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[A] 'sickness at the heart'
21 May 06 - 67 items
[B] 'Soft targets, Hundreds, consigned to certain death'
19 May 06 - 55 items
[C] 'things start to get ugly, Can Human Rights Survive?'
17 May 06 - 85 items
[D] How to cancel or change your subscription to asylumpolicy.info
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[A] 'sickness at the heart'
21 May 06 - 67 items
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03: Europe
04: Events
05: America's Great Wall
06: Observatory on CIA rendition
05: Calls for Guantanamo closure
07: Destroying Minds At Public Expense
08: France: councillors vow to "hide" pupils threatened with deportation
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Lead: - 'sickness at the heart'
Official 'targeted asylum seeker'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5001324.stm
Revealed: 'sex-for-asylum' scandal at immigration HQ
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1779772,00.html
Dawute: 'I'm going to make love to you'
During the course of a 90-minute meeting with James Dawute, a chief
immigration officer with the IND based at Lunar House in Croydon, Tanya
was wearing a concealed microphone and hidden camera. The tape is in
parts inaudible and the picture is sometimes obscured.
Read transcript:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1779783,00.html
'Sex for asylum' video clip
Watch a clip of chief immigration officer James Dawute's meeting with an
18-year-old asylum seeker. (1:20)
http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/Observer/video/2006/05/20/asylum.wmv
A sickness at the heart of our immigration service
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1779858,00.html
Home Office is lost in scribble
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2190152,00.html
01: UK
21 May 06
Making a model British citizen
How do we weld together our disparate nation? Try ID cards and cut back
welfare for immigrants
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2189519,00.html
The fantasy is over, we must partition Iraq and get out now
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2189971,00.html
Nurse exodus leaves Kenya in crisis
Poor pay and lack of jobs are forcing workers to abandon their country's
health service to seek work in the UK.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1779773,00.html
Producers urge unions to assist socialist hero film
http://www.sundayherald.com/55783
Army officers set up union to vent war anger
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2190144,00.html
Police give illegals an easy escape
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2190145,00.html
Forget about targets - and decide what really matters
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1779596,00.html
20 May 06
Cleaners 'had Visas'
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17106268%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=cleaners%2d%2dhad%2dvisas%2d%2d-name_page.html
Reid 'misled public over illegal immigrants'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article548995.ece
Amnesty call over illegal workers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5000678.stm
Asyslum Seekers Seeking Justice not Hand-Outs
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340992.html
Home Office migrants row deepens
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4999610.stm
Exit route for allies after new Iraq deal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2188863,00.html
British first for Anne Frank photos
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2188487,00.html
'Torture threat' to cleric Qatada
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4999594.stm
We have mutated into a surveillance society - and must share the blame
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1779270,00.html
New law could hand out life sentences for Iraq deserters
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article548953.ece
19 May 06
I can't face a life without my family
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17103884%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=i%2dcan%2dt%2dface%2da%2dlife%2dwithout%2dmy%2dfamily-name_page.html
Moderator slams raids on asylum seekers
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=745482006
Home Office inquiry into cleaners
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4999610.stm
Jobs boost at immigration centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4998556.stm
02: World
Human Rights Council: No More Business as Usual
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/un/un0506/
JRS refugee news bulletin from around the world
English (n. 193)
http://www.jesref.org/dispatch/index.php?lang=en&sid=530
African boat people, a tourists' must-see
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2189775,00.html
UN official meets Burma's Suu Kyi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5000306.stm
Afghanistan gripped by worst fighting since 2001
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article549507.ece
Burundi: Free Expression Under Threat
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/19/burund13413.htm
Chile: Don’t Let Fujimori Flee From Justice
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/19/chile13421.htm
Colombia power grid attacked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5001442.stm
Iraqi parliament approves Cabinet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5000016.stm
Iraq's hidden war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1779414,00.html
Iraq: Ethnic cleansing takes hold in Iraq
Across central Iraq, there is an exodus of people fleeing for their
lives as sectarian assassins and death squads hunt them down
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article548945.ece
Iraq: New dawn for Iraq marked by bloodshed
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1779779,00.html
Ireland: Afghan Asylum-Seekers Threaten Suicide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5833117,00.html
Ireland; Church deal falters in asylum crisis
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1779796,00.html
Irish police surround Afghans in cathedral
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article548923.ece
Irish police end Afghans' protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5000202.stm
Israel/Occupied Territories: Assassination attempt ignites Gaza
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1779718,00.html
Montenegrins look set to choose independence from Serbia to advance
their EU membership hopes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2188517,00.html
Netherlands: Secrets and lies that doomed a radical liberal
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1779723,00.html
Senegal: U.N. Calls for Trial of Ex-Chad Dictator
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/19/senega13415.htm
Sierra Leone: March for women's access to justice
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR510072006
Sudan: Release Darfur Rights Defender
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/19/sudan13420.htm
Sri Lanka refugees feared drowned
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5000726.stm
Syria: Free Activists Detained Over Petition
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/20/syria13425.htm
Turkish PM criticises army chief
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5000990.stm
Ugandan Baptists prepare radical refugee rescue plan
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060519uganda.shtml
US plan for Mexican barrier sparks neighbours' anger
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=745042006
US agents shoot driver on border
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=748992006
US: At last, America has an official language (and yes, it's English)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article548909.ece
US: Quakers condemn Bush hard-line immigration stance
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060519afsc.shtml
03: Europe
EU outlaws Tigers as terrorists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2188529,00.html
04: Events
7.00-9.30 pm Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Destroying Minds At Public Expense
Public meeting 7.00-9.30 pm Tuesday 23rd May 2006
The Assembly Room, Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford.
There is now overwhelming evidence that detention inherently damages
mental health - even of people who were previously in robust mental
health.
Organised by the Campaign to Close Campsfield: Phone: 01865 726804 or
01865 558145; Email: info at closecampsfield.org.uk;
http:// www.closecampsfield.org.uk
05: America's Great Wall
Panic builds up behind America's Great Wall
Call it the Great Wall of America. Last Wednesday, the Senate voted to
add 370 miles of it to the US-Mexico border, together with another 500
miles of vehicle barriers. The vote wasn’t close: the wall passed by 83
votes to 16.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2189510,00.html
06: Observatory on CIA rendition
Statewatch launches a new "Observatory" on CIA "rendition"
http://www.statewatch.org/rendition/rendition.html
06: Calls for Guantanamo closure
A prisoner uprising at Guantanamo was reported by US military as the UN
watchdog on torture called for its closure
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2188705,00.html
Guantanamo guards attacked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4998928.stm
Breaking point: Inside story of the Guantanamo uprising
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article549504.ece
U.N. Torture Committee Critical of U.S.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/19/usdom13418.htm
USA: Guantánamo reports worrying
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR510802006
07: Destroying Minds At Public Expense
Public meeting 7.00-9.30 pm Tuesday 23rd May 2006
The Assembly Room, Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford.
There is now overwhelming evidence that detention inherently damages
mental health - even of people who were previously in robust mental
health.
Organised by the Campaign to Close Campsfield: Phone: 01865 726804 or
01865 558145; Email: info at closecampsfield.org.uk;
http:// www.closecampsfield.org.uk
08: France: councillors vow to "hide" pupils threatened with deportation
Campaigners defy Sarkozy plan
French parents and councillors vow to "hide" pupils threatened with
deportation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,1779427,00.html
[B] 'Soft targets, Hundreds, consigned to certain death'
19 May 06 - 55 items
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Lead: - 'Soft targets, Hundreds, consigned to certain death'
Immigration: Mother consigned to certain death by harsh new rules
A young mother fell ill and died on a visit to Britain - an innocent
victim of the hysteria over so-called health tourism
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article485917.ece
'Soft targets' picked on for deportation, say refugee campaigners
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article485919.ece
Hundreds of Aids sufferers face deportation
It is inhumane to deport somebody to certain death.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article548098.ece
01: UK
19 May 06
Britain's human rights record attacked in EU report
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article548097.ece
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MEPs evaluate EU actions on human rights in the world
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/015-8235-138-05-20-902-20060512IPR08070-18-05-2006-2006-true/default_en.htm
Not too round, not too precise: that's why 11,000 is a magic number
Official statistics for immigration and affordable homes are meaningless
and merely serve as comfort blankets.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1778540,00.html
Pakistan 'sheltering Taliban'
British colonel's outburst follows multiple terror attacks in
Afghanistan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1778443,00.html
Probe after immigrant cleaners held
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,1778728,00.html
Offer amnesty to illegal immigrants
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?menuId=1588&menuItemId=-1&view=DISPLAYCONTENT&grid=P8&targetRule=0#head5
We have no reason to stay in Basra and ought to pull out
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1778541,00.html
Israel detains British aid worker held at checkpoint
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1778669,00.html
Loach sees Irish civil war drama as lesson on Iraq
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2187189,00.html
18 May 06
Self-harm and self-harm prevention in detention centres
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/3163-self-harm-detention-centre?view=Html
Repeal of Section 9 could increase use of asylum detention
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/05/18/54066/Repeal+of+Section+9+could+increase+use+of+asylum+detention.html
Asylum seeker injured in jump from second floor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1777255,00.html
New hope for pastor's bid to stay in UK
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/5052392.shtml
Department of Sin in a spin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1777419,00.html
Gay Asylum – a pressing issue
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?id=1515
In memory of Manuel Bravo
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/may/ha000021.html
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The Manuel Bravo Project
Legal Advocacy for People Seeking Asylum
http://www.manuelbravo.org.uk/
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Project Proposal: Manuel Bravo Project
(Word doc)
http://www.manuelbravo.org.uk/Manuel%20Bravo%20Project%20Proposal%20May%202006.doc
We'll send prisoners back to 'unsafe' countries, says Blair
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2185727,00.html
10 years to remove illegal immigrants, says minister
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,1777998,00.html
Labour fails to shake off 50 years of vulnerability on immigration
issues
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2185728,00.html
Big Brother immigration service is not the answer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?menuId=1588&menuItemId=-1&view=DISPLAYCONTENT&grid=P8&targetRule=0#head4
Tory leader says Blair is 'in paralysis over illegal immigrants'
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=737712006
17 May 06
Asylum seeking children have difficulties accessing services
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/05/17/54022/Asylum+seeking+children+have+difficulties+accessing.html
New immigration rules 'deleterious to patient care'
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/news.asp?PR_id=314
Political targeting of the Human Rights Act is the real danger to our
security
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/press/2006/targeting-human-rights-act-is-real-danger-to.shtml
Fears of our foreign docs
http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/213/213092_fears_of_our_foreign_docs.html?rss=yes
Stena denies 'cheap labour'
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=17091327%26method=full%26siteid=50142%26headline=stena%2ddenies%2d%2dcheap%2dlabour%2d-name_page.html
Firms 'fuel illegal immigration'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4990626.stm
02: World
100 dead in Afghan attacks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/0,,362455,00.html
Babies are booming export in the land of 5m orphans
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2187461,00.html
Prodi condemns Iraq war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1778041,00.html
Annan warning over Iran 'crisis'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1778020,00.html
Egyptian security forces beat up pro-reform protesters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,1778426,00.html
France: MPs back French immigration bill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4990962.stm
Israel/Occupied Territories: Israel should face sanctions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1778713,00.html
Israel/Occupied Territories:Family Reunification Ruling Is
Discriminatory
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/18/isrlpa13403.htm
Montenegro referendum Independence campaign confident of victory.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/serbia/article/0,,1778508,00.html
Nepal to strip King of his power
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2187251,00.html
Russian police target far right
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1777120,00.html
Somalia: Is US using enemy to fight a proxy war?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2187524,00.html
Spain seeks EU help on migrants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4993004.stm
Spain: Hundreds of refugees intercepted
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/62313.html
Sweden: Uzbek Dissident’s Arrest Sign of Failed EU Policy
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/18/sweden13408.htm
Turkey: Thousands protest at murder of secular Turkish judge
http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,1778448,00.html
US: Teen Accused of Sign Theft May Be Deported
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5828458,00.html
US: Films on Guantánamo and Iraq face war of cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1777136,00.html
US poised to open talks on peace deal with North Korea
http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,,1778432,00.html
US: An American idea shatters
The reawakening of a virulent nationalism is tearing apart Bush's
conservative coalition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1777104,00.html
03: Europe
Voluntary return handbook
(PDF)
http://www.ecre.org/publications/ECRE%20Vol%20Ret%20Handbook%20051.pdf
“Social rights should be recognised as human rights” : Remarks by Thomas
Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, to the seminar to mark the
tenth anniversary of the Revised European Social Charter, Strasbourg
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=995347&BackColorInternet=99B5AD&BackColorIntranet=FABF45&BackColorLogged=FFC679
04: Events
20 May 2006
Conference of the Churches Refugee Network
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/may/fq000023.html
Saturday 27th May 2006
HIV/AIDS Conference
11.00am to 5.00 PM
Come one, come ALL!
You are all invited to join us
French Speaking African General Council
Blackfriars Settlement
1-5 Rushworth Street London SE1 0RD
Link:
French Speaking African General Council
http://www.yourlondon.gov.uk/community/CVSD_FullDetails.jsp?catid=15&rowStart=301&id=15884
Saturday 10 June 2006
Scottish Detainee Visitors Fundraiser
Saturday 10 June 2006
Music from:
Scott MacDonald
Michael Simons
Craig Campbell
8-11pm
Doors open 7pm
St.Helen’s Hall, Langside Avenue, Glasgow
Tickets £5 on the door
Refugees and asylum seekers free
http://www.sdv.org.uk
05: Britain's human rights record attacked in EU report
Britain's human rights record attacked in EU report
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article548097.ece
Political targeting of the Human Rights Act is the real danger to our
security
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/press/2006/targeting-human-rights-act-is-real-danger-to.shtml
Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2005 and the European Union's
policy on the matter
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=5286032
MEPs evaluate EU actions on human rights in the world
The EU is a staunch advocate of human rights, inside and outside Europe.
But does it practice what it preaches? In a resolution evaluating the
annual EU report on human rights in the world in 2005, MEPs have a close
look at specific EU actions in the world and find room for improvement.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/015-8235-138-05-20-902-20060512IPR08070-18-05-2006-2006-true/default_en.htm
[C] 'things start to get ugly, Can Human Rights Survive?'
17 May 06 - 85 items
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Lead: - 'things start to get ugly, Can Human Rights Survive?'
Judgment day
Britain must leave the ECHR if no change can be agreed
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2181955,00.html
Blair faces a tricky legal position
At a time when the government is desperately seeking "renewal", certain
ministers and their advisors may hope that attacking civil libertarians
will prove just how in touch and on the ball they are. But it is a
dangerous game. Promise what you legally can’t deliver, and people
eventually notice. And on a subject as volatile as asylum, that’s when
things start to get ugly.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,28009-2182742,00.html
Response to attacks on the Human Rights Act
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/relea0506_3.htm
Human rights law 'could change'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4988756.stm
Ignorant opposition
The prime minister is undermining public confidence in the rule of law
and the judiciary.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1775566,00.html
Let's not allow the battle of a Biro and an octopus to ruin an inspiring
Act
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22369-2181879,00.html
Human Rights Act under fire
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2181778,00.html
Blair leads the attack on his own human rights laws
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2182125,00.html
Human Rights Act will not be axed, says Falconer
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article484130.ece
PM calls for 'rebalancing' of civil liberties debate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1775422,00.html
Can Human Rights Survive?
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521685524
Falconer defends Britain's commitment to human rights
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/crimeandpunishment/story/0,,1776540,00.html
Report: Human rights protection in Europe: the Fundamental Rights Agency
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeucom/155/15502.htm
01: UK
17 May 06
BMA fights discrimination against overseas doctors
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/PR-BMA+fights+discrimination+against+overseas+doctors+-+17+May+2006
Officals 'haven't faintest idea' of immigrant count
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2183874,00.html
'no Point' In Chasing Migrants
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17089211%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=%2dno%2dpoint%2d%2din%2dchasing%2dmigrants%2d-name_page.html
Critical acclaim
The opportunity to have your bright ideas and hard work in public
services recognised is now here
http://society.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/story/0,,1776140,00.html
16 May 06
Under-fives are fingerprinted
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f0ee558c-e478-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html
BMA warns NHS trusts may be discriminating against foreign doctors
http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2006/05/16/35407/BMA+warns+NHS+trusts+may+be+discriminating+against+foreign.htm
MPs shocked by fresh immigration revelations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1776214,00.html
Simon Hughes supports gay refugee plight
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?id=1493
Exiled Journalist & Family Facing Deportation
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340692.html
Medical Foundation makes headlines!
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/articles/news/806
Migrant work
Feeding facts into the immigration debate
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/workinprogress/story/0,,1775426,00.html
EU states 'may offer reactor'
Britain, France and Germany discuss plans to offer Iran reactor in
exchange for halt to uranium enrichment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1776213,00.html
Reporting Sri Lanka
The pressures on the BBC 'to stop being so biased'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4986748.stm
15 May 06
Award chance after pupils' refugees fight
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5052170.html
Asylum toddlers get fingerprinted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4773005.stm
Mansoor Hassan & Family Campaign
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=3673
Poles apart of charity boom
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=724232006
Transcript: Extraordinary Rendition: complicity and its consequences
(PDF)
http://www.justice.org.uk/images/pdfs/PhilippeSands15May2006.pdf
Deported for Fare Dodging
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=9176
Gypsies and Irish Travellers inquiry report published
http://www.cre.gov.uk/gtinquiry
Rejected ally says Britain cut off aid like an old colonial master
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2180961,00.html
Immigrant may have fallen from under lorry
http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=455&articleid=1503405
Iraq: Two British troops killed at end of bloodiest week
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2180931,00.html
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Return Of The Death Squads - Iraq's Hidden News
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-05/06pilger.cfm
Trust me, I'm a junior doctor: is asylum an excuse to ignore suffering?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2006/05/15/hjuniord15.xml&sSheet=/health/2006/05/15/ixhfeatures.html
Tory councillor switches to BNP over Cameron list
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1775059,00.html
12 May 06
Sri Lankan Bishop Boycotts UK Over Visa Policy
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/south-asia/sri.lankan.bishop.boycotts.uk.over.visa.policy/335.htm
02: World
Bodies of African immigrants pile up around sunbathers
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=691269
Protracted refugee situations: Millions caught in limbo, with no
solutions in sight
http://www.un.org/events/tenstories_2006/story.asp?storyID=2600
Perceptions of the "Unpeople"
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-04/26chomsky.cfm
Where is the global outcry at this continuing cruelty?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1774765,00.html
Memorial planned for gay Holocaust victims
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,,1775806,00.html
When two poor countries reclaimed oilfields, why did just one spark
uproar?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1775561,00.html
Afghanistan’s New Legislature: Making Democracy Work
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4108
Australia: Child rape dossier may force U-turn on law for Aborigines
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2184093,00.html
Brazil gripped by fear as gang riots spread
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article484995.ece
China: Mao casts long shadow over China
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1775808,00.html
China: Blogger jailed for backing elections
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2183839,00.html
China: Memorandum on ‘re-education through labour’, former detainees and
experts available for interview
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/17002.shtml
China marks Cultural Revolution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4984924.stm
Egypt finds democracy can wait
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1775860,00.html
Egypt: Police Assault Demonstrators, Journalists
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/12/egypt13370.htm
India: Violence feared in Indian caste row
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1776450,00.html
Iraq: Two British troops killed at end of bloodiest week
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2180931,00.html
Iraq: Gays flee as religious militias sentence them all to death
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2183948,00.html
Iraq: Sistani renounces fatwa on gays
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article485024.ece
Ireland: Archbishop questions sanctuary of asylum seekers at cathedral
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060516asylum.shtml
Israel/Occupied Territories: 'Racist' marriage law upheld by Israel
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article484122.ece
Rwanda: Hundreds Illegally Detained in Former Warehouse
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/12/rwanda13369.htm
Serbia cannot escape curse of Mladic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/yugo/article/0,,1776459,00.html
Spain will urge Africa to stem immigrant tide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1775670,00.html
Sudan: Darfur rebels turn on each other
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,1776383,00.html
Thailand: 'They cut off his hands and feet and he bled to death'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2180762,00.html
US: 10,000 US troops to be sent to Mexican border
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1775671,00.html
US names all 759 Guantanamo Bay prisoners
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article485476.ece
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Full list of Guantanamo detainees
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article485410.ece
United States to renew ties to Libya after more than 25 years
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article485047.ece
Venezuela considers fighter jet deal with Iran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/venezuela/story/0,,1776219,00.html
West Papua’s forgotten asylum seekers
http://www.newint.org/features/west-papua-2006/index.html
03: Europe
EU entry requires more work from Balkan states
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1776205,00.html
5 May 2006
In this ECRAN weekly update you will find information on:
Council of the European Union
Declaration for Partnership for Security with EU neighbours; Draft
common manual for Immigration Liaison Officers online
European Council
EU-Africa migration conference to be held this autumn
European Commission
Niger not on Commissioner Frattini's safe country of origin list
proposal; European consular centres in third states to process asylum
applications; EU-Russia Readmission Treaty published
European Parliament
National and European Parliamentarians disagree on the implementation of
common immigration policy
ECRE
ECRE General Secretary calls for Europe to help strengthen refugee
protection in regions of origin
UNHCR: UNHCR raises concern over Danish amendments to immigration laws
MISCELLANEOUS: Amnesty stresses the importance of human rights
protection in EU-ACP dialogue on migration
Read in full: Word version
http://www.ecre.org/Update/Weekly%20Update%205%20May%202006.doc
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http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ECRAN-Weekly-Updates/
04: Events
05: US - Speech on Immigration
Mexico warns US over troops on border
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=731892006
President Bush Addresses the Nation on Immigration Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060515-8.html
Immigration Quotes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5824296,00.html
Immigrant Rights
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=10261
National Guard and Immigration: What Next
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5826339,00.html
Immigration
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=10267
Immigrant Movement
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-05/05kolhatkar.cfm
10,000 US troops to be sent to Mexican border
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1775671,00.html
Bush posts troops at Mexican border to appease Right
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2180771,00.html
Senate Bypasses Security for Immigration
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5826895,00.html
06: Defeating Racial Hatred pack
Defeating Organised Racial Hatred information pack
PDF
http://www.cre.gov.uk/downloads/Defeating_organised_racial_hatred.pdf
Safe Communities Initiative
http://www.cre.gov.uk/about/sci_index.html
07: Babies and Toddlers: trial of identity biometrics
Asylum toddlers get fingerprinted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4773005.stm
A Home Office department is fingerprinting under-fives, and may include
babies, in a biometrics ID scheme. The trial ends the department’s
technological taboo on enrolling very young children in identity checks.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/05/16/215954/Toddlers+used+in+trial+of+identity+biometrics.htm
08: The age of the plural city: when we are all minorities
The number of plural cities - cities where no one ethnic group holds the
demographic majority - is increasing around the world. This emerging
issue for race relations is yet to receive due attention both
domestically in the UK and on the global stage, the Commission for
Racial Equality (CRE) alerts.
http://www.cre.gov.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0dq.RefLocID-0hg00900c008.Lang-EN.htm
09: Conderence report - An asylum policy and legislation update
Conderence report: Working with change, meeting the challenge: An asylum
policy and legislation update
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/refugeecouncil/training/conferences.htm#policy
10: Report: Illegal Migrants - proposals for a common EU returns policy
Illegal Migrants: proposals for a common EU returns policy
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeucom/166/16602.htm
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