[noborders-brum] Volunteer, Mansoor, Screening & Hillingdon, age and identity
Frank Corrigan
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Mon Mar 10 10:19:28 UTC 2008
Volunteer, Mansoor, Screening & Hillingdon, age and identity
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Contents:
[1]... Volunteer Treasurer Wanted
[2]... Mansoor Hassan, here to stay
[3]... Childrens Commissioners reports on: Screening Unit & Hillingdon
[4]... Who decides the age and identity of unaccompanied minors?
[5]... Asylum and Immigration conferences: March 15th and March 29th
[1]... Volunteer Treasurer Wanted
Exile is looking for a volunteer Treasurer (Trustee) -
http://www.exile.org.uk
Summary - A person with good finance knowledge is needed to help Exile
manage it's accounts, budget and ensure controls are in place to comply
with legislations. All Travel and associated out-of-pocket expenses
will be paid.
Commitment Minimum 4 meetings per year.
Induction Briefing & informal meetings, external training can be
arranged.
If you are interested in this role, or need to know more, please email:
frank.corrigan at frankslist.info
An informal face-to-face meeting, or telephone call can also be aranged.
[2]... Mansoor Hassan, here to stay
Congratulations to Mansoor Hassan and family, whose campaign to stay in
the UK has finally succeeded.
As a founding volunteer trustee of Exile (http://www.exile.org.uk) his
help and support has always been appreciated.
Background:
Hassan Family Stay Campaign
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/newszine52/mansoor.html
Mansoor Hassan and Family Defence Campaign
http://www.noii.org.uk/2004/10/23/mansoor-hassan-and-family-defence-campaign/
[3]... Childrens Commissioners reports on: Screening Unit & Hillingdon
Traumatised and neglected: how Britain fails child asylum-seekers
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/traumatised-and-neglected-how-britain-fails-child-asylumseekers-792760.html
Report: Claiming asylum at a screening unit as an unaccompanied child
Childrens Commissioner calls for end to unacceptable treatment of young
asylum seekers
(PDF)
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/Claiming%20Asylum%20at%20a%20Screening%20Unit%20as%20a%20UASC%20-%20FINAL2.pdf
Hillingdon report (March 2008)
The Childrens Commissioners findings and recommendations regarding the
care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the London Borough of
Hillingdon
This document is aimed at:
* Government
* Childrens services
* Those working with unaccompanied
asylum seeking children
* Members and staff of the London Borough of Hillingdon
We conclude, in the light of our research, that the best interests of
unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in Hillingdon are not being
adequately protected at present.
(PDF)
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/Hilligdon_FINAL4.pdf
No longer cast adrift: http://www.asylumsupport.info/castadrfit.htm ? ?
?
Hillingdon news release
(Word doc)
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/Hillingdon%20press%20release.doc
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Evidence from the Office of the Childrens Commissioner on the
de-accommodation policy and practice of the London Borough of Hillingdon
(PDF)
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/documents/written%20evidence_de-accommodation%20final_CH_080107_0%201.pdf
Related:
The Queen on the application of Helen Berhe, Yorsmame Kidane, Wahdat
Munir, Albertina Ncube (claimant) v The London Borough of Hillingdon
(defendant) - Secretary of State for Education and Skills (interested
party)
http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases.htm
See:
No longer cast adrift
http://www.asylumsupport.info/castadrfit.htm
London Borough of Hillingdon
Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) scorecard 2007
http://cpa.audit-commission.gov.uk/STCCScorecard.aspx?TaxID=103996
Care and support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children covering
entitlements to social services support and the Hillingdon judgement
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Refugee+and+Asylum+Seeking+Children/Resources/Support.htm
Changes since the Hillingdon judgement (2003)
http://www.researchasylum.org.uk/?lid=368
Report:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54_2519.htm
Leading article: Every child matters
...children seeking asylum. They are sometimes brought to this country
by people traffickers, taken into care, and then disappear.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-every-child-matters-793364.html
Our children are missing: Most vulnerable youngsters are targeted
Social services departments are also being stretched by growing problem
of young asylum-seekers who vanish from care soon after arriving alone
in the UK amid suspicions they have been taken by human traffickers.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/our-children-are-missing-most-vulnerable-youngsters-are-targeted-793496.html
[4]... Who decides the age and identity of unaccompanied minors?
It was held that a local authority does not have the final say on the
matter of a young person's age and identitiy, and that such a decision
should ultimately rest with the court.
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Refugee+and+Asylum+Seeking+Children/latestnews/PRFeb08.htm
See:
London Borough of Lambeth v. TK & KK
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/103.html
Related:
When is a child not a child? Asylum, age disputes and the process of age
assessment
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/pub.html
[5]... Asylum and Immigration conferences: March 15th and March 29th
Joint BASW/Unison Asylum Conference - 15th March 2008, London
The conference aims to challenge the UK Government to recognise their
full obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The challenge:
To launch the campaign to promote the rights and welfare of children
without UK citizenship living in the UK
To provide information and support for professionals working with these
children to enable them to promote their rights and welfare in their
every day practice
To lobby the Government
http://www.basw.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=53&articleID=706
29th March 2008: Conference against Immigration Controls, London
2nd Trade Union and Community Conference
We aim for a conference that is undogmatic and which allows for open
debate.
Themes identified are:
* how trade unions can initiate a campaign of recruitment and
organisation of migrants and refugees
* Fighting back against the implementation of new legislation 'to
prevent illegal working in the UK'
* Stopping deportations and detention of members
* Defiance not Compliance How can unions support and encourage
their members in refusing to implement immigration controls in their
services - social work, education, pilots and air cabin crew, ticket inspectors...
* Immigration, racism and fascism opposing racist propaganda, the
myths from the Government, the media and the fascists.
http://www.29thmarch.org.uk/
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