[noborders-brum] 'Law, 11, Britons, Amnesty, Day, horror, citizenship, false dawns' - 6 Jun 07 - 100 items (approx)

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'Law, 11, Britons, Amnesty, Day, horror, citizenship, false dawns'
Sent 7 Jun 07 - 100 items (approx)

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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] Jobs
[04] World
[05] Europe
[06] Events
[07] Eyes on Darfur
[08] Strategic Migration Partnership
[09] ILPA: Papers for Information Service 
[10] ECRE Response to Commission's Asylum package released 
[11] Separating breast-feeding mothers from their children 
[12] Justice and Home Affairs Issues at European Union Level
[13] US / Mexico immigration solutions from the people to their
     policy makers
[14] More responses to 'Planning Better Outcomes and Support for
     Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children' BIA con...sultation
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[01] Lead items:  
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'Law, 11, Britons, Amnesty, Day, horror, citizenship, false dawns'
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Move to simplify immigration laws
A public consultation will run until 29 August on how to reform the 11
Acts and dozens of other regulations, some from 1971, which govern
immigration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6727865.stm

Simplifying Immigration Law: an initial consultation
6 June - 29 August 2007
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/consultationdocuments/currentconsultations

Children and young people make DVD on Dungavel ‘horror’
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1452604.0.0.php

Ministers proposing 'Britain Day' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6721239.stm

Brown promises Britons first refusal on jobs
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2617452.ece

Amnesty for failed asylum-seeker families ruled out under new ...
The Scottish Executive yesterday ruled out an amnesty for failed
asylum-seeker families who have settled in Scotland.
Scotland's children's commissioner, said there had been a number of
"false dawns" by the government promising to take into account the
welfare of children of failed asylum seekers.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=882812007

Amnesty demanded by women in Yarl's Wood
Download copy (PDF)
http://www.frankslist.info/amnestyappeal.pdf
Source: bwrap at womenagainstrape.net
http://www.bwrap.dircon.co.uk/

MSP in plea on asylum seeker raids
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=msp-in-plea-on-asylum-seeker-raids%26method=full%26objectid=19248595%26siteid=50141-name_page.html

OK, let's have a Britishness test. But it must be for everyone, migrant
or not
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2096223,00.html

Follow US identity model
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2095809,00.html

Lessons on citizenship
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2096178,00.html

Shared purpose and national cohesion
http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2617414.ece

Muslim perspective
What Britishness means to some in multi-cultural Britain 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6723325.stm

Exclusively English?
Recent debate over an English parliament is further evidence that
English national identity is on the rise.
http://www.ippr.org.uk/articles/?id=2730

Rules to make migrants integrate
Ministers want to introduce a national British day to complete a
"citizenship revolution" that would also toughen rules for migrants and
try to instil community pride in all 18-year-olds.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2095521,00.html

Even in death, migrants were let down by Europe
The bodies of 21 would-be migrants picked up from the Mediterranean by a
French frigate 120 miles south of Malta were left to rot on board the
ship while Maltese, French and Libyan authorities argued for hours over
where the bodies would be taken for burial.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2611745.ece

US border vigilantes declare war on themselves
Anti-immigrant vigilante force set up to patrol US-Mexican border, in
danger of imploding.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2094677,00.html

Citizenship must be earned, says minister
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1884811.ece

[02] UK
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6 Jun 07

Joseph Kakembo Belongs on Teesside!
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine83/joseph.html

New concerns over right to detain travellers
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2096536,00.html

Support for immigrant pupils praised
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/chorley/headlines/display.var.1450218.0.support_for_immigrant_pupils_praised.php

Attorney General faces new questions on ill-treatment of Iraqi civilians
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/new-questions-re-iraq-civilians.shtml

Stop the deportation of Laban Mmbololo, father of two and Harmondsworth
witness 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/372632.html

Oral evidence session for the inquiry "A Surveillance Society?"
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/home_affairs_committee/hacpn070606no29.cfm

5 Jun 07

Group wants asylum seeker stories
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6721121.stm
Link:
Independent Asylum Commission
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/

The latest salvo
Russia and the G7: Do the Russians really intend to target their
missiles at cities such as London, where thousands of Russians live?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2095329,00.html

MSP calls for changes in how asylum seekers are dealt with
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1448321.0.0.php

The End of Tolerance: racism in 21st century Britain
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/june/ak000008.html

Refugee group says Sweden shows way on deportations
...criticised by refugee groups and it had a poor rate of people signing
up to it.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1449493.0.0.php

Public sector to help set immigration levels
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_headline=public-sector-to-help-set-immigration-levels%26method=full%26objectid=19248779%26siteid=50002-name_page.html

4 Jun 07

Tortured Liberian refugee finds home and work in UK
A Liberian immigration officer, who fled his native country in 2001
after being tortured for his political beliefs has found a permanent
home in the UK
http://www.24dash.com/news/1/21386/index.htm
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The Hague: Charles Taylor Trial - This trial must deliver justice for
the victims 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17363

Yelena Tregubova: Why I fled Putin's Russia. And why the West must
appease him no longer
I have personal experience of Vladimir Putin's regime and the way the
Russian President operates. I have been forced to seek asylum in Britain
for criticising the Kremlin as an independent journalist. I have come to
realise that to return to my homeland would be suicidal for me.
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2614548.ece

Civil liberty Get positive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2094477,00.html

Guidelines For Health Professionals on Forced Marriage Launched
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/guide-health-profs-forced-mar
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Forced Marriage Unit: Two- Year Strategy 2007-2009
(PDF)
http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/FMU%20Two-Year%20Strategy.pdf 

Call for controls on school fingerprinting
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Education/schools/story/0,,2095058,00.html

Israel threatens British boycott
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1878463.ece
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Forty years of occupation -- no security without basic rights
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE150382007

Blair can no longer deny a link exists between terrorism and foreign
policy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2094484,00.html

Firm to be sued over 'torture flights'
Former British resident held at Guantánamo to sue subsidiary of Boeing
corporation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2094727,00.html

Briton 'killed in US missile attack in Somalia'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2095010,00.html
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Removals to Somaliland 
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/6424-Somaliland-Removals?view=Standard&pubID=472336

G8 Migration Demonstrations 
http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/06/g8-migration-demonstrations.html

3 Jun 07

[03] Jobs
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[04] World
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Eta ends ceasefire and pledges terrorist campaign 'on all fronts'
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2617449.ece

The end of Bush's kangaroo courts?
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/06/usdom16081.htm

Africa’s warlords look on in alarm as ‘revolutionary’ faces UN court
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1878739.ece

Key Khmer Rouge trial talks held 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6717767.stm

Army U-turn on Kashmir holy sites 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6720385.stm

Putin raises spectre of nuclear war in Europe
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1878730.ece

Is Putin the bully leading Russia into fascism?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article1884277.ece

Will the detainees of Guantanamo Bay ever face a proper trial or be
released?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2617407.ece

Six-day war: 40 years on
Israel triumphed in 1967, but the conflict with the Palestinians seems
more intractable than ever.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2095621,00.html

Rulings leave Guantánamo in legal limbo
US government faces calls to abandon separate legal system and try
detainees at existing military and civilian courts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,2096191,00.html

Colombian rebels spurn jail deal 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6713303.stm

Colombian Massacres and land seizures behind biofuel revolution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/colombia/story/0,,2095348,00.html

Iraq: 14 US soldiers reported killed in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2094842,00.html

Iraqi displaced tops 4.2 million; shanty towns mushroom 
http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/466579e64.html

Israel/Occupied Territories:  Reunited with images which defined the
Six-Day War
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2614570.ece

Lebanese clashes spread to second refugee camp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2095057,00.html

Pakistan: Broadcast Media Muzzled by Musharraf’s Decree
Withdraw Presidential Decree and End Threats to Journalists
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/06/pakist16084.htm

Pakistan: Emergency Rule or Return to Democracy?
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4884&l=1

Poland's Anne Frank
Diary of 14-year-old Jewish girl unveiled after 60 years.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondworldwar/story/0,,2096090,00.html

Russian risk could yet dwarf our blunder on Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2096200,00.html

Russian missiles will be aimed at US bases
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2611750.ece

US: Pro-Immigration Group to Launch Ads
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6683658,00.html

US: City OKs ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6686201,00.html

US: Court: Women who are forced to abort pregnancies can seek asylum
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_6075767

[05] Europe
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ECRE Response to Commission's Asylum package released 6th June
http://www.ecre.org/resources/press_releases/869

Europe considers single asylum policy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6726045.stm

[06] Events
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Tribal Soul - The Accused
http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/core_asp/showpage.asp?theid=323&version=textonly&mode=

20th June 2007
Seeking Asylum: A Scottish Perspective
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 
http://ww3.holyrood.com/nav/conference/future_events/conf_asylum07/conference.asp?content=contents

28-29 June 2007
Diaspora and Migration:
Otherness, identity and movement in and out of Greece
An International Conference
Organised by The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies
of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity   
http://www.diasporamigration.bham.ac.uk/

Monday 8th October 2007
Current Issues in Asylum III
Fighting for Human Rights Against the Tide
http://www.lsa.org.uk/currentissuesinasylumiii.aspx

[07] Eyes on Darfur
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Sudan (Darfur): Amnesty International adopts powerful technology in
campaign to protect people in Darfur
Amnesty International is using satellite cameras to monitor highly
vulnerable villages in war-torn Darfur, Sudan. The human rights
organisation is inviting ordinary people worldwide to monitor 12
villages by visiting the Eyes on Darfur project website
(www.eyesondarfur.org) and put the Sudanese Government on notice that
these and other areas in the region are being watched around the clock.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17368

[08] Strategic Migration Partnership
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Strategic Migration Partnership is the regional enabling body for
co-ordinating services to asylum seekers, refugees and migrant workers
in the East of England.
http://www.eera.gov.uk/category.asp?cat=40

EERA Strategic Migration Partnership Business Plan 2007/8 (
(word doc)
http://www.eera.gov.uk/Documents/About%20EERA/Policy/Asylum/EERA%20Consortium/Business%20Plan,%202007-8%20(Final%20Draft).doc

[09] Separating breast-feeding mothers from their children 
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Immigration agency admits new mother was wrongly detained
http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/thisweek/news6.asp

Bail for Immigration Detainees  letter to the immigration minister
(word doc)
http://www.biduk.org/pdf/women/LByrne_4_June_07.doc

Deportee separated from breastfeeding son
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2085613,00.htm

[10] Justice and Home Affairs Issues at European Union Level
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Third Report
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmhaff/76/7602.htm

[11] ILPA: Papers for Information Service 
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(Word docs)

Detention Rights Remedies | May 2007
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/DetentionRightsRemedies.doc

Update on Asylum | April 2007
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/UpdateonAsylum.doc

Legal Criteria for Protection | February 2007
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/LegalCriteriaforProtection.doc

Info Service 
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice.html

[12] ECRE Response to Commission's Asylum package released 
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ECRE Response to Commission's Asylum package released 6th June
http://www.ecre.org/resources/press_releases/869

Europe considers single asylum policy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6726045.stm

[13] US / Mexico immigration solutions from the people to their
     policy makers
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Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together Foundation
http://www.matt.org

Pro-Immigration Group to Launch Ads
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6683658,00.html

[14] More responses to 'Planning Better Outcomes and Support for
     Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children' BIA con-sultation
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Young Asylum seekers: Charities criticise Home Office plans
http://www.ypnmagazine.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=full_news&ID=14424

A response by 11 MILLION led by the Children’s Commissioner for England,
supported by the Children’s Commissioners for Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland. 
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/adult/ccnews/index.cfm?id=1953&newsid=88
Response:
11 MILLION consultation response to Government consultation UASC
(word doc)
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/11%20MILLION%20response%20planning%20better%20outcomes%20and%20support%20for%20UASC.doc

Refugee Children's Consortium
(PDF)
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/21A7B605-F252-401B-9A03-90C68242790A/0/0705UASCReformProgrammeTCSResponseFinal1.pdf

Children's Society
(PDF)
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D347AE59-EC94-4426-A37E-F3C031A26ECC/0/0705RCCUASCreformresponsefinaledit.pdf

NSPCC’s 
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/PolicyAndPublicAffairs/Consultations/2007/2007_UASC_gf46257.pdf

Joint NGO's 
(word doc)
http://www.frankcorrigan.com/segregated.doc

UNISON Scotland’s 
http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/response/asylumresponseo7.html

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