[noborders-brum] 'Fight, 200, BIA, Whitehall, co-opting, apartheid care system' - 4 Mar 07 - 70 items (approx)

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'Fight, 200, BIA, Whitehall, co-opting, apartheid care system' 
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Lead: 'Fight, 200, BIA, Whitehall, co-opting, apartheid care system' 

Torture survivors' charity slams children's asylum proposals
consultation document on the reforms... is a cosmetic exercise as 
key changes have already been negotiated, or already introduced
Britain is in danger of creating "an apartheid care system" for 
unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/latest_news/912

Fight welfare apartheid! 
http://www.frankslist.info/reformleaflet.doc

Children's Legal Centre's initial briefing 
on the  consultation paper...raise serious 
child protection concerns
The bond of trust between social workers and these children will 
be broken. It will be important for Social Workers to consider 
what they are being asked to do in light of their professional 
code of ethics and their own safeguarding duty.
serious concerns about the other proposal – ‘co-location’ of 
social workers at ports of entry and screening units to ‘work
alongside immigration officials’ 
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033

Kindertransport
Shared Experience in association with hampstead theatre 
Between 1938 and the outbreak of war, almost 10,000
children, most of them Jewish, were sent by their parents
from Germany to Britain. Nine-year-old Eva arrives in
Manchester, changes her name and tries to bury all memory
of her previous life.
http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/prod-productions_details.asp?PID=55
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Kindertransport
UK Tour details
http://www.sharedexperience.org.uk/whatson3.asp?levone=1&levtwo=67&levthree=80&allowRev=0
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Kindertransport
We are used to the image of Kindertransport children 
arriving in England, but there are no photographs of their 
parents - who were denied entry by Whitehall
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000405/ai_n14298134

IND statement of policy: Judicial review challenges following
notification of removal directions
(PDF)
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/changeofpolicy.pdf
More:
Policy Instructions: Operation Enforcement Manual
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/policyinstructions/oem

An independent and transparent assessment of immigration Policy
Statement March 2007
IND...will become the Border and Immigration Agency BIA on 1 April
(PDF)
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/inspectorateconsultationres1.pdf

asylum proposals put immigration before child welfare 
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/03/01/103640/refugee-council-says-asylum-proposals-put-immigration-before-child.html

Commissioners hail chance to challenge UK’s ‘unsympathetic, sceptical
and insensitive’ approach to children seeking asylum alone.
Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has urged all
those interested in the rights and best interests of children to respond
http://www.cypcommissioner.org/webpages/news_single.php?article=Commissioners

Conference: A safer future for unaccompanied children - The challenge
for local authorities in implementing the UASC Reform Programme
London, 5 July 2007
http://www.careandhealth.com/Pages/Event.aspx?EventID=e10edeec-d8ca-4683-a249-0547c171cc3e
Contact details:
http://www.careandhealth.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
- In partnership with SERCO 
http://www.careandhealth.com/Pages/Partners.aspx
Serco works closely with the UK Home Office’s Immigration and
Nationality Directorate
http://www.serco.co.uk/markets/homeaffairs/immigration/index.asp
More:
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2578

Children's Commissioners respond to Home Office proposals for
unaccompanied asylum seeking children
By co-opting social workers into acting as the soft arm of the
immigration service the bond of trust between children and their carers
will be broken. There will be fewer and fewer places for separated
children and young people to turn to for guidance and support.
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/adult/news/news.cfm?id=1964&newsid=75

Asylum seekers need a modern Wilberforce
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/03/01/103628/opinion-asylum-seekers-need-a-modern-wilberforce.html

Protesters angered by ‘human cargo’ to the Congo
http://www3.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=35649

Wilberforce family marks abolition of slavery
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2318749.ece

Contemporary slavery in the UK: Overview and key issues
A review of the nature and extent of slavery in the UK today. 
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=864

Will the real William Wilberforce please stand up?
British imperialism: Unrepentant for its crimes against humanity
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/40032

200 years after abolition of slave trade, slave-like practices persist
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21735&Cr=slavery&Cr1=

Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation
http://www.hull.ac.uk/05/wise/index.html

Slavery: Abolished 200 years ago? Tell that to the people in chains
Shackled men and women are walking from Hull to London to mark the
bicentenary - and to highlight the plight of modern slaves
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2326239.ece

01: UK

3 Mar 07

Alphonsus Deportation Delayed - Now Stop His Detention 
http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/03/alphonsus-deportation-delayed-now-stop.html

Three remain on run from centre
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2007/03/03/43bd01c8-6ace-4217-b204-6babc6a74320.lpf

Leaving detention 
Q3 July/August/September 2006
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed
newszines/newszine79/leaving3.html
- Q2 April/May/June 2006
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed
newszines/newszine79/leavingdetention.html
- Q1 January/February/March 2006:
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed
newszines/newszine79/leavingJan2006.html

Learning the work ethic in Ghana
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6402577.stm

Warning of immigrants' job-creation potential
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0300business/0100news/tm_headline=warning-of-immigrants%2D-job%2Dcreation-potential-%26method=full%26objectid=18700622%26siteid=50082-name_page.html

Work permits 'threat to Fringe'
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=339712007

Frost gets audience with Gadafy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/libya/story/0,,2025782,00.html

Five Britons kidnapped in Ethiopia's 'land of death'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2323389.ece

How easy it is to put hatred on a map
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2323413.ece

2 Mar 07

Row over X-ray age checks for child asylum seekers
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=328072007

Asylum seeker homes shock
Charities have compiled a catalogue of complaints accusing
Manchester-based United Property Management (UPM) of breaking rules when
housing asylum seekers.
Children are also said to have been put at risk by their families being
housed with strangers who have not been vetted.
http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/NEWSF01.html

Migrant workers stand to lose their rights
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2319786.ece

Immigrants choose region
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=immigrants-choose-region%26method=full%26objectid=18696883%26siteid=50003-name_page.html

Vicar spends cold night on the streets
http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/display.var.1229909.0.vicar_spends_cold_night_on_the_streets.php

MP warns over Coltishall costs
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED01%20Mar%202007%2021%3A44%3A38%3A767

Friends in touch with Ilengela
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=friends-in-touch-with-ilengela&method=full&objectid=18696878&siteid=50003-name_page.html

Prison staff deny manslaughter by neglect over suicide of inmate
... run, under contract to the Home Office, by a company called Global
Solutions Ltd
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1459269.ece
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Global Solutions Limited (GSL) was formerly the section of Group 4
covering prison and court services, immigration detention centres,
education contracts, meter readings and 'outsourced services'.
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=1838

Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2025062,00.html

Child asylum seekers face dental x-rays to assess their age
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2024912,00.html

Students try to oust MigrationWatch don
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/02/noxford02.xml

1 Mar 07

East Europeans on life in Britain When photographer Katya Evdokimova
left her home in Russia for a new life in the UK, she became part of an
extended family of young east-Europeans all trying to find their feet
and make their mark in the West. So, she asked them, how is it for you?
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2320971.ece

Backlog of immigration complaints
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6180321.stm

Abu Qatada Ruling Threatens Absolute Ban on Torture
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/01/uk15437.htm

28 Feb 07

02: Jobs

Immigration Counsellor - Sheffield
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=542&CatID=22
Immigration Counsellor - Liverpool
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=541&CatID=22 
Immigration Counsellor - Leeds
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=540&CatID=22
Immigration Counsellor - Bradford
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=539&CatID=22 
Immigration Solicitor - Central London
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=538&CatID=22 
CASEWORK b Birmingham< - Secretary
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=538&CatID=22 
Casework Secretary/Receptionist - Derby
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=532&CatID=22 
Administrative Assistant - Sheffield
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=531&CatID=22 
Administrative Assistant - Bradford
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=530&CatID=22 
Administrative Assistant - Leeds
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=529&CatID=22 
Administrative Assistant - Liverpool
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=528&CatID=22 
Administrative Assistant - Blackburn
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=527&CatID=22 
Administrative Assistant - Manchester 
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=526&CatID=22

03: World

Girls speak out for their rights at UN-backed forum 
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21750&Cr=women&Cr1=commission

CrisisWatch No: 43, 1 March 2007
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4680&l=1

Human rights fears set aside as Chechnya crowns 'King Ramzan'
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2323407.ece

Israel hardens its peace terms ahead of Saudi Arab summit
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2323434.ece

Sex slave denial angers S Korea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6414445.stm

A million North Koreans starve as diplomats bicker
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1466568.ece

Evangelicals' Work in Africa Criticized
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6450134,00.html

Born-again torturer who may become Year Zero’s scapegoat
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1459316.ece

China to relax labour camps and strip police powers
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2318725.ece

Ghana: Fifty years of independence for Africa'S beacon state
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2318753.ece

Iraq: Birth amid the bloodshed, then some tough choices
Iraqi parents agonise over fleeing their homeland to protect their
children.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2025756,00.html

Kosovo: Serbia, ethnic Albanians remain ‘diametrically opposed’ on UN
plan for status
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21742&Cr=Kosovo&Cr1=

Somalia: Exodus from Somalia’s capital escalates in face of violence,
nearing 20,000
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21745&Cr=somalia&Cr1=

Sri Lanka: Two journalists detained without trial, many more threatened
and intimidated 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17286

Sudan: Shadow of Darfur's killers follows refugees into Chad
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2026066,00.html

US softens on 'axis of evil' as it plans talks with Iran and Syria
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2314198.ece

04: Europe

EU human rights agency is branded a ‘grand folly’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1459346.ece

ECRAN Weekly Update 23rd Feb
http://www.ecre.org/node/791

05: Events

30/03/2007
Poverty, Destitution and Asylum: An Event for Scottish Refugee Council
Members and Stakeholders
City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Our next members and stakeholders event will take place on the afternoon
of Friday 30th March in Glasgow.  There will be speakers from a range of
organisations including Amnesty International

30 MARCH 2007
PICUM Workshop: Undocumented Migrants Have Rights! Workshop on
Protection and Gaps Under the International Human Rights Framework 30
MARCH 2007
- Programme: (word doc)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/PICUM%20MRI%20Workshop%20Invitation%2030.3.2007.doc-
- Registration: (word doc)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/WORKSHOP%20Registration%20form.doc

Sunday 22 April 2007
"London Marathon" - JRSUK Refugee Hardship Fund - Marianne Cronin is
running the 2007 London Marathon to raise fund for Jesuit Refugee
Service UK 
http://www.justgiving.com/mariannecronin

Conference: A safer future for unaccompanied children - The challenge
for local authorities in implementing the UASC Reform Programme
London, 5 July 2007
http://www.careandhealth.com/Pages/Event.aspx?EventID=e10edeec-d8ca-4683-a249-0547c171cc3e
Contact details:
http://www.careandhealth.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
Note:
SERCO: Care and Health Partner 
Serco works closely with the UK Home Office’s Immigration and
Nationality Directorate to help the Government manage migration
successfully. 
http://www.serco.co.uk/markets/homeaffairs/immigration/index.asp
- Serco also supplies electronic tagging devices asylum seekers to the
Home Office - UK immigration centres have been condemned by Amnesty
International 
More:
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2578
- Serco Group Plc has taken over the contract from GSL to manage Yarl's
Wood immigration centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6269835.stm
- Parliament attacked Serco’s immigration detention centre at Dungavel.
http://www.redpepper.org.uk/KYE/x-kye-Sep2002.html

06: ID cards & UK Borders Bill, latest

Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 1 March 2007
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/pbc0530103.9.html

Progress of Bill including links to debates
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/uk_borders.htm

UK Borders Bill marks ID card roll-out 
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/borders-bill-id.shtml

07: unions can expel members of the far-right BNP

TUC welcomes 'union can expel BNP member' judgement
The TUC has welcomed today's decision by the European Court of Human
Rights that unions can expel members of the far-right BNP, and that this
is not incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-12998-f0.cfm

Ruling: In the case of Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers &
Firemen (ASLEF) v. the United Kingdom
http://www.frankslist.info/aslef-bnp.doc

Union wins BNP expulsion ruling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6402533.stm

08: Workshop, Newsletetrs, Reports - Undocumented Migrants

PICUM Workshop: Undocumented Migrants Have Rights! Workshop on
Protection and Gaps Under the International Human Rights Framework 30
MARCH 2007
- Programme: (word doc)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/PICUM%20MRI%20Workshop%20Invitation%2030.3.2007.doc-
- Registration: (word doc)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/WORKSHOP%20Registration%20form.doc

Feb 2007 newsletter: 
http://www.picum.org

Report: PICUM's Concerns About the Fundamental Rights of Undocumented
Migrants in Europe in 2006
(PDF)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/PICUM's%20Main%20Concerns%202006.pdf

09: rights and responsibilities: 3rd interactive forum now live!

http://www.icar.org.uk/3rdforum

10: Project IRIS (Iris Recognition Immigration System) - Pilot 
   Review Report 

Information disclosure
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5697-iris-project-review-pilot?view=Standard&pubID=449023

Expenditure with Language Line
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-about-us/5157-expenditure-language-line

11: Community responses, Counter-terrorism, rights, war on terror, 
   control order legislation

Briefing paper on the ways in which community organisations are
combating the fall-out - in terms of racial violence, Islamophobia,
anti-terror policing and human rights abuses - from the war on terror.
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/march/ha000006.html

Counter-terrorism policy and human rights
Publication of 8th Report: Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
(Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2007
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights/jchr010307pn17.cfm

Briefing for the House of Lords debate on the renewal of control order
legislation.
(PDF)
http://www.justice.org.uk/images/pdfs/JUSTICE%20briefing%20for%20control%20order%20lords%20renewal%20debate%20ma%85.pdf

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