From noidea at riseup.net Sat Jan 5 20:59:24 2008 From: noidea at riseup.net (noidea at riseup.net) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:59:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] New social centre in brum? Mtg Wed 16th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2024.127.0.0.1.1199566764.squirrel@petrel.riseup.net> Hi all A very inspiring and positive first meeting about setting up an autonomous social centre in brum took place just before Xmas. A second meeting is planned at the MAC (Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park),Wednesday 16th starting at 7.30pm, to which everyone who would be interested in being involved in an autonomous social centre in Birmingham is invited, to discuss more concrete plans for both short term and long term free spaces. Please bring all ideas and suggestions you may have, especially for publicity and/or fundraising. The MAC is wheelchair accessible and is on the 1, 45 and 47 bus routes, see http://www.macarts.co.uk/?page=visiting for how to get there. Check out more info about the last meeting and plans so far: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2008/01/388770.html From mike-d at riseup.net Thu Jan 10 10:44:29 2008 From: mike-d at riseup.net (Mike D) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:44:29 -0000 (GMT) Subject: [noborders-brum] Six years of Guantanamo - Orange Friday Message-ID: <1307.127.0.0.1.1199961869.squirrel@tern.riseup.net> Hi everyone, There will be a protest outside the council houses in Birmingham city centre on Friday 11th January at 1.00pm to mark six years of the Guantanamo Bay military base being open as a prison. Please come along if you have the opportunity. On Saturday 12th January there will be a vigil outside Waterstones from 1.00pm to 3.00pm. www.guantanamo.org.uk http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/388985.html Mike Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign From frank.corrigan at frankslist.info Thu Jan 31 22:27:11 2008 From: frank.corrigan at frankslist.info (Frank Corrigan) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:27:11 +0100 Subject: [noborders-brum] Like Any Other Child? A compassionate...system, opt-out - Help wanted with funding applications Message-ID: <0a9006e8bfb6a243d663e873f7ccb2fb@smtp.ymlp14.net> Dear Subscriber, 1) Like Any Other Child? A compassionate...system, opt-out 2) Help wanted with funding applications 1) A compassionate...system for children I am writing to advise that the Home Office has published an update to it's con-sultation on unaccompanied children seeking asylum. Proposals: A compassionate immigration system for children http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/new-immigration-fees1 See also: MF welcomes child asylum review but warns against swifter removals http://www.torturecare.org.uk/news/latest_news/1385 Border and Immigration Agency publishes proposals for unaccompanied children seeking asylum. http://www.ilpa.org.uk/Press%20Release%20310108.doc Response to government reform paper on unaccompanied children seeking asylum http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2008/January/20080131.htm Planning better outcomes and support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/uasc/ Draft code of practice consultation http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/keepingchildrensafe/ Written ministerial statement ? Placing unaccompanied asylum seeking children a network of with specialist local authorities to ensure they receive the expert services they need. ? Better procedures to assess age in order to ensure children and adults are not accommodated together. We will establish a working group with key stakeholders to gain consensus on how we move forward in this complex area of public policy. ? Ensuring that we resolve a child?s immigration status more quickly and therefore enable care planning to focus on integration or safe early return to the country of origin for unaccompanied young people. ? Putting in place better procedures for identifying and supporting asylum seeking children who are the victims of trafficking paying particular attention to those who are at risk of going missing or at risk of further harm or exploitation. We will ensure that proposals around reform are developed in accordance with the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. ? Third, the Home Secretary announced a review of the UK?s reservation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child on 14 January. http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/news/childrensdaywms.pdf Related: Asylum seeker children entrapped in poverty About publication: Like Any Other Child? http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/press_releases.htm?ref=33812 Home Office to review immigration opt-out on child rights charter http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/01/15/106958/home-office-to-review-immigration-opt-out-on-child-rights-charter.html When is a child not a child? Asylum, age disputes and the process of age assessment http://www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ILPA%20Age%20Dispute%20Report.pdf 2) Help wanted with funding applications Can I also take this opportunity to give a general request to anyone who could help Exile complete funding applications to grant making bodies, with a view to introducing a much improved version of the information services provided by frankslist.info and supporting the 5000+ subscribers. Yours faithfully Frank Corrigan frank.corrigan at frankslist.info http://www.frankslist.info _____________________________ Change address / Leave mailing list: http://ymlp14.com/u.php?exile+noborders-brum at lists.aktivix.org Hosting by YourMailingListProvider