[noborders-brum] 'Executive, Rights, English, Discrimination, Law, complex, DNA' - 13 Jun 07 - 95 items (approx)
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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] Jobs
[04] World
[05] Europe
[06] Events
[07] The Asylum Process Explained
[08] Report: Child trafficking in the UK
[09] Nigerian dies on deportation flight from Spain
[10] Private view: Imprisoned - The damaging effects of
immigration detention
[11] A long way to go - Young refugees and asylum seekers in
the UK
[12] Full text of secret UN report that condemns US for Middle
East failures
[13] Legal notices: Privacy, User obligation and terms of use
[154] How to cancel or change your subscription to Frank's List
[01] Lead items:
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Executive, Rights, English, Discrimination, Law, complex, DNA'
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Law Lords rule Iraqi detainees protected by Human Rights Act
In a landmark decision handed down today, the House of Lords Appellate
Committee has ruled that those held in UK detention facilities in Iraq
are protected by the Human Rights Act.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/iraqi-detainees-protected-by-hra.shtml
Ruling:
Al-Skeini and others (Respondents) v. Secretary of State for Defence
(Appellant)
Al-Skeini and others (Appellants) v. Secretary of State for Defence
(Respondent) (Consolidated Appeals) [2007] UKHL 26 13 June 2007
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldjudgmt/jd070613/skeini-1.htm
Asylum Rights Watch survey
- Have you applied for asylum in the UK?
- Are you in contact with people who have?
Please tell us your experiences of the treatment of asylum seekers in
the UK.
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/Policy/asylum_rights_watch2007.htm
Executive moves to protect asylum children
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1466536.0.0.php
Some background:
Scottish Executive must "pull out all the stops" to protect the
"vulnerable" children of asylum seekers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4271922.stm
It doesn't make sense in any language
Ruth Kelly wants immigrants to the UK to learn English - so why do the
government's current proposals seek to restrict access to free lessons?
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ellie_levenson/2007/06/it_doesnt_make_sense_in_any_la.html
'Migrant scheme reforms may have breached law'
Immigration changes for highly-skilled criticised by CRE
Families 'devastated' by retrospective rules
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2100738,00.html
Immigration laws too complex
The myriad of legislation dating back to the 1971 Immigration Act,
brought in shortly after Enoch Powell's notorious "rivers of blood"
speech, will be replaced by a "single, consistent and coherent
framework" for dealing with newcomers.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2646299.ece
Response to the Discrimination Law Review Green Paper
http://www.cehr.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/453643
See:
A Framework for Fairness: Proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great
Britain - A Consultation Paper
Consultation period: 12 June 2007 to 4 September 2007
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1511211
DNA database agreed for police across EU
New law heralds world's biggest biometric system
Police to share information on visa applicants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2101686,00.html
Make migrants learn English
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1913162.ece
UK foreign language teaching hits all-time low
Foreign language teaching in the UK's state schools has been reduced to
"the sort of thing you find in a 'get by' phrase book", claims a
doom-and-gloom report published yesterday.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/12/language_teaching_report/
See:
School curriculum corrupted by politics
http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prcsCorruption.php
The minister must learn the right lingo
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/thomas_sutcliffe/article2646313.ece
We’ll carry on translating, vows council
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/display.var.1464650.0.well_carry_on_translating_vows_council.php
Liberty calls ACPO findings on extraordinary rendition a "whitewash"
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/acpo-er-findings.shtml
Leading human rights groups name 39 CIA "disappeared" detainees -- Three
groups file lawsuit seeking information about "ghost" detention
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR511012007
[02] UK
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13 Jun 07
UNHCR's comments on the UK Borders Bill
http://www.unhcr.org.uk/info/briefings/UKBordersBillComments.html
Another dawn raid
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.1470049.0.0.php
Call for immigrant 'briefing packs'
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2373861.html?menu=news.topheadlines
McGuinness pledges his support for mother and baby seeking asylum
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/article2652400.ece
SNP fears new law could mean curtains for foreign Fringe acts
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=924772007
Brown's bane will be getting dragged into an American attack on Iran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2101440,00.html
Poverty dynamics research in the UK
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2041.asp
'The media is a feral beast, tearing people to pieces'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2651066.ece
Who exposed this colossal bribery? Why, the feral beast
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2101424,00.html
12 Jun 07
Bravery award for city refugee
http://icstafford.icnetwork.co.uk/news/localnews/tm_headline=bravery-award-for-city-refugee%26method=full%26objectid=19283562%26siteid=50002-name_page.html
Nurse wins fight to stay
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=161818&command=displayContent&sourceNode=161644&contentPK=17538879&folderPk=88499&pNodeId=161375
Refugees to visit the town hall
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2944905
Abused asylum seeker to meet Deputy First Minister
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/article2647097.ece
Dawn raid in Glasgow this morning
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/373434.html
Child asylum seekers given care
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6744323.stm
Having fled Iraq, she died at the hands of her father – and all because
of a kiss
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1918019.ece
Honour killings on the rise in UK say campaigners
http://www.education-action.org/default.asp?pageRef=277#12%20june%2007
UK Borders Bill at Lords Report Stage 13 June 2007
(PDF)
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/news/UKbordersbillLordsreportjcwi%5B1%5D.pdf
London is getting into the Olympic spirit - by kicking out the Gypsies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2100618,00.html
11 Jun 07
Women of Achievement finalists: Women of Determination Award
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features?articleid=2943733
Asylum seekers stage hunger strike amid claims of brutality
http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=910002007
Protestors support gay asylum seekers
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Protestors-support-gay-asylum-seekers-newsinkent4052.aspx
Teachers want to cap numbers of migrant pupils in class who speak little
English
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=908692007
Mr Blair extradited? Not as crazy as it sounds
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/william_rees_mogg/article1913297.ece
Ex-Navy chief 'took private legal advice on Iraq'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2643053.ece
9 Jun 07
Man jailed for five years after racist arson bid
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2637079.ece
[03] Jobs
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Team Manager - Islington Refugee Integration Service
Part –time Job Share Wednesday – Friday, 17.5Hours
http://working.islington.gov.uk/Job_Search_View.aspx?jobId=2312&jobIdList=2312,2293,2296&categoryList=&minsal=0&maxsal=150000&workingPatternList=&keywords=team+Manager&PageIndex=0
Campaigner (UK,France & other EU countries ) £25,680 04/07/2007 Europe
and Central Asia
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/13062007-ECA0709
STAR is recruiting volunteers to join the National Office team.
http://www.star-network.org.uk/vacancies.html
Researcher (Zimbabwe) £29,826 01/07/2007 Africa
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/12062007-AFR0711
Research Support Unit Director £40,229 27/06/2007 Senior Director -
Regional
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/12062007-RSU0702
Researcher - DRC focus £29,826 04/07/2007 Africa
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/12062007-AFR0709
Senior Research Policy Adviser £35,100 27/06/2007 Senior Director -
Regional
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/12062007-RSU0701
Financial Controller £40,229 rising to £46,473 06/07/2007 Finance and
Accounting
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/12062007-FAP0702
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Policy Coordinator £29,826
06/07/2007 Policy and Evaluation
http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/11062007-PEP0706
Human Rights Adviser
£40,876 pa (London-based)
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/aboutlawsociety/career/vacancies/view=currentvacancydetails.law?JOBID=340553
Senior policy officer
http://www.nat.org.uk/page/2428
Chief Executive
Salary package circa £40,000
http://www.covrefugee.org/Vacancies.html
Policy Advisor, Youth Justice Asylum & Social Excl
London, Public Policy/Policy Development, Ref:SE0460
£32,487 – £34,986, plus London Weighting of £3,102 and Market Adjustment
of £2,500, London, Part-time: 17.5hpw, Closing date: 3 July 2007
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/whatwedo/workingforus/workforushub_wda38392.html
[04] World
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Dutch MPs back immigrant amnesty
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6746225.stm
The Life and Death of a Border Town
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14511
Pentagon report chills US-China relations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2101415,00.html
Putin 'climb-down' claimed as police allow second protest
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2646279.ece
Bush feted in Albania as he calls for independence for Kosovo
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2643039.ece
US arms Sunni dissidents
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2100698,00.html
Putin protest to go ahead
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2100638,00.html
Expelled from Iran - refugee misery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6705329.stm
Afghans are sick of our armies killing their people
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2101419,00.html
Bosnian Serb accused of genocide transferred from UN tribunal
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22850&Cr=ICTY&Cr1=
Central African Republic: Aid rushed to new Darfur arrivals
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/media?page=home&id=466e713c4
France moves to toughen immigration
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=923282007
Greece: Justice and protection for trafficked women and girls
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17375
Iraqi Christian Refugees in Legal Limbo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6701241,00.html
Iraq: Murder highlights death toll of Iraqi journalists
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2643057.ece
Israel/Occupied Territories: Palestinian breakdown nears as Gaza rages
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1919742.ece
Kosovo: A UN plan for Kosovo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2101405,00.html
Lebanon: Aid workers die in clash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6741737.stm
Lebanon: 'Escape is impossible'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2100766,00.html
Malta, under fire, rescues 59 migrants, one lost
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL13902405.html
Serb leader jailed for war crimes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/yugo/article/0,,2101052,00.html
Sudan: National Courts Have Done Nothing on Darfur
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/11/sudan16110.htm
Sudan: UNICEF lauds agreement by former rebels to hand over children
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22852&Cr=sudan&Cr1=
Sudan accepts joint Darfur force
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6745691.stm
Turkey: Small bomb blast in Istanbul injures 14
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2643040.ece
US is clamping down on illegal migrants, but it relies on their labour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2100115,00.html
US: Controversial exile
General's 'coup plot' arrest shocks Hmong community in US
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6735609.stm
Western Sahara: Out of the Impasse
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4893&l=1
[05] Europe
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JRS Europe Newsletter May/ June 2007
(PDF)
http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Newsletter%20May%20June%2007%20-%20web.pdf
Weekly updates
10-June-2007
http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/873
Frontex - Facts and Myths
http://www.frontex.europa.eu/newsroom/news_releases/art26.html
[06] Events
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Public meeting to organise Gatwick Area No Border Camp
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/373438.html
World Refugee Day 2007: ECRE organises events on 19th June and 20th June
http://www.ecre.org/world_refugee_day_2007
Africans Unite Against Child Abuse is
July 23
Training Events
For practitioners in Birmingham
(PDF)
http://www.afruca.org/archive/Training%20Brochure%2007.pdf
[07] The Asylum Process Explained
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ICAR staff have written a series of briefings to assist the work of the
Independent Asylum Commission (IAC)
http://www.icar.org.uk/
Link:
Independent Asylum Commission (IAC)
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/
PDF files:
Asylum determination process
http://www.icar.org.uk/bob_html/04_iac_briefings/The_operation_of_the_asylum_determination_process_June_2007.pdf
Detention of asylum seekers
http://www.icar.org.uk/bob_html/04_iac_briefings/Detention_of_asylum_seekers_in_the_UK_June_2007.pdf
Vulnerable groups
http://www.icar.org.uk/bob_html/04_iac_briefings/Vulnerable_groups_in_the_asylum_determination_process_June_2007.pdf
Removals
http://www.icar.org.uk/bob_html/04_iac_briefings/Removals_June_2007.pdf
[08] Report: Child trafficking in the UK
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Children smuggled into UK for sex abuse and slavery
Most victims become prostitutes or servants
Violence used to control and 'break-in' youngsters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2100910,00.html
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
A year of high impact as UK centre for tackling child sex abuse delivers
step change in protecting children
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/news_items/article_20070611_ceop.htm
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E-bulletin
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/ebulletin_registration.html
A scoping project on child trafficking in the UK, a report by CEOP
http://bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/childtrafficking
[09] Nigerian dies on deportation flight from Spain
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...died while being deported from Spain with a restraining gag over his
mouth, Spanish media reported on Monday.
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN133033.html
[10] Private view: Imprisoned - The damaging effects of
immigration detention
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Exhibition: Imprisoned - The damaging effects of immigration detention
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=446
[11] A long way to go - Young refugees and asylum seekers in
the UK
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A long way to go highlights for donors ways to support these vulnerable
young people. Three areas where the work of charities is critical and
donors can make an important contribution include:
* supporting children through the asylum process;
* improving access to school places and other support; and
* increasing refugee children's integration into the community.
http://www.philanthropycapital.org/html/Research/young_refugees.php
[12] Full text of secret UN report that condemns US for Middle
East failures
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Envoy's damning verdict revealed as violence takes Gaza closer to civil
war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2101677,00.html
Alvaro de Soto's end of mission report
(PDF)
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2007/06/12/DeSotoReport.pdf
Government on brink as Gaza civil war looms
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1923755.ece
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