[noborders-brum] 'Unlawful, Failing, English, Human, skills gap - slate, online' - 13 Feb 07 - 60 items (approx)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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/
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