[noborders-brum] '50, ENOUGH, forced back, rendition, brutalised, evil, trade' - 25 Mar 07 - 75 items (approx)

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'50, ENOUGH, forced back, rendition, brutalised, evil, trade'
25 Mar 07 - 75 items (approx)

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02: Jobs
03: World
04: Europe
05: Events
06: Human Rights Act Toolkit
06: New - Asylum Rights Watch
07: Iraqis rank first in asylum bids

08: Immigration and Asylum Graduated Fee Scheme
09: UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking
10: Another Sky: Voices of Conscience from Around the World 
11: Asphyxiation, beating, drowning: the price of crossing 
    the Gulf of Aden 
12: Call for papers for the seminar 'EU enlargement and labour 
    migration within the EU' 
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Lead: '50, ENOUGH, forced back, rendition, brutalised, evil, trade'

Sunday 25 March 2007 marks 200 years since Britain abolished the
Transatlantic Slave Trade. At least 12 million people are in slavery
today. Seize the abolitionist spirit:
- Sign the Fight for Freedom Declaration
http://www.antislavery.org/2007/actionsign.php
- Make a donation and support our work to end slavery today!
http://www.antislavery.org/support/donations/donation.htm
- Join Anti-Slavery International
http://www.antislavery.org/support/join/join.htm
+
2007 Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
Events calendar
http://www.frankslist.info/calendar.pdf

Writers attack EU failure to end Darfur violence
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2387863.ece

Darfur: a letter from Europe's leading writers
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2387820.ece

The ENOUGH project: Congo - Darfur - Uganda
ENOUGH campaign offers cutting-edge information and policy tools
Our mission is to stop and prevent genocide and mass atrocities –
everywhere and forever – by promoting Peace, providing Protection, and
Punishing the perpetrators. We use field and policy analysis and strong
policy advocacy to empower a growing activist movement for change.
http://www.enoughproject.org

ENOUGH releases reports on three of the world's worst humanitarian
crises
(PDF)
http://enoughproject.org/reports/pdf/enough_march_news.pdf

The EU was formed in the shadow of Nazism. But, 50 years on, it should
remember evil is still with us
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2387856.ece

Europe Should Assume Darfur Leadership 
Action – Not Words – Needed to End Darfur Crisis
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/24/german15558.htm

Human Rights Council: Act Now on Darfur
Mass Atrocities Must Be Stopped, Not Denied
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/22/darfur15542.htm

British citizens told they would be deported
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1550798.ece

Zimbabwe refugee: 'I could not take the torture if I am forced back'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2383904.ece

Refugee crisis as citizens rush to leave their country
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3765

'Mugabe has pushed us to stand up and fight'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1555824.ece

Fleeing the Janjaweed: a people brutalised and betrayed
...this system to have no sense of human values or compassion is simply
brutal
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2387810.ece

Tragic story of asylum-seeker's final protest
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2387859.ece

Britain would embrace Mugabe cronies to restore democracy
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2383905.ece

Anger at US 'rendition' of refugees who fled Somalia
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2383898.ece

Mugabe seizes passports from opposition activists
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2381077.ece

Bodies of Somali soldiers burned in street by Islamists
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2381114.ece

Abolition of the slave trade
Lessons, not apologies
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2042217,00.html

Blair told to apologise for slave trade
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2042257,00.html

The black faces that adorn the canvas of history
What did Black Britain look like in the 1800s? 
There were perhaps 20,000 black people in Britain at the time of
abolition in 1807. None were slaves. Slavery in the home country of the
Empire had been gradually proscribed after the Mansfield judgment of
1772; because, as every 
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2390917.ece

01: UK

25 Mar 07

Friends launch fund to send Nepal refugee’s body home
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1284371.0.friends_launch_fund_to_send_nepal_refugees_body_home.php

Blunkett is given job at identity card firm
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2042271,00.html

War stories my father told made me a proud European
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2042205,00.html

Stop treating us like children, Lord Falconer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2042202,00.html

24 Mar 07

Tragic story of asylum-seeker's final protest
Courage and a sense of justice were not qualities that Uddhav Bhandari
lacked.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2387859.ece

Protesters condemn Mugabe's regime
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/bradford/bradfordnews/display.var.1284239.0.protesters_condemn_mugabes_regime.php

Coltishall future decision awaited
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED23%20Mar%202007%2019%3A53%3A12%3A560

23 Mar 07

Children's plea on asylum family
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=446522007

Amnesty International applauds UK Government decision sign up to
European Convention Against Trafficking 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17312

Christians Called to Lobby MPs on Refused Asylum Seeker Destitution
http://news.google.co.uk/news?ned=uk&q=asylum&ie=UTF-8

Asylum plea to Home Secretary
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1282088.0.asylum_plea_to_home_secretary.php

Child refugees head for Brum
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_headline=child-refugees-head-for-brum%26method=full%26objectid=18797955%26siteid=50002-name_page.html

Alarm over self-harm by foreign inmates
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2381053.ece

Calls grow for UK and US to help two million Iraq refugees
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/4924

Britain demands Iran free sailors 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2041366,00.html

Human trafficking fears at Olympics
http://www.burnleytoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2146291&sectionid=4068

Racial equality in Britain? Don’ t make me laugh
That’s enough self-congratulation about the slave trade
We can all easily agree, as MPs did on Tuesday when they debated William
Wilberforce’s great achievement, that sex trafficking is a sick form of
slavery. Even the Government has belatedly caught up with the mood on
this, and will today sign, two years late and after 34 other countries,
the Council of Europe’s convention against trafficking human beings,
which offers protection to trafficked sex slaves by treating them as
victims not criminals.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/alice_miles/article1555571.ece

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: councils' reaction to dispersal
proposals
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/03/22/103880/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children-councils-reaction-to-dispersal.html

Brown announces English language course pilot
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,,2040582,00.html

Karims lose asylum bid
http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.1274828.0.karims_lose_asylum_bid.php

22 Kar 07

Union's plea on children of asylum seekers
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=442092007

Wartime refugee returns to Lakes
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/newsgazette/display.var.1278066.0.wartime_refugee_returns_to_lakes.php

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: councils' reaction to dispersal
proposals
http://www.communitycare.co.uk//Articles/2007/03/22/103880/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children-councils-reaction-to-dispersal.html

21 Mar 07

UNHCR welcomes new UK effort to improve asylum screening
http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/460151c04.html

Young focus on refugees' plight
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/1100education/tm_headline=young-focus-on-refugees%2D-plight%26method=full%26objectid=18787483%26siteid=50082-name_page.html

Plan to curb access to freedom of information would be 'unworkable'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2377684.ece

Move to help asylum seeker family cases
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=440062007

>From refugees to entrepreneurs
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1276662.0.0.php

Henry in failed asylum cases plea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6473873.stm

02: Jobs

Fundamental Rights Agency: board member required
http://www.dca.gov.uk/peoples-rights/human-rights/index.htm

Asylum Rights Watch
We are looking for a volunteer, based at our new London office in
Islington, to help us to promote the Asylum Rights Watch facility within
the refugee/legal advice sectors and beyond, and to assist with the
analysis of the submissions it receives, with a view to producing
periodic reports of the evidence submitted. 
(word doc)
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/Recruitment/ARW%20volunteer%20-march07.doc

Volunteers for the Medical Foundation Chess club
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/jobs/249
- Fundraising volunteers
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/jobs/435
- Clinical volunteers
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/jobs/250

03: World

£3 a day ‘serfs ’die for Dubai’s dream
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1564100.ece

Burma: Torture and executions: inside Burma's jungle gulags
Grim labour camps are propping up the regime. 
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2042200,00.html

Congo DR gun battles 'claim 150' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6492283.stm

Iraq: Saddam's deputy executed over massacre
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2377699.ece

Iraq: UN chief rocked by Baghdad blast
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2041095,00.html

Iraq: It's a disaster, says Iraqi hawk
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2042195,00.html

Nigeria's 'war on corruption' seems to be turning into a political witch
hunt.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/22/nigeri15537.htm

Pakistani militant clash leaves up to 46 dead
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2377748.ece

Russian opposition demo quashed  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6492447.stm

US: Lesbian fights asylum case in US
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?id=3986

Zimbabwe: Refugee crisis as citizens rush to leave their country
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3765

Zimbabwe: Mugabe threatens violent repression
Hundreds of people across Zimbabwe have been beaten by police or
militia, according to doctors.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2042260,00.html

04: Europe

Eurasylum's Monthly Policy Interviews
http://www.eurasylum.org/Portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabid=19

ECRAN Special Weekly Update 16th March
http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/807

Europe's 50th birthday bash set to reopen old wounds
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2390844.ece

05: Events

2007 Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
Events calendar
http://www.frankslist.info/calendar.pdf

April 2
PEN: Another Sky - Voices of Conscience from Around the World
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=23073
Tickets:
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3935

Tuesday April 3 @ 6pm
What: Performance of Asylum Monologues
Where: Belmont Methodist Church, Walker Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne
When: Tuesday April 3 @ 6pm
Cost: FREE. Suggested donation £5. No bookings are required. Get there
early to secure a seat.
More info: visit http://www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees or phone
Churches Together Chair, Sister Jill Gracie 0191 209 2478 or email
jdmgracie at tiscali.co.uk

12th April
UKLGIG - Lesbian and Gay Asylum Seekers Support Meeting
The next meeting is on Thursday 12th April 2007 from 7-9pm
http://www.uklgig.org.uk

18 April
Asylum Seekers:
Improving Outcomes for Children
Wednesday 18 April, 2007
Jury's Great Russell Street Hotel, London WC1
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/conferences.htm#asylum

International Summer School in Forced Migration 2007 
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford 2nd–20th July 2007 
http://www.forcedmigration.org/events/2007/summerschool/

9-17 June 2007 
CRS Summer Course on Refugee Issues
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0703&L=forced-migration&P=939

06: Human Rights Act Toolkit

Special offer: this book is now half price, reduced from £22 to £11!
Full Price: £11
Edition: First (March 2003) 256pp
http://www.lag.org.uk/Templates/System/Publications.asp?NodeID=89151&Mode=display

07: New - Asylum Rights Watch

In Spring 2007, Asylum Aid will be re-launching its website, with an
entirely new design and content. A major new addition to the website
will be the Asylum Rights Watch facility. 
(word doc)
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/Recruitment/ARW%20volunteer%20-march07.doc

08: Iraqis rank first in asylum bids

Iraqis top annual asylum statistics for 2006 
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=4603be894
About UNHCR report
Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialised Countries, 2006
(PDF)
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/460150272.pdf

The number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialised countries has
jumped by almost 80% from a year earlier, according to the UN refugee
agency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6485095.stm 

Calls grow for UK and US to help two million Iraq refugees
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/4924

No easy way in for Iraq's asylum academics
http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=readitem&rgwid=2&item=Features&itemid=589&language=1

09: Immigration and Asylum Graduated Fee Scheme

About this fee scheme
This fee scheme will apply to all immigration cases started and the
majority of asylum cases lodged with the Home Office on or after 1
October 2007.
http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/civil/remuneration/immigration_asylum_graduated_fee_scheme.asp

10: UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking

This UK action plan pulls together the work currently underway to tackle
trafficking across government, and creates a platform for future work to
combat this ongoing problem.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/human-traffick-action-plan

Trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation: a literature review
(PDF)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr1007.pdf

Comprehensive new JRF report shows that slavery exists in the UK today
http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/260207.asp

11: Another Sky: Voices of Conscience from Around the World

On 2 April at the National Theatre, London, an all-star line-up of
writers and actors including Michael Palin, William Boyd, Jung Chang,
Moris Farhi, Antonia Fraser, Ronald Harwood, Prunella Scales and Timothy
West will be reading from Another Sky: Voices of Conscience from Around
the World which Profile Books is publishing in conjunction with the
human rights organisation PEN.

It is a collection of pieces by writers including Anna Politovskaya, Ken
Saro-Wira and many less well-known figures, imprisoned, often tortured
for having the courage to speak out.

Details as follows:

Monday 2 April, 6-6.45 pm £3.50/£2.50 (concessions)
National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX (nearest tube: Waterloo)

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=23073

To book tickets for this major event contact the 

Tickets:
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3935

or please call 020 7452 3000

English PEN
Another Sky
Monday 2 April, 6pm
Venue: National Theatre, London
http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/anothersky/

International PEN
"a place where writers from all cultures meet to discuss, debate and
communicate"
International PEN, the worldwide association of writers with 144 Centres
in 101 Countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual
co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of
expression and represent the conscience of world literature.
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/

12: Asphyxiation, beating, drowning: the price of crossing 
    the Gulf of Aden 

Over the past 6 days, Yemen has again received more than 1,100 Somalis
and Ethiopians who arrived on smuggling boats from Bosaso, Somalia,
across the Gulf of Aden. According to our latest information, we believe
that at least 28 people died during these recent voyages – from
asphyxiation, beating or drowning – and many were badly injured by the
smugglers.
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=4603be8a11

13: Call for papers for the seminar 'EU enlargement and labour 
    migration within the EU' 

News and events
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/1-1.php

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