[noborders-brum] 'quasi-police, torn, rules, unlawful, Fortress, Europol' - 28 Jan 07 - 40 items (approx)

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'quasi-police, torn, rules, unlawful, Fortress, Europol'
Sent 29 Jan 07 - 40  items (approx)

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01: UK
02: World
03: Events
04: Europe
05: Human trafficking: The action plan 
06: Report - A8 Migrant Workers in Rural Areas
07: Faith, Homophobia and Human Rights: securing legal protection 
     and managing conflicts
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Lead: 'quasi-police, torn, rules, unlawful, Fortress, Europol'

Asylum seeker policy unlawful
The Home Secretary has conceded that the Government operated an
"unlawful" policy in relation to the detention of scores of young asylum
seekers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6373155,00.html

Policy on holding young refugees 'unlawful'
But High Court challenges were brought over the way immigration officers
and social services assessed in disputed cases whether or not applicants
were, or were not, under 18.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2569020,00.html

Immigration appeal rules unlawful
Provisions requiring an immigration tribunal to hear an appeal in the
appellant’s absence, where he was unaware of the date of the hearing
through no fault of his own, arbitrarily denied the very essence of the
right to be heard and were unlawful.
...notice of the rehearing was sent to an old address and the claimant
was unaware of the date of the rehearing.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,30589-2567704,00.html

Officers to be given powers of arrest and detention
New legislation which will in effect turn the immigration service into a
quasi-police force
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1999919,00.html
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Europol - The final step in the creation of an “Investigative and
Operational” European Police Force
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/europol-analysis.pdf

The New Borders Bill: A More Fortress Britain 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360858.html

01: UK

28 Jan 07

Young Asylum Seekers Support Project DVD Launch
Current Home office regulations mean that asylum seekers leaving school
are not allowed either to work or to undertake training.  They also
cannot access student-funding awards, which makes progressing to higher
education very difficult.
http://www.careers-scotland.org.uk/News/News/2501youngasylumseekers.asp

Newlyweds torn over visa wrangle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6305507.stm

The hunted: Iraq’s forgotten refugees
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2569813,00.html

11th-hour bid to halt Iraq war revelations
Foreign Office says envoy's book 'risks damaging morale'.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2000407,00.html
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Iraq Occupation Focus
# Military news
# Abuse
# Daily Life
# Corporate Takeover
# Anti-war News
# Upcoming events
http://www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk/

Cameron to woo Muslims on Britishness
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2570976,00.html

Russian far right declares war on Our Man in Moscow
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2192988.ece

US plea to Britain: 'Don't abandon main Iraq base'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2192966.ece

Barclays helps prop up Mugabe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,2000349,00.html

27 Jan 07

Sackings after police visit Co-op
Twenty six workers have been dismissed 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6305671.stm

Island to adopt deportation plans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/6305857.stm

Holocaust victims remembered 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6301553.stm

Anne Frank's cousin joins tribute 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6306145.stm

26 Jan 07

Dawn raids on asylum seekers may be scrapped
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=134662007

Fears for safety of two men deported from UK after arrests by Algerian
security services 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17244

Litvinenko killer 'will die of poisoning within three years'
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2186520.ece

Churches to teach immigrants English
http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=459535

ID cards for foreigners under new immigration rules
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2567707,00.html

25 Jan 07

Detention Watch from Zimbabwe Association
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3073

02: World

They're broken men, so don't let them take us to a new war
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2000375,00.html

Internet giants bow to human rights protests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/uk_news/story/0,,2000524,00.html

UN plan for Kosovo promises independence
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2190044.ece

Is Kosovo just an accident of war, and can it thrive as an independent
state?
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2186485.ece

Afghanistan: The battle for Kajaki
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2192969.ece

Iraq: Slaughter in Baghdad market as bombers target Shia civilians
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2190068.ece

Lebanon: World ignores signs of civil war
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2190046.ece

Somalia: The Tough Part Is Ahead
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4630&l=1

US protest against Iraq war 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6306665.stm

03: Events

Tuesday February 6 2007 @ 6:45 for 7:00 (finish 8:30pm)
What: Performance of Asylum Monologues
Where: School of Oriental and African Studies, Room 111 Vernon Square
Campus (Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London WC1X 9EL).
When: Tuesday February 6 2007 @ 6:45 for 7:00 (finish 8:30pm)
Cost: FREE. Suggested donation £5. No bookings are required. Get there
early to secure a seat.
Starring: Kate Atkinson, Samantha Lawson and Hywel Morgan. Music by Lisa
Fitzgibbon.
More info: visit www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees or phone AFR
Coordinator Christine Bacon on 07913513567.

04: Europe

Staff woes hit EU border agency
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6303089.stm

05: Human trafficking: The action plan 

Venue: The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, Holloway
Road 
Date: 7 March 2007 
Chaired by Newsnight presenter Martha Kearney, panel members discuss
what we should do to protect human rights, support victims and reduce
demand. 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=307

06: Report - A8 Migrant Workers in Rural Areas

This report examines migration of workers from the A8 countries into
rural areas of England since May 2004.  It provides an evidence base on
the current numbers of the A8 migrant workers in rural areas and the
impact this is having on rural economies and societies.
http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/publications/migrantworkersinruralareas

Guardian article about this report
http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,,1996751,00.html

Report
(PDF)
http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/files/A8%20migrant%20workers%20in%20rural%20areas1.pdf

Project: Migrant workers
http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/projects/migrantworkers

Themes: Migrant workers
http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/themes/~migrant-workers

07: Faith, Homophobia and Human Rights: securing legal protection 
   and managing conflicts

Conference
Saturday 17th February 2007. Venue: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green,
London E1 6LA. 
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/news-and-events/index.shtml

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