[noborders-brum] '1bn, 7m, UK, Rights, Bill, Air rage, fight, death, constitution' - 14 May 07 - 70 items (approx)

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'1bn, 7m, UK, Rights, Bill, Air rage, fight, death, constitution'
Sent 14 May 07 - 70 items (approx)

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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] Jobs
[04] World
[05] Events
[06] Europe
[07] 19 May: National Day of Action
[08] Migrants Action team, Scotland
[09] Whistleblowers & Freedom Of Information Act
[10] A Guide for Young Asylum Seekers and Refugees
[11] Westminster Briefing - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children 
[12] ChangeCheck gives practical guidelines on how community 
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[01] Lead items: 
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'1bn, 7m, UK, Rights, Bill, Air rage, fight, death, constitution'

Ageing UK needs 7m immigrants to survive
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2078232,00.html
Link:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/uk

Climate change to make one billion refugees
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10710325.htm
Link:
Christian Aid
http://www.christian-aid.org

Man wins deportation legal fight
A man has won a legal battle for British citizenship after being
detained under immigration laws.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6647967.stm

Refugee stabbed to death in land he thought was safe
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2533986.ece

Brown may bring in written constitution
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2530769.ece

'Air rage' lets asylum seekers stay in UK
During the past two years there have been 1,173 occasions when attempts
to remove detained people have failed due to disruptive behaviour on
their part.
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=740172007

'A Bill of Rights for Britain?'
Liberty’s short response to the JUSTICE discussion paper
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/publications/1-policy-papers/index.shtml

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

Police 'escape justice' in Menezes death inquiry
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2533985.ece

'Bad news on ID cards buried'
Opposition parties accused the Government of burying bad news and
breaking the law today, after new figures revealed the rocketing cost of
the ID cards project.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2528508.ece

Liberty responds to Independent Police Complaints Commission
announcement on Stockwell shooting investigation
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/stockwell-response.shtml


[02] UK

13 May 07

Sarkozy blocks second Sangatte
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1782047.ece

Foreign prisoners report 'buried'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/13/ncrime113.xml

British blamed in Johnston stand-off
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1782186.ece

Extradited to Equatorial Guinea: So, where is Mark Thatcher?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2536871.ece

12 May 07


Family given 30 days to leave country
http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.1393406.0.family_given_30_days_to_leave_country.php

Brown reviews strategy on Iraq
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1780079.ece

How Burton unwittingly made ethnic cleansing fashionable
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article1780547.ece

11 May 07


Asylum system not fit for purpose
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,2077224,00.html

Reid accused of 'burying bad news' on release of ID card costs
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2530792.ece

Blair's departure: Blair's approach to Africa was simplistic and lacked
understanding
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2534082.ece

Blair's departure: The view from Baghdad
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2530767.ece

10 May 07

The Immigration Legacy of Tony Blair 
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=600

Iraq: COI report (April 2007)
(word doc)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/iraq-110507.doc

Q&A: British pride as UNHCR flag flies at the North Pole
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/media?page=home&id=464477314

Half a million kids' DNA on police database
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/11/kids_dna/


[03] Jobs
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[04] World
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Google  Google sticks by censorship policy
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/search/story/0,,2077527,00.html

Haiti Immigrants Angry With Boat Sinking
...patrol boat may have caused a packed vessel to capsize last week,
killing at least 61 of their countrymen.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6627246,00.html

Exile who finally came home to lead his country
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2530762.ece

Afghan FM dismissed over refugees
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6649963.stm

Cuba Accuses U.S. of Violating Treaties
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6625789,00.html

Chinese hospital staff face attacks
Market-oriented system sees poor go untreated.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2078004,00.html

Hungary: Justice denied to victims of rape in the home
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17357

India; Untouchables sweep to power
Party of India's lowest caste win landslide vote in Uttar Pradesh.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,2078012,00.html

Iraq: Teachers' killings turn Sunni Iraqis against al-Qa'ida
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2527724.ece

Iraq: 'More troops' call as Iraq murders soar
234 bodies dumped in Baghdad in only 11 days
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2078422,00.html

Israel/occupied Territories: Unborn baby dies during Israeli night raid
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2534017.ece

Pakistan set to declare state of emergency
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1779624.ece

Pakistan: 27 killed as Pakistan crisis erupts
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2078495,00.html

Serbia becomes rights watchdog
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1779945.ece

Serbia's democracy saved by 11th-hour coalition deal
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2533993.ece

US: Town Bans Renting to Illegal Immigrants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6629069,00.html

US: Critics Bash LAPD As a 'Warrior Culture'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6628822,00.html

Zimbabwe to chair major UN body 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6645715.stm

[05] Events
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20th May 2007 on Not for Sale Sunday we will be engaging with the issue
of the modern slave trade - human trafficking for sexual exploitation
http://www.ecsr.org.uk/cm/news/136


[06] Europe
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UN agency issues recommendations on integration of refugees in Europe 
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22519&Cr=refugee&Cr1=

EU accused of artificially inflating its aid figures
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2530776.ece


[07] 19 May: National Day of Action
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Asylum Rights: national day of action in defence of asylum rights on
19th May!
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/367904.html

National Day of Action to defend Assylum Rights May 19th Solihull 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/370121.html

National Day of Action in Defence of Asylum Rights, May 19 - Manchester
Event! 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/370457.html

2 London events
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/370528.html

Nottingham
http://www.nobordersnottingham.org.uk/index.php?newsid=34


[08] Migrants Action team, Scotland
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The New Migrants Action Project is working with communities and service
providers across Scotland to promote equality of rights, opportunities
and access to support for new migrant communities.
http://www.paih.org


[09] Whistleblowers, Freedom Of Information
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Freedom Of Information: Government could be forced to publish secrets of
Iraq memo
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2530738.ece

Freedom of Information Act 2000
UK government legislation defining what information public sector
organisations are obliged to provide on request.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000/20000036.htm

UK: Whistleblowers Imprisoned, Media Gagged
Two whistleblowers have been imprisoned for leaking a Blair/ Bush
meeting memo. 
(PDF)
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/uk-whisteblower-pr.pdf

Whistleblowers should be saluted, not persecuted
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2078538,00.html

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/19980023.htm

The Public Interest Disclosure Act
The Act protects workers from detrimental treatment or victimisation
from their employer if, in the public interest, they blow the whistle on
wrongdoing.
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/supportingcharities/pida.asp

Public Concern at Work (PCaW) - UK Public Interest Disclosure Act
Following is a summary of the key points and provisions of the Public
Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA).
http://www.pcaw.co.uk/legislation/legislation.html


[10] A Guide for Young Asylum Seekers and Refugees
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Publication: Life and Law in Britain

Target age
KS3 - KS4

Pricing (for print copies)
The book is free but we have to charge for postage and packing:
10 copies: £7.95
20 copies: £9.25
50 copies: £13.25 
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/resource.php?s309

Publication: Ending Slavery: an unfinished business
(PDF)
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/lib_res_pdf/0577.pdf


[11] Westminster Briefing - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children 
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Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking
Children: Working in Partnership to Improve Services at the Local Level
Date: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Time: 10.45am – 2.00pm
Venue: One Whitehall Place, Westminster
http://www.westminster-briefing.com/events/Planning_better_outcomes.htm

Booking form: (word doc)
http://www.westminster-briefing.com/media/Word/BkgForm%20BT067%20270607.doc


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