[noborders-brum] 'Rally, Solidarity, ten, 12 principles, Hunger Strike, Unethical' - 8 May 07 - 65 items (approx)

Tue May 8 10:56:35 UTC 2007

'Rally, Solidarity, ten, 12 principles, Hunger Strike, Unethical'
8 May 07 - 65 items (approx)

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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] World
[04] Events
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'Rally, Solidarity, ten, 12 principles, Hunger Strike, Unethical'

Rally to urge fairer deal for illegal immigrants
Group seeks citizenship route for 'shadow people'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2074078,00.html

UK: Strangers into Citizens March to Trafalgar Square Monday May 7th 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/369943.html
See:
Strangers into Citizens
http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/

Women in Yarl's Wood Removal Centre on Hunger Strike 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/369842.html

GMB To Challenge Minister Over Proposed Redundancies At Yarl’s 
Wood Immigration Removal Centre
New contractor’s (SERCO) proposed staff cuts will risk safety at 
centre as GMB warning to Joint Committee of Human Rights prior 
to Serco take over
http://www.gmb.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=95441

A fair deal for those who come to Britain
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,2074287,00.html

MP leads amnesty call for 500,000 illegal immigrants
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=709522007

Thousands call for illegal immigrant amnesty
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5240

We’ve earned an amnesty, say protesting migrant workers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1760177.ece

Church Leaders Join London Rally for Illegal Immigrant Rights
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.leaders.join.london.rally.for.illegal.immigrant.rights/10671.htm

Social workers should refuse to co-operate with 'unethical' removals of
asylum-seeking children in care
Collier also said that as more social workers were co-located with
immigration officers, they were under “increasing pressure” to
co-operate with practices that “violated” the rights of children and
young people.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/05/08/104406/social-workers-should-refuse-to-co-operate-with-unethical-removals-of-asylum-seeking-children-in.html
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Defiance not Compliance: Workers in the caring professions are expected
to act as immigration officers to their clients; reporting to the home
office, cutting off benefits and services. If they refuse they could be
victimised or sacked. The unions need to protect their workers and
actually organise defiance.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/364855.html

Canada: Immigrant rights are worker's rights! Status for All!
http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/node
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Read about all the 12 principles for a Regularization Program
Thu, 2005-06-09 15:22
http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/principles

US: National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Our ten points of unity (based on our Jan 29, 2007 open letter to the
Congress)
http://www.mayday2007.org/

Protesters march for refugees, migrants.
Several hundred Montreal protesters marched along Jean Talon St.
yesterday in support of migrants and refugees. 
...spokesperson for the Solidarity Across Borders, said there are an
estimated 500,000 undocumented people in Canada, of which at least
40,000 live in Montreal.
http://www.december18.net/web/papers/view.php?paperID=5213&menuID=41&lang=EN

Solidarity Across Borders
http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/

Mass highlights migrants' plight 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6631193.stm

Amnesty for migratnts without papers 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/369932.html

Migrants find a voice in the rain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6633015.stm

Regularisation: Government urged to think again 
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=365&Type=2

Amnesty called for illegal migrants and refused asylum seekers
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/news/2007/may/20070508.htm

One Man's Terrorist, Another's Refugee?
Today's foreign terrorists could become tomorrow's U.S. refugees if the
Bush administration gets its way.
The intent is to grant refugee status to rebels who have fought
repressive governments or advanced U.S. foreign policy objectives,
particularly in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6611181,00.html
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Former British prime minister Margaret (now Baroness) Thatcher supported
South Africa's apartheid state and labelled Mandela "a terrorist."
http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=9318&grp=1&cat=388

[02] UK

7 May 07

Reid's resignation boosts Brown
Shock as home secretary announces he will quit cabinet in the summer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/labourleadership/story/0,,2074035,00.html

Putin urged to restore peace in Chechnya
More than 100 members of Britain's political and cultural elite have
written to President Vladimir Putin of Russia urging him to use his
final year as president to restore "peace and justice" to Chechnya.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2519041.ece

London tourism's Indian summer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Business/story/0,,2073864,00.html

Another Political Thatcher Is Born
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37636

6 May 07

Reid will quit Cabinet in summer
John Reid has said he will stand down as home secretary in June
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6629877.stm

Ayi Samson Ake and family
http://www.nottsrefugeeforum.org.uk/first.htm

Enough of the superiority. Life can be so much better in France
Nicolas Sarkozy is urging his expats in London to come home, but they'll
have to find a place among all the Brits flocking south.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2073515,00.html

British oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria as rebels step up campaign
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2516751.ece

Junk food nation
Alarming levels of malnutrition have been recorded in Britain, prompting
medical concern at the effects of the nation's addiction to junk food
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article2516769.ece

147 soldiers dead in Iraq, 54 in Afghanistan - the human cost of
'humanitarian intervention'
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2516758.ece

5 May 07

Lonely death of Polish dad who dreamed of a better life
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?rpc=401&storyId=L15138862

Britain protests to Olmert about illegal settlement
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2514300.ece

MNA Gyan Singh seeking asylum in UK, Bheel tells NA
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/May07/05/10.htm

Mutiny! The uprising that shook the world
It's a century and a half since a revolt by soldiers in the Bengal army
exploded into a bloody nationwide rebellion that nearly ended the
British presence in India. 
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2514263.ece

4 May 07

Lordorice & Imelda Belong to Belfast
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine82/lodorice.html

Out of the shadows
Undocumented immigrants should be allowed to work legally to earn their
right to stay
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/comment/0,,2071703,00.html

Phoney policies only backfire. We need an amnesty for illegal migrants
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2072236,00.html

Warning over job cuts at immigration centre
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2072722,00.html

A new idealism
Ed Miliband writes for ippr on Labour's need to forge a political ethos
of equality, community and empowerment.......
http://www.ippr.org.uk/articles/?id=2693

Reuters: a brief history
Reuters was set up in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born
immigrant. He opened an office in the City of London
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2072832,00.html

UK tries to stop Zimbabwe chairing UN commission
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2510914.ece

Immigrants swell population by thousands
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1378115.0.immigrants_swell_population_by_thousands.php

Tribunal forces opening up of ID card 'gateway' docs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/04/id_gateway/

2 May 07

Booking a ticket to success
A voluntary scheme at local libraries is offering refugees and asylum
seekers a new lease of life 
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2069748,00.html

[03] World
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Iraqi refugee climbs tall antenna for Canada visa
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?rpc=401&storyId=L06689692

36 dead as migrants' boat capsizes
At least 36 Haitian migrants have died after their boat sank in the
Atlantic ocean, near the Turks and Caicos islands.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2073475,00.html

Global Campaign Calls for Tackling the Roots of Poverty
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37627

The price of being left alone has been the tolerance of mass murder
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2074272,00.html

War without end 
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/

Don't mention the Wall: Has Berlin escaped its divided past?
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2522066.ece

Australia to accept 120 stranded asylum seekers
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1915161.htm

Colombia: Mass graves uncovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6629217.stm

India's untouchable millionaire
Entrepreneur who escaped the rigid caste system warns that it is
becoming more divisive as India grows richer.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2073476,00.html

Iran: The kiss that brought immorality debate to a head
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2514303.ece

Iraq: Infant mortality in Iraq soars as young pay the price for war
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2521681.ece

Iraq: The Great Wall of Baghdad may be going up, but there's still
carnage on the streets
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2516744.ece

Iraq: Stoning to death of girl provokes wave of killings
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2519070.eces

Iraqis now fear their own security forces more than the insurgents
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2510910.ece

Ireland caught in battle over teenager's right to abortion
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2511437.ece

Israel/occupied Territories: Liberian refugees in Israel face
deportation
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?rpc=401&storyId=L15138862

Israel/occupied Territories: Israel 'routinely tortures prisoners'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2519072.ece

Kosovo's long road to independence
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2521683.ece

Pakistan judge blasts 'dictators'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6629287.stm

Turkey breaks deadlock over its presidency amid protests and 'threats'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1756071.ece

US: Immigration Groups Ponder Next Move
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6608503,00.html

US: Lesbian From Turkmenistan Wins Asylum In US
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/05/050307immig.htm

US: Local Immigration Laws Bring High Costs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6610859,00.html

US: President Bush Discusses Immigration Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070428-3.html

US: Eye Witness Reports: May Day 2007 Los Angeles Police Attack at the
MacArthur Park
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0886

Venezuela: Chávez threatens to nationalise banks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/venezuela/story/0,,2072649,00.html

[04] Events
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Date: 1/6/2007
In My Own Words: services for young children in a multilingual society
Children in Europe Conference 2007
http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/tra_tshow.php?ref=981

1-7 June
Volunteers' Week
http://www.volunteersweek.org.uk

On 9, 10 and 11 July 2007 the Belgian government will host the first
meeting of the 
‘Global Forum on Migration and Development’. 
http://www.gfmd-civil-society.org/index.html

14 – 18 August 2007
Training - Gettin Ready for Work 
Hillcroft College, South Bank, Surbiton, KT6 6DF
This course is for women who wish to plan their way back into work.
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Intensive Study Skills
http://www.hillcroft.ac.uk

Poverty and Homelessness Action Week 2008
http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/news-items/poverty-and-homelessness-action-week-2008

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