[noborders-brum] '1st Asylum Commission hearings, Deportation, Iraq, alarming, mendacity, Trafficking' - 23 Jan 07 - 80 items (approx)

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'1st Asylum Commission hearings, Deportation, Iraq, alarming, 
 mendacity, Trafficking' 
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02: Jobs
03: World
04: Events
05: Europe
06: The Anchor Project
07: Holocaust Memorial Day 
08: Tabloids, toothless rules
09: A guide to finding a home in England
10: Penguin prize 2007: 'immigration to the UK'
11: Public meeting launch: Medical Justice Kent                          
12: JCWI Training Services - February to September 
13: Report - Safe from harm? - Health and social care 
14: Just.Fair. sleepout in Parliament Square - 19 Feb
15: South-East England Directory for Arts and Refugees launched 
16: Event - All Different- All Equal - Action Week Against Racism
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Lead: '1st Asylum Commission hearings, Deportation, Iraq, alarming, 
       mendacity, Trafficking' 

Annoucement: Independent Asylum Commission
Nationwide Review Of The Asylum System To Launch In Birmingham
2 page Word doc
http://www.frankslist.info/iac.doc

First public hearing takes place between 14:30 and 17:30 on 31st January
at St Anne’s RC Church, Alcester St, Digbeth, Birmingham
The Commission will be holding seven themed Public Hearings and
Roadshows.  The dates have not been fixed for all of these yet (details
will be on the website when they are definite), but we are following
this provisional schedule:

     1. Asylum Determination Process, Birmingham, January 2007
     2. Detention, London, March 2007
     3. Vulnerable Groups, Cardiff, May 2007
     4. Removals, Glasgow, June 2007
     5. Asylum Appeals, Leeds, September 2007
     6. Asylum Support and Destitution, Manchester, October 2007
     7. Miscellaneous, London, November 2007
        Please contact jonathan.cox at cof.org.uk for more information.
        http://www.ecsr.org.uk/cm/news/89

Independent Asylum Commission

For Monthly updates and occasional news alerts

Please send an email to:

        roxanne.abdulali at cof.org.uk 

with ‘Subscribe’ in the subject line.

Independent Asylum Commission
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/

Forced removal is alarming given scale of refugee crisis in Iraq
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2007/january/20070122.htm

Warnings of Iraq refugee crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6286129.stm

Stop Deportation Of Kurdish Asylum Seekers Immediately 
International Federation of Iraqi Refugees and Coalition to Stop
Deportation to Iraq is going to organize demonstrations to put pressure
on the Home Office and policy makers to stop their plan to deport
Kurdish asylum seekers. 
London, Wednesday, In front of the Home Office in Westminster, 2 Marsham
Street, London SW1P4 4DF, 24th Jan 2007, 4pm-6pm.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360529.html

Coalition to Stop Deportaitons to Iraq
http://www.csdiraq.com/

Return of Algerian Refugees: Statement from Gareth Peirce, lawyer
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/06algeria-deportations.htm

Amnesty International applauds UK government decision to sign up the
European Convention Against Trafficking 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17236

Care Matters: Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in
Care
"...welcomes many of the proposals to increase the support these
children receive and makes recommendations for how unaccompanied
children seeking asylum could be protected and looked after according to
their needs.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2007/unaccompaniedchildren.htm

Not every child matters
The Home Office is preparing to get even tougher with young people
seeking asylum
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1995737,00.html

London council take government to task in the High Court
Hillingdon is (in)famous for acting unlawfully and denying children
care. For an excellent study in mendacity I would highly recommend
reading.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services/2007/01/london-council-take-government-2.html#comments

Children want to be kept safe
http://www.csci.org.uk/about_csci/press_releases/children_want_to_be_kept_safe.aspx
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National Register of Unaccompanied Children
http://www.nruc.gov.uk

Dawn raids
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what
representations he has received on the use of dawn raids on asylum
seekers
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070122/text/70122w0018.htm#07012239003328
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After dawn raids... the new scandal
http://www.sundayherald.com/analysis/analysis/display.var.1137131.0.0.php

01: UK

23 Jan 07

Campaigners speak up for English lessons
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1995993,00.html

Come to lovely Gateshead - if you can get past immigration
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1996376,00.html

Film launched to explain the ins and outs of asylum
http://www.peterboroughnow.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=1987035&SectionID=845
Link:
Living Lens carries out participatory video projects with groups in the
UK and abroad
http://www.livinglens.co.uk/
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Communities' star role aims to forge better understanding
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-10279

Kosovo breakaway could raise Scot Nats' hopes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Kosovo/Story/0,,1996356,00.html

Law and War
True justice may be unobtainable in Northern Ireland — truth is not
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2560550,00.html

Compared to the enormity of the war, this is a paltry scandal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1996485,00.html

22 Jan 07

Litvinenko's Russia - Exclusive: The book Putin banned
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2174988.ece

Blair to sign trafficking treaty 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6289083.stm

Downing Street cautious over Reid plans to split Home Office
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2559449,00.html

Officials are trapped in a vicious circle of failure
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2559451,00.html

Why an amnesty for illegal migrants makes both moral and economic sense
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/feature/details.aspx?i=92&c=UK

Highly Skilled Migrant Programme that will mean that those who were
previously welcomed to the UK may now have to leave unless they are
earning more then £35,000.
http://www.catalystmagazine.org/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0po.RefLocID-0hg01b001006009.Lang-EN.htm

Escaping the battle: From child soldier to poster boy
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2174978.ece

House has tragic past
http://www.wigantoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=66&ArticleID=1985438

Haw wins latest legal battle 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6287091.stm
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Liberty welcomes victory for peaceful protest
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/brian-haw-victory.shtml

15 murders linked to police collusion with loyalists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,,1996450,00.html

Weekly look at how the UK press has covered equalities issues
http://www.catalystmagazine.org/inthenews

British foreign secretary hopes for quick implementation of UN sanctions
against Iran
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2175678.ece

02: Jobs

Manager                        
Salary: £25,437 - £26,928
Full time, 35 hrs per wk
Contract: 2 years fixed term
http://www.mrsn.org.uk/vacancies.htm

Money Advice Development Worker
Salary: £20,235
Full time, 35 hrs per wk
Contract: 2 years fixed term
http://www.mrsn.org.uk/vacancies.htm

Programme and Policy Officer, Refugee and Asylum Seekers Initiative
http://www.theworkcontinues.org/pressroom/newsdetails.asp?id=1133

Family Support Worker
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/social-care/refugee-services/vacancy-1245060.html

New Migrants Project Manager
http://paihnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/latest-jobs-new-migrants-project-manager/

Self Employed Billing Clerk
Salary: £12 per hour negotiable
http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/London_Central_Vacancies.htm 

Freelance Interpreters
http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/birmingham_vacancies.htm

18 posts
Counsellors, Caseworkers, Advisers, Probationers +
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/document_tree/ViewACategory.asp?CategoryID=22

Advice Case Worker
Team Leader
Office Manager
Senior Advice Case Worker
Welsh Refugee Council
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/index.jsp?freetext=WELSH+REFUGEE+COUNCIL&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

Caseworkers x 3
Development Worker (Gateway) 
Part-time Communications Officer (Campaigns) 
Team Administrator 
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/jobs/default.aspx

Community Organiser
To work with TELCO (The East London Communities Organisation) –
communities acting together for change
http://www.londoncitizens.org.uk/files/Organiser%20with%20Lottery%20Logo1.htm

Supported Housing Manager - Maternity Cover
http://www.eaves4women.co.uk/Vacancies/SH_manager.php

Development Officer (Refugee - Kumasi)
http://jobsearch.savethechildren.org.uk/viewvacancies.cfm?ID=179762

Direct Marketing Coordinator
Bookshop Manager
Campaigns Assistant (Education & Student)
Human Rights Action Centre Events Co-ordinator
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs.asp

03: World

UN braced for clash with Russia on Kosovo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2560496,00.html

China; Hong Kong Policy To Deny Some Mainland Chinese Pregnant Women
>From Entering Territory To Give Birth
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=61114

China and India warned their water is running out
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Environment/water/story/0,,1996350,00.html

China confirms satellite downed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6289519.stm

Guinea: Soldiers open fire on protesters
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2177980.ece

Iraq bombings claim 100 lives
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1996372,00.html

Ireland; New study aims to compile accurate data on immigration
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/article2175804.ece

Israel/Occupied Territories: Israeli separation barrier is cutting off
Palestinians from their livelihood
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2177982.ece

Somali Islamist surrenders at border
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1996327,00.html

somlia: Ethiopia starts pull-out 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6289781.stm

Spain expels hundreds of Africans
http://mathaba.net/rss/?x=549054

Turkey: Haunted by the past
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1996497,00.html

US: Lawsuit in Colo. Immigration Raid Ends
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6363882,00.html

US: Senators question immigration raids against meat packer
http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=549115

04: Events

Thurs 25 Jan
Launch of the South East England Directory for Arts and Refugees at
Amnesty International’s Action Centre in London - Thurs 25 Jan. 
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/news/2007/directory_for_arts.aspx

27 February 2007 
Discussion: Slavery in the 21st century 
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2
3EA 
Date: 27 February 2007 
A screening of Anti-Slavery International’s 15-minute film, Living Hell:
slavery today, which highlights contemporary slavery in Niger and the
Philippines. Followed by short presentations on contemporary forms of
slavery.  
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=289

17-25 March 2007 
All Different- All Equal - Action Week Against Racism
17-25 March 2007 European-wide Action Week Against Racism
http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/camparw.htm

05: Europe

06: The Anchor Project

Anchor Project
http://www.anchorproject.org

We're already planning the next fundraiser, be the first to know by
visiting
http://www.myspace.com/theanchorproject

07: Holocaust Memorial Day 

41% Believe A Holocaust Could Happen in Britain
41% of us believe a Holocaust could happen in Britain, yet 36% think
most people would stand by and do nothing
http://www.hmd.org.uk/press/2007_hmd_survey_results_2007/

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
http://www.hmd.org.uk/

08: Tabloids, toothless rules

The rising tide of generalisation swamping the country
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/simon_carr/article2177963.ece

Tabloids defend asylum coverage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6288539.stm

Press watchdog faces grilling over toothless rules
http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=13834&grp=1&cat=197

Daily Mail and Daily Express deny asylum bias
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1996877,00.html

research and publications on asylum in the media
http://www.icar.org.uk/?lid=1962

09: A guide to finding a home in England

This leaflet explains your housing options in England when the
Government grants you permission to stay.
All 20 language versions are available on our multilingual website:
http://languages.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Alternatively, advisers can download all the different language versions
from one page in english.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/practice/multilingual/advisers/support/guide_home_england.htm

10: Penguin prize 2007: 'immigration to the UK'

Penguin Books and Arts Council England join forces for the second time
to give new writers the opportunity to showcase their work. decibel – an
Arts Council initiative dedicated to promoting cultural diversity in the
arts – and Penguin are inviting writers to submit non-fiction personal
accounts of the experience of immigration to the UK for the competition.
The winning authors will see their stories published in a Penguin
anthology entitled Volume 2: Personal Tales of Immigration to Britain in
November 2007.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/pressnews/press_detail.php?browse=recent&id=775

Full terms and conditions and an application form
(PDF)
http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/today/0107_decibelform.pdf

For further information please contact:

Jane Opoku or Ruth Cairns
Colman Getty
020 7631 2666
janeopoku at colmangetty.co.uk

11: Public meeting launch: Medical Justice Kent 

Saturday 10th February, Eliot College, University of Kent at Canterbury
details:  c.katona at kent.ac.uk

Campaigning for full rights to health care for immigration detainees

Medical Justice
http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk 

12: JCWI Training Services - February to September 

JCWI Training Services
Our training programme for February to September 2007 is now available.
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/training/immigrationtrainingcourses.html

13: Report - Safe from harm?: Health and social care 

For the conference report and a copy of one of the speeches:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/eventsandtraining/conferences/archive/accesstohealthcare.htm

14: Just.Fair. sleepout in Parliament Square - 19 Feb

Monday 19 February the Refugee Council is organising the first event: a
Just.Fair. sleepout in Parliament Square. They are looking for a hardy
bunch of committed campaigners who will spend a night on a historic site
of protest opposite Parliament.

The legal sleepout will highlight to the public, politicians and the
media that destitute refused asylum seekers have no home and that
destitution is not working as a policy. People refused asylum are not
leaving the UK - they are here and they are homeless and hungry.

By demonstrating right outside the House of Commons we want to get a
message directly to MPs. Each campaigner's MP will be lobbied to come
out to Parliament Square and find out about the Just.Fair. campaign. The
date is significant - the quarterly Home Office asylum statistics are
published on 20 February. We want to remind people about a much more
important figure: the people who are refused asylum and who will be
homeless that night.

There are plenty of ways for campaigners to get involved in the
Just.Fair. sleepout: We need a core team who can arrive with their warm
clothes and a sleeping bag (covers to keep you dry will be supplied).
But a small army of helpers on short shifts is also needed during the
evening on Monday and from early morning on the Tuesday.

It can't be done without you, so please contact
justfair at refugeecouncil.org.uk 

Just.Fair
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/gettinginvolved/campaign/just_fair/

Source:
http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/campaigns/livingghosts/

15: South-East England Directory for Arts and Refugees launched 

Thurs 25 Jan
Launch of the South East England Directory for Arts and Refugees at
Amnesty International’s Action Centre in London - Thurs 25 Jan. 
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/news/2007/directory_for_arts.aspx

16: Event - All Different- All Equal - Action Week Against Racism

17-25 March 2007 European-wide Action Week Against Racism
http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/camparw.htm

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