[noborders-brum] 'deportation, Slave Labour, criminals, intervention, e-petition' - 27 Feb 07 - 60 items (approx)
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02: Jobs
03: World
04: Europe
05: UK Borders Bill, latest
06: Worldmapper is a collection of world maps
07: Immigration, Asylum and Islamophobia: new challenges for Social
Work
08: Call for papers: Toward new models of immigration, integration
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Lead: 'deportation, Slave Labour, criminals, intervention, e-petition'
Urgent action required - trade union speaker about to be deported
Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor is presently being held in a detention
centre, and is due to be flown back this Thursday 1 March to Nigeria
where he has previously been detained and tortured. This case is of
particular relevance to trade unionists as he was due to speak at a
forthcoming 'No One Is Illegal' Trade Union Conference, of which UCU is
a sponsor. 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
Browns 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
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Campaign Against Slave Labour (version 2 above)
http://noii.trick.ca/CampaignAgainstSlaveLabour
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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
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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
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