[noborders-brum] 'Desperate, Moving on, Blockade, Darfur, Raids, apology' - 28 Mar 07 - 65 items (approx)

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'Desperate, Moving on, Blockade, Darfur, Raids, apology'
28 Mar 07 - 65 items (approx)

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Lead: 'Desperate, Moving on, Blockade, Darfur, Raids, apology'

Desperate measures
The alarming rate of asylum seeker suicides - and the lack of reporting
it - is a shame on us all 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2044156,00.html
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Driven to desperate measures
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/september/ha000013.html

The Deadly Consequences of "Fortress Europe" - More than 6700 Deaths -
http://www.unitedagainstracism.org/pages/info24.htm

Protest Wed 28th March — Eagle Building, Bothwell Street
In memory of Uddav Bhandari, an asylum seeker from Nepal who was driven
to desperation by the Home Office and set himself on fire in the
Immigration Tribunal on the 7th March and died last Sunday. 
Meet at the Eagle building on Bothwell Street, from 11am to 2pm
(PDF)
http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org/28Mar07_demo_flyer.pdf

Asylum seekers left "destitute"
http://news.viewlondon.co.uk/Asylum_seekers_left_destitute_18102302.html

Blow for Brown as poverty figures increase after years of decline
http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,,2044237,00.html

Moving On: From destitution to contribution
The Inquiry has now reported, with the Commissioners calling for a
policy in which asylum seekers can contribute to society rather than
rely on precarious handouts.
http://www.jrct.org.uk/text.asp?section=0001000200030006
Download reports:(PDF's)
- Moving on - from destitution to contribution 
http://www.jrct.org.uk/core/documents/download.asp?id=202
- Destitution in Leeds (Research report) 
http://www.jrct.org.uk/core/documents/download.asp?id=203
- Destitution in Leeds (Research report summary)
http://www.jrct.org.uk/core/documents/download.asp?id=204
- Moving On - press notice 
http://www.jrct.org.uk/core/documents/download.asp?id=205

Urgent Appeal On Behalf Of Destitute Asylum Seekers 
http://paihnews.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/urgent-appeal-on-behalf-of-destitute-asylum-seekers/

Home Office sending Darfur survivors to face torture in Khartoum
http://www.aegistrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=598&Itemid=88

Deportation threat hangs over Darfuris who fled to Britain
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2398874.ece

ENOUGH Releases a Comprehensive Strategy for Ending the Crisis in Darfur
(PDF)
http://enoughproject.org/reports/pdf/answer_to_darfur.pdf

Right case, wrong advocate
Tony Blair is pressing for the establishment of a no-flyzone over
Darfur, but it is clear that Mr Blair and George Bush have been almost
completely discredited as morally driven interveners after the
experience of Iraq.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2044212,00.html
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A monstrous war crime
With more than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq, our government must take
responsibility for its lies.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2044157,00.html

Stop Dawn Raids!
Last week there was a dawn raid, the first for four months. This
morning, one week later, the tables were turned in an early-morning
protest.
http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org
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Help us in our work with asylum seekers in Glasgow. We need volunteers
and funds
http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org/donations.html

Brand Street Blockade
http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3910/index.php

Anti-dawn raid protest outside asylum offices
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=472242007

Asylum centre stormed by campaigners
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=469482007

Poison of racial hatred
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/editorial/display.var.1287123.0.0.php

Children 'lost to sex industry'
Some 20 children in the care of social services in the West Midlands
have recently disappeared, probably into the sex trafficking trade, a
charity says. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6497651.stm

Incredibly, we are about to legalise modern domestic slavery again
To pander to the new plutocracy, the Home Office is planning to remove
migrant carers' rights to change employer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2042657,00.html

Blair refuses to bow to slave trade apology demands
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2393346.ece

C of E ponders slavery payments
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6494243.stm

Most widespread forms of child slavery revealed 
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/resources/details.jsp?id=4974&group=resources&section=news&fromgroup=news&newssection=newslibrary&subsection=details&pagelang=en&expandgrp=getinvolved


01: UK


28 Mar 07

Asylum seekers freed without father
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=asylum-seekers-freed-without-father%26method=full%26objectid=18817135%26siteid=50141-name_page.html

Reid promises 'stronger borders'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6501451.stm

UK borders
Updated briefing on UK Borders Bill 
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/briefings/2007/borders.htm

Immigration reform plans set out
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2261496.html?menu=

BBC fights to suppress report into allegations of bias against Israel
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2398870.ece

27 Mar 07

NIACE Welcomes New Measures on ESOL
http://www.fenews.co.uk/newsview.asp?n=2325
See:
Funding Guidance 2007/08 - DRAFT
Learning and Skills Council learner eligibility guidance for 2007-08:
version 1
http://www.lsc.gov.uk/publications/latestdocuments/
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Minister for Further and Higher Education Bill Rammell today published
the Race Equality Impact Assessment (REIA) on the changes to the
eligibility for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses
and changes to the eligibility to FE funding for asylum seekers. He also
announced a range of new measures to address the concerns raised around
the changes to ESOL, including £4.6m in 2007-08 to support vulnerable
learners through the Learner Support Hardship Fund.
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0050

Tribunal to decide family rights
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/reports/article1572373.ece

British backtrack on Iraq death toll
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2396031.ece

The hands of history: Paisley and Adams announce era of hope
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/ulster/article2396057.ece

Threat to extend travel ban to family of Mugabe
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2396040.ece

26 Mar 07

Protest hits immigration centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6494555.stm

A warm welcome to Scotland
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/focus/display.var.1287125.0.0.php

A wake-up call for maladministration in the Home Office IND
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=361&Type=2
See:
Principles of Good Administration
http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/improving_services/good_administration/index.html

Ministry of Justice? Just the job for Harriet 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2042671,00.html

West tries to unite Zanu-PF rebels
Whitehall and Washington talk to rebel faction in Mugabe's party.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,,2042873,00.html
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Bombing may be start of anti-Mugabe backlash
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2393304.ece

24 Mar 07

Chinese workers 'send millions' in cash lifeline to homeland
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=462712007

23 Mar 07

Trafficking victims to be granted 30-day stay
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2041398,00.html

CRE calls on local groups for 'zero tolerance' in election campaigns
http://www.cre.gov.uk/default.aspx.locid-0hgnew0sj.Lang-EN.htm

22 Mar 07


Foreign National Prisoners – Ineffective systems, rising self-harm and
population pressure
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/fnpineffectivesystems

02: Jobs

P/T Communications Officer (Campaigns)
Location: London
Hours: 21 per week
Salary: Starting at £30,030 pa 
Closing Date: 11 April  07
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/jobs/commsofficercampaigns.aspx

03: World

Smugglers 'drown' scores in Yemen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6496777.stm

Independence plan for Kosovo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1572424.ece

Burma's new capital city unveiled 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6498029.stm

Congo DR: 'Up to 500 dead' in clashes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6499729.stm

Darfur: Europe's leaders respond to demands for action to stop genocide
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2393302.ece

Egyptians boycott vote to bar Islamic opposition
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1572423.ece

UN warns of Darfur aid collapse 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6494159.stm

UN chief slams 'sad and tragic' results of Israeli wall
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=465202007

Australian in Guantánamo hearing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,2043009,00.html

Congo DR: More than 100 dead in two days of clashes in Congo, says aid
group
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2393303.ece

Japanese prime minister apologizes to World War II-era sex slaves
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2396009.ece

Sri Lanka: wo killed in Tamil Tigers air attack on military base
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2393401.ece

Turkey looks east, not west
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,2042861,00.html

Zimbabwe: Mugabe faces showdown with his party as violence grows
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2398901.ece

04: Europe

Human Rights in the OSCE Region 
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2007/03/report-human-rights-in-osce-region.html

05: Events

Demonstrations against deportations to DR Congo
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/march/ha000026.html

Symposium on Refugee Narratives 
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0703&L=forced-migration&P=2063


06: The new series of CRE factfiles

How many labour migrants come to the UK each year? Is the number of
complaints of racial discrimination rising or falling? Does someone's
ethnicity have an effect on their chances of having a job?
http://www.cre.gov.uk/research/factfiles.html


07: Student society in migration launched

Migration Studies Society
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/teaching/MigrationStudiesSociety.shtml


08: New asylum model (NAM) - Overview and implications 

This updated briefing presents an outline of the new asylum model and
discusses its implementation to date, and outlines its strengths and our
concerns.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/briefings/2007/nam.htm

Information Sheets

New Asylum Model
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20New%20Asylum%20Model.pdf

Home Office clarify how children's asylum claims will be dealt with
under with under the New Asylum Model
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033


09: Travel, Passports and Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance


Big Brother surveillance means no one is safe, experts warn
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1572626.ece

Report: 'Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance'
Challenges of Technological Change
http://www.raeng.org.uk/policy/reports/pdf/dilemmas_of_privacy_and_surveillance_report.pdf

Keeping an Eye On
Two actors take to the stage to present two future scenarios set in
2025. Afterwards there’s the opportunity to discuss in small groups the
impact and direction of future technologies. And there’ll be time for
audience-wide questions and answers with experts at the end.
http://www.danacentre.org.uk/events/2007/03/27/244


10: ‘Yogyakarta Principles’ a Milestone for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 
    and Transgender Rights

Experts Set Out Global Standards for Sexual Rights and Gender Equality
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/26/global15546.htm


11: Forthcoming Publications Meaning of Public Authority under the 
   
Human Rights Act; and Treatment of Asylum Seekers

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) publishes its Ninth Report of
Session 2006-07, Meaning of Public Authority under the Human Rights Act,
on Wednesday 28 March 2007 at 10.00am as House of Lords Paper HL 77,
House of Commons Paper HC 410. There will be no embargoed advance copies
of this Report.

The Committee will also publish its Tenth Report of Session 2006-07,
Treatment of Asylum Seekers, House of Lords Paper HL 81, House of
Commons Paper HC 60, on Friday 30 March 2007 at 00.01 hours. Embargoed
advance copies of the Report will be available to the media and to
witnesses from 11.00am on Wednesday 28 March.

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights/jchr260307pn23.cfm


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