[noborders-brum] 'Axing, slippery, last-minute, deportation, murdered' - 6 Apr 07 - 55 items (approx)

Fri Apr 6 09:07:26 UTC 2007

'Axing, slippery, last-minute, deportation, murdered'
6 Apr 07 - 55 items (approx)

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02: Jobs
03: World
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05: Support Detainees in Dungavel
06: Info sheet - Applying for settlement
07: Migration and Social Security Handbook 
08: New airline for failed asylum seekers?
09: Social Work With Refugees And Asylum Seekers
10: Not on Our Watch: A Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
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Lead: 'Axing, slippery, last-minute, deportation, murdered'

Zimbabwe journalist murdered 'over leaked Tsvangirai pictures'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2418440.ece

Harare cameraman's body dumped
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6529887.stm

Seven-year-old asylum seeking child Dumisani Lungu will not face
immediate deportation
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/04/04/104059/seven-year-old-asylum-seeking-child-dumisani-lungu-will-not-face-immediate.html

Deportation of HIV-positive parents and boy halted by last-minute hitch
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2049644,00.html

The war is over but the poorest of the poor are still suffering
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1620588.ece

Bar by judges on removing Darfuris gives hope to 1,000
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2050565,00.html

Not on Our Watch: A Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
http://www.notonourwatchbook.org/

An Appeal Court ban on sending failed asylum seekers back to Sudan is
welcome but does not go far enough in securing their safety, the MF has
warned. 
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/latest_news/943

Lack of charity over HIV treatment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2050309,00.html

John Reid found to be UK's most 'slippery' politician
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2422662.ece

Judges block bid to deport Darfuris
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2422652.ece

Axing free English lessons will 'hit workforce'
The end of free English lessons for migrant workers and asylum-seekers
is causing outrage
http://education.independent.co.uk/further/article2420564.ece

Reid is worst waffler, study finds
Academic tracks leading politicians to discover whether they really
cannot give a straight answer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/media/story/0,,2051123,00.html

01: UK

6 Apr 07

The bloody reality of war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2051606,00.html

Terror and the law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2051265,00.html

Quarterly figures for control orders 
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/apr/uk-control-orders.pdf

5 Apr 07

‘Art gives people a voice’
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/features/newsfeatures/display.var.1312692.0.art_gives_people_a_voice.php

Backing For Fight Against Deportation
http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=189100&command=displayContent&sourceNode=185903&contentPK=17040942&folderPk=94195&pNodeId=185379

'Vulnerable children need greater focus' 
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/04/05/104044/vulnerable-children-need-greater-focus.html

Coronation Street runs major immigration story with help from IAS
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/msg/index.asp?ID=26

Rights for women seeking asylum
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/april/ha000006.html
More:
Women's rights in relation to asylum claims: Leaflets and CD
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/Press%20statements/gender_guidance_campaign.htm

BBC report was a set-up, Romania claims
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article1615826.ece

4 Apr 07

Poles immigrate to Welsh town by thousands
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=poles-immigrate-to-welsh-town-by-thousands%26method=full%26objectid=18855717%26siteid=50082-name_page.html

Talking CCTV brings voice of authority to the street
Successful pilot scheme to be rolled out to lots more communities.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/talking-cctv

£500,000 raised to find Litvinenko killer
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2418433.ece

3 Apr 07

02: Jobs

Clinical Administrator (P/T) - 17.5 hours.
Mon; Tues (half day) & Wed)
North West Centre - Manchester
Grade/Salary: 1vii( R), £18,317.00 per annum pro rata 
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/jobs/946

Fundraising Officer (Trusts and Major Donors)
http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/jobvacancy/currentvacancy.htm

Research & Information Assistant - London
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=550&CatID=22 

Research & Information Officer - Central London
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=549&CatID=22 

Paralegal/Caseworker - Central London 
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=548&CatID=22

We need an enthusiastic and flexible volunteer to assist our busy
receptionist and advice and information team.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/4-jobs-volunteering/voluntary-opportunities.shtml

03: World

UN hears latest plan for Kosovo independence
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2418432.ece

Guantánamo Bay - New report shows 80% of detainees in solitary
confinement 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17322

Immigrants save US cities from shrinking
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2050978,00.html

Action 'urgent' on Chad refugees
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6528555.stm

Former rebel sworn in as new president of Chechnya
Boxer accused of murder and kidnap is new leader.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/0,,2050886,00.html

Putin's 'successor' picks fight with Estonia
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2422661.ece

Nigeria: Elections Threatened by Violence and Abuse of Power 
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/30/nigeri15614.htm

Pakistani tribesmen fight to expel foreign militants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2050223,00.html

Somalia: End Indiscriminate Attacks in Mogadishu 
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/04/05/somali15666.htm

Syria: Ethnic Arab Refugees Face Persecution if Returned to Iran
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/04/05/syria15651.htm

Vietnam: End Attacks on Year-Old Democracy Movement 
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/04/06/vietna15664.htm

West Africa: Chocolate - Amnesty International expresses alarm at
continuing child labour in cocoa industry 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17323

04: Events

26 April 2007
Lambeth and the abolition
A debate on the meaning and significance of the abolition of the slave
trade.
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/april/ha000002.html

05: Support Detainees in Dungavel

Ceilidh
Saturday 28 April 2007
8-11pm
Doors open 7pm
St. Helen’s Hall, Langside Avenue, Glasgow
150 yards from Shawlands Cross
Tickets £5 on the door
Refugees and asylum seekers free

More details:
http://www.frankslist.info/ceilidh.doc
http://www.sdv.org.uk

06: Info sheet - Applying for settlement

Applying for settlement
(PDF)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20Applying%20for%20Settlement.pdf

Information service
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice.html

07: Migration and Social Security Handbook 

The Migration and Social Security Handbook gives practical,
comprehensive guidance on social security entitlement for anyone who has
come to or is leaving the UK, and it also covers asylum support. It is
unique in bridging the gap between benefits and immigration advice. 
March 2007 (delayed from 2006) 978 1 901698 77 0 £21.00 
http://www.cpag.org.uk/publications/migration/

08: New airline for failed asylum seekers?

So vast has the number of deportees from Europe become, that two
enterprising businessmen have hatched an extraordinary plan - a new
airline exclusively for failed asylum seekers.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/new-airline-for-failed-asylum-seekers/2007/03/14/1173722517212.html

Source: 
http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/824

09: Social Work With Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Practice, Policy and the Politics of Racism

A Regional Day School on Saturday 19th May 2007 for residential and
fieldwork social workers, children’s guardians, and welfare workers from
the voluntary sector in the West Midlands

Sponsored by UNISON and BASW

Time and date:19th May 2007 10-4pm

Venue: Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton

Speakers:

Steve Cohen Author of ‘No One is illegal’

Gargi Bhattacharyya Birmingham University

Rahimi Family Campaign Wolverhampton

Befriending Unaccompanied Minors Project

Allan Norman Solicitor BMAG

This event will discuss and hear the experiences of asylum seekers
surviving and resisting the asylum system, learn about current political
and legal developments, reflect and act on issues of social work
practice with asylum seekers. Costs: Individuals £10, Students £5,
Asylum Seekers and Unemployed Free.  The event will qualify for 5 hours
post registration training

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Registration Form                  I enclose
£.......................(Payable to UNISON Wolverhampton General)

Name 

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Address

Post Code

Tel

e-mail address (print clearly)

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Organisation

Info. about child care arrangements (Tick) ...

Please return the Registration form marked ‘Dayschool’ to Wolverhampton
General Branch, UNISON Office, Civic Centre, St Peters Square,
Wolverhampton WV1 1R

10: Not on Our Watch: A Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond

New book
http://www.notonourwatchbook.org/

11: Launch of website promoting good practice in libraries’ work 
   with refugees and asylum seekers 

The London Libraries Development Agency and The Network announce the
launch of the www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk web site whose aim is to
support public librarians in engaging effectively with refugees and
asylum seekers. 
http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/

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