[noborders-brum] 'child, age disputes, Housing, Marriage, Racism, fear, UK Borders - 23 May 07 - 100 items (approx)

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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] Jobs
[04] World
[05] Europe
[06] Events
[07] university places
[08] Life and death in exile
[09] DeleteTheBorder.org, no more deaths
[10] European Workers, Citizenship and Asylum Statistics
[11] Glasgow event: Legacy cases and the New Asylum Model
[12] VIS, ID Cards, Data Collection, de-facto racial profiling
[13] An Unsettled Future? Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
     in the 21st Century. 7-8 December 2007
[14] PICUM: 'proposals to fight ‘illegal’ employment and 
     exploitative working conditions'  - translators needed
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[01] Lead items:  
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'child, age disputes, Housing, Marriage, Racism, fear, UK Borders

ILPA research report
When is a child not a child?
Asylum, age disputes and the process of age assessment
Full report (PDF)
http://www.frankcorrigan.com/age.pdf
- Summary
http://www.frankcorrigan.com/agesummary.pdf
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The sorry plight of the refugee children
Last night the boys were in the care of a fully-staffed children's home
after the Guardian disclosed details of its investigation to Birmingham
city council. "Children's safety is our paramount concern," a spokesman
said. "We will be urgently looking into this case to check on the safety
[of these boys] and look at their age assessment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2086807,00.html

"Sham" marriage controls breach human rights rules Court of Appeal
http://www.frankslist.info/sham.txt
See:
Full Court of Appeal Ruling
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Baiai & 
Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 478 (23 May 2007)
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/478.html
Link:
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/

Rules on sham marriage 'unlawful'
Controversial immigration rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are
unlawful, says the Court of Appeal.
Judges said the law breached the fundamental rights of immigrants
subjected to the vetting. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6682465.stm

Amnesty International Report 2007: 
Politics of fear creating a dangerously divided world
Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to
erode human rights, said Amnesty International as it launched 'Amnesty
International Report 2007', its annual assessment of human rights
worldwide. 
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17360

Anti-fascists oppose racist myths on housing
http://www.uaf.org.uk/news.asp?choice=70522

Launch of the Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) 
European Parliament (Brussels, EP-PE: Room-Salle ASP A1E1)
on Wednesday, June 6th (12:00 – 14:00)
Concept Paper & Programme 
(PDF)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/CP%20%20prog%20integr%20%20undoc%20workers-final1.pdf
Registration Form 
(PDF)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Registration%20form%20-%20formulaire%20inscription%2006-06-07.doc
Hodge accused of scapegoating immigrants
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2085497,00.html

The search for scapegoats
There is something terribly suspicious about Margaret Hodge's foolish
call for British families to be given housing priority over immigrants.
http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2573274.ece

A simple-minded politician, asylum-seekers and the complex realities of
global politics
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/deborah_orr/article2573279.ece

Living with the state
http://society.guardian.co.uk/communities/story/0,,2085066,00.html

Hodge plan illegal 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6679255.stm

Making Barking mad
The problem is a housing shortage, not excess immigration. Coupling the
issues, as Margaret Hodge has done, could be exploited by racists.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jon_cruddas/2007/05/making_barking_mad.html

Council housing, migration, and insecurity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2085071,00.html

No 10 seeks to play down housing row
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2084773,00.html

Housing race
Margaret Hodge's comments serve to racialise the current immigration and
housing debate and show ignorance of council policy.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dhananjayan_sriskandarajah/2007/05/housing_race.html

Joint Committee on Human Rights 
Legislative Scrutiny: Sixth Progress Report

UK Borders Bill
(1) Immigration Officers' powers to detain, search and seize
(2) Biometric registration of persons subject to immigration control
(3) Deportation of foreigners convicted of criminal offences
(4) Support for asylum seekers
(5) Human trafficking 
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/105/10502.htm

[02] UK

23 May 07


Deportee separated from breastfeeding son
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2085615,00.html

Support Peter Gichura, disabled asylum seeker, in a precedent-setting
disability discrimination case!
http://www.allwomencount.net/EWC%20WwDiss/PeterGichuraLealflet.htm

Report: 19 May Asylum Rights March Glasgow 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371326.html

'Whither Multiculturalism?' debate recording
MP3 recordings from this week's multiculturalism debate are now
available to download.
http://www.ippr.org.uk/events/archive.asp?id=2713&fID=199

Protesters acquitted of sabotaging US bombers
Two claimed they were preventing war crimes when they broke into RAF
Fairford on eve of Iraq war.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,,2085930,00.html

Radioactive legacy
Litvinenko: At best, Britain and Russia are losing faith in each other's
legal systems.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2085723,00.html

Putin refuses to extradite Litvinenko murder suspect
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2085774,00.html

English anguish
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=english-anguish%26method=full%26objectid=19167188%26siteid=50082-name_page.html

Multiculturalism and nation building go hand in hand
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2085740,00.html

US Muslims more assimilated than British
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2085998,00.html

22 May 07

Life for asylum seeker’s murder
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1415793.0.life_for_asylum_seekers_murder.php

Russian faces Litvinenko charge
An ex-KGB man should be charged with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko,
UK prosecutors say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6678887.stm

Government does not know which company member will be jailed for
'knowingly employing illegal immigrants' under new legislation
http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/05/22/40696/government-does-not-know-which-company-member-will-be-jailed-for-knowingly-employing-illegal-immigra.html

Eastern Europe UK workers grow 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6679755.stm

C of E joins asylum campaign
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5292

Church Challenges Government over Failed Asylum Seekers
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.challenges.government.over.failed.asylum.seekers/10872.htm

Disabled asylum seeker from Kenya threatened with deportation
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2447&c=uk&h=Disabled+asylum+seeker+from+Kenya+threatened+with+deportation

Belfast support for an asylum seeker terrified of being sent back to
Africa
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2568109.ece

It's thriving, but lethal
Britain's decade of arms exports puts the lie to any notion of an
ethical foreign policy under Blair.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2085038,00.html

21 May 07

A golden opportunity
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/editorial/display.var.1412125.0.0.php

'Down but Not Out' 
Over 100 delegates attended the Churches' Refugee Network conference
which was held in collaboration with ECSR.
http://www.ecsr.org.uk/cm/news/141

Protest to prevent deportation of mother and baby to Cameroon 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371268.html

Liberty calls for investigation in mistreatment of asylum seekers
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/mistreatment-of-asylum-seekers.shtml

19 May 07



[03] Jobs
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Refugee Community Organisation Mentoring Project Manager
Salary: £27,000 - £31,000
Location: London
http://www.timebank.org.uk/about/vacancies.php

[04] World
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The six-day war is not over. Today, it brings the spectre of al-Qaida in
Gaza
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/0,,1074056,00.html

Unicef appeal for Iraqi children 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6682489.stm

The road to Jerusalem (via Lebanon)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2573297.ece

A front-row seat for this Lebanese tragedy
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2567970.ece

Hague court probes CAR 'crimes' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6679513.stm

US warning to Syria as Beirut asks for more arms
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2085969,00.html

UN troops 'traded gold for guns' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6681457.stm

Enemy of the state
A year in the life of the Chinese dissident Hu Jia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2085191,00.html

Iran's plan to force US out of Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2085192,00.html

Battle rages on in Lebanese camp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6678941.stm

Bulgaria: Protest Against FoI Amendments
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/bulgaria-foi-press-release-07.pdf

China's child fines 'spark riot'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6677273.stm

Indonesia: Decentralisation and Local Power Struggles in Maluku
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4849&l=1

Iran accuses US academic of instigating 'soft revolution'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2085865,00.html

Israel/Occupied Territories: Abbas fights to restore ceasefire as
airstrikes pound northern Gaza
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2573301.ece

Lebanese bombardment renewed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2085391,00.html

Lebanon: Camp 'massacre'
Lebanon's Nahr al-Bared refugees describe horrors
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6682015.stm

Somalia, in desperate need, must not be abandoned 
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22623&Cr=somalia&Cr1=

Spanish shock campaign aims to deter migrants
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2567978.ece

Turkey: Kurds implicated in Ankara bomb attack
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2573341.ece

US: Senate extends immigration debate 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6676581.stm

US: Judge halts enforcement of rental ban against immigrants
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0901

US: Immigration Deal Survives Early Test
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6654289,00.html

[05] Europe
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Coalition Europe is a platform of National and European Non Governmental
Organisations active in the field of Human Rights, including the fight
against discrimination, racism and for social justice and the rights of
minorities.
http://www.coalitioneurope.org

[06] Events
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Saturday 2 June, 10am
Scottish Detainee Visitors' AGM
Strathclyde University Chaplaincy, John Street, Glasgow
Speakers, Workshops, Fair Trade Stall
Lunch will be provided
All welcome
For more info, contact Kate Alexander, coordinator at sdv.org.uk
http://www.sdv.org.uk

Free performances of Asylum Monologues in 12 UK cities on June 21
http://www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees/asylum_monologues_june21.htm


[07] university places
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Asylum-seekers’ children deserve university places
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.1417678.0.0.php


[08] Life and death in exile
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Life and Death in Exile 
Events at Kensal Green Cemetery 
A unique opportunity to visit this beautiful West London cemetery during
Refugee Week (17 – 24 June): tours, art and a day of exploration (19
June, 10am – 4pm). 

And visit again on the cemetery open day, Sunday 8 July: stalls –
refreshments – art – talks – and tours of the graves of exiles and
immigrants.

Booking form:
http://www.tandem-uk.com/exile.htm


[09] deleteTheBorder.org, no more deaths
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towards a global network of movements against borders
http://deletetheborder.org

No More Deaths - No Mas Muertes - Home
http://www.nomoredeaths.org


[10] European Workers, Citizenship and Asylum Statistics
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Migration from new EU states 'past peak'
Only 8,000 Bulgarians and Romanians sought work so claims that 300,000
would flood in were way off mark.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2085994,00.html

Migration figures explode claims of east European invasion
http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2085635,00.html

Number of asylum seeker children detained rises
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/05/22/104567/number-of-asylum-seeker-children-detained-rises.html

Home Office Statistical Bulletin 08/07 - Persons Granted British
Citizenship, United Kingdom 2006 
(PDF
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb0807.pdf

One million immigrants granted British citizenship in past decade
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1826737.ece

Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter 2007 United Kingdom 
(PDF)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/asylumq107.pdf

Response to recent asylum statistics
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2007/may/20070522.htm

Asylum seeker deportations drop
http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/latest-national-news?articleid=2895151

Eastern European UK workers grow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6679755.stm

Bulgarian and Romanian workers report [192KB]
(PDF)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/22_05_07_bulgrom_workers.pdf

Eastern European workers report [192KB]
(PDF)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/22_05_07_workers.pdf

Fear over number of Bulgarians and Romanians unfounded: restrictions
should be lifted 
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=367&Type=2


[11] Glasgow event: Legacy cases and the New Asylum Model
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NAM and Legacy Seminar - Thursday 31 May 09.30-12.30
Scottish Refugee Council offices, Glasgow £60/£35. 
Booking info:
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/../../training/forms/

ILPA Information sheets
- Legacy Cases (PDF)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20Legacy%20Cases.pdf
- New Asylum Model (PDF)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20New%20Asylum%20Model.pdf
More:
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice.html

'legacy cases'
(PDF)
http://paih.org/IMPORTANT%20INFORMATION%20FOR%20FAMILIES%20SEEKING%20ASYLUM%20IN%20SCOTLAND.pdf

No Amnesty, No Regularization!!! / Legacy Cases - ILPA information sheet
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/newszine81/legacy.html


[12] VIS, ID Cards, Data Collection, de-facto racial profiling
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UK Borders Bill
Joint Committee on Human Rights 
Legislative Scrutiny: Sixth Progress Report
In our view, the introduction of the biometric immigration document
gives rise to the same concern about de facto racial profiling.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/105/10502.htm

Discrimination fear over ID cards
The decision to bring in ID cards for foreigners before bringing them in
for Britons may lead to "de-facto racial profiling", MPs and peers have
warned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6677331.stm

EU moots 'deep background' checks for racist-free border controls
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/discriminatory_borders/

World's largest biometric database on the off: The Visa Information
System (VIS)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/vis_legislation/

'Orwellian' society
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/6660681.stm

Everywhere, your ID and database information will be checked by CCTV and
mobile hand-held devices
ID Cards not needed
http://www.georgeorwell.org.uk/

Northrop Grumman Wins U.K. Fingerprinting Job
"Other features to be added later include mobile fingerprint-checking,
facial imaging and video identification. Iris scan capability and
interfaces with other electronic capabilities, such as DNA matching,
also may be added, Forry said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12568-2004Dec19.html

31 May: Surveillance Society - the EU Connection
Guy Herbert of NO2ID speaks to a public meeting

http://www.no2id.net/news/events.php#139

Constitution Committee
The Committee is undertaking an Inquiry into the Impact of Surveillance
and Data Collection upon the Privacy of Citizens and their relationship
with the State. Please see the Call for Evidence:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/CFE%20Final.doc
 and Press Release:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/Press%20release.doc
for further information. The deadline for written evidence is Friday 8
June.

ID interrogation centres
http://www.no2id.net/getInvolved/idCentres.php

Top cops speak out against ID cards and retention of DNA
 
http://www.no2id.net/news/pressRelease/release.php?name=Top_cops_speak_out

School biometrics in the City and Notts
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371212.html

Liverpool police get mini-Black Helicopter
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/21/black_helicopters_over_merseyside/


[13] An Unsettled Future? Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
     in the 21st Century. 7-8 December 2007
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A two-day international conference to mark the culmination of the RSC's
25th Anniversary Celebrations.
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/unsettled.pdf

RSC termly email update 
(PDF)
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/rsc_update_no6.pdf

New Project on Young Undocumented Migrants in the UK
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/research_current_rz4.html


[14] PICUM: proposals to fight ‘illegal’ employment and 
     exploitative working conditions  - translators needed
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Joint comments on the expected Commission proposals to fight ‘illegal’
employment and exploitative working conditions  
in English (PDF)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/joint%20comments%20ETUC%20PICUM%20SOLIDAR%202604507%20EN%20final.pdf
and French (pdf) 
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/joint%20comments%20ETUC%20PICUM%20SOLIDAR%20260407%20FR.PDF
by PICUM, Solidar and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

PICUM is currently looking for Volunteer Translatorss for the PICUM
Newsletter. We particularly need people to translate from English to
French and Dutch.
If you would be interested in helping to promote undocumented migrants’
rights, please contact PICUM for more information:
administration at picum.org

PICUM and ENAR (the European Network Against Racism)
invite you to participate in a 
Launch of the Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) 
in the European Parliament (Brussels, EP-PE: Room-Salle ASP A1E1)
on Wednesday, June 6th (12:00 – 14:00)
On Policy Coherence in Managing Integration:
The Case of Irregular Migration & Employment

Concept Paper & Programme in:
- English (PDF)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/CP%20%20prog%20integr%20%20undoc%20workers-final1.pdf
and French (PDF)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/CP%20%20prog%20integr%20%20undoc%20workers-final1-FR.PDF
Registration Form (doc) To be returned by 30.05.07 at the latest
(word doc)
http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Registration%20form%20-%20formulaire%20inscription%2006-06-07.doc


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