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

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'Unlawful, Failing, English, Human, skills gap - slate, online'
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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
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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
+
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&sectionid=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

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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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