From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Fri Feb 2 13:34:07 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:34:07 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'UN, Evidence, dismay, minors, reform plans, soft targets' - 2 Feb 07 - 70 items (approx) Message-ID: <3995fdc926627d67ae443b73cd102c6a@sark.yourmailinglistprovider.net> 'UN, Evidence, dismay, minors, reform plans, soft targets' 2 Feb 07 - 70 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? 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Drafts of the reform plans have already been greeted with dismay... http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2002061,00.html See: Evidence to JCHR on de-accommodation policy and practice of the London Borough of Hillingdon (PDF) https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/written%20evidence_de-accommodation%20final_CH_080107_0%201.pdf + Memorandum to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the treatment of Asylum Seekers (09/2006) (PDF) https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/Copy%20of%20Report_evidence%20to%20JCHR_september%202006_final1.doc Uncorrected Evidence: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/uc60-iii/uc6001.htm Uncorrected Transcript Of Oral Evidence We have written today to the chief executive to express our extreme concern about that in the way in which children are being treated. We have not looked in detail at other authorities but we understand that there are other authorities which are employing the same practice http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/uc60-iii/uc6002.htm + Can a local authority lawfully ?de-accommodate? an unaccompanied minor who it has previsouly been accommodating under section 20 of the Children Act 1989? http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/System/PopupPage.asp?NodeID=90994 Support for unaccompanied children and children in families http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Topic.asp?NodeID=90133 Children: UN Conventions When they will withdraw their reservation to Article 22 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child affecting immigration and nationality law. The retention of the reservation, however, does not mean that vulnerable children do not have the protection of the UK's own laws. We are satisfied that asylum-seeking children in the UK receive adequate care, protection and support. In addition, domestic legislation also provides protection under the Human Rights Act and the Children Act. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/70131w0001.htm#07013199000051 Local Government Finance There is a lack of overall financial provision for post- 16 to 18 age groups. The funding methodology used by the Department for Education and Skills is even more bizarre. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070131/debtext/70131-0018.htm#070131106000105 The children being dumped on our streets Most of the children come to the UK after escaping from war-torn countries such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Lebanon. http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED31%20Jan%202007%2008%3A51%3A08%3A950 Joint Committee on Human Rights Notice of Forthcoming Public Evidence Session: Treatment of Asylum Seekers http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights/jchr310107pn10.cfm 01: UK 2 Feb 07 City Family Set Free http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133464&command=displayContent&sourceNode=133158&contentPK=16551066&folderPk=78031&pNodeId=133174 Minister slams asylum seeker raids http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=minister-slams-asylum-seeker-raids%26method=full%26objectid=18563264%26siteid=50141-name_page.html Businessman bails asylum seeker for second time http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1164842.0.0.php Ahtisaari proposals on Kosovo Final Status http://www.fco.gov.uk/ Reid accused of using raids to push through detention limits http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2208274.ece Politics and persecution: how Muslims see the raids http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2208270.ece Compulsory history lessons on Britain's role in slavery http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2004261,00.html Muslims are now getting the same treatment Jews had a century ago http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2004222,00.html Being Muslim is not a barrier to being British http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2004080,00.html 1 Feb 07 Sudan: The "World's Greatest Humanitarian Crisis" Further insight into the scale of human rights abuses in Sudan comes from the accounts of more than 250 survivors of torture and organised violence from that country referred to the MF in recent years. http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/latest_news/882 Parallel lives http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/6317165.stm Groups? amnesty bid for asylum seekers http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1162831.0.groups_amnesty_bid_for_asylum_seekers.php Asylum seekers win new hearing http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/burynews/display.var.1162597.0.asylum_seekers_win_new_hearing.php Deportation Worries For Father-of-two http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=161818&command=displayContent&sourceNode=161644&contentPK=16545808&folderPk=88499&pNodeId=161375 Asylum seekers: MP queries scheme http://www.eastwoodtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=898&ArticleID=2014549 Nicol Stephen condemns dawn raids http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6320959.stm Teenage asylum-seekers girls want to stay in the UK http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/uk/13637 Dawn raids to go on despite protest http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1161553.0.dawn_raids_to_go_on_despite_protest.php Asylum seeker service ?not fit for purpose? http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.1160718.0.0.php Asylum chief's service concerns http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6319039.stm Teach African languages in the UK as part of reparations http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2372&c=uk&h=Teach+African+languages+in+the+UK+as+part+of+reparations Refugees warned over 'grim reality' of life in Britain http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23383862-details/Refugees+warned+over+%27grim+reality%27+of+life+in+Britain/article.do Austin's letter to The Independent in full http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk./displayNode.jsp?nodeId=151901&command=displayContent&sourceNode=151727&contentPK=16543865&folderPk=86530&pNodeId=151458 No entry unless you can speak English... http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=no-entry-unless-you-can-speak-english%2D%2D%2D%26method=full%26objectid=18560395%26siteid=50061-name_page.html War pushes UK anti-semitism to record high http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,,2003523,00.html Liberation of Paris: The hidden truth Months before D-Day, American and British commanders decided that only French troops who were 100 per cent white could take part in the operation to free Paris. http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2201106.ece Demagogic cliches can only make things worse http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2003323,00.html Lord Goldsmith's folly has now been brutally exposed http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2003090,00.html Show may have cheeky twist http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/commons/story/0,,2003491,00.html 31 Jan 07 Asylum seekers left in five-year limbo http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2002047,00.html >From bullying Britain to Britishness lessons http://www.catalystmagazine.org/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0pw.RefLocID-0hg01b00100600m.Lang-EN.htm Assembly threat to London slavery commemoration http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=10670 02: Jobs Race Relations Officer concerning Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Migrant Workers and Gypsies and Travellers. http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/jobdetails?jobid=124014 Director: http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/social-care/refugee-services/vacancy-1262393.html Asylum Welcome http://www.asylum-welcome.supanet.com/ Operations Manager http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/social-care/refugee-services/vacancy-1258940.html Refugee Resource http://www.touchoxford.com/business/list/bid/1340319 Caseworkers http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/Recruitment/Birmingham/2007/01.07.BI%20-%20Caseworker.htm + http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/Recruitment/London/2007/01.07.CLO%20-%20Caseworker.htm Legal officers http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/Recruitment/London/2007/02.07.CLO%20-%20Legal%20Officer.htm Childrens solicitor http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/Recruitment/London/2007/03.07.CLO%20-%20Children's%20Solicitor.htm 03: World Bosnia, a hands-off approach is better http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2003054,00.html As US power fades, it can't find friends to take on Iran http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2004169,00.html Does the US intend to attack Iran, or is it only sabre-rattling? http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2204054.ece 'I was poisoned by Russians' Former president of European Court of Human Rights fell violently ill after trip to Moscow. http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2003281,00.html Survivor: Chinese tortured Tibetans after escape attempt http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2003204,00.html Free jailed blogger, human rights groups urge Egypt http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2003771,00.html Belarus: Threat to Close Lone Human Rights Group http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/31/belaru15229.htm Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of bomb plot http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2208258.ece Germany orders CIA arrests http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6316369.stm Haiti: Justice Reform and the Security Crisis http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4639&l=1 Haiti: Civilians caught in crossfire during Port-au-Prince raids http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2208262.ece Indian troops accused of executing civilians http://www.guardian.co.uk/kashmir/Story/0,,2003202,00.html Iraqis abandon their homes in Middle East's new refugee exodus http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2204551.ece Israel/Occupied Territories: Fierce clashes shatter Gaza truce http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2004496,00.html Kosovo 'should split from Serbia' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6321147.stm Nigeria: Corruption and Misuse Robs Nigerians of Rights http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/28/nigeri15204.htm Russia: Rule by popular decree http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2004061,00.html US: Gay Mexican wins US asylum http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10982 04: Events Shut Down Guantanamo - weekly protests outside US Embassy http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/361155.html Saturday 3rd February 2007 Getting Ready for Harmondsworth Demo No Borders night at the Vortex Social Centre, 139-141 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16. The programme for the event on Saturday 3rd February 2007 is planned as follows: http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-ready-for-harmondsworth-demo.html 6 February 2007 Solidarity with asylum seekers A protest against reporting and detention centres will be held to show solidarity with asylum seekers. Tuesday 6 February 2007, 1-2pm Communications House, 210 Old Street, London EC1V 9BR. (Nearest tube: Old Street) http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/february/ha000012.html Feb 17th., March 17th., April 21st. UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group Next London General Meetings Feb 17th., March 17th., April 21st. http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Asylum%20Support%20Project.htm Tuesday 20th February 7.30 pm Naima and Children Must Stay Public Meeting Tuesday 20th February 7.30 pm PJs Youth Project, St Paul?s Church Abbey Hey Lane/Jetson St M18 8TJ (off Ashton Old Rd) Flyer: (Word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/children.doc Saturday 19th May Liberty AGM 2007 A date for your diary: Liberty's 2007 Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 19th May in central London. http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/news-and-events/2-agm/index.shtml 05: Europe ECRE's Refugee Agenda for Europe now available in German, Finnish and Swedish http://www.ecre.org/topics/ecres_refugee_agenda_for_europe EU split looms over summit invitations to Mugabe regime http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2004167,00.html 06: Committee of asylum seekers Conference for all Asylum Seekers in Glasgow Last Saturday (27th January), more than 60 of Glasgow's asylum seekers and supporters came to a conference. After a day of discussions, it was decided to form a Committee of asylum seekers. Expect more details later and expect to hear a lot more in 2007! http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org/conference.html What goes on at Unity? For an idea of some the things that happen around the office and for some stories of the people who we try to help, read this online diary. It's not an "official" account or anything but it's written by one of the volunteers here and the rest of us like it. Please read it, and encourage others to do so too. If you have webspace of your own, consider linking to it to get spread the word about what we do here! http://unitydiary.blogspot.com/ 07: World's Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Further insight into the scale of human rights abuses in Sudan comes from the accounts of more than 250 survivors of torture and organised violence from that country referred to the MF in recent years. http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/latest_news/882 08: UK Borders Bill - Research Paper 07-011 Commons Library: Research Paper 07-011 http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2007/rp07-011.pdf The business of the House for next week will be as follows Monday 5 February Second Reading of the UK Borders Bill http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070201/debtext/70201-0003.htm#07020135000964 09: Keep couples together - Valentine?s Day Appeal Brides without Borders: Valentine?s Day Appeal So, you?ve met ?the one?, fallen head over heels in love and decided to tie the knot and now you just have to ask the Home Secretary, John Reid, for his permission!!! Unbelievable? Unfortunately, this is really happening in 21st century Britain: if you want to marry ANY non-European, you MUST have the Home Secretary?s express permission. The High Courts have ruled against this discriminatory practice, but the government continues to deny people the right to marry the person they choose. http://www.brideswithoutborders.org.uk/?page_id=52 Feb 17th., March 17th., April 21st. Asylum seekers meetings UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group Next London General Meetings Feb 17th., March 17th., April 21st. http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Asylum%20Support%20Project.htm UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group The arrival of Civil Partnership legislation which came into force on 5th December 2005 has finally given us immigration equality with heterosexual couples, after nearly 12 years of patient work. http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Civil%20Partnership.htm 10: Teaching migrant workers English will help ease challenges to councils Save ESOL Campaign: http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1975 Creating opportunities for migrant workers to improve their English is one of the most useful things councils, their partners and employers can do to address the challenges of rapid population change. Press release: http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/PRESS-RELEASE.asp?CategoryID=PRESS-CENTRE&ProdID=DF980C1A-725E-4E1B-88D0-8A0626353785&area=hped&page=index.asp&area=hplink National report: http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/NATIONAL-REPORT.asp?CategoryID=&ProdID=05CA5CAD-C551-4b66-825E-ABFA8C8E4717&fromREPORTSANDDATA=NATIONAL-REPORT&area=hplink#2006ass Local councils 'struggling to cope with migrant influx' http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=163732007 11: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Sat Feb 3 09:46:05 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 10:46:05 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] A4 flyer for frankslist.info Message-ID: <14f59880e35a24509f6deec72c488078@sark.yourmailinglistprovider.net> Dear Subscriber, RE: One page A4 flyer for frankslist.info To help others, attached is a one page A4 flyer for this service. 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Children, Asylum and Hillingdon Home Office apparatchiks http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361361.html Fracois face threat of death http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/display.var.1168303.0.fracois_face_threat_of_death.php ?Britishness? ? does it exist? can it be taught? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2581321,00.html After 32 years, families may uncover how loved ones died in a dirty war http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2581286,00.html Dead stowaway may have been on jet for week http://www.guardian.co.uk/southafrica/story/0,,2004989,00.html 70 arrested in immigration sting http://news.viewlondon.co.uk/70_arrested_in_immigration_sting_18051464.html Lithuania takes action after workers attacked in Ulster http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,,2005053,00.html Cash Appeal For Afghan Women's Bid For Rights http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=137199&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136986&contentPK=16556152&folderPk=79934&pNodeId=137002 Vive les pubs, la libert? et Londres! Britain's French connection http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2211623.ece + Union between Britain and France http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/142.htm?homepage=news Blood Diamond delves into the complex world of war and wickedness http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/entertainment/details.aspx?i=915&c=Film+Review&h=Blood+Diamond+delves+into+the+complex+world+of+war+and+wickedness UK policy in tatters as Afghan town falls http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2211561.ece Please spare me the word 'terrorist' http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2211576.ece 2 Feb 07 Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: Government prevents Human Rights Commission from undertaking investigations inot past abuses (PDF) http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/feb/nihrc-move-to-block-historic-investigations.pdf Kem - 2nd attempt to remove mother & child http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed newszines/newszine78/kem.html Councils failing to keep tabs on rise in HMOs http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448584 Emotional Reunion As City Mother Returns Home After Visa Nightmare http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=137199&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136986&contentPK=16548999&folderPk=79934&pNodeId=137002 02: Jobs Women?s Project Researcher http://www.frankslist.info/researcher.doc Source: http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/ 03: World CrisisWatch No: 42, 1 February 2007 http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4642&l=1 Azerbaijan: Rising tide of intimidation against independent journalism http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGEUR550052007 Colombia: Murders Undermine Credibility of Paramilitary Demobilization http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/01/colomb15246.htm India: Warnings unheard as India beats its superpower drum http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2005484,00.html Iraq: Baghdad's worst bomb outrage kills 135 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2214858.ece Senegalese men rescued trying to sail to New York http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2211559.ece Syria: Give Refuge to Palestinians Fleeing Threats in Iraq http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/02/syria15239.htm Turkish police posed for picture with killer of Armenian journalist http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2211573.ece US report warns of worsening sectarian violence in Iraq http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2211594.ece USA: War objector?s freedom of conscience must be respected http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR510242007 04: Events 27.02.2007 "Primary Health Services and Migrant Communities ? Issues and Concerns" new for migrant community-based projects working on health issues, primary health care service providers working with migrants Workshop discussion in London (GB) in English language organised by Migrants' Rights Network and Newham Primary Care Trust Themes: migrants and health care services... contact: Migrant Rights Network, c/o Barrow Cadbury Trust, 25-31 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SF, GB, phone +44-20-73919220, http://www.barrowcadbury.org.uk Source: 26 April 2007 Talk: "The medical ethics of Guant?namo and the War on Terror" Venue: Institute of Medical Law, University of Birmingham Date: 26 April 2007 Dr David Nicholl, consultant physician and Amnesty member will be giving a lecture entitled "The medical ethics of Guant?namo and the War on Terror". The seminar is open to members of the law school, medical school and anyone else interested in attending. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=316 05: Europe A flag and an anthem for Kosovo... and new fears of conflict in Europe http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2581754,00.html 06: BID annual report 2005/06 (PDF) http://www.biduk.org/pdf/annualreports/BID%20AR%20Final%202006.pdf 07: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Wed Feb 7 14:26:08 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:26:08 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'New, BADIDEA, Watered down, police state, monitoring' - 6 Feb 07 - 50 items (approx) Message-ID: 'New, BADIDEA, Watered down, police state, monitoring' Sent 7 Feb 07 - 50 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? 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He does have a point. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2006620,00.html Military action against Iran not off table, says Blair http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2007016,00.html Tories warn firms bidding for ID card scheme: 'We will scrap the whole idea' http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2241468.ece Twists in the RAF Coltishall saga http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202007%2009%3A39%3A31%3A863 New site for immigration centre http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/newsiteforimmigrationcentre New technology at Birmingham Airport helps strengthen UK border http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/newtechnologyatbirminghamairport Minister pledges fast but fair asylum system - New asylum teams for West London and the South East New asylum teams are also being established in six regional centres across the UK, in Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Solihull. http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/fastbutfairasylumsystem Conservatives flesh out ID opposition First and foremost the campaign's image doctors have presented in their advertising message a moniker for their anti-ID campaign - BADIDEA (for which the designers appear to have borrowed quite heavily from the independent No2ID group). Watered down, the message is: why do you need ID cards, when you can just lock more people up? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/06/enlightened_conservatism/ Link: NO2ID htp://www.no2id.net The monitoring of passengers in airports and on board aircraft (PDF) http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/ep-question-on-SAFFE-and-OPTAG.pdf Links: SAFFE http://www.safee.reading.ac.uk/ OPTAG http://www.optag-consortium.com/ 01: UK 6 Feb 07 The Polish immigration lesson http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=192792007 Foreign office drags up colonial law in High Court appeal to challenge Chagos Island Ruling http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2375&c=uk&h=Foreign+office+drags+up+colonial+law+in+High+Court+appeal+to+challenge+Chagos+Island+Ruling British and US interests are still fatally entwined http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2241423.ece Home Office Minister Visits Congolese Refugees At Their New Home In Motherwell http://www.press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/minister-visits-refugees These moderates are in fact fanatics, torturers and killers http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2006658,00.html Curry queen tries to solve riddle of arrests http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/235/235323_curry_queen_tries_to_solve_riddle_of_arrests.html Incomers to benefit from basic English courses http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/education/display.var.1171310.0.0.php Home Office warned against undermining police operations and community relations through informal anti-terror briefings http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/anti-terror-briefings.shtml 5 Feb 07 Amnesty Now! http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=10794 International Organization for Migration - offering ?2,000 extra in financial packages for voluntary returns between now and 31st May 2007 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/iom.html Conference echoes global demands for social justice and a new world order http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/feature/details.aspx?i=94&c=UK&h=London+conference+echoes+global+demands+for+social+justice+and+a+new+world+order Kem and Abdul - back home in Glasgow! http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed newszines/newszine78/kem.html Immigration laws pass first hurdle http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=36177&in_page_id=34 Social work teams To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the implications are ofthe findings of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate pilot schemes at Dover port and Croydon piloting the use of social work intake teams in the asylum process for the resolution of disputes about the age of children seeking asylum. [ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070202/text/70202w0010.htm#07020256003864 02: Jobs Media Awards Coordinator Amnesty International UK protects individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied. We campaign on issues such as the death penalty, violence against women http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs_details.asp?ID=99 Receptionist Amnesty International UK?s (AIUK) purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, freedom, fairness and truth are denied. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs_details.asp?ID=101 03: World Ahtisaari fires warning to UN http://www.guardian.co.uk/Kosovo/Story/0,,2006737,00.html Amnesty on Afghan war crimes approved http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2237721.ece Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Prison Survivor Wins Rights Award http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/06/cambod15272.htm Iran accuses US over seized diplomat http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2006933,00.html Iran: Ahmadi-Nejad?s Tumultuous Presidency http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4647&l=1 Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/06/iran15271.htm Iraq's traumatised generation http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2006738,00.html Lebanon: Fears of new civil war increase http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2006624,00.html Syria refuses to help refugees driven from Iraq http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2237642.ece Turkey seeks US support on Kurdish problem http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2007117,00.html Ugandan rebels threaten war unless talks are moved http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2007173,00.html USA: Iraq 'refusenik' should not be put on trial http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17260 Vietnam: Dissidents Struggle to Exercise Free Speech http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/06/vietna15277.htm 04: Events Date: 9 June 2007 Middle East and North Africa Conference 2007 Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard EC2A 3EA http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=320 05: Europe The Constitution is Dead: Long Live the Constitution: an EU state in the making (PDF) http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/feb/eu-state-heiner-busch.pdf 06: Access to Funding - February 2007 The February 2007 version of this funding bulletin for refugee and asylum related projects is now available. (Word doc) http://www.refugeeaccess.info/uploads/funding/ATFfeb07.doc 07: Banned, Censored, Harassed and Jailed 45 Writers from 22 Countries Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/06/global15273.htm 08: Second Reading debate of the UK Borders Bill Second reading http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070205/debtext/70205-0006.htm#0702053000001 Briefing: Refugee Children?s Consortium http://www.frankslist.info/rcc.doc BID 2nd reading briefing on UK Borders Bill (word doc) http://www.biduk.org/pdf/detention_policy/BID%202R%20briefing%20UK%20BBill.doc UK Borders Bill - 2nd Reading Progress table http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/page1436.asp 09: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Fri Feb 9 09:45:11 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:45:11 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Amnesty, flaws, co-conspirators, included, excluded, cosying' - 8 Feb 07 - 90 items (approx) Message-ID: <6bca8b33367bd522504c118624ed38ec@axmouth.yourmailinglistprovider.net> 'Amnesty, flaws, co-conspirators, included, excluded, cosying' Sent 9 Feb 07 - 90 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? 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Refugee Status Determination (RSD) reforms, but favors ?graded? implementation 15: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Amnesty, flaws, co-conspirators, included, excluded, cosying' Amnesty warns against forcible return of Asylum seekers to Iraq http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17261 + Electronic Iraq http://electroniciraq.net Watchdog warns of new passport flaws Technology flaws could delay security checks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,2007361,00.html New e-passport may not travel well http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article1343191.ece Report: Identity and Passport Service: Introduction of ePassports Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General "...the newness of the technology, the chip and antenna within ePassports are guaranteed for only two years. http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/06-07/0607152.htm Too close for comfort Charities have to stop cosying up to the state As voluntary agencies come to look more like the statutory departments on which they depend for money, they end up being co-conspirators in destroying the very attributes of the sector http://society.guardian.co.uk/secondopinion/story/0,,2007036,00.html + Transnationalism, Citizenship and the 'Shadow State' Is there a ?shadow state? caring for refugees? http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/releases/2007/january/voluntary.aspx?ComponentId=17860&SourcePageId=5433#0 Slave Britain Venue: St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD From: 20 February 2007 To: 31 March 2007 An exhibition on forms of contemporary slavery in the UK. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=323 Amnesty Now! http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=10794 About campaign: Strangers into Citizens A campaign by the Citizens Organising Foundation for a pathway into citizenship for thousands of undocumented workers who have made new lives in the UK. (word docs) "We believe... a one-off initiative - would support the current rationalisation and improvement - Regularisation schemes need eligibility criteria. (according to who?) - Two year ?sponsored pathway? - ?sponsored regularisation? - four years of continuous residence - serious criminal record - character references - proficiency in English language (More...) http://www.cof.org.uk/files/SiC%20external%20document.rtf http://www.cof.org.uk/files/SiC%20external%20document%20-%20two%20page.doc Web-site under construction. http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/ Strangers into Citizens Like the campaign to abolish the slave trade, which finally succeeded 200 years ago, Strangers into Citizens is driven by a religious and humanist consciousness of the innate human dignity of all human beings and an indignation at the denial of that dignity. http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php?op=modload&name=knowledge&file=kbasepage&LinkID=631 + Gains (dignity) For Some Mean Exclusion Of (dignity) Others "...who is to be included - who is to be excluded" First we are critical of the demand for a government "amnesty" against immigration outlaws. The level of our criticism will depend on the level at which the amnesty is pitched. Who is to be included in this demand? More importantly who is to be excluded? What gives anyone opposed to controls the right to define who is to be excluded? http://noii.trick.ca/OurManifesto + Campaigners from history On the issue of slavery, Wilberforce believed that, sudden emancipation ?would be productive of universal anarchy and distress?, so he took a more gradualist approach. On 12 May 1789, he made his most important speech to date. In it he called for the total abolition of the slave trade and challenged the pro-slave trade propaganda. He declared ?numbers had been carried every year from their native country, in order to satiate the avarice of .... men whose ... thoughts were bent upon tyranny and oppression?. http://www.antislavery.org/2007/campaigners%20wilberforce.htm A modern-day slavery is flourishing in Britain, and we just avert our eyes http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1974424,00.html Dutch coalition eases migrant law The new centrist coalition in the Netherlands has announced an amnesty for thousands of illegal immigrants. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6339321.stm 01: UK 8 Feb 07 Dangers of the UK Borders Bill http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/february/ha000021.html Coltishall decision 'still weeks away' http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED08%20Feb%202007%2011%3A59%3A15%3A567 Britain is a 'police state for Muslims' http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2248788.ece Immigrant vote 'could sway' poll http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6341471.stm Building Begins On New Home Office Site Vulcan House, the new Home Office building in Sheffield http://www.press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/new-home-office-site The study of Britain's involvement in the slave trade is set to become a compulsory history topic for secondary school pupils. http://www.cehr.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/430960 7 Feb 07 Manchester: campaigners sleep out in solidarity with destitute asylum seekers http://www.indcatholicnews.com/ssleepot217.html Race equality group attacks failure to give migrants English tuition http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=200332007 + CRE Scotland calls on politicians to act now to maximise Scotland's potential http://www.cre.gov.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0qa.RefLocID-0hg00900c008001003.Lang-EN.htm Open borders the key to increased wealth and social cohesion http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=193062007 'New life' for Congolese family http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6338117.stm RSC termly email update (February 2007 PDF) which contains a summary of the latest news and developments from the RSC. http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/rsc_update_no5.pdf Friends of Apollo Okello - Urgent Help Needed http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/apollo.html Teachers launch campaign to save free ESOL classes http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/9/news/10050/PageName/English MPs seek special exemption from freedom of information laws http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2245120.ece New students 'should speak second language' http://www.guardian.co.uk/Education/schools/story/0,,2007722,00.html 22, 922 Mandarin teachers, please http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/alan_coren/article1343402.ece Contempt for our culture http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2007258,00.html Home Office split will help fight terror, says Blair Tony Blair has given his backing to a plan by John Reid to split the Home Office http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2245121.ece 6 Feb 07 Response: Commission on Integration and Cohesion http://www.cre.gov.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0q6.RefLocID-0hg00900f006.Lang-EN.htm 5 Feb 07 CWU Black Workers Conference Britain?s inhumane asylum record http://www.cwu.org/news.asp?step=3&NID=1624 02: Jobs PA to Director of Operations - Leeds http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs Web Officer - Brixton, London http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs BID London - casework volunteers needed! http://www.biduk.org/getinvolved/getinvolved.htm Intern positions Migrant Rights Network More: (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/mrn.doc 03: World UNHCR urges disembarkation for people on boat in West Africa http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/45cb3d924.html UN warns of Iraq refugee disaster http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6339835.stm UN representative urges Japan to accept refugees http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=T345653 Palestinian rivals in unity deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6344297.stm Why is an ETA leader on hunger strike, and can the Basque issue be solved? http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2248744.ece Israeli and Lebanese troops clash at border http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2008318,00.html We must stop Bush bombing Iran, and stop Iran getting the bomb http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2008073,00.html Children of the Holocaust http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/anne_karpf/2007/02/hold_jewish_voices_4.html Caught in a recurring conflict http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mehrad_vaezinejad/2007/02/an_iranian_view_how_i_feel_meh.html Chechnya's matter of life in death http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/ China: a colonial power in Africa? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/podcasts/2007/02/newsdesk_notes_for_wednesday_f.html Chinese aid to Africa 'may do more harm than good' http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2007885,00.html Chinese survey finds religion booming http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2007690,00.html Iran: Activists Barred From Traveling Abroad http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/08/iran15283.htm Iraqi minister held over Sadr links http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2008580,00.html Iraqi minister arrested over Sadr links http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2008580,00.html Korea North talks set for crucial day http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6344819.stm Mexico's human rights under fire http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6340993.stm Morocco?s ongoing occupation of Western Sahara http://www.pambazuka.org/en/broadcasts/index.php Pakistan: 'We feel no shame' http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2007384,00.html Saudis put status on line in bid to end Palestinian crisis http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2007254,00.html Turkmenistan: No Deals Without Rights Reform http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/08/turkme15285.htm Turkmenistan: 13 recommendations to new President to address abysmal human rights record http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGEUR610062007 Uganda: Africa's mysterious lord http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2007239,00.html US refusenik officer calls Iraq war illegal http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2007235,00.html US: Few Changes in Asylum Procedures A bipartisan commission says the agency in charge of securing U.S. borders is failing to protect asylum seekers from being wrongly deported or treated like criminals. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6401992,00.html Zimbabwe heads for economic meltdown http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,,2007905,00.html Zimbabwe: ZEF to fight for justice for women http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?linkcategoryid=5&linkid=10&id=3214 Zimbabwe: Fadzai Muparutsu (GALZ) speaks about lesbian and gay rights in Zimbabwe. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/broadcasts/index.php 04: Events 10-11am Friday 9 February 2007 Human rights vigil in support of rape survivor 10-11am Friday 9 February 2007, Immigration and Asylum Tribunal, Taylor House, Roseberry Avenue, London N1 Details: Women Against Rape 0207 482 2496 http://www.womenagainstrape.net/indexpage.htm war at womenagainstrape.net Sat. 10th Feb, 1pm Demonstration : Sukula Family Belongs in Bolton ! Sat. 10th Feb, 1pm http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/newszine66/ncadc%20north%20west%20events%20jan06.htm Link: http://www.sukula.org + Demos Against Next Week's Removals to Kurdistan More: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/newszine66/ncadc%20north%20west%20events%20jan06.htm North West - News & Events Listing http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/newszine66/ncadc%20north%20west%20events%20jan06.htm 20 February 2007 Slave Britain Venue: St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD From: 20 February 2007 To: 31 March 2007 An exhibition on forms of contemporary slavery in the UK. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=323 6pm Tuesday 6 March 2007 Denied entry? Can we build a more progressive consensus on immigration? 6pm Tuesday 6 March 2007, The Great Hall, The RSA, Strand More (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/mrn.doc 8 March 2007 International Women?s Day, http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ Tuesday 13th March Impact of the European Integration Agenda in the UK On Tuesday 13th March UKREN and the JRCT are organising a cconsultation on the Impact of the European Integration Agenda in the UK at The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA. More (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/mrn.doc Monday 2nd April 2007 Conference on The Role of Faith and Faith Communities supporting mental well-being amongst refugees (No cost for this conference). Venue: University of East London, Docklands campus Date: Monday 2nd April 2007 Time: 10am ? 4.30pm http://www.harpweb.org.uk/content.php?section=events&sub=e1 What's On in Leicestershire? http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/whatson.htm 05: Europe ECRAN Weekly Update 2nd Feb http://www.ecre.org/ecran_weekly_update_02_02_2007 Immigration: a common approach needed http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/018-2858-030-01-05-902-20070207STO02857-2007-30-01-2007/default_en.htm 06: Womens and RCO news Womens Asylum News (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/wan66.doc RCO Women?s news http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/support/communities/community/newsletters.htm RCO news http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/support/communities/community/newsletters.htm 07: Investigation Harmondsworth Centre Sat 10th Feb: London, Shut Harmondsworth & Colnbrook Detention Centres! http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/359647.html To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2007, Official Report, column 449W, on Harmondsworth Centre, if he will undertake to make public the results of the inquiry. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070207/text/70207w0014.htm#0702081003372 08: Stop abductions and secret detention European countries are thought to be involved with the USA in the unlawful practice of "rendition" where, in the context of the "war on terror", numerous men are being secretly flown to countries where they have suffered torture or other ill-treatment and prolonged detention without charge. A report by the TDIP commitee, created by the European Parliament, has denounced the behaviour of complicity of European governments with US authorities. Act now to stop rendition flights - urge British MEPs to vote in favour of the TDIP report http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=246 09: Destitution, Government & Quango Network Living Ghosts campaign to change the government policies that are making people seeking asylum destitute. http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/campaigns/livingghosts/ NRPF The network is concerned with the statutory response to those destitute people from abroad, who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF) The network is open to all local authorities and their representative bodies. Network activities include: Providing guidance and information on service provision, legal obligations and entitlement to services (AKA Denial of provision, obligations and services) http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/ServicesForAdults/nrpf_network/default.asp Members of ADSS Sub- Group on NRPF http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/ServicesForAdults/nrpf_network/adss_subgroup_members.asp + ADSS IOM Watch "The ADSS collusion with 'voluntary' returns is becoming more Evident. (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/adssiomwatch.doc Note: Examples of Local Authorities seeking to and justifying denial of support to people who are destitute http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases.htm New destitution network established Though it is a network of local authorities it works in partnership with the voluntary sector.. http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/february/ha000020.html Destitution Network http://www.destitution.net/ 10: Discrimination Law Review and Equalities Review Equalities Review http://www.theequalitiesreview.org.uk/ Discrimination Law Review http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/dlr/index.htm 11: Newsletter: Commission for Equality and Human Rights CEHR newsletter http://www.cehr.org.uk/join.rhtm 12: Sign-On To Help Protect Access To Affordable Medicines!! Pharmaceutical company Novartis is taking the Indian government to court. If the company wins, millions of people across the globe could have their sources of affordable medicines dry up. http://www.msf.org/petition_india/international.html 13: Human Rights - Public Evidence Session: Treatment of Asylum Seekers The following oral evidence session has been arranged on the treatment of asylum-seekers: Wednesday 21 February at 9.15am, CommitteeRoom 6 Liam Byrne MP, Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality, Home Office http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights/jchr070207pn13.cfm 14: UNHCR promises ?ambitious and progressive? RSD reforms, but favors ?graded? implementation For the first time, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has pledged to provide individualized reasons for decision to some rejected asylum-seekers, and conceded that ?our standards could and should be strengthened.? http://www.rsdwatch.org/index_files/Page4616.htm 15: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Mon Feb 12 09:40:04 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:40:04 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Detention, Human Wrongs, Common, Life without Branding' - 11 Feb 07 - 80 items (approx) Message-ID: 'Detention, Human Wrongs, Common, Life without Branding' Sent 12 Feb 07 - 80 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? Submit online: http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 01: UK 02: Jobs 03: World 04: Events 05: Europe 06: Children - Legal updates 07: Refugee Engineers Database, RED 08: UK Borders Bill, latest amendments 09: Refugee Week student journalists competition 10: Home Office, Freedom of information disclosures 11: US - Expedited Removal: Commission finds few changes in asylum procedures 11: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Detention, Human Wrongs, Common, Life without Branding' Conference: Human Rights and Human Wrongs 24-25 Feb 2007 http://www.nclg.org.uk/nclg2007.htm Human rights and common sense http://www.dca.gov.uk/speeches/2007/sp070209.htm Voltaire: Common sense is not so common. http://www.quotationsbook.com/quotes/7265/view More from Harmondsworth http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361933.html Activists' detention centre protests http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=36853&in_page_id=34&in_a_source= + There were 3 demonstrations on Saturday in London: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/359647.html Leicester and Manchester [reports from Harmondsworth demo] 1 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361897.html 2 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361933.html photos 1 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361907.html 2 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361996.html There will also be a protest on Monday at Brize Norton http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361829.html USA, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy have refused to sign up to the UN Convention on banning disappearences and secret detention. Fifty-seven countries joined at the treaty signing in Paris on 6 February 2007. http://www.statewatch.org Convention: http://www.disappearances.org/mainfile.php/undoc/115/ A cracking row over ID card lobbying for us all to savour http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article1361785.ece Referring to: ID Cards - implications for contractors (PDF) http://www.intellectuk.org/download.asp?file=947 Intellect criticises Conservative approach to ID card suppliers (PDF) http://www.intellectuk.org/download.asp?file=945 and Improving the Delivery of Government IT Projects http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmpubacc/65/6502.htm For Life without Branding (Serbian) http://www.zazivot.org/ Serbia rejects biometric ID cards Digital Civil Rights in Europe http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.2/serbia-id-cards 01: UK 11 Feb 07 Protest shows support for asylum family http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/235/235867_protest_shows_support_for_asylum_family.html Britain needs a declaration of independence from the US http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2010486,00.html Britain is no police state http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2010492,00.html Britain isn?t a police state, but it?s close to being a liar state http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_portillo/article1364671.ece After Climbi?, children are at even more risk http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article1364667.ece 10 Feb 07 Stop Deportations to Iraqi Kurdistan http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361861.html Jewish sisters join list of blameless asylum-seekers facing deportation http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2255718.ece Poles in UK may be twice government estimates http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1361951.ece 9 Feb 07 Iraq: US, UK and other states must protect Iraqi refugees http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140062007 Deportations Imminent http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361855.html Doctor killed himself before immigration verdict http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/09/ndoctors109.xml Urging Jewish moderates to shout http://www.catalystmagazine.org/spotlight About: independent jewish voices http://www.ijv.org.uk/ Blair Challenged Over 'Unfair' Plan To Deport It Consultant http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=139764&command=displayContent&sourceNode=139442&contentPK=16605174&folderPk=80788&pNodeId=139355 Was it a rant against immigration? http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/interactive/letters/stainesletters/display.var.1181784.0.was_it_a_rant_against_immigration.php Parents jailed for torturing disabled girl Echoes of Climbie case sparks calls for inquiry http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2009298,00.html Slavery: Into the art of darkness http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2251266.ece 8 Feb 07 Boris Johnson leads UK Parly debate on Zim deportations http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=1732&cat=2 Govt Blasted Over ESOL Funding http://www.fenews.co.uk/newsview.asp?n=2238 Detention Watch from Zimbabwe Association http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3210 02: Jobs Director (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/barnet.doc Source: http://www.barnetrefugeeservice.org.uk Legal Policy Director http://www.jcwi.org.uk/recruitment.html Immigration Counsellor - Cardiff http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=522&CatID=22 Casework Assistant - Glasgow http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=521&CatID=22 Personal Assistant http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs_details.asp?ID=102 Deputy Director http://www.birw.org/D-Director.html Children's Rights Alliance Policy and change director Senior policy and change officer - Geneva Project Programme director Senior policy and change officer Senior children's rights investigator Policy and change assistant Administrator (joint project / CRAE core) http://www.crae.org.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=62 + Get ready for Geneva leaflet (PDF) http://www.crae.org.uk/cms/dmdocuments/Get%20ready%20for%20Geneva%20YP%20leaflet%20Jan%202007.pdf 03: World Nine die in South Korean immigration centre fire http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSEO634620070211 Iraqi politicians urge world to help its refugees http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=KHA136516 Fighting for democracy? US is deaf to the cries of Iraqis http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2258798.ece Pentagon unit defied CIA advice to justify Iraq war http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2010014,00.html Second world war 'sex slaves' to testify to Congress http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2009536,00.html Urals gang killed 30 women taken for a 'picnic' http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2010460,00.html Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6349287.stm Neo-fascist suspected of killing that has thrown Italian football into chaos http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2251352.ece Rally against Kosovo plan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1361555.ece US moves in on Africa http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,2009097,00.html Violence erupts in old Jerusalem http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2009567,00.html Former rebel leader who overthrew Marxist dictator http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2251379.ece After the disaster of Iraq, Bush turns his attention to Algeria http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2251347.ece China: Execution of Chinese Muslim condemned http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2009574,00.html Ethiopia is accused of 'torturing and illegally jailing opponents of regime' http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2251351.ece French Foreign Policy in Africa http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/index.php?id=189&pid=365 Guinea street demonstrators shot http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6349411.stm Iraqi insurgents offer peace in return for concessions http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2251354.ece Israel/Occupied Territories: We are being suffocated http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2009907,00.html Mauritania 'to let migrants land' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6347459.stm Rwanda 'crash probe halted' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6348815.stm South Africa arrests 5,000 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=16024 Sri Lanka's president seems as mindless as any bomber http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2009211,00.html US: Panel Pushes to Expedite Asylum Reforms http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2860841 US: Bangladesh cabbie is toast of NYC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6345901.stm 04: Events What's Happening at the Edinburgh Refugee Centre in February? http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/noticeboard/Refugee_Centre 24/02/2007 104 Pairs of Shoes Exhibition Festival Theatre , Edinburgh YWCA Scotland's '104 Pairs of Shoes' exhibition will be on display at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tue 20 February to Sat 24 February. The exhibition will be open to the... http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/noticeboard/Shoes_exhibition Date: 24 May 2007 Film screening: Ghosts Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Date: 24 May 2007 Nick Broomfield's second fiction feature, inspired by the deaths of 21 Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay in 2004. Followed by a Q&A with Nick Broomfield and Klara Skrivankova. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=290 05: Europe 06: Children - Legal updates The Home Office has conceded on the planned reduced time limit for the submission of the completed Statement of Evidence Form under the New Asylum Model children's segment. For further details and an update on the New Asylum Model http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033 How will asylum seeking children with an outstanding application to the Home Office be affected by being designated as a 'legacy case'? http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033 The Home Secretary has conceded that the Government operated an "unlawful" policy in relation to the detention of scores of young asylum-seekers whose age the Home Office had disputed. http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033 07: Refugee Engineers Database, RED Welcome to the Refugee Engineers Database, RED. We are an online resource for refugees who have engineering qualifications and wish to work as engineers in the UK. http://www.refugee-engineers.org.uk/ 08: UK Borders Bill, latest amendments Amendment paper (07/02/07) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/amend/70208a01.htm Bill (25/1/07) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/07053.i-ii.html 1st reading http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070125/debtext/70125-0006.htm#07012579000011 2nd reading http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070205/debtext/70205-0006.htm#0702053000001 Explanatory Notes http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/en/07053x--.htm Research Paper 07-011 (PDF) http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2007/rp07-011.pdf 09: Refugee Week student journalists competition Reporters given chance for ?clarity? http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1185380.0.reporters_given_chance_for_clarity.php Enter the Amnesty International and Sunday Herald Refugee Week competition for the best journalism on asylum by a student in Scotland. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10727 Refugee Week http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/ 10: Home Office, Freedom of information disclosures Latest releasees: Somali removals 17/01/2007 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5383-somali-removals?view=Standard&pubID=440926 Deportations to Ireland 08/01/2007 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5278-deportations-ireland?view=Standard&pubID=440092 Immigration Removal Centres 05/01/2007 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5246-immigration-removal-centres?view=Standard&pubID=440089 Removals and returns of non-Kurdish failed asylum applicants 15/12/2006 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5156-removals-kurdish-asylum?view=Standard&pubID=432720 11: US - Expedited Removal: Commission finds few changes in asylum procedures Expedited Removal Score Card (Long Version) http://www.uscirf.gov/reports/ScoreCards/02062007_ScoreCard_long.html Short version http://www.uscirf.gov/reports/ScoreCards/02062007_ScoreCard_short.html Report on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2007/february/20070202ERS.html Changes the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to make to protect asylum seekers haven't happened, leaving at risk foreigners fleeing danger, lawmakers said Thursday http://www.examiner.com/a-554964~Commission_finds_few_changes_in_asylum_procedures.html 12: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Wed Feb 14 09:41:06 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:41:06 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Unlawful, Failing, English, Human, skills gap - slate, online' - 13 Feb 07 - 60 items (approx) Message-ID: <21060c4b227cefbdde05c4e2b4c91327@schanck.ymlpcom.com> 'Unlawful, Failing, English, Human, skills gap - slate, online' Sent 14 Feb 07 - 60 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? Submit online: http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 01: UK 02: Jobs 03: World 04: Events 05: Europe 06: Human Rights Lecture Series 07: Churches Refugee Network Newsletter 08: FCO & Home Office Information disclosures 09: Demonstration - Strangers into Citizens Campaign 10: NCADC - Annual Appeal & Refugee aid group facing closure 11: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Unlawful, Failing, English, Human, skills gap - slate, online' UK is accused of failing children The UK has been accused of failing its children, as it comes bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrial countries. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359363.stm UNICEF Report in full (PDF) http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/13_02_07_nn_unicef.pdf + The State of the World's Children 2007 http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/ "Failing the Failed" ? Poor Decision Making Forces Failed Asylum Seekers into Unlawful Destitution http://www.asaproject.org.uk/news/latest_news.htm Report full text: (PDF) http://www.asaproject.org.uk/news/ASAP_Feb07_FailingtheFailed.pdf Link: Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) http://www.asaproject.org.uk/index.htm Let's hear it for the Human Rights Act The Human Rights Act is getting its own PR campaign. This is to be welcomed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2011149,00.html Speech: Human rights and common sense http://www.dca.gov.uk/speeches/2007/sp070209.htm European Court of Human Rights Violations by Article and Country Table of violations 1999-2006 (PDF) http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/E447EC37-0BE4-488C-8AB5-E9460C5B924F/0/Table19992006ENG.pdf 2006 http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/449186A0-1EEB-4247-B2EF-16DE8F465D30/0/Table2006ENG.pdf Unemployed 'must learn' English http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2011389,00.html English lessons for jobless slammed ... yet as of April they are removing access to free English classes for many people http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2044387§ionid=4068 UCU: 'Government hypocrisy' say lecturers, as benefits may be cut for those not learning English http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2028 ESOL lobby. UCU supports No One Is Illegal conference Lobby Parliament: February 28th Conference: March 31st More details: http://www.frankslist.info/esollobby.txt Immigrants 'creating new wave of wealth and skills' http://www.prestontoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?sectionid=74&articleid=2045967 Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director calls on ISPs to fight repression online in ISPA Awards speech http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17264 Critics seize No 10's petitions website to slate Government http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2261536.ece + The winners and losers in the great petition competition There is no evidence that signing a petition ever changed anything - look at the Chartists - but we Brits love 'em. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2011719,00.html 01: UK 13 Feb 07 UK patios rely on child labour Huge sandstone quarries in India are fuelling boom. http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,2011632,00.html Home Office need for independent checks http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=355&Type=2 Revealed: the fate of Idi Amin's hijack victim http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2264667.ece Asylum Writing Award Invites Student Applications http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/888/13022007/asylum_writing_award_invites_student_applications Multi-culturalism is not outmoded http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=354&Type=2 + The abuse of research The funding and political agendas of thinktanks mean their reports need to be treated with care "...claims that were widely reported in the media and appeared to legitimise Conservative party rhetoric. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2011744,00.html Faith must be restored on asylum http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=700&ArticleID=2043109 The parallel universe of BAE: covert, dangerous and beyond the rule of law http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2011616,00.html ID cards and Egypt http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2011803,00.html 12 Feb 07 Failed asylum seekers live rough in the UK http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=1743&cat=1 50+ Iraqi Kurds Deported.. Again http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361861.html Friends of John Okello http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/john.html Corrie star backs Sukula family fight http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1187854.0.corrie_star_backs_sukula_family_fight.php Asylum protest http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1188185.0.asylum_protest.php Brize Norton - Anti forced removals demonstration http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362102.html Brize Norton - Anti forced removals demonstration http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362102.html Trevor Phillips has it all to prove as he takes on this most delicate of tasks Distrusted by many, the chair of this bold new equality body faces a stern test in one of the toughest jobs in Britain http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2010938,00.html Campaigners criticise BBC's 'The Verdict' for trivialising rape http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17266 11 Feb 07 02: Jobs Personal Assistant to Campaigns Director http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs_details.asp?ID=103 03: World Thirty migrants drown off Yemen http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6358255.stm Dramatic rise in Iraqi refugees http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6358137.stm Minorities protest as Burma celebrates 60th anniversary http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2264695.ece Unilateral force has nothing to do with global democracy http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2011743,00.html Refugees flee swollen Zambezi http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1375215.ece Ahmadinejad hits back at US http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2011410,00.html Target Tehran: Washington sets stage for a new confrontation http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2261526.ece Bangladesh shaken by war of the dynasties http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2261491.ece Bosnia's War Crimes Chamber Timeline and Key Statistics http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/12/bosher15304.htm Egyptian kidnap victim 'was tortured' http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2264645.ece Guinea protests over martial law http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6358027.stm Iraq: Baghdad bombs kill dozens on anniversary http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1371531.ece Iraq: Death sentence for former Vice President condemned http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17267 Iraqi Refugee Situation http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6411338,00.html Iraqis use Google Earth to avoid getting kidnapped or killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6357129.stm Malta needs to adopt EU policies to protect immigrants http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=46148 Mauritania: Migrant ship docks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6352623.stm Somalia: Wave of overnight attacks rocks capital http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2264631.ece Sri Lankan state crackdown in Left wing activists and Independent media http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362066.html Turkmenistan votes to replace dictator http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2010923,00.html Turkmenistan after Niyazov http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4659&l=1 Turkishness law 'must change' says minister http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2264647.ece US extends talks with North Korea http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,,2011542,00.html Zimbabwe inflation nears 1,600% http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6354783.stm 04: Events Saturday 17th February Support Tube Cleaners' Strike The meeting takes place on Saturday 17th February at 14:30, Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8TN (Holborn Tube). http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/02/support-tube-cleaners-strike.html Monday 19 February Manchester Living Ghosts sleep out http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/event-items/manchester-living-ghosts-sleep-out 26-02-2007 18:45 Strangers into Citizens What Meeting When 26-02-2007 18:45 from 18:45 to 20:30 Where Sheffield Quaker Meeting House http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/event-items/strangers-into-citizens Saturday 19 May 2007 Churches Refugee Network Annual Conference Holy Apostles Church Hall 47 Cumberland Street Pimlico London SW1 http://www.ecsr.org.uk/cm/news/96 Theme: Down but Not Out - the Needs of Strangers Contact ECSR for more details admin at ecsr.org.uk 05: Europe European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/12/eu15313.htm EU welcomes Palestinian deal but fails to resume direct aid http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2264648.ece ECRAN Weekly Update 9th Feb http://www.ecre.org/ecran_weekly_update_09_02_2007 2-Feb-2007 http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/780 06: Human Rights Lecture Series 2007 will see the Haldane Society organising a new human rights monthly lecture series, with high quality speakers on topical issues. Lectures are now arranged through until May and are free to students and the unwaged. The 15th February lecture will be on Torture evidence and the role of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission http://www.haldane.org/news/lectureseries.php 07: Churches Refugee Network Newsletter Feb 07 (word doc) http://www.ecsr.org.uk/cm/data/ecsr/downloads/2007/CRN_Newsletter_-_February_2007.doc Churches Refugee Network http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php?op=modload&name=knowledge&file=index&viewCat=272 08: FCO & Home Office Information disclosures Fundamentalist militias operating in Iraq and persecuting gay Iraqis (word doc) http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/Iraqi%20militias%20persecuting%20gay%20Iraqis%200958.doc Expenditure to deport/repatriate persons from the UK for the year 2005/2006 with British Airways http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5424-expenditure-deport Chinese failed asylum seekers 19/01/2007 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5336-chinese-asylum-seekers?view=Standard&pubID=440921 Compensation For Lost Documents http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/4929-compensation-lost-documents?view=Standard&pubID=426471 09: Demonstration - Strangers into Citizens Campaign On 7 May 2007, following a service at Westminster Cathedral, we will show that the measure has strong civic backing in a march to Parliament Square. http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/proposal.html Show your support and sign up to newsletter Email: austen.ivereigh at cof.org.uk In body of email cut and paste: I would like to support the Strangers into Citizens campaign and subscribe to your newsletter. 10: NCADC - Annual Appeal & Refugee aid group facing closure NCADC - Annual Appeal Those facing detention and deportation need NCADC more than ever. http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/appeal.html Refugee aid group facing closure http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6358499.stm Link: RSG Devon http://www.rsgdevon.org.uk/ 11: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Fri Feb 16 09:21:06 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:21:06 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Axis of Evil, worst, state, welcome, beloved, hated, Iraq' - 15 Feb 07 - 80 items (approx) Message-ID: <89f4a8a4c4120842353044584bfbeca8@savery.ymlpcom.net> 'Axis of Evil, worst, state, welcome, beloved, hated, Iraq' Sent 16 Feb 07 - 80 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? Submit online: http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 01: UK 02: Jobs 03: World 04: Events 05: Europe 06: How to get good asylum advice 07: Speech - Asylum is a Human Right 08: Renditions, Protect human rights in the 'War on Terror' 09: Uncomfortable Truths ? the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art & design 10: Report - Primary Health Services and migrant communities issues and concerns 11: A Draft Report of a Pastoral Research Enquiry into the Needs of Migrants in London's Catholic Community 12: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Axis of Evil, worst, state, welcome, beloved, hated, Iraq' Dramatic rise in Iraqi refugees http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6358137.stm Ending hunger - A balance between free market and state http://newsite.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70149 A signature issue for government "... searching for a dimension of the political process that embodies his beloved vision of unifying Britishness then he need look no further than the suddenly controversial issue of petitioning. http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2012314,00.html Cache of letters cast new light on fate of Anne Frank's family Otto Frank made repeated entreaties to government agencies and friends in the United States to try to secure visas for himself, his wife and two daughters but met only intransigence. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2271645.ece See: Otto Frank File Found at YIVO http://www.yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=154&aid=400 Once the most beloved country in the world, the US is now the most hated http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2012317,00.html US to welcome 7,000 Iraqis http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2013034,00.html Home Office deports 38 Kurds to Iraq http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2268075.ece Guterres urges greater support for countries hosting Iraqi refugees http://www.unhcr.org.uk/PR07February2007.htm UN welcomes US Iraq refugee plan The UN estimates that up to 50,000 Iraqis flee each month and that 3.8m have left since the war started. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6362289.stm EU 'ignored CIA terror flights' Report accuses EU countries of turning blind eye to rendition. http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2012967,00.html The state of European childhood The worst place in the wealthy world to be a child is Britain http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2012820,00.html Emulating US has led to poverty http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2271655.ece 01: UK 15 Feb 07 Asylum seeker wins court battle http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6365511.stm Oztopal Family will be back in Glasgow where they belong http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/0ztopal.html End the Repression of people seeking asylum! http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362383.html British Airways was paid ?4,328,263 to deport peope in one year http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362375.html World Refugee Day 2006 Final Report http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/events/45d465d22.html MP claims ID card scheme is a waste of public money http://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/today/options/news/newsdetail.cfm?id=36602 Councils kept in the dark over plan to place failed asylum seekers in contract housing http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448641 Nurse In Battle To Stay Put http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=161366&command=displayContent&sourceNode=162951&contentPK=16639704&folderPk=88498&pNodeId=162956 No Borders London: who we are what we do http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-we-believe-and-what-we-do.html Concert opens new road for advocacy http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3319 Links: 'Seeking Refuge' Exhibition http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/prj/jue/enindex.htm Solidarity Peace Trust http://www.solidaritypeacetrust.org A refugee from the rule book When Martin Bloch fled Nazi Germany for Britain in 1934, he brought with him a revolutionary artistic sensibility that overthrew the dreary conformity of teaching in British art colleges http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/whats_on/listings/art/article1373054.ece Link: Exhibition: Martin Bloch is at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich (01603 593199), until April 15 http://www.scva.org.uk/exhibitions/current/?exhibition=24 Disability Agenda launched - sets out challenges of next 20 years http://www.cehr.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/431727 Detention Watch from Zimbabwe Association http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3286 14 Feb 07 Twins Back In Detention http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=5624 Human rights are antidote to terrorism Liberty welcomes Lord Chancellor?s support for human rights but calls for more consistent Government anti-terror policy. http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/lord-chancellor-speech.shtml Friends of John Okello http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362282.html Unions unite against fascism http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/070214.asp Cardboard Citizens to celebrate its 15th year helping the homeless http://www.24dash.com/socialhousing/16561.htm Britain 'ignored CIA terror flights' http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2012965,00.html Detention of Kurds increases concern over deportation policy http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/146168/1/ Britain's children: unhappy, neglected and poorly educated A damning Unicef verdict on the ordeal of growing up in Britain today http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2268082.ece 13 Feb 07 Sukula family 'can stay in Bolton' http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1190227.0.sukula_family_can_stay_in_bolton.php Bought and sold into slavery in today?s UK http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1371351.ece 02: Jobs ESOL and Arts Education Officer http://www.peoplebank.com/pbank/owa/pbk24w12.main?p_User_PK_Id=&p_Cand_Id=&p_nGuestId=47915065.472873149261&p_adsearch_id=28019374&p_sAutoSearch=&P_AD_ID=2591058 Part-time Assistant to the Summer School and Overseas Links Administrator. http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/vac_ssa130207 Part-time Refugee Parent Advocacy Worker Location: Liverpool Hours: 21 hours per week Salary: Starting at ?23,175 pa pro rata Closing Date: 2 March 2007 http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/jobs/refugeeparentadvocacyworker.aspx Sunrise Manager Location: Manchester Salary: Starting at ?26,928 pa Closing Date: 2 March 2007 http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/jobs/sunrisemanager.aspx BID London - vacancies for 2 paid legal manager posts (word doc) http://www.biduk.org/pdf/jobs%202007/Legal%20Managers%20ad-1.doc Job Vacancies (14 Feb 2007) ECSR announcement: Exciting job vacancies in two of our member organisations!... http://www.ecsr.org.uk/cm/news/97 03: World Refugee ruling on Rwandan widow http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6364179.stm Commitment to children's rights pays off in Sweden http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2268098.ece Explosion kills 18 in Iran http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2268932.ece Inter-Korean dialogue to restart http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6359999.stm Bad behaviour works http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2012313,00.html Thousands flock to Hariri protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6359669.stm UN police chief in Kosovo quits http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6362291.stm Bosnia?s Future: A New International Engagement Strategy http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4655&l=1 Guinea: Change or Chaos http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4661&l=1 India: ?Hidden Apartheid? of Discrimination Against Dalits http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/13/india15303.htm Indonesia: Women domestic workers beaten, locked up and subject to sexual violence http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17268 Iraq's borders with Syria and Iran blocked http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2268091.ece Russian army sold recruits for sex, rights group claims http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2012559,00.html 04: Events 'Seeking Refuge' Exhibition http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/prj/jue/enindex.htm Solidarity Peace Trust http://www.solidaritypeacetrust.org 15 February 2007 Demonstration: Free Kareem Amer! Venue: Egyptian Embassy, 26 South Street, London W1K 1DW Date: 15 February 2007 Peaceful demonstration to support jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer and freedom of expression. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=330 27 February 2007 'Breaking the Silence': 10 years anniversary celebration Venue: St Ethelburga's, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG Date: 27 February 2007 Star of stage, screen and television, Lynda Baron is hosting a celebration of ten years of 'Breaking the Silence', an Amnesty's report on human rights violations based on sexual orientation. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=332 Monday 19 February North London church to hold vigil for 'Living Ghosts' Next Monday 19 February, St Ignatius Church in Stamford Hill (London N15) http://www.indcatholicnews.com/vigil321.html To 15th Apr 2007 Exhibition: Martin Bloch is at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich (01603 593199), until April 15 http://www.scva.org.uk/exhibitions/current/?exhibition=24 14th Jul 2007 - 2nd Sep 2007 Aftershock: Conflict, Violence and Resolution http://www.scva.org.uk/exhibitions/forthcoming/index.php?exhibition=82 05: Europe PICUM?s Comments on the Communication from the Commission on ?Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals? COM (2006) 402 final (pdf) http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/CommentsCOM2006402%20final.pdf Minority report Why are only nine of the 785 MEPs non-white? http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2012518,00.html 06: How to get good asylum advice Advicenow's guide How to get good asylum advice has now been translated into 12 languages and is available on the Multikulti website. The guide explains how asylum seekers can avoid being duped out of money or documents by fraudulent advisers/solicitors and how they can find a good adviser/solicitor. Described by frontline workers as a 'vital piece of work' and 'important and recommended reading for asylum seekers' you can view the translated versions at http://www.multikulti.org.uk or download the guide in English at http://www.advicenow.org.uk/asylumadvice. 07: Speech - Asylum is a Human Right "If it was not torture, persecution and fear for our lives in our own countries, we would not be here seeking asylum. Many of us were forced to leave our families, jobs, and all our livelihoods to come here and live in fear of being returned to the very situations which we fled from..." http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org/karibuspeech.html 08: Renditions, Protect human rights in the 'War on Terror' CIA activities in Europe: European Parliament adopts final report http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/019-3030-043-02-07-902-20070209IPR02947-12-02-2007-2007-true/default_en.htm Terror tactics are being used by governments to break the will of detainees in prisons such as Guant?namo Bay and Bagram. 'War on Terror' prisoners are being transfered in rendition flights, carried out in secret. Fundamental human rights protection mechanisms and the rule of law are being compromised. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/terror Film - Outlawed: Rendition, Torture & the Disappearances in the "War on Terror" http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362372.html Human rights are antidote to terrorism Liberty welcomes Lord Chancellor?s support for human rights but calls for more consistent Government anti-terror policy. http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/lord-chancellor-speech.shtml Amnesty response to vote on renditions at European Parliament - Scotland must do more http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17272 Amnesty response to vote on renditions at European Parliament http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17270 09: Uncomfortable Truths ? the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art & design V and A Exhibition http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/Uncomfortable_Truths/index.html Free anti-slavery resource http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/news_item?news_id=85 10: Report - Primary Health Services and migrant communities issues and concerns Full report: The identification and charging of Overseas Visitors at NHS services in Newham: a Consultation (PDF) http://www.frankslist.info/primary.pdf Note: You may need to download the latest version of Adobe PDF reader, go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html 11: A Draft Report of a Pastoral Research Enquiry into the Needs of Migrants in London's Catholic Community The brief of this research was an exploratory study to enquire into the lived experience of those members of the Church who have travelled from other parts of the world http://www.vhi.org.uk/publications/display.php?id=8&content_title=The%20Ground%20of%20Justice Catholic report shows that migration is about need not numbers http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_070214hugel.shtml 12: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Mon Feb 19 10:10:08 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:10:08 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Borders Chad, Fascism, one, 80, 1, 000, forced to leave, letter' - 19 Feb 07 - 50 items (approx) Message-ID: <844e9792a9977fce4157ae707678e356@skye.ymlpcom.com> 'Borders Chad, Fascism, race, one, 80, 1,000, forced to leave' 19 Feb 07 - 50 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? Submit online: http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 01: UK 02: Jobs 03: World 04: Events 05: Europe 06: Defy ID 07: UK trafficking reality 08: ESOL - National Action Day 09: World's biggest human migration 10: Violence against Girls in Conflict with the Law 11: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Borders Chad, Fascism, one, 80, 1,000, forced to leave, letter' Chad may face genocide, UN warns http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6367545.stm Foreign doctors could be forced to leave http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2015671,00.html Pakistani doctor's suicide highlights plight of unemployed immigrants Although he left no note, beside him was a letter from immigration officials saying there would be no further extensions on his visa. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2283980.ece Government did not consult on visa restrictions for overseas doctors BMA responds to High Court ruling It has always been our opinion that they should be treated the same way as their UK counterparts when applying for posts. http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/PR-Government+did+not+consult+on+visa+restrictions+for+overseas+doctors+-+BMA+responds+to+High+Court+ruling+-+09+Feb+2007 Government betrays UK's skilled immigrants The government has betrayed skilled immigrants by forcing thousands to leave Britain after it lured them here on the promise of being allowed to settle permanently, campaign group Voice of Britain?s Skilled Immigrants say More: Voice of Britain?s Skilled Immigrants http://www.vbsi.org.uk No Borders UK Gathering Glasgow, 10/11 March 2007 Building solidarity and direct action in the struggle against the migration control system. For freedom, equality and justice. - Resisting dawn raids. - Stopping deportations. - Fighting for refugee and migrant rights. http://www.openborders.org.uk/ For more details and information, to book free accommodation, to propose workshops etc, or to volunteer to help, contact No Borders Glasgow now: email: noborders-glasgow at riseup.net Download flyer: (PDF) http://www.openborders.org.uk/files/2007/02/nobordersglasgowgathering.pdf Why we?re keener to help one child than save 1,000 lives http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article1398504.ece Honoured at 80: the race activist who stood by Mandela http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2278101.ece Please send UN troops, say desperate refugees in Chad http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2278034.ece Despite Iraq, we must still be ready to intervene elsewhere http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2015648,00.html Unite Against Fascism leaflet http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/02/unite-against-fascism-leaflet.html Link: Unite Against Fascism http://www.uaf.org.uk/ 01: UK 18 Feb 07 Only Mbeki can save Zimbabwe Yesterday, Robert Mugabe accused Britain of avoiding 'dialogue'. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2015657,00.html British Library to display rare sacred scrolls for first time http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2281408.ece Minorities feel more British than whites http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1400803.ece + Your views on "British" lessons http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6317341.stm 17 Feb 07 Charter Flight to DR Congo - Monday 26th February 21.00hrs http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362562.html City becomes a haven for writers http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED17%20Feb%202007%2009%3A36%3A17%3A497 Six hours away by ferry - a world apart for children A UN report this week named the UK as the worst place to grow up, and Holland the best. Why? http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/children/story/0,,2015253,00.html Dispersal: Rackmanism, Profiteering, Children and sub standard housing Rackmanism and why the UK is the worst place for child neglect in rich societies. A foretaste of how the Home Office would like to commission housing services for separated children seeking asylum. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362522.html 16 Feb 07 Is detention really necessary? In April/May/June 2006 - 40% of them were not! http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/leavingdetention.html + Immigration and Asylum Statistics http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html Intrusive passport interviews step towards ID database http://www.no2id.net/news/pressRelease/release.php?name=Intrusive_passport_interviews Mugabe Album Launch in London http://allafrica.com/stories/200702160396.html Lessons learnt from Africa's refugee camps are being played out in a drama group for acutely traumatised clients. http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/features/896 Remit for a new independent regulatory body http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=356&Type=2 02: Jobs No job details today 03: World Genocide? 'I deny the lot' http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2015602,00.html US piles pressure on Iran as Rice flies into Baghdad http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2281369.ece Italy/Morocco: Renditions: Britel pardon request imminent http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/10britel.htm US and Israel agree boycott plan http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6372633.stm An enduring tragedy http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2015125,00.html Milosevic's militia commander convicted of political murders in Serbia http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2278051.ece Americans and Italians are indicted in CIA kidnapping case http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-CIA-Kidnap.php Putin hands Chechnya control to militia leader http://www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/0,,2015161,00.html + Chechen Strongman Kadyrov Appointed to Top Post http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070216/wl_afp/russiachechnyaunrestgovernment_070216040155 State of suspense: Unlocking the enigma of North Korea http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2278038.ece In Defence of Kosovo?s Serbs http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article1398161.ece Palestinian Authority: New unity government must put civilian protection above politics http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE210012007 Burma: Pro-Democracy Activist Detained Indefinitely China, Russia Continue to Provide Political Cover for Military Junta http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/16/burma15348.htm Eritrea: Prominent journalist reported dead in secret prison http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17274 Haiti: The junta fugitive, a lottery win and a battle for justice in Haiti http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2278036.ece Italians march in US base protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6370671.stm Liberia: Government slow to bring justice to victims of country's former conflict http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17269 Pakistani suicide bomb kills 15 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6370763.stm Libya HIV medics appeal sentence http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6372643.stm Russia's Vietnam http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2015457,00.html Saudi Arabia: Despite Restrictions, Visit Uncovers Abuses http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/17/saudia15353.htm Turkmenistan: First Internet cafes open in reclusive Turkmenistan http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2278037.ece US: Lender of choice for illlegal immigrants? http://business.guardian.co.uk/onamerica/story/0,,2014199,00.html US genocide bill angers Turks http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,2014445,00.html Zimbabwe: Army and police desert beleaguered Mugabe http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2015618,00.html Zimbabwe's descent into chaos http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2015429,00.html Zimbabwe opposition rally stopped http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6373611.stm 04: Events Museum in Docklands to become a site of memory for the African Diaspora to mark its links with slavery http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/lifestyle/details.aspx?i=72&c=Exhibition&h=Museum+in+Docklands+to+become+a+site+of+memory+for+the+African+Diaspora+to+mark+its+links+with+slavery 20th February Annual General Meeting is on Tuesday, 20th February at MRCF, 2 Thorpe Close W10 5XL all welcome http://www.mrcf.org.uk/ 24 Feb: NO2ID Highbury: Take a hike, Tony! Street stall to raising awareness about changes http://www.no2id.net/news/events.php#130 05: Europe EU braces itself for influx of Iraqi refugees http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2014467,00.html Europe must extend solidarity to Iraqi refugees in the EU http://www.ecre.org/resources/press_releases/785 Response to the European Commission Consultation on Inciting, Aiding or Abetting Terrorist Offences http://www.icj.org/news.php3?id_article=4119&lang=en Americans and Italians are indicted in CIA kidnapping case http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-CIA-Kidnap.php 06: Defy ID Defy ID http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/02/defy-id.html Links: Defy ID http://www.defy-id.org.uk/ Nottingham Defy ID http://www.nottingham-defy-id.uk/ 07: UK trafficking reality Leading charities call on government to act as new photography exhibition exposes UK trafficking reality http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17273 08: ESOL - National Action Day On Wednesday 28th February, students and young people from STAR (Student Action for Refugees) will be campaigning against the Learning and Skills Council?s planned cuts to English language tuition (English for Speakers of Other Languages, ESOL) and Further Education (FE) for asylum seekers and refugees by hosting creative and thought-provoking events across the UK. STAR groups at 30 universities across the country will be taking part in a National Action Day; setting up mock ESOL classes to illustrate the importance of English classes for asylum seekers and refugees, in addition to many other events. For further information about activities taking place across the country on STAR?s National Action Day contact Natasha King, Student Outreach Officer at students at star-network.org.uk. http://www.star-network.org.uk The latest news and reports from the Save ESOL campaign http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1983 ESOL: UCU asks college principals to support lobby on 28 February (word doc) http://www.aut.org.uk/media/docs/3/6/esollobbyletcolleges_feb07_1.rtf ESOL bulletin, issue 2, January 2007 (.pdf) http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/3/j/esolbull_2_jan07_1.pdf ESOL bulletin, issue 1, December 2006 (.pdf) http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/2/f/esolbull_1.pdf ESOL bulletin, issue 1, December 2006 (.doc) http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/docs/1/f/esolbull_1.doc 09: World's biggest human migration In pictures: Chinese New Year The main train station in Beijing was packed as workers prepared to head home as part of what has been described as the world's biggest human migration. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6368429.stm 10: Violence against Girls in Conflict with the Law Police Violence, Including Rape and Sexual Assault Violence in Detention Facilities Disciplinary Measures, Restraints and Excessive Use of Force Recommendations http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/global15345.htm 11: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Wed Feb 21 09:21:04 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:21:04 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Call, Condemning, Charter, commemorate, complaints, contempt' - 20 Feb 07 - 75 items (approx) Message-ID: 'Call, Condemning, Charter, commemorate, complaints, contempt' sent 21 Feb 07 - 75 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? 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For children who seek asylum alone, Fight welfare apartheid! 14: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Call, Condemning, Charter, commemorate, complaints, contempt' No forced 'Charter Flights' to DR Congo http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362830.html DR Congo: Child soldier recruitment continues http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e1c054c8bf2fbeae2356fb5b21ad1758.htm Call to improve immigration units http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6378015.stm Lunar House, Electric House (short-term holding facilities) http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/Lunar_and_Electric_House-201.pdf Centre 'must address health needs of immigrants' http://www.kent-online.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=30955&startrecord=-1.#IND As Britain prepares to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade, a new photographic exhibition focuses on human trafficking in the UK today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_slave_britain/html/1.stm Link: Slave Britain http://www.slavebritain.org.uk/ Polish immigrants voice complaints of work exploitation http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=272252007 Privacy row as checks on phones and e-mails hit 439,000 The Prime Minister?s ambitions for ID cards seems to grow as public confidence in the scheme diminishes. This will become a national suspects database.? On the 450,000 data requests, she said: ?There is a creeping contempt for our personal privacy.? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1409395.ece Asylum From Homophobia: Urgent Support Needed http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362564.html Ovation for Gay Iraqi at London ?Faith? Conference Condemning the refusal of the British and US governments to grant asylum to many refugees from the homophobic and sectarian violence in Iraq http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/07/Feb/1903.htm Iraqi leaders OK gay pogroms http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2007/02/20/2 Violence against Schoolgirls Sexual Violence in Schools: South Africa and Zambia Insecurity and Attacks on Schools: Afghanistan and Iraq Harassment and Violence against Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Students: The United States http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/15/global15342.htm 01: UK 20 Feb 07 Students sleep outside to help asylum seekers http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2060912&SectionID=39 Human rights activist is accused of spying by Angola http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2287048.ece 'Racist slur' council to get training http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/region_wide/2007/02/20/a39faff0-7658-4317-81da-984f7b3f5aad.lpf ID fingerprints plan under fire http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6378999.stm + Identity cards I am not arguing that we should abolish human rights. In the debate, I held up to the Home Secretary George Orwell's book "1984" and said, "This is the kind of world that you will introduce to this country." http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070219/debtext/70219-0001.htm#0702193000009 Link: http://www.georgeorwell.org.uk Blair in new ID card controversy PM says police would be able to use national database to check fingerprints found at crime scenes. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,,2017401,00.html My weapons were for imminent civil war, says ex-BNP candidate http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,2016933,00.html Irish detainees exempted in deportation of foreign prisoners http://www.guardian.co.uk/prisons/story/0,,2016943,00.html 19 Feb 07 Asylum seekers forced to leave home http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1202596.0.asylum_seekers_forced_to_leave_home.php Stop treating asylum seekers as ?non-humans?, say protestors http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2007/February/20070219.htm Rule barring appeal irrational http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/reports/article1403675.ece It's all rights on the night Migrant workers in Edinburgh who think they are being exploited will be provided with key information tonight. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=268262007 The rise of the BNP is a threat to democracy - so why is it being legitimised? http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/070219.asp Norwich to become 'city of refuge' http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED19%20Feb%202007%2008%3A03%3A40%3A820 Meyer fights back as PCC comes under increasing scrutiny http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/190207/meyer_pcc_interview Are the UK's immigration policies racist? http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Are_the_UKs_immigration_policies_racist_/articleshow/1639470.cms The Big One - Red Nose Day 2007 http://www.easier.com/view/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Staying_In/article-101087.html Uganda sheds a tear as Last King revives painful past http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1403544.ece 18 Feb 07 Control order quashed - on human rights grounds and for failure to consider criminal prosecution http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/news_detail.cfm?iNewsID=202 02: Jobs Sorry none today 03: World Clash between Islam and west is political, poll finds http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2016643,00.html Poll: (PDF) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/19_02_07_islam.pdf Violence against Child Domestic Workers Violence against Child Domestic Workers Physical Abuse Sexual Harassment and Assault Psychological Abuse Forced Labor Trafficking Recommendations http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/global15343.htm Indonesia, Malaysia: Overhaul Labor Agreement on Domestic Workers Proposed Malaysian Migrants Bill Would Violate Basic Freedoms http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/indone15370.htm Genocide prisoners freed in bold experiment to end years of hatred http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1409301.ece Cluster Munitions: Governments to Discuss New Treaty http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/global15362.htm Ministers in dual-passports row http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1409280.ece Afghan war crimes amnesty passed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6379587.stm Algeria: Human Rights Lawyers Tried on Dubious Charges http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/algeri15360.htm China's green pledges are as deep as a coat of paint http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2016816,00.html Cuba lashes out at internet http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/02/cuba_the_internet.html#more Egypt: Mubarak's spring chill http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,2016742,00.html India: 66 burned alive in Indian train bombing http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,2016961,00.html Iraq: Second day of violence engulfs Baghdad http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2016547,00.html Iraq is making Sunni and Shia sectarianism more mainstream http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6378553.stm Iran shuts site critical of president http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2016551,00.html Iran defiant on nuclear programme http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6378289.stm Israel/Occupied Territories; Recognition roundabout http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2016829,00.html + Is the new round of diplomacy likely to bring Middle East Peace any closer? http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2287024.ece Italy: Plight of family in glasshouse http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1409285.ece Japan anger at US sex slave bill http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6374961.stm Malta delays transposing EU asylum qualification law http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2007/02/18/t15.html MaltaToday and illegal immigration http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2007/02/18/l5.html Russia raises stakes over US plan for missile shield http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2287033.ece US missile bases likely in eastern Europe http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/0,,362455,00.html US 'Iran attack plans' revealed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6376639.stm Zimbabwe; Zanu PF, police fire teargas, live ammunition at MDC supporters (18-02-07) http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?linkcategoryid=36&linkid=1&id=3394 04: Events 11am March Demonstrate ! save ESOL - defend free English language classes! 11am March Through Newcastle With Tcar (Tyneside Community Action For Refugees) Newcastle College Students Union, Nus, Ucu, Esol Staff, Esol Students And Groups And Colleges Across Newcastle. Saturday 3rd March 11am-1.30pm More: (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/saveesol.doc Wed 21st March 2007 ABNI Seminar on the Introduction of the new English Language and Life in the UK tests for applicants of Indefinite Leave to Remain ? Wed 21st March 2007 at The British Museum BP Lecture Theatre. Download an invitation (PDF) http://www.abni.org.uk/docs/Settlement%20Test%20Invite.pdf 05: Europe ECRAN Special Weekly Update 16th Feb http://www.ecre.org/ecran_special_weekly_update_16_02_2007 Turn back, huddled masses http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8728723 06: Women for Refugee Women invite you to a meeting to hear about current campaigns on women and asylum and to map out priorities for Women for Refugee Women at: Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2 on: Wednesday 14th March, 12.30 to 5pm The meeting is free but space is limited, so please email us at wrw at womankind.org.uk to reserve your place More details: http://www.frankslist.info/refugeewomen.doc Women for Refugee Women is now based at Womankind Worldwide http://www.womankind.org.uk 07: Independent assessment of IND Refugee agencies' response to government proposals for an independent assessment of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2007/INDassessment.htm 08: Human rights: transforming services? Plenary speeches and presentations (2006) International and domestic speakers met with social care practitioners, law professionals, policy makers and users of social care services this week to discuss how human rights legislation can affect access to social care, health, education and justice services. http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/seminars_events/seminar_event_details.cfm?iSeminarEventID=109 09: UK Borders Bill, Notice of amendments Amendment paper http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/amend/70219a01.htm 10: Latest evidence - The Treatment of Asylum Seekers Uncorrected Oral Evidence http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt/jtrights.htm#evid 11: Metropolitan Police and an opportunity for dialogue Event which aims to facilitate dialogue and strengthen links between women in refugee communities and the police. The event will be an opportunity to: Raise awareness within refugee community organisations in order to help them to deliver an enhanced service to women in the community Raise awareness among Metropolitan Police staff of the specific issues, concerns, barriers and capabilities of refugee and asylum seeking women Identify gaps in current service delivery both by community organisations and the Metropolitan Police, and explore possible solutions Give a voice and listen to refugee and asylum seeking women about their concerns regarding community safety, domestic violence, honour crime Inform refugee women about Metropolitan Police plans and approaches to working with them on gender issues Representatives are being invited from refugee community organisations that provide services to women, the Metropolitan Police Service, and other voluntary sector organisations. More details: Please contact Elaheh Rambarzini via: Tel: 020 7346 1160 or email: Elaheh.rambarzini at refugeecouncil.org.uk 12: Lobby of Parliament - English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) 28th February 2007 The Lobby of Parliament for the Save ESOL Campaign takes place on Wednesday 28 th February 2007. You can register from 10.30am outside committee room 14 on the first floor of the House of Commons where the meeting will begin at 11am. What is the Lobby of Parliament? Where does it happen? What you need to do in preparation for the lobby How do I let people know about what?s going on? What do I ask my MP to do? What?s an Early Day Motion? (PDF) http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/7/s/ucu_esollobbyguide_1.pdf + Write to your MP letting them know that you will be coming to the lobby and asking them if you can meet up. Find the model letter at http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/docs/3/8/esol_branchmplobbyletter_1.doc Contact Your MP http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ Save ESOL campaign http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1983 Demonstrate ! save ESOL - defend free English language classes! 11am March Through Newcastle With Tcar (Tyneside Community Action For Refugees) Newcastle College Students Union, Nus, Ucu, Esol Staff, Esol Students And Groups And Colleges Across Newcastle. Saturday 3rd March 11am-1.30pm More: (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/saveesol.doc ESOL Lesson The ESOL lesson media event will take place between 10.30-11.00am, Wednesday 28 February, outside Parliament. Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530267&y=179236&z=1&sv=530267,179236&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf More: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/gettinginvolved/campaign/other_campaigns/esol_week_of_action.htm Refugee Council resources http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/gettinginvolved/campaign/other_campaigns/esol.htm Wed 21st March 2007 ABNI Seminar on the Introduction of the new English Language and Life in the UK tests for applicants of Indefinite Leave to Remain ? Wed 21st March 2007 at The British Museum BP Lecture Theatre. Download an invitation (PDF) http://www.abni.org.uk/docs/Settlement%20Test%20Invite.pdf Students demand more education in their own language http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362882.html 13: Home office pilot underway? For children who seek asylum alone, Fight welfare apartheid! UASC proposals/con-sultation are due to be published in April 2006, October 2006, November 2006, December 2006, January 2007 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec - 2008? http://www.frankslist.info/sult-con.txt The Home Office reform has been widely 'con-sulted' upon for nearly 18 months and many of it's 'leaked' 'proposals' are and or have been already being implemented/piloted for some time. Fight welfare apartheid! (already in existence, see evidence below) The Home Office is imminently expected to publish the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) Reform Proposals. Its key proposals are likely to be: 1) A system of reception and dispersal for unaccompanied young people Some evidence: "...to be in private sector accommodation commissioned by LASC on behalf of all boroughs both inside and outside London. http://www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandliving/ethniccommunities/asylumseekers/coreservices/accommodation/guidelinesla.cfm Safe Case Transfer (Dispersal) Pilot Project http://www.adss.org.uk/publications/guidance/safecaseevaluation.pdf 2) Separate and discriminatory support services for unaccompanied young people Some evidence: Blatant discrimination? Children, Asylum and Hillingdon Home Office apparatchiks http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361361.html Green paper's price tag worries councils "They warned there was a "de facto two-tier approach" to provision determined by children's immigration status, with a lower level of service for unaccompanied minors. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/01/17/102845/Green+paper's+price+tag+worries+councils.html Warning over worse fostering support for asylum-seeking children " It's setting up a two-tier system and it's almost happening by the back door. It just seems outrageous." http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/11/16/102209/Warning+over+worse+fostering+support+for+asylum-seeking.html 3) Cutting the costs of care services and placing more young people in substandard private accommodation Some evidence: Rackmanism, Profiteering, Children and sub standard housing http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362522.html 4) Home Office commissioned Social Work Teams with Social Workers working with Immigration Officers Some evidence: The first of these, a 3-month pilot, began on 20 March at Liverpool Asylum Screening Unit, where a team of Liverpool City Council social workers began working alongside immigration staff" http://www.asylumpolicy.info/con-sult.txt Kent is involved in a pilot project with the Immigration Service looking at a ... Agreement for Joint Immigration Service/Social Work Teams at ports http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhaff/218/218we30.htm 5) Improved systems of surveillance and information sharing Some evidence: National Register for Unaccompanied Children http://www.nruc.gov.uk/ 6) The use of x rays and dental checks as means of age assessment Some evidence: X-ray plan for young asylum seekers Teeth and wrist bones examined to check age Royal College of Radiologists, questioned the ethics of "irradiating people..." http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1983243,00.html 7) Planned returns of under 18?s and fast track deportations of 18 year olds 500 children face forcible repatriation http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1852816,00.html The deportation of children and how you can help http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/take_action/email_fax_your_mp/index.asp?action=33 The Home Office has conceded on the planned reduced time limit for the submission of the completed Statement of Evidence Form under the New Asylum Model children's segment. http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033 More: (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/reformleaflet.doc Model Motion to UNISON National Delegate Conference on UASC Reform Programme (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/modelmotion.doc Reform commentary: (PDF) http://www.frankslist.info/reformcommentary.pdf 14: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Fri Feb 23 09:45:03 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:45:03 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'Failure, dramatically, defiant, sub-standard, checks, danger' - 22 Feb 07 - 85 items (approx) Message-ID: <168785144fc5551dc1954a5a71326199@schmitz.ymlpcom.net> 'Failure, dramatically, defiant, sub-standard, checks, danger' Sent 23 Feb 07 - 85 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? Submit online: http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 01: UK 02: Jobs 03: World 04: Events 05: Europe 06: AGM - London Refugee Voice 07: 4 day refugee film festival 08: Zimbabwe, latest country report 09: Congo DR - Stop Mass Deportations 10: UK Borders Bill, latest on amendments 11: Charity funding, integrity, wake up to the dangers, uncomfortable truths 12: Commission on Integration and Cohesion turns reality on its head 13: Mugabe celebrates 83 years, while ordinary Zimbabweans are lucky to live to 35 years of age 14: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'Failure, dramatically, defiant, sub-standard, checks, danger' Minister defiant over asylum children in care Home Office ministers are refusing to abandon their policy of threatening to take the children of rejected asylum seekers into care http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2018386,00.html Asylum youths face x-ray checks ...could be forced to have dental X-rays to prove their age - it would take five years to clear the backlog of asylum seekers - new proposals, to be announced next Tuesday - plans to relieve the burden on social services in London and the South-East (Dispersal) - could not guarantee there would be any extra money for local councils to deal with unaccompanied asylum seeker children. - A pilot scheme in Scotland aimed at ending "dawn raids" on families facing removal had "failed dramatically" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6382081.stm + Government inspired Financial Crisis? At the moment, councils near ports and airports are obliged to look after child asylum seekers until they reach adulthood leaving at least one local authority, near Heathrow, on the brink of financial crisis. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6382081.stm Evidence: High Court hear Hillingdon Council?s case against the Government http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/news/archive/2007/jan/judicial_review.php Past: Hillingdon wins claim for Judicial Review (2007) http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/news/archive/2006/jun/judicial.php Margaret Hodge decision will lead to an asylum seekers levy of 3% on the people of Hillingdon (2004) http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/news/archive/2004/feb/levy_release.php Now: (22 Feb 07) Hillingdon Council proposes extra 1% on council tax to pay for asylum seekers who have no legal right to remain in the UK. http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/news/archive/2007/feb/council_tax.php Note: What will be the effect of Hillingdon's Council Tax publicity, (proposal) - without first waiting for the outcome of it's Judicial Review. What effect will this posturing have on 'community cohesion' and the need to be mindful of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act...? Public authorities The Race Relations Act makes it unlawful for a public authority in carrying out any of its functions to do anything which constitutes discrimination. http://www.cre.gov.uk/legal/rra_scope.html Blatant discrimination? Children, Asylum and Hillingdon Home Office apparatchiks How the Home Office's planned 'reforms' for children who claim asylum alone is already being implemented by the London Borough of Hillingdon. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361361.html + Hillingdon: We are going to share information and ideas and be active in countering ill-founded perceptions some people may have about [ others ] in [ our ] communitie [ s. ] ? http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/central/cohesion.php She argued that this stereotyping was always done in societies by the group higher in the hierarchy to the group lower in the hierarchy so that the lower group became the "other" and had a false aura of mystery around it. And she said that this also happened with other things such as race, class, and religion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir Provider 'placing young asylum seekers in sub-standard housing' Kent Council threatened to name and shame about a dozen local authorities in London and the South East which it accused of using the county as a "dumping ground" for looked-after children http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/02/22/103526/provider-placing-young-asylum-seekers-in-sub-standard.html Failure to take share of Iraqi refugees is shameful http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17276 Executive will stop immigration guards arresting suspects Scottish Executive has blocked plans to give immigration officers in Scotland the power to... http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=277062007 Row over asylum no-arrests claim http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/6385045.stm Ex-journalist in big danger if deported John Okello, 58, who has been seeking asylum in the UK for ten years, is currently being held at a detention centre after his application was refused. http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1209146.mostviewed.exjournalist_in_big_danger_if_deported.php 01: UK 22 Feb 07 Ilengela journey put back In yet another dramatic twist, the deportation date for African refugee Ilengela Ileo was once again put back last night. http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=ilengela-journey-put-back%26method=full%26objectid=18658721%26siteid=50003-name_page.html The refugees making a difference as social workers http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/02/22/103531/the-refugees-making-a-difference-as-social-workers.html Ghost story played out on the killing sands Is this the slavery of our times? http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/previewsandreviews/tm_headline=ghost-story-played-out-on-the-killing-sands%26method=full%26objectid=18659029%26siteid=50061-name_page.html Church members urged to take up ?destitution challenge? for Lent http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=904 Harsh meritocracy has corroded solidarity, empathy and humanity. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2018246,00.html Police tell refugees to find way to Liverpool http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=police-tell-refugees-to-find-way-to-liverpool%26method=full%26objectid=18657787%26siteid=50061-name_page.html Five-year slog in asylum backlog http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2066250&SectionID=55 Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out got African clergyman imprisoned for peaceful political views http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17277 An inglorious but necessary retreat in Iraq http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2018244,00.html Briefing for the House of Commons debate on the renewal of control order legislation (PDF) http://www.justice.org.uk/images/pdfs/controlordercommonsrenewaldebatefeb07.pdf We have own view on migrant workers - our voice must be heard http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=282052007 Britons flocking to live in Bulgaria http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=282372007 English test for foreign spouses http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=282792007 The true extent of Britain's failure in Basra http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2296829.ece UK 'aims to weaken' treaty on bomblets http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2293470.ece Iraq: More nations plan pull-out http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2293479.ece We won?t budge but we can still talk, says Iran?s man in London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article1421386.ece 21 Feb 07 Should free English classes be scrapped for new migrants? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/mortarboard/2007/02/should_free_english_classes_be.html Let them stay http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/news/readersletters/display.var.1206688.0.let_them_stay.php In defence of multiculturalism http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/february/ha000030.html Row over asylum no-arrests claim http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/6383973.stm Ilengela must leave http://coventry.observertoday.co.uk/news.tvt?_ticket=8YN59LLDNTKAGQRFL1PDGMTEDWZ71GSGX4TFIVNCCOUNCPNJBHSJ5D1RHONDNNTDALNNDLRGUT4HKNNAC0VF9LLCPMZFURTSW0MAAQ48SYKACK5JXVQFIRY4X9SEAOY9CHYHTRRMLNNAHQSEARQ9CHZKTRRIT9L2NBG&_scope=Flow/Websites/Coventry/News&id=237168 Campaign to help refugees http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2062042&SectionID=58 Volunteers wanted to teach kids http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1206851.0.volunteers_wanted_to_teach_kids.php Useless and unjust control orders must be voted out http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/vote-on-control-orders.shtml 20 Feb 07 02: Jobs Liberty is looking for a successful, senior fundraiser to head up its Development team. http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/4-jobs-volunteering/index.shtml Internship Opportunities in Brussels http://www.ecre.org/get_involved/internships_volunteers Departmental Lectureship in International Refugee and Human Rights Law. http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/vac_dl160207 03: World Mass exodus as forgotten tragedy explodes in Central African Republic http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2290039.ece Reuters to launch African website Reuters setting up pan-African news and information portal. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Media/site/story/0,,2018611,00.html Islamic artists were 500 years ahead of Western scientists http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2296841.ece Iraqi refugee family yearns for new life in unready Egypt http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19702 Guant?namo: Amnesty International regrets Court of Appeals decision on Military Commissions Act http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR510302007 Lebanon will be first victim of Iran crisis http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2290044.ece US Iran intelligence 'incorrect' http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2019235,00.html Bolivia: Amnesty International visits the country - 23 February to 6 March http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR180022007 Egypt: Blogger?s Imprisonment Sets Chilling Precedent http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/22/egypt15379.htm Chad Needs Strong Protection Force http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/21/chad15373.htm Indonesia: Free Political Prisoners in Papua http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/21/indone15321.htm Iran faces new sanctions for defying nuclear calls http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2296840.ece Philippines army accused of killing political activists http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2293482.ece Russia; Moscow's rich grab land for luxury homes Owners of shabby wooden dachas forced out amid tales of threats, corruption and now murder. http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2018342,00.html Saudi Arabia: Four Sri Lankans Executed Without Warning http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/21/saudia15377.htm US: 10 Steps to Restore Moral Authority http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/22/usdom15386.htm US: Anger over NY 'immigration game' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6387183.stm Venezuela: Hugo Ch?vez?s Revolution http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4674&l=1 Vietnamese monk returns to pray for the dead http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2296857.ece 04: Events Saturday 24th February 2007 Campaign to Close Campsfield Next demo Saturday 24th February 2007 12 - 2 pm. Main gates, Campsfield House. Bring musical instruments or saucepans to make a cheerful noise. http://www.closecampsfield.org.uk/events.html 3 March 2007 The right to work for all migrants http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/march/ak000005.html Monday March 12th Asylum Destitution Support Network This meeting will take place on Monday March 12th from 11.30 ? 2.00pm at Eastwood Parish Church, 5 Mansewood Road, Glasgow, G43 1TW The Asylum Destitution Support Network http://www.destitution.net/ Tuesday 20 March, all day Advancing Inter-disciplinarity in Human Rights Research: Problems and Possibilities - working conference http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/human-rights/Conferences/conference07.htm 23 - 29 March 2007 11th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival http://hrw.org/iff/2007/london/index.html 05: Europe Europe?s human rights court condemns Turkey for torture http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=103537 Statewatch analysis: The dream of total data collection - status quo and future plans for EU information systems (PDF) http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/feb/eu-databases.pdf Regulation (EC) 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (PDF) http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/feb/eu-hra-oj.pdf Three out of four Israelis would like to be part of EU http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2296843.ece 06: AGM - London Refugee Voice LRV AGM March 12, 5-9 pm Commemorating International Women's Day Amnesty Human Rights Centre Speakers Include; IKWRO, Women's Resource Project, FORWARD, UNHCR (tbc)...and more Entertainment and Refreshments, expenses paid for RCO's AGM leaflet (MS Office Publisher .pub file) http://www.frankslist.info/lrv.pub No MS Office Publisher? Download a trial copy (to view above): http://ukireland.trymicrosoftoffice.com/product.aspx?sku=3082913&culture=en-GB London Refugee Voice (LRV) is a voice for refugee communities in London LRV exists to strengthen the ability of RCOs to advocate and lobby on refugee issues, and to enhance their capacity. http://www.lrv.org.uk/ Call us on 020 8743 8246. email us: marianne at lrv.org.uk 07: 4 day refugee film festival The West London Refugee Partnership (WESTREP) invites you to A four-day film festival showing aspects of life in refugees? homelands The films are in English or English sub-titles. Shows start at 7 pm. All shows are free and open to anyone to attend. The hosts will introduce the films and serve traditional refreshments each night. For more information call WESTREP on 020 8993 6158. More: (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/filmfestival.doc 23 - 29 March 2007 11th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival http://hrw.org/iff/2007/london/index.html 08: Zimbabwe, latest country report COI report (February 2007) (word doc) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/zimbabwe-210207.doc 09: Congo DR - DRC Stop Mass Deportations Ilengela journey put back In yet another dramatic twist, the deportation date for African refugee Ilengela Ileo was once again put back last night. http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=ilengela-journey-put-back%26method=full%26objectid=18658721%26siteid=50003-name_page.html 19 Children & 20 adult DR Congolese to be deported by 'Charter Flight' What you can do to Help http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/charter2.html MP has demands a halt to mass deportations to war-torn Congo. http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14130&grp=22&cat=129 DR Congo: army and police continue to violate civilians' human rights, says UN mission 22 feb. 07 - 07.59h http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=13932 Thousands flee deadly fighting in eastern Congo 21 feb. 07 - 18.23h http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=13930 At least 43 people killed in east Congo clashes 21 feb. 07 - 16.22h http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=13925 Fury as Blair kicks out Congo kids http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14112&grp=22&cat=129 Campaigners today launched a campaign urging Home Secretary John Reid to halt a mass deportation. http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14126&grp=22&cat=129 10: UK Borders Bill, latest on amendments Briefing for committee stage in the House of Commons of the UK Borders Bill, http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/publications/1-policy-papers/index.shtml Amendment paper http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/amend/70221a01.htm 11: Charity funding, integrity, wake up to the dangers, uncomfortable truths Charities and public service delivery About report: 'Stand and deliver: the future for charities delivering public services' Charities that deliver public services are significantly less likely to agree that: ?their charitable activities are determined by their mission rather than by funding opportunities; ?they are free to make decisions without pressure to conform to the wishes of funders; ?their trustees are always involved in decisions about what activities or projects to undertake. Only 26% of charities that deliver public services agreed that they are free to make decisions without pressure to conform to the wishes of funders. http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/recent_changes/psdindex.asp Wake up to the dangers There are significant differences in the responses to questions about independence from charities that do deliver public services and those that don't http://society.guardian.co.uk/futureforpublicservices/story/0,,2017227,00.html Too close for comfort Charities have to stop cosying up to the state http://society.guardian.co.uk/secondopinion/story/0,,2007036,00.html State of dependence Funding, integrity, reputation - the uncomfortable truths revealed in a report about the growing number of charities that provide public services http://society.guardian.co.uk/futureforpublicservices/story/0,,2017225,00.html 12: Commission on Integration and Cohesion turns reality on its head Integration - why it works http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/supportourwork/latestappeal/integration.htm Parliament lobby will press government to save English language courses http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2050 'Biggest obstacle to English language skills is waiting lists' say language teachers http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2047 Not speaking English is the single biggest barrier to successful Integration http://www.integrationandcohesion.org.uk/news/Not_speaking_english_is_the__single_biggest_barrier_to_successful_Integration.aspx 'Government commission backs language tests for migrants' http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2290100.ece Integration ?lost in translation? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1421342.ece The coverage of the government?s Commission on Integration and Cohesion interim statement published today indicates the Commission?s approach is ignoring overwhelming evidence and drawing dangerously wrong conclusions. http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/070221.asp 'Government hypocrisy' say lecturers, as benefits may be cut for those not learning English http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2028 Why not-so-clever Trevor could do with some cultural learnings of his own http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article614884.ece Interim statement from the Commission for Integration and Cohesion http://www.cehr.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/432292 Speech by Darra Singh at the launch of the Commissions Interim Statement http://www.integrationandcohesion.org.uk/news/Speech_by_Darra_Singh_at_the_launch_of_the_Commissions_Interim_Statement.aspx 13: Mugabe celebrates 83 years, while ordinary Zimbabweans are lucky to live to 35 years of age Mugabe will be celebrating his 83rd Birthday, with a party that will be paid for by the already starving Zimbabwean people. http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?linkcategoryid=36&linkid=1&id=3467 Mugabe feasts while nation starves http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?linkcategoryid=36&linkid=1&id=3464 14: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Mon Feb 26 09:30:04 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:30:04 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'sex slaves, brutal, Rape, Race, borders, enquiry, Fig-Leaf' - 26 Feb 07 - 100 items (approx) Message-ID: 'sex slaves, brutal, Rape, Race, borders, enquiry, Fig-Leaf' 26 Feb 07 - 100 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? Submit online: http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 01: UK 02: Jobs 03: World 04: Europe 05: US - A Humanitarian Crisis at the Border: New Estimates of Deaths 06: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info Lead: 'sex slaves, brutal, Rape, Race, borders, enquiry, Fig-Leaf' Taking a child?s rights seriously It is difficult to focus attention on a child's right not to be abused in countries where abduction and rape are common http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/related_reports/a_brighter_future/article1425505.ece The brutal reality of our asylum policy Reid has declared war on some of the most oppressed of the world. His department operates policies and practices of institutionalised savagery, rebranded as efficiency. On Tuesday, Tough John will tell us his office is deporting more people than the numbers of "bogus" asylum applicants coming in. To get to target, they pick low-hanging fruit - babies, tots, mums, who will go quietly weeping. Today a planeload - 23 adults and 19 children - will be on charter flight XLA4334 to the Democratic Republic of Congo where, since 1998, more than four million people have been murdered http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/yasmin_alibhai_brown/article2305580.ece Britain's shameful deportations of asylum seekers http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2021232,00.html Colin Firth makes plea for nurse 'facing murder' in Congo http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2305575.ece 5,000 child sex slaves in UK http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2303019.ece About publication: 'Contemporary slavery in the UK: Overview and key issues' A review of the nature and extent of slavery in the UK today. The review looks at: * Defining the nature and scope of modern slavery * The international context * Slavery in the UK and the current situation here * Sexual trafficking It concludes with recommendations for action at the international, national and legislative level, for service delivery and for further research. (PDF) http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2016-contemporary-slavery-UK.pdf Summary; http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2035.asp Press release: http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/260207.asp Anti-slavery publications - Child labour - Migrant labour - Traffic More... http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/resources/PDF/PDFtraffic.htm Rape, Race, Prostitution: Conference 10 March Campaigning for justice in the 21st century Saturday 10 March 10-5pm Trinity Reformed Church Buck Street, London NW1 (Kentish Town Road end, behind Sainsbury?s, Camden Town tube) Entrance: ?20 funded organisations and professionals; ?10 waged; ?5 low waged; ?3 unwaged; asylum seekers free No one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible (toilets nearby) More: (word doc) http://www.frankslist.info/racerapeprostitution.doc Algeria to try deported terror suspects Two assured in Britain they would not be charged. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/asylumseekers/story/0,,2021566,00.html + U.K.-Algeria Deal to Deport Suspects Is Fig-Leaf for Torture http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/03/08/uk12783.htm Tories unveil border police plans http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6396103.stm + US: Border Fence Could Cost $49 Billion. (PDF) http://www.ailf.org/ipc/spotlight/spotlight_020807.pdf Sex traffic: Danielle was 15 when she was sold into slavery The study reveals that, 200 years after the slave trade was officially abolished, trafficking for sexual exploitation, domestic servitude and enforced labour is destroying young lives. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2303020.ece Missing Out: A Study of Child Trafficking in the North-West, North-East and West Midlands ECPAT UK is calling on the Government to undertake a national enquiry into separated children who go missing from care. Interviewees in this study raised concerns about private fostering arrangements and links with child trafficking. (Oct 07) - PDF http://www.ecpat.org.uk/downloads/ECPAT_UK_Missing_Out_2007.pdf Cause for Concern? London Social Services and Child Trafficking (2004) - PDF http://www.ecpat.org.uk/downloads/cause_for_concern.pdf More reports, newsletters and briefings on trafficking and children: http://www.ecpat.org.uk/publications.html ECPAT UK is the national representative of ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes), a global movement in over 70 countries http://www.ecpat.org.uk World: Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment 2007 Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/rpt/78948.htm Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2006/ Algerian accused of training 9/11 pilots refused compensation for a shattered life Lotfi Raissi had modest aspirations for a life in Britain http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2296827.ece 01: UK 26 Feb 07 Newcomers fill the aisles to overflowing http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2305574.ece The long march across China (and a very British hero) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2305504.ece Great Scotswomen http://living.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=300932007 25 Feb 07 There?s no place like home Before Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU, we were warned of a flood of benefit-hungry balkan immigrants. So where are they all http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1417262.ece Race special: Divided we stand http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2291273.ece - Mohsin Hamid on citizenship http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2291274.ece - Racism in Britain 2007 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2291278.ece Eurotunnel wins ruling on asylum seeker security http://www.ft.com/cms/s/70d428e8-c4fd-11db-b110-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=4e612cca-6707-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html Blair ignored Chirac warning on Iraq 'disaster' http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2020887,00.html Drive for tough Iran sanctions Britain seeks a united front at UN to halt nuclear progamme as Cheney says no option is ruled out. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2020834,00.html Government accused of failing ethnic groups http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2021041,00.html 27 July 1880. A date Mr Blair should look up Those sending British troops to Afghanistan should learn the lessons of the Battle of Maiwand http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2303021.ece 24 Feb 07 Bank focuses on 'benefits' migrants bring http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0300business/0100news/tm_headline=bank-focuses-on-%2Dbenefits%2D-migrants-bring%26method=full%26objectid=18668498%26siteid=50082-name_page.html Polish workers send ?4billion back home http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=16&id=290252007 English tests to be part of a tougher new strategy on immigration http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2020480,00.html Married and abandoned - the 30,000 wives ?duped by Westerners? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1431751.ece Veterans of 'Stop the War' rally go on the march again http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2300438.ece British U-turn brings global ban on cluster bombs a step closer http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2300444.ece 23 Feb 07 Ten years of 'Breaking the Silence' and campaigning for LGBT rights http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17282 Critical Mass for freedom of movement http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363178.html College concerned for welfare of international medical graduates http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/news.asp?PR_id=336 22 Feb 07 100+ Protest at Removal to DR Congo http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363005.html Middlesbrough Solidarity March For the Congolese Community http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363174.html MPs attack plan to give police access to ID card database http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2290049.ece 02: Jobs Voluntary Opportunities Liberty's busy and influential Policy department is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer (unpaid). http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/4-jobs-volunteering/voluntary-opportunities.shtml 03: World Court in landmark genocide ruling http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6395791.stm Taking a child?s rights seriously It is difficult to focus attention on a child's right not to be abused in countries where abduction and rape are common http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/related_reports/a_brighter_future/article1425505.ece Who's killing Putin's enemies? http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2019157,00.html A connected world proves no threat to tyrants http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2020903,00.html Iran: Free Wife of Political Prisoner Seized on Street http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/23/iran15396.htm Iraq: 'Exodus' of ancient minorities http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2305541.ece Iraq poised to hand control of oil fields to foreign firms http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/business/story/0,,2020560,00.html Pakistan: Improve Security for Civilians in Tribal Areas http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/23/pakist15392.htm Serbia anxiously awaits World Court ruling on Bosnian genocide suit http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2305518.ece US: Border Fence Could Cost $49 Billion. (PDF) http://www.ailf.org/ipc/spotlight/spotlight_020807.pdf US accused of plan to bomb Iran http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2021434,00.html US: Virginia issues official apology for slavery http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2021382,00.html 04: US - A Humanitarian Crisis at the Border: New Estimates of Deaths In the mid-1990s, the U.S. government?s militarization of the border closed off major urban points of unauthorized migration in Texas and California and funneled hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants through southern Arizona?s deserts and mountains. As a result, immigrant deaths along the border have increased dramatically. Summary http://www.ailf.org/ipc/policybrief/policybrief_020607.shtml Report (PDF) http://www.ailf.org/ipc/policybrief/policybrief_020607.pdf 05: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Wed Feb 28 09:04:28 2007 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (frankslist.info) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:04:28 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] 'deportation, Slave Labour, criminals, intervention, e-petition' - 27 Feb 07 - 60 items (approx) Message-ID: <8240eba85739d74b5fd828be497d2c13@sonora.ymlpcom.com> 'deportation, Slave Labour, criminals, intervention, e-petition' Sent 28 Feb 07 - 60 items (approx) To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at: ? http://www.frankslist.info the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers ? 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He is a leading figure in the campaign group Asylum voice who have campaigned against the abuses suffered by asylum seekers. More details and call for action: (PDF) http://www.frankslist.info/alphonsus.pdf Firth's intervention saves nurse from deportation http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2308458.ece Protestors chain themselves over Congo explusions http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14190&grp=22&cat=129 Public Meetings Saturday, Manchester - DR Congo + Right to Work https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363778.html https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363779.html Protestors chain themselves over Congo explusions The move follows an intense lobbying effort directed at Home Secretary John Reid and immigration minister Liam Byrne to halt the deportation. http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14190&grp=22&cat=129 Colin Firth voices outrage at deportations to Congo http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/news/2007/february/26022007.htm Brown?s false notion of Britishness cannot repair class ridden and racialised society, say human rights forum http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2391&c=uk&h=Brown%e2%80%99s+false+notion+of+Britishness+cannot+repair+class+ridden+and+racialised+society%2c+say+human+rights+forum Would-be citizens should do community work Immigrants to Britain should carry out work in the community prior to being granted UK citizenship, Gordon Brown is expected to say today. The chancellor will propose obliging newcomers to the UK to carry out community tasks to help introduce them to British society. dismissed the idea as a gimmick which would be "impossible to enforce". "We need proper provision for teaching English, not more headline chasing," http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2022387,00.html + Campaign Against Slave Labour (version 2 above) http://noii.trick.ca/CampaignAgainstSlaveLabour + For the latest articles (soon to be published) on Migrants as slaves, please email: info at noii.org.uk Would-be citizens should do community work But the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants said it would put immigrants in the same category as criminals. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2022387,00.html e-petition on the Downing Street website over "inhuman and degrading" treatment of asylum seekers The petition reads: "We, the undersigned, petition the Prime Minister to urge him reverse his terrible inhuman and degrading policies towards Asylum Seekers." http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14182&grp=22&cat=129 - Petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Asylum/ 01: UK 27 Feb 07 Star student facing deportation http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/mostpopular.var.894180.mostviewed.star_student_facing_deportation.php Four detainees escape from centre http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/6401363.stm Lord Stevens agrees to head study into border police for Tory party http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/nborders27.xml Quarterly Asylum Statistics Fourth Quarter 2006 (PDF) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/asylumq406.pdf - Immigration and Asylum Statistics http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html - Public performance target http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/tippingpointresults Asylum seeker targets hit in 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6400125.stm UK sees drop in asylum seekers http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2022608,00.html How immigration has led to the rebirth of the Catholic Church http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2082268&SectionID=4419 Govt urged to think again on cuts to free English language tuition http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2390&c=uk&h=Govt+urged+to+think+again+on+cuts+to+free+English+language+tuition Book explores asylum-seekers? lives http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1221130.0.book_explores_asylumseekers_lives.php Turner-prize winner's true portrait of war http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2308407.ece Migrants have lifted economy http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2022034,00.html British immigrants face a hostile reception after Maori call for curb http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/wmaoris27.xml 26 Feb 07 Fight launched for free English lessons http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/education/s/237/237177_fight_launched_for_free_english_lessons.html Eurotunnel wins Sangatte payout http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6396599.stm Britain's shame over 21st century slavery http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2077506&SectionID=55 MP hears of asylum-seekers' ordeals http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/bradford/bradfordnews/display.var.1220229.0.mp_hears_of_asylumseekers_ordeals.php SIAC ruling on deporting terror suspects - this diplomatic assurance is no guarantee against torture http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/siac-ruling.shtml + Deport to Algeria at all costs (PDF) http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/feb/ai-algeria.pdf United Kingdom/Jordan: 'National security suspect' facing prospect of torture in Jordan http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR450022007 Campaigners condemn landmark ruling http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2079749§ionid=4068 25 Feb 07 High Court to make final decision in deportation of teenage Jewish twins http://www.ejpress.org/article/14446 Mass Deportation to DRC tomorrow - press release from the Bishop of Durham http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363410.html New refugee agencies umbrella agency http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=4&pid=459 02: Jobs Administrator - Leeds/Bradford http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=525&CatID=22 Administrator - Manchester/Blackburn http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=523&CatID=22 Community Development Worker http://www.mrsn.org.uk/vacancies.htm Advice Development Worker http://www.mrsn.org.uk/vacancies.htm 03: World Children in refugee camps fall victim to sex abusers http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=307682007 Darfur war crimes hearing due http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6399311.stm Khmer Rouge genocide trial close to collapse http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2022001,00.html I'll never lament the passing of white rule in Zimbabwe http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2022223,00.html Life on the Burma-Thai border http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6397243.stm Cambodia: Bring Killers of Trade Unionist to Justice http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/27/cambod15413.htm Iran: Women on Trial for Peaceful Demonstration http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/27/iran15416.htm Iraqi children join militias http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70004 Israel/Occupied Territories: Palestinian killed as Israelis seize city in hunt for militants http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2308387.ece Nepal's Constitutional Process http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4673&l=1 Nigeria: Put Human Rights at Heart of Election http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/24/nigeri15403.htm Russia's challenges similar to turmoil before revolution http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2308366.ece Serbia condemned for Srebrenica http://www.guardian.co.uk/serbia/article/0,,2022026,00.html US: Secret CIA Prisoners Still Missing http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/26/usint15408.htm 04: Europe EU: Torture instruments trade regulations flawed and inadequate http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17281 05: UK Borders Bill, latest Amendment paper Notices of Amendments given up to and including 23 February 2007 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/amend/70223a01.htm Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 27 February 2007 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/amend/70227m01.htm 06: Worldmapper is a collection of world maps Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. 366 maps and PDF posters will be finished by February 2007. http://www.worldmapper.org/ Source: http:/www.refed.org.uk 07: Immigration, Asylum and Islamophobia: new challenges for Social Work The social control element of the job has increased. Social workers are expected to implement punitive policies towards young people, asylum seekers and people with mental health problems. A Profession Worth Fighting For? Social Work in the 21st century Second Annual Conference Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow Saturday, 24th and Sunday 25th March 2007 http://www.gcal.ac.uk/shsc/news/conferences.html Conference Programme (extract) Immigration, Asylum and Islamophobia: new challenges for Social Work ?The Glasgow Girls? ? school student campaigners against deportations of asylum seekers; the subject of an award-winning BBC film shown in August 2005, 'Tales From The Edge' http://www.gcal.ac.uk/shsc/news/conferences2.html 08: Call for papers: Toward new models of immigration, integration and multiculturalism COMPAS Annual Conference 2007 Call for Papers Between ?Parallel Lives' and ?Community Cohesion' Toward new models of immigration, integration and multiculturalism 5-6 July 2007, University of Oxford http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/events/AC_call_for_papers_07.shtml 09: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider