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[A] 'Hmm," I thought, sinister - certain certainty is certainly... '
14 May 06 - 51 items
[B] 'landmark court victory'
12 May 06 - 70 items
[C] 'enforced poverty'
10 May 06 - 75 items
[D] 'Child First'
10 May 06 - 1 item
[E] How to cancel or change your subscription to asylumpolicy.info
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[A] 'Hmm," I thought, sinister - certain certainty is certainly... '
14 May 06 - 51 items
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01: UK
02: World
03: Europe
04: Events
05: The new utopians
06: Can you sing, rap or dance?
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Lead: - 'Hmm," I thought, sinister - certain certainty is certainly... '
The Afghan fiasco: why a certain certainty is certainly being missed
Hmm,” I thought. “And what if some Jews had escaped from Auschwitz and
hijacked a plane and flown to England? And did we always return to the
USSR refugees who had seized the means of their transport in order to
escape?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2178119,00.html
What is (was) an Afghan jet doing at Stansted?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,,240884,00.html
Stanstead hijacking - when will the Government accept defeat?
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine70/stanstead.html
Blair 'to amend human rights law'
"...plans to change the act were "sinister".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4770231.stm
When will this abuse of human rights end?
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1774400,00.html
Afghan Decision: Government Sets Itself Above The Rule Of Law
"The government’s reaction to this has been to lash out at individual
judges, a reaction that has no place in a democratic society that
respects the rule of law.
(Word doc)
http://www.asylumpolicy.nfo/afghancases.doc
Human rights law 'may be changed'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4768259.stm
Basic freedoms are being lost in the human rights circus
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179499,00.html
Judge lifts Afghans' identity ban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2178062,00.html
Confusion in court – it’s the messy matter of whose human rights you
want to guard today, m'lud
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179506,00.html
Leak reveals Blair attack on human rights law
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1774399,00.html
Human Rights Act exposes government failings
This hostility to the Human Rights Act rests on the myth that it
empowers criminals at the expense of law-abiding citizens; in fact, it
protects citizens from abuse by the state.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1774416,00.html
Cameron threatens to scrap Human Rights Act
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article364647.ece
01: UK
14 May 06
Church of England damns Labour on asylum and poverty
The criticisms come in a leaked report called Faithful Cities, due
to be published on May 22. The document accuses the government of
trying to use deprivation as a way of deterring refugees
from seeking asylum status.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179592,00.html
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Church calls for joined-up approach to help victims of human trafficking
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr4206.html
Invasion by Poles hits 'lazy' Britain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179440,00.html
Mental health crisis hits UK troops
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1774418,00.html
Should we apologise for the wrongs of the past?
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1774389,00.html
Japanese minister ignores slave labour claims by British PoWs
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1774310,00.html
Think Jamaica is bad? Try Nigeria ... ' How Diane Abbott enraged a
community
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1774634,00.html
13 May 06
Greek minister urged to quit over 'abduction' of Pakistani immigrants
The migrants claim that they were interrogated by Greek and British
agents over their links with Pakistanis in Britain.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article364615.ece
British troops tell of battle for downed helicopter
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179404,00.html
Blair is one of the bad guys in Russia’s new War and Peace
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179260,00.html
It's territory not religion, stupid
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179450,00.html
Wanted for genocide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/rwanda/story/0,,1773993,00.html
British spy who defied Gestapo brutality to the end
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2177934,00.html
The Chagos islanders
Decades of boneheaded inhumanity and transatlantic subservience on the
part of the British government were exposed this week by a high court
decision in London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1773915,00.html
Regulation of the press
A not so modest proposal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1773912,00.html
02: World
Growing network of arms brokers and transporters fuelling killings,
rape, and torture
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGPOL300132006
Without foreign chancelleries and Hollywood’s finest, can Darfur peace
deal succeed?
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/34136
Belgium: Immigrants told to pass language test
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=720012006
China risks new row over bishop
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4769501.stm
France: Thousands Protest French Immigration Bill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5820525,00.html
Germany: Seven awards to German Stasi film
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4768055.stm
Indonesia villagers defy volcano
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4769489.stm
Iran rejects talks 'under threat'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4768865.stm
Iran: No threats and no Israel: Iran lays down terms ahead of nuclear
talks
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article447800.ece
Iraq's 'ragtag' army units start fighting among themselves
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article447806.ece
Russian bear is back - and this time it's gas-powered
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1774040,00.html
Russian federation: Beslan pupils fall victim to Putin vendetta
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179262,00.html
Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers sink peace hopes with suicide raid at sea
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2177962,00.html
Sudan: Children forced into Darfur death squads
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2179263,00.html
Syria Takes Welcome Action on Iraqi Palestinians
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/12/syria13372.htm
US: Bush to Speak on Immigration Monday
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5817529,00.html
US: Dueling Protests Mirror Immigration Divide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5818217,00.html
US: Bush may deploy troops to Mexico border in immigration crackdown
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article447780.ece
03: Europe
Latin America's oil rebels rebuff EU
http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,1773997,00.html
EU slams Tigers over sea attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4768329.stm
The emergence of a European security-industrial complex
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/may/ha000016.html
04: Events
05: The new utopians
Chávez is a threat because he offers the alternative of a decent society
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1773908,00.html
Chavez to ignore PM on UK trip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4769387.stm
Chavez offers oil to Europe's poor
Venezuelan President promises fuel to the needy and proclaims 'final
days of the North American empire' before visit to Britain today.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1774649,00.html
For many, Hugo Chávez's celebrity is evidence of a revival of the
utopian impulse. The former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda
links Latin America's recent lurch leftward to a new kind of utopianism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1773901,00.html
Details of President Hugo Chávez visit to London
http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=8043
06: Can you sing, rap or dance?
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[B] 'landmark court victory'
12 May 06 - 70 items
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Lead: - 'landmark court victory'
Islanders take first steps home after a landmark court victory
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2176622,00.html
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Bancoult, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign &
Commonwealth Affairs [2006] EWHC 1038 (Admin) (11 May 2006)
Conclusion
For these reasons the claimant succeeds. We invite counsel to draw up
the appropriate order.
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2006/1038.html
Judges dismiss 'repugnant' attempts to deny Chagos islanders their home
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article364324.ece
Britons held at Guantanamo Bay win right to sue their captors
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article363604.ece
Afghan Hijackers Win U.K. Refugee Status
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5812938,00.html
Government "abused power" over Afghan hijackers
http://news.viewlondon.co.uk/Government_abused_power_over_Afghan_hijackers_17113872.html
Judge attacks government for not following procedures in Afghan cases
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/relea0506_1.htm
Response to government plan to appeal court decision
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/relea0506_2.htm
01: UK
12 May 06
Children should not be the victims of gender wars
It sanctioned the movement of hundreds of children to often miserable
lives in Australia in the 1950s. We recall how young children have been
removed from jailed mothers by an insensitive prison system. The state,
over-confident about protecting children's best interests, typically
makes a serious mistake in children's policy every generation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1773130,00.html
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Empty Cradles - "150,000 children had in fact been deported from
children's homes in Britian"
http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/corgi/emptycradles.htm
Now is the time to get a Chinese education, Britons told
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2176104,00.html
Storming of the British embassy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2176246,00.html
The sex war's new frontline
We fight for equality, yet balk at the first death of a woman in action
in Iraq.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1773098,00.html
Britain's colonial adventures: The truth about Gordon of Khartoum
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article364318.ece
New call by lecturers for Israeli academic boycott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1773018,00.html
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Monday marks the 58th anniversary of the founding of Israel in 1948 -
and the expulsion of Palestinians from their land. With millions still
living under occupation or in exile
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1773020,00.html
11 May 06
Asylum deport family win reprieve
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4760835.stm
Colnbrook's despair - able young men driven to suicide
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340280.html
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Update on Colnbrook Hunger Strike
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340154.html
In a Liverpool limbo
Shivakuru Selvathurai and his family have been waiting for an asylum
decision for four long years
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/05/11/53905/In+a+Liverpool+limbo.html?key=ASYLUM
Evelyn & Bendicta belong to Wakefield
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine70/evelyn.html
'Free Zimbabwe' Bristol Vigil
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=1355
Is the Home Secretary's empire now too big to be effective?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27969-2167626,00.html
Sex Trafficking, Amnesty welcomes police raids in London and West
Midlands, but calls for protection for trafficked victims
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/17001.shtml
US rejects calls for Guantánamo closure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1772632,00.html
Britons held at Guantanamo Bay win right to sue their captors
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article363604.ece
Afghan hijackers stay in UK after ruling hits Home Office
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article363619.ece
19 women set free in raids on alleged sex traffickers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1772195,00.html
New report reveals arms trade out of control as Amnesty members descend
on parliament calling for tough arms controls
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16999.shtml
Chagos families win right to return
A group of British citizens evicted from the Chagos Islands 40 years ago
to make way for a military base win high court victory
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1772729,00.html
Slavery: Is it time for an apology?
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article363634.ece
Reid pledge on Afghan hijackers
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article363987.ece
10 May 06
Home Office Protest Spearheads UK IDAHO Events
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2006may/1002.htm
Street actor opens asylum exhibition
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/212/212717_street_actor_opens_asylum_exhibition.html
Anger at overseas doctors' permit requirement
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/may/ak000012.html
Seven-day welfare plan turned down
The government has rejected a recommendation to assess the welfare of
asylum-seeking children in detention after seven days.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/05/05/53769/Seven-day+welfare+plan+turned+down.html?key=ASYLUM
02: World
Those in power do not rule for ever: history will judge our presidencies
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1772607,00.html
First kiss the dictator, then slap his face
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2176596,00.html
Afghan poppy farmers expect record opium crop and the Taliban will reap
the rewards
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article363606.ece
Chad refugee crisis 'overlooked'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4760299.stm
Congo DR: New UN report documents abuses by police and army troops
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18431&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo
Egypt: Award-Winning Blogger Among New Arrests
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/09/egypt13337.htm
Egyptian trial of pro-reform judges halted after protests
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article364319.ece
Haiti after the Elections: Challenges for Préval’s First 100 Days
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4104
India: Victims of unrest
Thousands caught between Maoist rebels and Indian troops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4758713.stm
Israel/Occupied Territories: Emergency aid may be too little, too late
for Palestinians trying to survive a crisis
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article363793.ece
Italy: Extraordinary renditions: Collusion by Italian personnel in CIA
kidnapping
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/02italy-cia-rendition.htm
Lebanon: Hariri Tribunal Can Restore Faith in Law
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/11/lebano13344.htm
Morocco: Convictions Show Limits on Press Freedom
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/09/morocc13333.htm
Nepal: From People Power to Peace?
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4099&l=1
Russia: End Anti-Gay Violence, Permit Gay Pride Parade
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/08/russia13325.htm
Somalia: Amnesty International condemns child executing father’s killer
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/17000.shtml
Somalis flee as city battle rages
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4760605.stm
Sri Lanka: 'Dozens dead' in Sri Lanka clash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4762105.stm
Sri Lankan sea battle leaves 45 dead
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article364333.ece
Sudan: Six-month delay for Darfur force
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1772013,00.html
Sudan: Peace Deal Must Deliver on Darfur Aid
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/05/sudan13321.htm
US spy agency 'monitoring calls'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4762623.stm
US: 56 Immigrants Locked in Freezer Truck
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5814893,00.html
US immigration bill impasse eases
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4764027.stm
US: Bush may have crossed the line by tracking every US phone call
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2176605,00.html
Vietnam: Fledgling Democracy Movement Under Threat
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/11/vietna13346.htm
03: Europe
EU: Foreign Ministers Should Resolve Taylor Issue
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/11/sierra13354.htm
04: Events
13 May 2006
*Benefit Concert In Support Of Asylum Seekers In Detention* this
Saturday
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340160.html
18 May 2006 Birmingham – 05 October 2006
‘Emotional Wellbeing of Refugee Children and Young people’
http://www.harpweb.org.uk/content.php?section=events⊂=e1
24 May 2006
'Hearing Voices': Listening to asylum seekers and refugees
A meeting sponsored by the All Party Group of MPs on Asylum Seekers and
Refugees to launch the new report and best practice guide on mental
health services for asylum seekers and refugees.
Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, London, SW1
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/may/fq000014.html
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Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
http://www.cppih.org/index.html
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Medical Justice Campaign
http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk
05: No Fortress Europe - Appeal
Join the campaign to shut down temporary holding centres for migrants in
Europe by signing this petition
http://www.no-fortress-europe.eu/
06: Exile Journalists News No: 2
EJNews provides news, comment and analysis on the right to refuge and
press freedom around the world. It is written by journalists who have
been forced to seek exile after facing persecution in their home
countries simply for doing their job.
Pdf version of the newsletter can be dowloaded from:EJNews, Issue Two,
May 2006
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Please email your comments to Forward at ejn at mediawise.org.uk or 0117
941 5890
1. New editor for EJNews
Amadu Khan has been appointed editor of EJNews. A refugee from Sierra
Leone, Amadu is a human rights journalist, poet and community
development expert.
2. A victory for EJN - of sorts
When The People published an article (‘Insult to our heroes’, Feb 26)
that described a migrant in Calais as ‘asylum seeker’, a ‘bogus asylum
seeker’, an ‘illegal immigrant’, a ‘refugee’ – and labelled him a ‘vile
toerag’ for good measure – EJN complained to the Press Complaints
Commission.
3. Mansoor steps up asylum campaign
The two year long campaign to stop the deportation of EJN member Mansoor
Hassan is reaching a crucial legal stage. Supported by Tony Lloyd MP and
Jeremy Dear of the National Union of Journalists, Mansoor is making a
fresh application for asylum and human rights protection to the Home
Office’s Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
4.Xenophobia rules
The media has, quote properly, devoted extensive coverage to the fact
that the Home Office has let hundreds of criminals who should have been
deported at the end of their sentences stay in Britain.
5. Anti-deportation protesters cleared
Three protesters who participated in a peaceful dawn protest at the
Glasgow office of the Immigration Service have been cleared of charges
of breach of the peace.
6. Journalists need help to deal with trauma
There is a pressing need for trauma therapy centres to treat journalists
working in trouble-spots around the world, according to delegates at a
London meeting about post traumatic stress disorder in the media last
month.
7. EJN joins calls to defend free expression
The EJN will join activists and groups around the world that defend
freedom of expression at an international conference in Edinburgh. The
event, organised by the International Press Institute (IPI) to mark its
55th General Assembly will take place on May 27-30.
8. London’s media under scrutiny
Refugee organisations working in London met in the city on April 6 to
discuss coverage of refugees and asylumseekers by London-based media.
9. NUJ commits itself to supporting EJN
http://www.exiledjournalists.net/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=categories&category=17&MMN_position=15:15
Tim Lezard, outgoing President of the National Union of Journalists, has
sent a strong message of support to the EJN.
10. Gearing up for International Refugee Day
International Refugee Day will take place on June 20 this year, and many
organisations are already starting to organise activities.
11. Research reveals extent of racism in media
Two pieces of research commissioned by the Commission for Racial
Equality conclude that racism is rife in the UK media.
A Mori poll asking people from ethnic minorities about careers in the
print media found that 21 per cent believe there is racism in the
profession.
12. Press review - Report rubbishes ‘sex for visas’ expose
When The Sun exposed what it called a ‘sex for visas’ scam at the
immigration office in Croydon, the Government quickly launched an
investigation.
13. Press review - ‘Illegal asylum-seekers’ return!
The tired, old and utterly meaningless phrase ‘illegal asylum-seeker’
has made an unwelcome return to our newspapers. The Stoke Sentinel
(‘Baths, lies, strikes and Mr Prescott’, April 3), the Glasgow Herald
(‘Dawn-raids row brings changes to asylum system’, March 27) and –
somewhat surprisingly – The Guardian (‘In the hysteria over illegal
asylum seekers, refugees like my Nepalese friend Tham are being let down
by the system’, March 24) all used the phrase in recent weeks.
14.Press freedom roundup
World Press Freedom Day was marked by journalists across the globe on
May 3. But just two days before, Uthyan, the largest Tamil-language
daily newspaper in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, was attacked by gunmen who killed
two media workers. Five armed men entered the paper’s main office and
opened fire on editorial staff, killing two staffers and wounding two
more.
15. Feature - Asylum: the truth and the lies
MediaWise Director MIKE JEMPSON reveals how the parts of the media
distorted a major global report on asylum-seekers and refugees.
There are fewer refugees in the world today than at anytime in the last
25 years, and the number is still falling. That was the positive message
of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonia Guterres,
as he launched his new global report in London on April 19.
16. Feature - How I started Ireland’s most popular multicultural
newspaper
Abel Ugba is the founding editor of Ireland’s most popular multicultural
newspaper, Metro Eireann. As the paper celebrates its six anniversary,
he describes how he set it up.
07: Andijan Massacre: Eyewitness Testimony
Video interview transcript
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/09/uzbeki13329.htm
West urged to punish Uzbekistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4760509.stm
Uzbekistan: A Year Later, Still No Justice for Andijan
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/11/uzbeki13336.htm
08: EU urged to revise its Dublin II Regulation to protect refugees'
rights
The European Union’s Dublin II Regulation, which identifies the Member
State responsible for examining an asylum claim, needs substantial
revision to ensure that the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees are
respected, according to a UNHCR study
Word doc
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/dublin.doc
Report: The Dublin II Regulation. A UNHCR Discussion Paper », which
includes a number of case examples
(PDF)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RSDLEGAL&id=4445fe344
[C] 'enforced poverty'
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Lead: - 'enforced poverty'
Church attacks Government's asylum policy
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=691042006
Kirk concern over ‘enforced poverty’ of asylum seekers
http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news/nrga130506.htm
Kirk attacks 'forced poverty' policy of discouraging asylum seekers
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=693802006
Report: Human Rights, Racial Justice and Migration
Asylum Seekers
Asylum Policy: Dawn Raids
Destitution among Asylum Seekers
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Source: http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/
Church of Scotland Concerned by ‘Enforced Poverty’ of Asylum Seekers
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.scotland.concerned.by.enforced.poverty.of.asylum.seekers/1144.htm
01: UK
10 may 06
>From Derby to Darfur - Beckett's baptism of fire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/foreignaffairs/story/0,,1771363,00.html
Call for treaty to enforce weapons embargoes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,,1771379,00.html
Murder of Catholic boy, 15, reveals a Northern Ireland divided as ever
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/ulster/article363125.ece
How arms have become a truly global business
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article363099.ece
Veteran protesters face jail under new anti-terror laws
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article363116.ece
Evidence against Qatada 'gained by torture'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article363123.ece
British farmer building gallows for export to Africa
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article363097.ece
'Abusers' elected to human rights council
Britain won a seat on the newly created Human Rights Council of the UN
yesterday, but five countries identified as being among the world's
worst abusers also achieved membership.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article363095.ece
They should come out as imperialist and proud of it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1771384,00.html
A tale of two breakfasts
Mugabe was not always the figure now depicted on the London stage as a
haunted depressive.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1771386,00.html
9 May 06
Migrant detention records blasted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4752267.stm
Torture evidence used against Qatada, court hears
The case is an important first test of the British government's hopes of
deporting UK-based terrorism suspects to their countries of origin after
signing a series of diplomatic "no torture" agreements.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1771017,00.html
Two tales of one incident at Colnbrook Removal Centre.
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine70/colnbrook.html
Judges end five-year anti-war vigil outside parliament
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,,1770525,00.html
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Demo v democracy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2171203,00.html
Peace protesters win battle against arms firm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,,1770468,00.html
Beckett: No military action against Iran
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article362991.ece
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The Big Question: Is Iran developing a nuclear bomb, and if so, should
it be stopped?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article362904.ece
8 May 06
The battle against racism
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/61511.html
Blair's terrible legacy: UK troops dig in after killings
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article362710.eces
Drag death man still unidentified
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4750689.stm
Immigration list man spared jail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/4750963.stm
Brian Haw loses Parliament protest case
It was announced today that Brian Haw has lost the latest round of his
fight to be allowed to protest in Parliament Square.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/press/2006/brian-haw-loses-protest-case.shtml
Anti-immigrant UKIP leader hires Polish builders
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article362721.ece
>From sweetness and light to bloody ambushes: the British descent in
Basra
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2170227,00.html
Anti-war protester dealt court blow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/iraq/story/0,,1770142,00.html
Nightmare world of suburban sex slaves
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1769962,00.html
The neocons strike again
The treatment of Jack Straw throws new and alarming light on the
dismissal of Robin Cook.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1769722,00.html
5 May 06
25.000 innocent people detained .../you have the newspapers you deserve
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/339661.html
02: World
If this is Ahmadinejad's bluff, it is bluff worth calling
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1771225,00.html
Washed up on the beach - hidden half of Africa's people smuggling
epidemic
As the world looks elsewhere, Somalis and Ethiopians are risking all to
get to the Middle East
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1771235,00.html
Morales is taking Bolivia out of the shadow of the US
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1769720,00.html
Australia intercepts more Papuans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4752857.stm
Bosnia court holds genocide trial
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4756419.stm
Chad: Refugees too scared to go home despite Darfur deal peace
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article362673.ece
Egypt: Cairo clamps down on dissent
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1770310,00.htmls
Egypt: When judges are beaten
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1771385,00.html
French tribute to slavery victims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4756635.stm
India's hidden war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1770612,00.html
Iran: Tehran breaks silence with US to offer 'solutions'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1770119,00.html
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Russia says UN plan for Iran is 'first step to war'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article362745.ece
Iraqi government 'in days'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1771080,00.html
Israel/Occupied Territories: Palestinians to get interim aid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4756407.stm
Liberia sex-for-aid 'widespread'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4983440.stm
Puerto Rico protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4755069.stm
Somalia: Fighting rages in Somali capital
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4750171.stm
Somali militias battle
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/08/somalia.reut/index.html
Somalia: Battles between rival militias leave 84 dead
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1771233,00.html
Sudan: A small step in the desert
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,1769723,00.html
Thai court nullifies country's election results
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article362798.ece
US: Images of a hidden America
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article362676.ece
US rejects Iran's letter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1770635,00.html
03: Europe
EU plans crisis aid for Palestinians
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1769743,00.html
Draft Common Manual for Immigration Liaison Officers (ILOs) posted
abroad by the Member States of the European Union
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/eu-draft-ILO-manual-8418-06.pdf
European Commission evaluation of on combating trafficking in human
beings
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/com-traff-eval-187-06.pdf
Prejudice forms a new line between east and west
As gay people get greater rights in parts of EU, other countries
entrench bigotr
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,,1769781,00.html
Don't humiliate us, Bulgarians warn EU
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1770625,00.html
04: Events
05: Policing the peacekeepers
Tough new measures are needed to curb sex abuse by UN personnel
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2171205,00.html
Children in Liberia Victims of Sexual Exploitation,
Study Finds
http://www.savethechildren.org/news/releases/release_050806.asp
Child sex-for-aid 'rife' in Liberia
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/08/liberia.abuse.reut/index.html
06: Non-refoulement under threat
Joint Redress/Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) Seminar
Matrix Chambers, 16 May 2006 (pdf)
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/redress-ILPA-seminar.pdf
07: Best & Worst Places to be a Mum
The State of the World's Mothers 2006 report
(PDF)
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/SOWM_2006_final.pdf
A Mother’s Day Report Card: The Best— And Worst—Countries to Be a Mother
http://www.savethechildren.org/news/releases/release_050906.asp
Most Dangerous Day for Children
http://www.savethechildren.org/news/releases/release_050906_b.asp
Best & Worst Places to be a Mom
http://www.savethechildren.org/news/releases/release_050906.asp
08: Refugee Studies Centre - Update No.3
Word document version:
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/rsc_update_no3.doc
09: US - Web Site Questions Immigrant Stereotypes
Frustrated by the political rhetoric surrounding the illegal immigration
debate, a political consultant and a Web designer are launching an
Internet campaign aimed at shattering stereotypes about Latinos and
getting them involved.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5807706,00.html
I am a Proud American
http://www.iamaproudamerican.com
10: People trafficking: upholding rights and understanding
vulnerabilities
The latest issue of Forced Migration Review (http://www.fmreview.org/)
(FMR 25) includes a major feature on People trafficking: upholding
rights and understanding vulnerabilities.
http://www.fmreview.org
European Commission evaluation of on combating trafficking in human
beings
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/com-traff-eval-187-06.pdf
[D] 'Child First'
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>>>> Child First, Migrant Second: Ensuring that Every Child Matters
Full report: Child First, Migrant Second:
Ensuring that Every Child Matters
(PDF)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ilpa_child_first.pdf
Launched today (Wednesday 10th May) at the House of Commons,
suggests that despite Government reassurances that every
child matters, children who are subject to immigration
control are systematically excluded from some of the
measures intended to deliver better outcomes for
children.
Immigrant children are children first and foremost
If children subject to immigration control are to receive the support
and protection intended for all children in the UK under the
Government’s framework for ensuring that Every Child Matters, they must
be treated as ‘children first and migrants second’, according to the
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA).
The evidence presented in ILPA’s policy paper Child First, Migrant
Second: Ensuring that Every Child Matters launched today (Wednesday 10th
May) at the House of Commons, suggests that despite Government
reassurances that every child matters, children who are subject to
immigration control are systematically excluded from some of the
measures intended to deliver better outcomes for children.
The paper argues that this problem is exacerbated by the recent
introduction of policies that encourage local authorities to exclude
migrant children from the provision of the Children Acts (1989 and 2004)
as part of the wider government objective of controlling immigration.
Social workers who are supposed to be protecting children are
increasingly being required to behave as if they are immigration
officers. The paper argues that these roles are ultimately incompatible.
ILPA’s policy paper sets out the implications of the current approach
for separated asylum seeking children, asylum seeking children in
families, trafficked children and young people, and children in private
fostering arrangements. It makes concrete and specific recommendations
for ensuring that each of these groups of children matter in policy and
practice.
Commenting on the launch of the policy paper Chris Randall, specialist
immigration lawyer and Chair of ILPA, said:
“While children are living in this country, they must be afforded equal
rights and treatment under UK law. We hope that this paper, and our
earlier publication Working with Children and Young People Subject to
Immigration Control: Guidelines for Best Practice, will help
practitioners working in the areas of both immigration and welfare to
understand their obligations towards this group of children and to
translate this understanding into the work they do.”
Dr Heaven Crawley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wales Swansea
and author of the paper, said:
“There is growing evidence that children subject to immigration control
are treated as migrants first and foremost and that their rights and
needs as children either remain unidentified or else are ignored. This
evidence can be seen in the current treatment of children in the asylum
determination process, in the increasing number of disputes over the age
and entitlements of children and young people, in the use of detention
and child poverty as tools of immigration control, in the lack of proper
support for children in private fostering arrangements and in the
failure to identify and protect those who have been trafficked.”
“If every child living in the UK really matters, politicians, policy
makers and practitioners must ensure that the policies and practice of
immigration control are compatible with national and international
obligations towards children, who are one of the most vulnerable groups
in our society.”
Peggy Ray, Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2005 (Family) and UNICEF Child
Rights Lawyer of the Year 2001 wrote:
“It is a sad fact that the politicisation of the issue of asylum seekers
can lead to the special vulnerability of the children caught up within
the immigration system being disregarded.
This policy paper deserves
the widest possible dissemination among not only social workers and
lawyers dealing with migrant children working within the immigration
system, but lawyers and all professionals working within the child
protection arena. ”
Notes for editors
ILPA’s policy paper Child First, Migrant Second: Ensuring that Every
Child Matters will be launched at an event hosted by Neil Gerrard MP and
Chris Randall, Chair of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
at the House of Commons (Committee Room 16) at 4pm on Wednesday 10th May
2006. The panel of speakers will include Dr Heaven Crawley, author of
the paper, Lin Homer, Director General of IND, Selam Kidane from the
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) and a speaker from
'Resolution' (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association). For
further information on the launch event please contact Elizabeth White
on 0207 251 8383 or email elizabeth.white at ilpa.org.uk
The policy paper can be downloaded at
www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ilpa_child_first.pdf ILPA has also
published Working with Children and Young People subject to Immigration
Control: Guidelines for Best Practice (November 2004), which can be
downloaded at
www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ilpa_working_with_children.pdf Both of
these publications have been funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
The policy paper makes a number of recommendations to ensure that
children subject to immigration control matter in UK policy and
practice, including the following:
- The UK’s Reservation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) should be removed and the immigration and asylum systems brought
into line with its guiding principles;
- The benefit of the doubt should always be given to individuals whose
age is disputed;
- A child focused asylum system should be established which includes
procedures that take into consideration the broken narratives of
children, the additional difficulties they have in expressing a coherent
account of their experiences, and child-specific experiences of
persecution;
- No child should be returned to his or her country of origin unless and
until it is clear it is safe to do so and there is evidence that he or
she will be properly supported on return;
- All separated children seeking asylum – and indeed all children
subject to immigration control – should be represented throughout any
legal proceedings by specialised representatives;
- Local authority care for separated children, including leaving care
arrangements, should be properly resourced by central government;
- A statutory guardianship system should be established for children who
are subject to immigration control;
- All children in the UK should have access to the same levels of
welfare and support regardless of their immigration status. Section 9
should not be implemented and ideally should be repealed;
- Children should not be detained for the purpose of immigration control
because of the negative physical, mental and educational consequences of
detention;
- Local Safeguarding Children Boards should be encouraged to include
representatives from the Immigration Service and the National Asylum
Support Service (NASS) where appropriate;
- Additional child protection officers should be stationed at major
ports of entry in order to identify potential victims of trafficking and
other children who need to be safeguarded from harm or abuse;
- Private fostering arrangements should be subject to a registration and
approval scheme.
For further information please contact:
Elizabeth White 0207 251 8383
Dr Heaven Crawley 07813 127121
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