php
Friendly city offers warm welcome to refugees
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5053843.html
Artwork puts the plight of refugees in focus
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningchronicle/eveningchronicle/tm_objectid=17261046%26method=full%26siteid=50081%26headline=artwork%2dputs%2dthe%2dplight%2dof%2drefugees%2din%2dfocus-name_page.html
Taleban use children as shields to fight British
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2233426,00.html
Saudi torture victims
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2232875,00.html
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British Government Ignores Suffering of Victims of Saudi Torture
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/articles/news/817
The "assault" on "sub-Saharan immigrants" in the media
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jun/sos-migrants-media-peio-2006.pdf
19 Jun 06
Bishops Say that the Government is Not Doing Enough on Asylum
http://www.totalcatholic.com/universe/index.php?news_id=1192&start=0&category_id=&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth=
Jesuit Refugee Service calls for alternatives to detention
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/jrs329.html
Support for the Sukula family
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.799040.0.support_for_the_sukula_family.php
Procession to celebrate refugees
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/5092358.stm
Letter to Press From Campsfield Hungerstrikers
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/06/343070.html
Rahimi Family Must Stay! - Public Meeting
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/06/343020.html
Don’t blame the immigrants – blame the statistics
...flawed basis of so much scaremongering on immigration statistics and
welcomes the solution - which must coincide with an amnesty
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=316&Type=2
Players' stories from Leeds Refugee World Cup
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/jun06/curr0606_3.htm
Zimbabwean award winner joins Leeds MP for refugee carnival procession
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/jun06/relea0606_2.htm
Asylum seekers on agenda
AN anti-racism project is exploring the issues surrounding asylum
seekers with secondary school pupils in South Tyneside.
http://www.southtynesidetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1111&ArticleID=1573970
Pressure builds for immigration amnesty
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1801283,00.html
Don't take our friend away
Shetland's close-knit community is furious about plans to deport a
23-year-old Thai man. Sakchai Makao may be a convicted criminal, but
after 13 years on the islands he is one of them. Has the Home Office
bitten off more than it can chew?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1800680,00.html
Fresh talent initiative ‘tainted by rhetoric’
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/64301.html
Race equality projects get £635k boost
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=899072006
MPs to press ministers on torture claims
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1800800,00.html
Defending their realm
In 1940, the threat of Nazi invasion prompted women to take up arms -
and stockpile poison for themselves and their children.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1800683,00.html
02: World
World refugee day
The lives of Palestinian refugee children told in pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/middle_east_palestinian_refugee_children/html/1.stm
The "assault" on "sub-Saharan immigrants" in the media
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jun/sos-migrants-media-peio-2006.pdf
UN's fresh start on human rights
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2232911,00.html
While global refugee population continues to shrink, number of
internally displaced people remains at alarming level
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/nrc/11507917559.htm
World Refugee Day: CARE warns instability threatens refugee camps in
Kenya and Chad
http://www.careinternational.org.uk/World+Refugee+Day%3A+CARE+warns+instability+threatens+refugee+camps+in+Kenya+and+Chad++6773.twl
UN urges greater refugee support
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/5098328.stm
Bush wrongfooted as Iran steps up international charm offensive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1801636,00.html
How does Africa treat refugees?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5080392.stm
A negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis is within reach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1800630,00.html
Afghan civilians in crossfire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1801214,00.html
Argentina: ‘Disappearances’ Trial Breaks Years of Impunity
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/19/argent13580.htm
Brazilian far-right accused of deleting torture dossiers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/brazil/story/0,,1800629,00.html
Catalonia leads the way with yes vote for autonomy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,,1800841,00.html
Egypt releases blogger jailed for 45 days after 'insulting' President
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1093520.ece
India: Don’t Torture Sikh Activist Extradited by U.S.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/20/india13584.htm
Iraq: The ugly truth about everyday life in Baghdad (by the US
ambassador)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1090904.ece
Ireland; Afghans see Irish charges dropped
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5095764.stm
Japan warns North Korea on missile test
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1090348.ece
Malaysia: Detainees Held Without Charge or Trial
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/19/malays13583.htm
Russian Federation: Chechnya rebels appoint new leader
http://www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/0,,1800657,00.html
Somali conflict could trigger refugee crisis
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-06-19T115646Z_01_L19797319_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SOMALIA-UN.xml&src=rss
Sudan: Darfur’s Fragile Peace Agreement
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4179
Sudan rejects 'colonial' troops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5097868.stm
Turkmenistan: Arrests on Eve of EU Parliament Visit
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/06/20/turkme13588.htm
US claims it is 'ready' for Korean missile test
http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,,1802095,00.html
US: LA's spy-in-the-sky drone sparks privacy concerns
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1090864.ece
03: Europe
Guantanamo clouds EU-US talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5099732.stm
EU fights back in 'visa wars' with US
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1801304,00.html
EU's Palestinian aid deal receives guarded welcome
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1090384.ece
04: Events
Date: 23 June 2006
An evening for Refugee Week
I will survive: Melting the trauma with words. Refugee Women speak out
against Rape and Torture, About Fighting for Asylum from Domestic
Violence.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=82
Date: 24 June 2006
Painting an Honest Picture? Refugees in the Media
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=60
From: 20 June 2006
To: 4 July 2006
The World Around Me
An exhibition of photographs taken by young asylum seekers as part of
the Anchor Project, a non-profit organisation working with london-based
unaccompanied asylum applicants aged 10 - 17 years.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=20
05: Refugee Awareness Project
Ordinary people are teaming up with refugees from their communities in a
national project aimed at challenging attitudes toward those who seek
safety in Britain, launched this week.
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/ourwork/projects/refugeeawareness.aspx
06: The Anchor Project - The World Around Me
The Anchor Project is a non-profit organisation working with
London-based unaccompanied asylum applicants aged 10 to 17 years old. By
adopting a holistic approach, consulting with young people and devising
a creative programme of activities, the project provides a safe space in
which young people can develop confidence, self-esteem and make friends.
http://www.anchorproject.org/en/articles/our_objectives
From: 20 June 2006
To: 4 July 2006
The World Around Me
An exhibition of photographs taken by young asylum seekers as part of
the Anchor Project, a non-profit organisation working with london-based
unaccompanied asylum applicants aged 10 - 17 years.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=20
07: Scots give warmer welcome to asylum seekers than the English
Scottish public attitudes towards asylum seekers in Scotland are more
tolerant than those in England according to new research published today
(Moday) by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). But younger
Scots and those living in Glasgow - where the majority of asylum seekers
in Scotland are housed - were the least tolerant.
http://www.ippr.org/pressreleases/?id=2175
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