[noborders-brum] 'Shadow State, resisting, impact, renouncing, window dressing' - 30 Jan 07 - 90 items (approx)

frankslist.info frank.corrigan at frankslist.info
Wed Jan 31 09:48:06 UTC 2007


'Shadow State, resisting, impact, renouncing, window dressing'
30 Jan 07 - 90 items (approx)


To get these newsletters direct, just enter your email address at:
· http://www.frankslist.info
the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway

  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
  Send News, Jobs, Events info to our 5000+ subscribers
  · Submit online:
  http://www.frankslist.info/newsjobsevents  
  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~


01: UK
02: Jobs
03: World
04: Events
05: Europe
06: Armenian Voice
07: Migration Watch Protest 
08: Evaluation of Music In Detention
09: Destitution, Animation and Website  
10: Entries invited for annual media awards 
11: 101 uses for an ID Card competition - last few days! 
12: Meeting, Essay prize - Migration and Health in the UK
13: Petition - Ending discrimination against the people of Kurdistan
14: No Equal Opportunities for refugees in the European Year of Equal 
    Opportunities 
15: Schools Competition 2007 - Show Racism the Red Card - Fighting 
    racism against asylum-seekers and refugees
08: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info


Lead: 'Shadow State, resisting, impact, renouncing, window dressing'


Transnationalism, Citizenship and the 'Shadow State'
Is there a ‘shadow state’ caring for refugees?
Voluntary organisations caring for immigrants constitute a ‘shadow
state’ to some extent. Many are regulated by government and offer
services previously shouldered by the state, such as advice on health,
housing and employment. 
Nearly two thirds of the organisations funded by government said the
state had a significant impact on their policies.
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?AwardId=2729
Press release:
The study found evidence of voluntary groups actively resisting demands
to do the government's bidding.
At the same time, there was hostility to initiatives such as citizenship
ceremonies, which were seen as window dressing to conceal the lack of
any real commitment to making immigrants feel they are welcome and
belong in Britain.
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/releases/2007/january/voluntary.aspx?ComponentId=17860&SourcePageId=5433#0

Animation illustrating some of the terrible circumstances in which
asylum seekers who have had their application turned down find
themselves.
http://www.justfair.org.uk/

Lord Rooker encouraged voluntary sector groups to get involved in
tendering to NASS for this slave labour.
http://noii.trick.ca/TradeUnionProgramme

Impact report for 2005/06
The Refugee Council is the largest refugee agency in the UK, more:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/about/impact.htm

Encouraging asylum seekers to become British citizens erodes their
cultural identity
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2369&c=uk

MPs should do more charity work, says poll
...suspicious of government agencies or hard to reach for other reasons.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/polls/story/0,,2001903,00.html

01: UK


30 Jan 07

Why Can't They Let Me Work? 
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=138943&command=displayContent&sourceNode=138769&contentPK=16522690&folderPk=80412&pNodeId=138500

Toure Abu’s story – falsely accused, forever chained (2007)
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/client_stories/874

English is our way into society
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltoneducation/boltoneducationnews/display.var.1156175.0.english_is_our_way_into_society.php

Independent Asylum Commission kicks off asylum seeker public hearings
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/01/30/103083/Independent+Asylum+Commission+kicks+off+asylum+seeker+public.html

Home Office Beyond blame
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2001533,00.html

Cameron’s attack on Muslims and multiculturalism ‘dangerous’ and ‘out of
touch’
http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/070130.asp

Community rallies round to aid asylum family
http://www.thisishampshire.net/display.var.1155582.0.community_rallies_round_to_aid_asylum_family.php

UK immigration amnesty texts a hoax
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/asylumbrit83.15897.html

Breaking the taboo on counselling for people living with HIV in the
black community
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2370&c=Health&h=Breaking+the+taboo+on+counselling+for+people+living+with+HIV+in+the+black+community

Indian minister warns Britain over 'unfair' worker-immigration laws
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16614-2573639,00.html

29 Jan 07

Family’s fight for orphan relatives
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1153679.0.familys_fight_for_orphan_relatives.php

Migration Watch Protest 
http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/01/migration-watch-protest.html

Body found in BA jet landing gear
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/6310659.stm

UASC Reform Programme - the next Section 9
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/361051.html

Andi celebrates his return home
http://icloughborough.icnetwork.co.uk/localnews/localnews/tm_headline=andi-celebrates-his-return-home%26method=full%26objectid=18547266%26siteid=84550-name_page.html

Airport heavies cause illegal alien vibe
http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=13882&grp=22&cat=164

Andi celebrates his return home
http://icloughborough.icnetwork.co.uk/localnews/localnews/tm_headline=andi-celebrates-his-return-home%26method=full%26objectid=18547266%26siteid=84550-name_page.html

Beware the powerful when they hail the new democracy
The internet has created new forms of political communication, but it
has a class bias and is not the voice of the people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2000820,00.html

Home Office needs time - Blair 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6310969.stm

Can he fix it?
Yes I can, says John 'the builder' Reid at the Home Office 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6309339.stm

Diary reveals reality of African slave trade
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2193727.ece

No exemption from gay rights law
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6311097.stm

28 Jan 07

City family battle to stay in UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/6307109.stm

26 Jan 07

Driver took his own life
David Wilson, 47, was locked up in 2003 when illegal immigrants were
found in the back of his vehicle. Last November he killed himself at his
mother’s home in Oakenshaw.
http://www.brighousetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=986&articleid=1993489

Children’s Commissioner calls for changes to the age determination
process for young asylum seekers
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/adult/news/news.cfm?id=1964&newsid=64

Statement on unlawful detention of young asylum seekers
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2007/january/20070126.htm

02: Jobs

Immigration Lawyer
http://adagioconsulting.co.uk/careers.aspx

Administrator
http://www.frankslist.info/discrimination.doc
Source: http://www.discrimination-law.org.uk

Expressions of interest invited for evaluation of Music In Detention
(word doc)
http://www.frankslist.info/evaluationmid.doc

Destitution Network: 
Website Designer – Volunteer Wanted
If you know someone who could give up their time and expertise, please
email us at info at destitution.net or contact Michael Collins on 0141 586
8035. In the meantime our current website www.destitution.net will
continue to keep you informed as to what’s happening. 
http://paihnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/destitution-newsletter/

Associate Director of Communications
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/adult/jobs/jobs.cfm?id=1973

Opportunities for legally qualified volunteers to join Liberty's
telephone advice service.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/4-jobs-volunteering/voluntary-opportunities.shtml

Support worker
http://www.frankslist.info/supportworker.doc
Source: Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
http://www.ocvc.ac.uk

Manager
http://www.frankslist.info/manager.doc
Source: Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network
http://www.lassn.org.uk/

New Vacancies at the Children's Legal Centre 
- Head of Communications
- Clerical Assistant
- Legal Researcher
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90031


03: World

Ban demands UN presence in Darfur
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,2001407,00.html

Union snub to Sudan over Darfur 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6310025.stm

Leading Jurists begin terrorism inquiry in Moscow
http://www.icj.org/news.php3?id_article=4103&lang=en

Sudan bid for AU leadership is blocked
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2198385.ece

Warlord faces trial for using child soldiers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,,2001489,00.html

1,000 Afghan civilians killed in 2006, report says
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2002050,00.html

Afghanistan: Slow Progress on Security and Rights
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/29/afghan15223.htm

Afghanistan’s Endangered Compact
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4631&l=1

Bahrain: Activists Face Prison for Political Leaflets 
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/30/bahrai15214.htm

Cuba: Amnesty International’s human rights concerns
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR250032007

Egypt’s Sinai Question
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4635&l=1

Iraq: US and Iraqi forces battle Najaf gunmen
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2001081,00.html

Iraq: US soldiers in Iraq kill 250 men from 'apocalyptic cult'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2193702.ece

Irish asylum applications fall to lowest level since 1997
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=4431810&p=443y8z5&n=4431902

Israel/Occupied Teritories: Suicide bomber kills three in Israeli resort
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2193911.ece

Israel/Occupied Teritories: Two dozen die as Hamas and Fatah battle in
Gaza
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2193701.ece

Nepal - ICJ urges Nepal to ratify Convention against Enforced
Disappearances
http://www.icj.org/news.php3?id_article=4104&lang=en

United States: Cut Off Cluster Munition Sales to Israel
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/29/usint15212.htm


04: Events


06/02/2007
Asylum is a Human Right
Lecture Theatre 1, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh University
Time: 7pm - 9pm Public lecture and panel discussion with speakers from
UNHCR (Unites Natiuons High Commission for Refugees), lecturers from
Edinburgh Universities, ECRE (European Council for Refugees and...
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/noticeboard/Human_Right_Edinburh

Saturday 10 February 2007
Anti-deportation/anti-racist protest and stall on Saturday 10 February
2007, 11.30am-1.30pm.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/361059.html

Tuesday 13th February
The Migrant Helpline Annual Conference will take place on Tuesday 13th
February in Croydon, with speakers including Jeremy Oppenheim (IND),
Linda Beanlands (Brighton and Hove City Council), and a special
appearance from pupils of Norbury Manor School.
For more details, and to book your place, please contact the Information
Department on 01304 218 747

From: 19 February 2007 
To: 24 February 2007 
Protect the Human exhibition in Glasgow 
Venue: The Hallion, 186 Bath Street, Glasgow 
From: 19 February 2007 
To: 24 February 2007 
Well-known figures from the worlds of sport, literature, music, film and
politics have joined the world's first virtual demonstration, featuring
in a photographic exhibition to promote the Protect the Human campaign.  
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=317

24-25 February 2007
Human Rights and Human Wrongs - National Critical Lawyers’ Group
Conference 2007Conference, 24-25 February 2007, Kent University,
Canterbury
(PDF)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/uk-lawyers-conf.pdf

26 February
Equality in Our Lifetime?
The Mayor of London is hosting a seminar at City Hall on 26 February
2007 to encourage public debate on the Discrimination Law Review.
http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/070129.asp

Monday 2nd April 2007 
Conference on The Role of Faith and Faith Communities supporting mental
well-being amongst refugees. Venue: University of East London, Docklands
campus Date: Monday 2nd April 2007 Time: 10am – 4.30pm The Refugee
Research Centre and the School of Psychology, University of East London
and the Centre for Psychiatry at Barts and London Queen Mary School of
Medicine
http://www.harpweb.org.uk/content.php?section=events&sub=e1

Monday 11 June 2007
Migration and Health in the UK
Meeting of the Black & Ethnic Minority Health Section
Monday 11 June 2007
9:00-5:00pm
The Royal Society of Medicine, 
1 Wimpole Street London, W1G 0AE
(word doc)
http://www.frankslist.info/health.doc

5-6 July 2007 
COMPAS Annual Conference
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/events/future_conferences_events.shtml


05: Europe

Xenophobes, not workers, are uniting across Europe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2000895,00.html

Tunnel linking Europe and Africa inches closer
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2198398.ece

European legal network (ELENA)
ELENA Training
http://www.ecre.org/about_us/elena_training

Weekly update
27-Jan-2007-Special
http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/768


06: Armenian Voice

Armenian Voice
http://www.caia.org.uk/armenianvoice/index.htm

CAIA News
http://www.caia.org.uk/content/caianews.htm

Other news
http://www.caia.org.uk/news.htm


07: Migration Watch Protest 

(for info -date passed)

...little more than a very plausible front for the BNP.
http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/01/migration-watch-protest.html


08: Evaluation of Music In Detention

Expressions of interest invited for evaluation of Music In Detention
(word doc)
http://www.frankslist.info/evaluationmid.doc

Source: http://www.refed.org.uk


09: Destitution, Animation and Website 

Animation illustrating some of the terrible circumstances in which
asylum seekers who have had their application turned down find
themselves.
http://www.justfair.org.uk/

Destitution Newsletter
Website Designer – Volunteer Wanted
If you know someone who could give up their time and expertise, please
email us at info at destitution.net or contact Michael Collins on 0141 586
8035. In the meantime our current website www.destitution.net will
continue to keep you informed as to what’s happening. 
http://paihnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/destitution-newsletter/

Destitution Network Newsletter:
To subscribe to the email list for regular e-newsletters and occasional
updates, send an email to info at destitution.net marked “subscribe”.
More:
http://www.destitution.net/


10: Entries invited for annual media awards 

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17246


11: 101 uses for an ID Card competition - last few days! 

Find out about ID Cards 
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/3-privacy/31-id-cards/index.shtml

Enter the competition 
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/3-privacy/31-id-cards/101-uses-for-an-id-card.shtml

Reid's "security theatre" to fingerprint the stars.

http://www.no2id.net/news/pressRelease/release.php?name=fingerprint_the_stars


12: Meeting, Essay prize - Migration and Health in the UK

Prize

Black & Ethnic Minority Health Section Essay Prize

Submission Deadline: 2 March 2007
Meeting Date: 11 June 2007
Prize: £250
Open To: Trainees currently practising medicine in the UK or Republic of
Eire from SHO to SpR or equivalent

This prize will be awarded for an original 2000-word essay on the
subject of 'Does ethnicity in health matter?' Please submit 2 copies of
your essay (one with and one without your name, institution and contact
details).

Download Application Form [Word 54k]
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/downloads/essayform.doc

Email: ethnichealth at rsm.ac.uk

Meeting:

Meeting of the Black & Ethnic Minority Health Section

Migration and Health in the UK
Monday 11 June 2007
9:00-5:00pm
The Royal Society of Medicine, 
1 Wimpole Street London, W1G 0AE

Topics include:

Migration and health – why does it matter?
Migrant communities in the UK: Current patterns and issues
Migration and health services in the UK- problems and prospects
The health of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK
Migration and communicable disease in the UK
The mental health of migrants in the UK
Learning from migration- the HIV VCT project
The way forward: setting an agenda, building a network
Essay prize presentation, “Does ethnicity in health matter”


For further information please contact:

Marie Blythe, Academic Department
Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3934   
Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: ethnichealth at rsm.ac.uk
Web: www.rsm.ac.uk/ethnic 


More:
(word doc)
http://www.frankslist.info/health.doc

Meetings: Black & Ethnic Minority Health Section
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/fmtb_emh.htm
More about this Section:
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/forb_emh.htm

The Royal Society of Medicine
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/
13: Petition - Ending discrimination against the people of Kurdistan

We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned about the way the UK media is
referring to a region which is fully recognized by a formal
constitution. UK media refers to Kurdistan as north of Iraq, however it
never hesitate to refer to Scotland by its name, instead of north of UK.
Kurdistan is a recognized territory by the Iraqi constitution and it has
been called by its name for hundreds of years.
http://www.petitiononline.com/Kurd1967/petition.html
Source: http://www.ncadc.org.uk


14: No Equal Opportunities for refugees in the European Year of Equal 
   Opportunities 

The EU has declared 2007 the 'European Year of Equal Opportunities for
All' ECRE's press release calls on Member States to include refugees in
their strategies to tackle discrimination and ensure that they have the
opportunity to integrate from the day of arrival. 
(PDF)
http://www.ecre.org/files/integration_pr30thjan[1].pdf


15: Schools Competition 2007 - Show Racism the Red Card - Fighting 
   racism against asylum-seekers and refugees

Fighting racism against asylum-seekers and refugees

The Show Racism the Red Card anti-racism education campaign
(www.theredcard.org) 
produces educational materials to combat racism. These are suitable for
use in the classroom (citizenship curriculum), with youth groups, sports
teams, or any group of young people. 

‘A Safe Place’ – video to combat racism against asylum-seekers and
refugees
‘Show Racism the Red Card’ – general anti-racism DVD

Each comes with a teaching pack, including exercises and other
resources, and features high-profile current and ex-footballers, such as
Thierry Henry, John Terry, Shaka Hislop, Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand,
Alan Shearer and Lomana Lua Lua. 

For more information on Show Racism the Red Card resources (which also
include posters and magazines) see www.srtrc.org/resources/index.html

The Show Racism the Red Card Schools Competition 2007 is now open.
Schools are encouraged to enter pupil’s work, which could be (for
example) a poster, poem, animation, letter, rap, cartoon or 3D model.
Winners are invited to attend special prize-giving ceremonies and can
receive prizes from their favourite club such as a signed shirt or ball,
match tickets, a VIP day out at a game, and a chance to meet favourite
players, such as Thierry Henry. For more information see
www.srtrc.org/schools/index.html

For more information about the Show Racism the Red Card campaign,
including details of the campaign’s schools work in the North-East of
England, see www.theredcard.org


Show Racism the Red Card resources 
http://www.srtrc.org/resources/index.html


16: How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info

To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below:


_____________________________
Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp.com/u.php?frankslist+noborders-brum@lists.aktivix.org
Hosting by  YourMailingListProvider




More information about the NoBorders-Brum mailing list