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[A] 'Life and death, petrified' 
     29 May 06 - 73 items

[B] 'failing, terror, damages, Torture, locked up, Amnesty attacks'
     26 May 06 - 82 items

[C] 'turning 18'
     25 May 06 - 5 items

[D] 'destitution as a tool of coercion'
     23 May 06 - 30 items

[E] How to cancel or change your subscription to asylumpolicy.info


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[A] 'Life and death, petrified' 
     29 May 06 - 73 items

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02: World
03: Europe
04: Events
05: Stop internet repression
06: The children of Guantanamo
07: The massacre and the Marines
08: The viral video online revolution
09: Immigration Reporting Centres: National Update and Call-out
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Lead: - 'Life and death, petrified'

Do Van Ky - Life and death of a stowaway
The story of Do Van Ky, a Vietnamese man who came to Britain to earn
money for his sick brother, and who died under the wheels of a lorry on
the A1.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1784322,00.html

After four months at sea, ghost ship with 11 petrified corpses washes up
in Barbados
By March Spanish authorities claimed more than 1,000 had drowned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1785108,00.html

01: UK

29 May 06

Out of Eden
This Indian Ocean paradise was once home to more than a thousand
contented British subjects. In 1966, Harold Wilson's government sold it
to the US in a secret, illegal deal and terrorised the population into
leaving.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1784993,00.html

Group criticises refugee treatment
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132943&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132546&contentPK=14538439&folderPk=77456

Hotel Rwanda manager urges action in Darfur
http://books.guardian.co.uk/hay2006/story/0,,1785182,00.html

Lessons for the centre-left in how to be British
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/andreas_whittam_smith/article621193.ece
About
Progressive Nationalism: Citizenship and the Left
Download full text PDF
http://www.demos.co.uk/progressivenationalism_pdf_media_public.aspx

Terror or error: is humanity on the eve of destruction?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Books/news/articles/0,,1785175,00.html

Curbs on migrant labour worry employers
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0dc5f6e8-eeaf-11da-820a-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=247a7efa-c8dc-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html

3,000 UK troops are Awol since war began
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2201471,00.html

Progressive nationalism isn't an oxymoron, it's a necessity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1785119,00.html

28 May 06

Asylum is not a Crime
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/341525.html

Police investigate Observer 'sex-for-asylum' allegations
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1784667,00.html

Security firm told to guard standards
Global Solutions (GSL), which runs immigration detention centres and
prisons, has come under pressure to raise standards after a case
alleging breaches of human rights was upheld against it.
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article620609.ece

Lunar House sex scandal escalates
http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.769938.0.lunar_house_sex_scandal_escalates.php

At least 1,000 UK soldiers desert 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5024104.stm

Amnesty to target net repression 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5020788.stm

We urge the internet giants to defend free speech
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1784685,00.html

Today, our chance to fight a new hi-tech tyranny
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1784643,00.html

Home Office in meltdown
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2200429,00.html

Not fit for purpose
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2200319,00.html

27 May 06

'Sex for asylum' - the story updated
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/05/26/sex_for_asylum.html#more

Wall of silence surrounds deportation decision
http://www.thisishull.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=136730&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136541&contentPK=14536929&folderPk=79656

Transsexual seeks £2.5m damages after job demotion
Family moved to Britain to escape intolerance in US
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,,1784352,00.html

Thousands of academics oppose boycott of Israel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Education/higher/news/story/0,,1784282,00.html

Galloway uses Cherie Blair in his defence
George Galloway defends his claim that it would be "morally justified"
for an Iraqi suicide bomber to kill Tony Blair.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/otherparties/story/0,,1784290,00.html

Taliban rise again near UK troops 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1784304,00.html

The special relationship that squandered a noble cause
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1784204,00.html

02: World

Guantanamo hunger strike grows 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5027860.stm

Pope Benedict to visit Auschwitz 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5024324.stm

At the heart of evil, a German pope prays for Auschwitz dead
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2201403,00.html

Afghanistan: Across the border, the Taliban rises again
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1784304,00.html

Burma extends Suu Kyi detention
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5022626.stm
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Aung San Suu Kyi: the Lady's not for turning
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/7days/story/0,,1784577,00.html

Chad: Sudanese Militia Massacre Chadian Civilians
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/24/chad13444.htm

East Timor: Uneasy peace
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1784229,00.html

East Timor: Nuns defy baying mob to protect victims of ethnic hate
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2201132,00.html

East Timor: Violence spreads in Dili as gangs join uprising
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1784977,00.html

Indonesia: Death toll tops 3,500 as quake hits 
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article620719.ece

Indonesia: Aceh Rights Court Must Address Past Abuse
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/26/indone13463.htm

Iraq: Marines accused of Iraq massacre
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1784307,00.html

Iraq: Fresh evidence of 'executions' by US marines in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,1784622,00.html

Israel/Occupied Territories: Israel jets bomb bases in Lebanon 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5024482.stm

Israel/Occupied Territories: Punishment of Palestinians will create a
crucible of trouble for the world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1784953,00.html

Mexico: Immigration Debate Impacts Mexican Race
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5851352,00.html

Saudi Arabia: Guantanamo Detainees Return to Legal Limbo
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/26/saudia13469.htm

Somaliland: Time for African Union Leadership
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4131

Sri Lanka foes 'agree to talks' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5022982.stm

Sri Lanka refugees 'face risks'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5027370.stm

US: 'Vigilantes' fence Arizona border
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5025158.stm

U.S.: Investigate Taylor’s Son for Torture, War Crimes
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/25/liberi13467.htm

03: Europe

Rebranding plan for failed EU constitution
Support growing for name of the European constitution to be changed to
"basic law".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1785206,00.html

Why is the EU Turning its Back on West Africa?
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/24/liberi13472.htm

European police foil traffickers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5026920.stm

04: Events

Saturday 10th June 2006
NCADC - AGM
12.00 noon - 5.00pm
All Souls Clubhouse
141 Cleveland Street
London
W1T 6QG
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=3708


Tuesday June 13 2006
Religion, politics and sexuality
What can history tell us about the boundaries of expression in the
Middle East now?
Event timings: 7pm: Doors open for drinks reception and private view of
the exhibition Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East.
8-9.30pm: Forum in the BP Lecture Theatre
Venue: The British Museum, London WC1 (access via Great Russell Street
entrance)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eventsandoffers/article/0,,1783105,00.html

24-25 June 
Diversity Matters conference: cultural diversity in children's
publishing
Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in Westminster, London. 
More information and online > registration is available at 
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/diversitymatters

11th July 2006
Central London
Working together to improve services for asylum seeking children
http://www.basw.co.uk/articles.php?articleId=473


05: Stop internet repression

Join the irrepressible.info campaign to show that the human voice and
human rights cannot be repressed. 
http://www.irrepressible.info/

Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents 
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

New Amnesty 45th anniversary campaign tackles internet repression 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16970

World Press Freedom Day: Our annual survey and new list of predators
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17084

Blocked sites
How some nations are stopping people from freely surfing the web 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5024874.stm

Web censorship: Correspondent reports 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5024874.stm

Amnesty to target net repression 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5020788.stm

Net censorship spreads worldwide
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4973114.stm


06: The viral video online revolution

Video flooded in from every corner of America to
http://www.Getdemocracy.com during the recent US immigration day strike.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/5020364.stm

Democracy Player.  Your internet television has arrived.
http://www.getdemocracy.com/

The viral video online revolution 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/5020364.stm


07: The children of Guantanamo

The 'IoS' reveals today that more than 60 of the detainees of the US
camp were under 18 at the time of their capture, some as young as 14
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article620704.ece


08: The massacre and the Marines

War crimes: My Lai is a lesson from history
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article621253.ece

Marines accused of Iraq massacre
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1784307,00.html

Fresh evidence of 'executions' by US marines in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,1784622,00.html

US troops could face death penalty for what is seen as potentially the
worst war crime since Iraqi invasion
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article620720.ece

Marines and the 'massacre': a neighbour tells of aftermath
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2201470,00.html


09: Working together to improve services for asylum seeking children

11th July 2006
Central London
http://www.basw.co.uk/articles.php?articleId=473
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7th June 2006
People Not Paperwork Conference
http://www.basw.co.uk/articles.php?articleId=472


10: Immigration Reporting Centres: National Update and Call-out

As the twice-monthly pickets of the Immigration Reporting Centre at
North Shields on Tyneside enter their sixth month, Tyneside Community
Action for Refugees (TCAR) has called for a national day of action
against reporting centres for the 22nd June, as part of Refugee Week.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/341547.html


[B] 'failing, terror, damages, Torture, locked up, Amnesty attacks'
     26 May 06 - 82 items

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Lead: - 'failing, terror, damages, Torture, locked up, Amnesty attacks'

Amnesty attacks Government over human rights
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article570934.ece

Amnesty International annual report 2006 published
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16954

New figures reveal increase in number of children locked up in the UK
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/relea0506_5.htm

No Place for a Child
http://www.noplaceforachild.org.uk/

UK attacked over terror flights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5017672.stm

Report: The UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT)
Joint Committee on Human Rights
The prohibition on torture
The principle in Chahal v UK
The primary issues of concern raised by the UN Committee were:
Excessive use of force in the removal of asylum seekers.
Detention of those being held pending deportation
Diplomatic assurances against torture
This Report also covers one issue which was not raised by
the UN Committee. Since the review of the UK report by the
UN Committee in 2004, allegations that UK airports are being
used to facilitate extraordinary renditions of suspects being
transported to face torture abroad have generated considerable
public concern.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200506/jtselect/jtrights/185/18502.htm

New safeguards are needed to identify unfairly detained torture survivors if
the Government is to avoid further costly compensation orders, the MF warns.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/articles/news/811

Torture victims awarded damages
The Home Secretary was ordered to pay damages to two asylum seekers
after the Home Office failed to ensure they received prompt medical
examinations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/5005112.stm

Judge damns refugees treatment
An indictment of the way Britain deals with victims of overseas
torture was delivered yesterday in a High Court case that revealed
how two people who bore scars from beatings with hot irons and steel
wire were placed in a detention centre and denied immediate medical attention.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article570211.ece

The asylum process is failing too many women
Rape, honour crime, female circumcision - how can the system be so dismissive of such terrible persecution?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1780804,00.html

Amnesty attacks UK over torture
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5008208.stm

It is absurd to calculate human rights according to a cost-benefit analysis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1781508,00.html

One in four appeals now successful, show latest asylum figures
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/relea0506_6.htm

Home Secretary must pay damages to asylum seekers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2191886,00.html

shocking number of children locked up in UK
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/resources/details.jsp?id=4184&group=resources&section=news&fromgroup=news&newssection=newslibrary&subsection=details

Commission criticises government attack on human rights culture
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/nihr-human-rights-culture.pdf

01: UK

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Papers pinpoint law chief's change of heart over war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1783511,00.html
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Public Authority: Legal Secretarial to the Law Officers
Summary: The Information Commissioner has served a single Enforcement Notice to resolve the issues arising from a number of similar complaints relating to disclosure of advice given by the Attorney General on the legality of military intervention in Iraq in 2003.
Full transcript of Enforcement Notice 22/05/06
http://www.ico.gov.uk/cms/DocumentUploads/Enforcment_Notice_22nd_May_2006.pdf
Appendix 6 Disclosure Statement
http://www.ico.gov.uk/cms/DocumentUploads/Appendix_6_Disclosure_Statement.pdf
Annex A Attorney General's Advice 07/03/03
http://www.ico.gov.uk/cms/DocumentUploads/Annex_A%20_AG_s_Advice_7_3_03.pdf
Annex B Statement by the Attorney General 17/3/03
http://www.ico.gov.uk/cms/DocumentUploads/Annex%20_B_Statement_by_the_Attorney%20_General_17_3_031.pdf
Annex C Memorandum by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
http://www.ico.gov.uk/cms/DocumentUploads/Annex_C_Memorandum_by_the_Foreign_and_Commonwealth%20_Office.pdf

Goldsmith broke rules on disclosing Iraq war advice
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article601329.ece

Met criticised over cost of removing Iraq placards
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article601341.ece

25 May 06

Asylum seekers to stage protest
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5052774.html

Asylum lawyers face threat to contracts
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/breaking/view=newsarticle.law?GAZETTENEWSID=283666

Attorney General told to reveal Iraq advice information
The Attorney General's office was ordered today to disclose
information leading to his advice on the legality of invading Iraq in 2003.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article584710.ece

Bishop of Chelmsford left stranded in Kenya in row over gay rights
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article571676.ece

Home Office chief echoes Reid's attack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,1783215,00.html

You made me feel human again...
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=17130960%26method=full%26siteid=50003%26headline=you%2dmade%2dme%2dfeel%2dhuman%2dagain%2d%2d%2d-name_page.html

24 May 06

GCSE ordeal for asylum fight girls
http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=680&articleid=1522665

Reid 'furious' over wrong figures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5013510.stm

No number of sackings can salvage this broken system
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1781665,00.html

Highlighting the mental health needs of child asylum seekers and refugees
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/may/ha000025.html

Reid rings the changes at 'inadequate' Home Office
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article570958.ece

Dental nurse told to get married or leave the country
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_objectid=17122783%26method=full%26siteid=50102%26headline=dental%2dnurse%2dtold%2dto%2dget%2dmarried%2dor%2dleave%2dthe%2dcountry-name_page.html

Immigrant rush to beat 'British test'
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=768612006

Lib Dems stage mass passport renewal
Liberal Democrat MPs renew passports en masse - in protest at government plans for a compulsory identity database.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,1782100,00.html

'Do not send your children here. We will kill them'
Taleban fighters' chilling message to Tony Blair
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2194397,00.html

Told to leave UK after 70 years
http://www.northamptontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=255&ArticleID=1522046

Wave of support for refugee Islan to stay in the UK
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/swindonnewsheadlines/display.var.769552.0.wave_of_support_for_refugee_islan_to_stay_in_the_uk.php

Let us stay
http://www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/pendlenews/pendleheadlines/display.var.769718.0.let_us_stay.php

Homer's immigration odyssey appears over
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_objectid=17121827%26method=full%26siteid=50002%26headline=homer%2ds%2dimmigration%2dodyssey%2dappears%2dover-name_page.html

Police target anti-war protester and make off with banners
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article570949.ece

Granting of passports reaches record level
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2194488,00.html

Trace your family history online
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article571325.ece

23 May 06

Immigration system unfit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5007148.stm

Father loses deportation fight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/5010562.stm

Is Home Secretary John Reid sounding like Sybil Fawlty?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nickrobinson

New Minister of State for nationality, citizenship and immigration
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/curr0506_1.htm

Reid makes abrupt ministry reshuffle in bid to gain control
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article570226.ece

Persons Granted British Citizenship, United Kingdom 2005
(PDF)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb0906.pdf

Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter 2006 United Kingdom
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/asylumq106.pdf

Death to dysfunction
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1780800,00.html

The Big Question: Is the Home Office too large and unwieldy to do its job properly?
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article570230.ece

Gay asylum group push for Iraqi protection
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?id=1554

Open Letter to NATFHE from Palestinian Academics Under Israeli Occupation
http://www.labournet.net/world/0605/pacbi1.html

Timeline of troubles at the IND
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/23/uimm.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/23/ixnews.html

Removal Of Failed Asylum Seekers Reaches Record High
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/removal-failed-asylum-seekers

UK asylum applications up by 5%
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/tm_objectid=17117720&method=full&siteid=50102&headline=uk-asylum-applications-up-by-5--name_page.html

Police break up Parliament Square anti-war camp
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-05-23T134914Z_01_L23795573_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-PROTESTER.xml&src=rss

Which is the real Iraq?
Blair's view: 'Iraqi people are able to write the next chapter of their history themselves'. Another view: At least 32 more die in attacks nationwide as sectarian violence spreads.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article570217.ece

02: World

Trouble spots threaten crisis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1782477,00.html

Human trafficking: Greed and the trail of death
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article571693.ece

Australian troops on standby as violence erupts in East Timor
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article570930.ece

18,000 hungry children die each day
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2191981,00.html

Moscow angered by US plan for 'star wars' bases in Europe to counter Iran threat
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article570954.ece

West's 'terror deceptions' rapped
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5005754.stm

Amnesty attacks US 'disappearances'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1781260,00.html

Burma: Smuggled pictures of refugees expose extent of human rights abuses in Burma
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article570189.ece

Burmese refugee crisis heightens
Audio: Families are fleeing to Thailand as pressure on the junta grows, reports John Aglionby. (4min 30s)
http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Guardian/audio/2006/05/23/0523aglionby.mp3

Burma: US wants Security Council briefing on Suu Kyi
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article570250.ece

Burma: fear and repression
http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0,,1780878,00.html

East Timor awaits peacekeepers after weeks of violence
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1782240,00.html

Greek and Turkish planes collide
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5008178.stm

Iraq arms 'leaking to insurgents'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/5006196.stm

Israel?Occupied Territories: Israel must halt the crisis among the Palestinians - for its own sake
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1781545,00.html

Italy: 500,000 immigrants 'legalised'
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=778122006

Senegal 'seizes 1,500 migrants'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5010102.stm

Serbia accepts Montenegro result
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5009242.stm

Somaliland: Time for African Union Leadership
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=4131

US: For 20 Years, Immigrants' Status Stalled
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5840369,00.html

US immigration bill clears hurdle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5013232.stm

US: Republican Party divided by bitter immigration debate
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article601344.ece

03: Europe

EU hopes to refine 'safe country' asylum list in two weeks
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/060524135514.b6exjqad

ECRE responds to proposal for EU common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third country nationals
(PDF)
http://www.ecre.org/positions/Comretdir.pdf

04: Events

1. 00pm to 3. 00pm Saturday 27th May
Glasgow: No Dawn-Raids! - Right To Work For All!
1. 00pm to 3. 00pm Saturday 27th May
Meet at the Donald Dewar Statue
Buchanan Street
Glasgow City Centre
And afterwards for a rally at:
St Mungo’s Museum
2 Castle Street.
3. 00pm - 4. 00pm,
http://www.labournet.net/antiracism/0605/glasgow1.html

17th June
"We belong to Glasgow rally",
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees is calling the
"We Belong To Glasgow" Rally
at Brand Street, Ibrox, Glasgow on Saturday 17 June at 11am till 1.30pm
http://www.openborders.org.uk/


05: EU to deploy rapid reaction teams

EU force to stem African migrants
EU to deploy rapid reaction teams to deal with African illegal migrants trying to reach Spainish islands, say officials.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1781721,00.html


06: Further and Higher Education Survey

Refugees and Asylum Seekers into Further and Higher Education Survey

As part of an AimHigher funded project, we are aiming to produce booklets for refugee and asylum seeker adults and children/unacompanied minors about accessing Further and Higher Education. Please help inform the content of these booklets by spending a few minutes completing this survey. Many thanks.
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/as/sss/quiz/reforgs.htm
Source: http://www.refed.org.uk


[C] 'turning 18'
     25 May 06 - 5 items

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>>>> unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers turning 18
     A guide for social workers and other professionals
     http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/resources/details.jsp?id=4186&group=resources&section=publication&subsection=details

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     Source: http://www.refed.org.uk

'Child first, migrant second: Ensuring that every child matters'
Feb 06
(PDF)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ilpa_child_first.pdf

'Working with children and young people subject to immigration control:
Guidelines for best practice'
Nov 04
(PDF)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ilpa_child_first.pdf

Local Authority Support to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People
report from Save the Children
Jan 06
(PDF)
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk_cache/scuk/cache/cmsattach/3788_Local_authority_support_to_UASC_report.pdf

Children's Legal Centre website area for the Refugee and Asylum Seeking
Children's Project.
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Refugeeandasylumseekers


[D] 'destitution as a tool of coercion'
     23 May 06 - 30 items

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Lead: - 'destitution as a tool of coercion'

Government accused of draconian asylum treatment
In a bleak report from the Church of England the government is accused
of using 'destitution as a tool of coercion'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1781050,00.html

Church anger over asylum poverty
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5003498.stm
About:
Faithful Cities: A call for celebration, vision and justice
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr5406.html

Refugee Council backs Church's call on government to lead public opinion
on asylum
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2006/may06/relea0506_4.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
(Word doc)
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/kirk.doc
Source: http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/

Rich-poor divide a disgrace says church report
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060523faithfulcities.shtml

01: UK

22 May 06

Torture victims awarded damages
The Home Secretary was ordered to pay damages to two asylum seekers
after the Home Office failed to ensure they received prompt medical
examinations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/5005112.stm

We immigrants should withdraw our labour for a day
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/yasmin_alibhai_brown/article549844.ece

Hope for asylum seekers
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/stratfordnews/display.var.765146.0.hope_for_asylum_seekers.php

Reid reshuffles home office team
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5006126.stm

Liam Byrne, the policing minister, is to move sideways to take over the
troubled immigration and asylum brief
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1780757,00.html

Balanced immigration reform is vital
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1780202,00.html

Immigration: The government record
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,1779886,00.html

Reid to be questioned on sex-for-asylum case
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,1780437,00.html

Troop pullout 'in months'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2191603,00.html

Blair flies to Bush's side to defend Iraq invasion
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article549821.ece

War crimes charges possible over shot Britons
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2191183,00.html

02: World

Afghanistan: Dozens die in Afghan air strike
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5003478.stm

China set to be largest economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4998020.stm

China: Web fury over Mao portrait sale
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5004778.stm

China in 2026 bring bliss for all, or is disaster looming?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4773443.stm

Germans warned of neo-Nazi surge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5005472.stm

Iraqis in control 'by end of year'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/iraq/story/0,,1780432,00.html

Iran's Jews struggle in the shadow of Holocaust denials
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article549814.ece

Italy considers immigrant amnesty
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5005858.stm

Montenegro independence vote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5003220.stm

Tunisia expels Amnesty activist
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5003972.stm

03: Europe

With Turkey in the club, Europe can forge a fresh engagement with Islam
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1780109,00.html

04: Events

Refugee Week Painting competition for 16-18 and 19-21
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05: Refugee Week Painting competition for 16-18 and 19-21

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