[noborders-brum] 'UK Borders Bill, DNA, X-rays, liberties, rendition, Ideology' - 25 Jan 07 - 65 items (approx)

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03: World
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08: Sexual violence: weapon of war, impediment to peace
09: Training - The impact of immigration and asylum on children and 
    young people living with HIV
10: Liberty Investigation - Disturbance at HMIRC Harmondsworth - 28 
    – 30 November 2006
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Lead: 'UK Borders Bill, DNA, X-rays, liberties, rendition, Ideology'

UK Borders Bill 
http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/page1764.asp
Progess:
http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/page1436.asp

Today in the Commons
Today's debates approximately 3 hours behind real time
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/home.htm

Public Bill Committee Debates
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmpublic.htm

Borders Bill gives Government opportunity
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=352&Type=2

Taking liberties
News that Britons are willing to swap rights for security underlines why
civil libertarians must be robust.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/conor_gearty/2007/01/post_982.html

There is no war on terror in the UK, says DPP
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2563401,00.html

Tracing the route of our shared DNA from Africa to Yorkshire
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2563007,00.html

Ministers 'knew about rendition flights'
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2180765.ece

X-rays on children
When they decided to discontinue the use of X-rays to assist in age
determination for immigration purposes.
No official X-rays have been taken of children since then for the
reasons given by the British Dental Association and other professional
bodies: the procedures are inaccurate, inappropriate and unethical.
My Lords, it is certainly true that the policy on this was settled in
1982
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/70124-0001.htm#07012469000004

Diversity and Citizenship Curriculum report
(PDF)
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk//DownloadHandler.aspx?ProductId=DFES-00045-2007&VariantID=Diversity+and+Citizenship+Curriculum+Review+PDF&
About:
Teenagers will learn British history in new-style classes which put
understanding core British values at the heart of Citizenship teaching.
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0012

Children must be taught tolerance
"...compulsory citizenship lessons
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/news/education/johnson-children-must-be-taught-tolerance-$1043707.htm

British Muslims see the media as exclusionary and discriminatory 
Findings in new IHRC report ‘The British Media and Muslim
Representation: The Ideology of Demonisation’ 
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2451

Report: From multiculturalism to super-diversity
(PDF)
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/papers/Steven%20Vertovec%20WP0625.pdf

Call for papers: Diversity, New Arrivals and Local Economic Development
Offers of short articles of 4,000 words for the ‘Features’ section of
the journal are invited. All papers will be peer reviewed in accordance
with the journal’s editorial policy. If you are interested in submitting
a paper, please submit a short abstract (250 words) by Friday 16th
February, 2007 to s.syrett at mdx.ac.uk
More:
http://www.frankslist.info/papers.doc
Link:
Local economy: peer reviewed journal 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0269-0942&linktype=1


01: UK

25 Jan 07

Please help Cenghiz Can
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine78/cenghiz.html

Kem and Abdul Must Stay
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine78/kem.html

Black man’s death shows reality of racism in Britain today
http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/070125.asp

Liberty welcomes new civil protections for forced marriage victims 
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/forced-marriage.shtml

Polish links flourish 
http://www.banburytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=687&ArticleID=1991350

Hostility towards new arrivals soars
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article.aspx?articleid=1448543

MP's immigrants remark draws fire
http://www.hertsad.co.uk/content/herts/news/story.aspx?brand=HADOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshadnew&itemid=WEED25%20Jan%202007%2012%3A15%3A28%3A687


24 Jan 07

Poland's 'new Scots' urged to book place in May poll
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=121562007

Warm welcome and hearty breakfast for Congolese refugees
http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/wishawpress/news/tm_headline=warm-welcome-and-hearty-breakfast-for-congolese-refugees%26method=full%26objectid=18524431%26siteid=50144-name_page.html

Councillors back free English courses
http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/display.var.1144713.0.councillors_back_free_english_courses.php

Call for delay to legal aid plans
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2563176,00.html

Government accepts Nazi Loot Panel's advice that drawings seized by
Gestapo in 1939 but currently in UK museum must be returned to heirs of
original owner
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Press_notices/archive_2007/dcms010_07.htm

Blair ducks out of Commons Iraq debate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/iraq/story/0,,1997482,00.html

Schools 'must teach Britishness' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6294643.stm

The transformation of the IRA shows why Israel should talk to Hamas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1997207,00.html

Doors closing on fleeing Iraqis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6293807.stm

£500,000 capital funding for Liverpool's International Slavery Museum
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Press_notices/archive_2007/dcms009_07.htm

Less than half of UK feel British
http://www.guardian.co.uk/britain/article/0,,1997203,00.html

Schools must 'confront the problem of marginalised white pupils'
Many pupils lack a sense of identity
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2563000,00.html

23 Jan 07

Grants: Child Asylum Seekers
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070123/text/70123w0007.htm#07012362002828
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Grants: Children and Families circulars
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/cfcirculars.shtml#LAC

Review of Home Office publications of Control of Immigration Statistics
- Implementation Plan 
(PDF)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/cpreview07.pdf


02: Jobs

Forced Migration Review are currently looking for a part-time Project
Coordinator to coordinate the magazine’s promotion and distribution and
assist with financial management. 
http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/vac_fmrc170107

Project Worker - Refugee
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/housing/homelessness/vacancy-BBean3534079046.html

New job vacancies at COMPAS
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/about/vacancies.shtml

03: World

UN Must Move from Sound Bites to Action 
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/24/global15175.htm

Chechen rights groups banned by Kremlin
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2183869.ece

Holocaust honour for Arab who saved Jews from Nazis
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2562887,00.html

Exhibition reveals secret history of Nazi sex slaves
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2180767.ece

UN urges Nepal war crimes trials 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6294869.stm

How international power has shifted
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/timothy_garton_ash/2007/01/davos_07_how_power_has_shifted.html

Hijacked Sudan jet lands in Chad
The lone hijacker, who was reportedly seeking political asylum in France
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6293649.stm

China soon to be world's biggest internet user
Online leap reported despite heavy censorship.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Technology/news/story/0,,1998039,00.html

Ethiopian troops begin to withdraw
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2562679,00.html

Ethiopia and Eritrea: Allergic to Persuasion?
(PDF)
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/africa/BPethiopiaeritrea.pdf

Iran: Tehran power struggle intensifies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1997721,00.html

Lebanon: Beirut burns as national strike explodes into sectarian
violence
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2563175,00.html

Somali airport comes under fire 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6293897.stm

Sri Lanka: Tamil group 'recruiting children'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6293375.stm

Turkey rises above its ultra-nationalists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1997375,00.html


04: Events

28 January 2007 
Burn's Day solidarity gathering
Friends of Refugees Ayrshire will be proclaiming the sentiments of
Burn's poetry outside Dungavel removal centre.
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/january/ha000019.html
Links:
Where's Dungavel?
http://www.frea.org.uk/mainframefiles/gatherings/map.html
Friends of the Refugees Ayrshire
http://www.frea.org.uk/
+
Photos: January 2006 - Burns Day Gathering
http://www.photoecosse.net/temp4/indexburns.html

Thursday 1 February 
TUFR Meeting & Save ESOL Campaign
Ordinary General Meeting Thursday 1 February commencing at 1900
Trades Unions For Refugees
C/o National Union of Journalists, 5th Floor, Arthur House, Chorlton
Street, Manchester, M1 3FH

23-25 March 2007
Amnesty: National Conference and Annual General Meeting 2007
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10159

05: Europe

EU to open job centre for legal African migrants
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L25576240&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-6

Weekly updates

12/01/07
http://www.ecre.org/ecran_weekly_update_12_01_2007

21/12/06
http://www.ecre.org/ecran_weekly_update_21_12_2006


06: Calendar  of Internationalism

Calendar of Internationalism UNITED publishes information about
important events, seminars, training courses conferences,
demonstrations, exhibitions, festivals etc.
http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/calendar.htm

Add an event to the Calendar of Internationalism
http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/calentryform.htm

How to become part of the UNITED network
Pan-European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support
of migrants and refugees
http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/supportcard.htm

07: Islington Refugee Services Directory

Welcome to the Refugee Services Directory. This will help you to find
information on services that are available to refugees and asylum
seekers in the borough of Islington.
http://www.islington.gov.uk/refugeedirectory 


08: Sexual violence: weapon of war, impediment to peace

Sexual violence
The latest issue of Forced Migration Review
http://www.fmreview.org/sexualviolence.htm

Produced in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
it builds on momentum generated by the June 2006 International Symposium
on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond jointly convened by UNFPA, the
European Commission and the Government of Belgium. 
http://www.unfpa.org/emergencies/symposium06

Perhaps you could help us to maximise impact of this issue of FMR? 

If you would like to receive a hard copy for your organisation, or
multiple copies for distribution to partners and policy- and
decision-makers, please contact the Editors. We will need your full
postal address and indication of how many copies and which language
issue you require. (Please note that if you are on our mailing list
there is no need to send an additional request.)
fmr at qeh.ox.ac.uk


09: Training - The impact of immigration and asylum on children and 
   young people living with HIV

Date:    19 February
Times:  9.30am – 4.30pm 
Venue:  Campanile Hotel, Birmingham
Cost:     £95 (+VAT)
Booking form:
(Word doc)
http://www.ncb.org.uk/dotdoc/hiv/asylumflyer19feb07.doc

Talking About HIV Workshop
Date:     23 April
Times:   1pm – 5pm
Venue:  Campanile Hotel, Birmingham
Cost:     £60 (+VAT)
Booking form
http://www.ncb.org.uk/dotdoc/hiv/talkingflyer23apr07.doc

The Children & Young People HIV Network 
http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx_5454yy_71086482438472m92g_200611273213y


10: Liberty Investigation - Disturbance at HMIRC Harmondsworth - 28 
   – 30 November 2006

Liberty calls for evidence on Harmondsworth disturbance
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/january/ha000020.html

Liberty is investigating the recent disturbance on 28 to 30 November
2006 at Harmondsworth Detention Centre in order to establish whether the
human rights of detainees may have been violated.

If you were detained at Harmondsworth during the disturbance and might
be interested in giving a statement, please complete this form and fax
it to Liberty on 020 7407 5354.  

If you would prefer to telephone, please call Lucy Moxham on 020 7378
3668 or Jennifer Choi on 020 7378 3665.   

You can also write to Liberty at 21 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA.

           Evidence submission form
           2 page Word doc
           http://www.frankslist.info/harmondsworthinvestigation.doc

Liberty
21 Tabard Street
London Se1 4la
Tel: 020 7378 3668 Or 020 7378 3665
Fax: 020 7407 5354
Harmondsworth at Liberty-Human-Rights.Org.Uk


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