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Contents

- UK

- World

- Miscellaneous

- Archive

- Speak Out against the Use of Torture

- Refugee Week events, debates and lecture

- World Refugee Day 2004

- Events

:: UK ::

Young show a positive attitude to refugees

10/6

Refugees focus on 'media myths'

"A group of asylum seekers are getting together to make films about their experiences in Britain.

10/6

Former Rwandan Child Soldier Can Fight to Stay in UK

10/6

Refugee teachers 'untapped'

"A new national taskforce aims to identify how many refugee teachers live in Britain.

10/6

Referring to: Refugee Advice and Guidance Unit

Refugees : Journey of the mind

11/6

How asylum seekers benefit Doncaster

10/6

Dungavel centre is 'set to expand'

Scotlands's only detention centre for asylum seekers and their children could double in size.

10/6

Plan to keep refugees out of South is added to Blunkett's asylum bill

"The Home Office plans to [force] more than 40,000 refugees to stay in the North and Midlands.

Registration site

11/6

and

2nd opinion: Cohesion wouldn't go amiss

"For starters, national and municipal policies often clash and end up working against each other. NASS has placed a disproportionate number of asylum seekers into disadvantaged communities. Is the regional housing strategy in touch with the significant tensions this can create?

11/6

Refugees to be denied backdated benefits

9/6

Unremovable asylum seekers to be forced to work

9/6

Seid Ahmed Must Stay Campaign

Urgent action needed

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill

The page and line references in the amendments are to the printed copy of the bill as amended on Report on 7th June 2004 and published as HL Bill 84.:

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill

Amendments to be moved in Committee (on Recommitment) printed on 8 June 2004.

Moved, That the Bill be further considered on Report.—(Lord Filkin.)

7/6

IMB Annual Report of IRC Oakington 2003

An inspection by the Independent Monitoring Board

Recommendations and point of concern

1. Review of contracts, changes and their implementation. – Item 1.4

2. Provision of an "allowance" to detainees. – Item 4.5

3. Provision of toy/books/comics for older children in Visiting Room. –

Item 6.1

4. Provision of dedicated staff for Computer room. – Item 7.3

5. Provision of education for children. – Item 8.3

6. Provision of Play Leaders for older children. – Item 8.3

7. Provision of a better Health Centre. – Item 9

8. Improved accommodation and facilities in the DDU/Seg. Unit. –

Item 11

9. Holding regular Child Policy Meetings in the Centre itself. – Item

13.2

10. Dedicated Race Relation’s Liaison Officer and officers holding

regular meetings. – Item 13.3

4/6

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:: World :

'They came at dawn on horses and camels and killed the men'

"Sudan refugees tell of militia attacks as UN warns of 300,000 deaths

Sudan: war in Darfur

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More aid, but UK turns up heat on Sudan

1998: UN warns of famine in Sudan

Serbia: Vojvodina Hit by Wave of Ethnic Attacks

"Minorities report increasing number of assaults by Serb nationalists.

Honduras: 22 Cubans who arrived on boats seek political asylum in Honduras

DR Congo: War Crimes in Bukavu

DR Congo: Annan deplores violence in eastern DR Congo as new refugees flee to Burundi

Congo clash hits peace steps, stirs ethnic fears

Switzerland: Controversial asylum centre sparks outcry

Afghan aid work hampered by growing insurgency

Chechnya: Killings on the Increase

Italy, 10 June - At least 38 Africans who landed at Lampedusa 2 June, have been expelled from Italy having violated asylum regulations.

Australia: Anger at snub of held children

"national human rights commissioner has lashed out at the Federal Government after a four-week deadline passed yesterday to release children from immigration detention.

and

Statement by Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner

Australia: Children should be out of immigration detention

Australia: Refugees: the silence of the historians

South Africa Has Highest Rate Of Women Killed By Partner

Nigeria: At least 50 Nigerians killed in fighting between Muslims and Christians

Kosovo Faces Serious Gender Inequality, UNMIK Survey Finds

Haiti: U.N. Election Workers In Haiti; OAS To Probe Aristide Ouster

Malaysia: Detention Center Visits Will Not End Abuse

The Honduran Intifada

U.S.: Latino Immigrant Leaders Push for Immigration Reform

US: Building a prison and preaching democracy

Bush's Cuba Obsession

Ireland: Citizenship Referendum 'inappropriate and disproportionate'

Afghanistan: Eleven Chinese workers shot dead in Afghanistan

:: Miscellaneous ::

G8 and Debt Relief: Good enough for Iraq, why not Africa?,

The 2004 CCFR Independent Task Force Study on U.S. Immigration Keeping the Promise: Immigration Proposals from the Heartland

BNP fails to live up to boast in Burnley

Sceptics and extremists tap a deep seam of voter ignorance

Africa-Who is telling our story?

:: Archive ::

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:: Speak Out against the Use of Torture ::

Pentagon Memo on Torture

The Road to Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib: Speak Out against the Use of Torture in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay

Israel's use of torture

Systematic Pattern of Rape by US Forces

:: Refugee Week events, debates and lecture ::

What do refugees and immigrants mean for the Britain

of the future?

A debate for Refugee Week 2004

and private view of Crimson Harvest,

paintings of peace and war

by Bosnian refugee artist Pero Mandic

Tuesday 15 June

Doors open 7.30pm

St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Admission free

Chair: Jon Snow (Channel 4)

Panel to include:

Dr Heaven Crawley, director, AMRE Consulting, and former

associate director at the Institute for Public Policy Research

Kemal Pervanic, BH Community UK, author of The Killing Days:

My Journey through the Bosnian War

Gary Streeter MP, Shadow Minister for International Affairs

For more information, contact Julia Fairrie

Tel: 020 8969 6448 or info@bridging-arts.com

Supported by Refugee Week 2004

Refreshments kindly provided by Sarajevo Pivo

Talk about refugees

The emotive issue of refugees and their treatment will be discussed by the Peace and Justice in East London group in Wanstead.

Speakers include Green MEP Jean Lambert, Nevenka Sabic of the Brentwood Diocesan Refugee project, and Paul Donovan of the Redbridge Refugee Forum.

The meeting takes place on Thursday, June 17. in the Pastoral Centre Hall, Cambridge Park, Wanstead at 7.30pm.

http://www.wansteadandwoodfordguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.498960.0.talk_about_refugees.php

The Right to Flight - Prize-winning Authors Tackle Refugee Hatred

The IRC Annual Lecture 2004 - "Far From Home"

Church House, Dean’s Yard, Westminster

Thursday 17th June, 6:45pm

1. "Far From Home" will take place at Church House, Dean’s Yard, Westminster on Thursday 17th June from 6.45 with a drinks reception from 8:15.

2. Tickets are priced £25 for the lecture and reception, £10 for the lecture only and £6 for concessions. Call 020 7692 2737 or email events@ircuk.org.

For events in Leeds, see also this page of the Leeds City Council website:

Refugee week – 13th to 20th June 2004

Refugee Week website

:: World Refugee Day 2004 ::

Updates of this year's events in Angola, Armenia, Cameroon, Croatia, Jordan, Lebanon, Peru, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and Zambia.

:: Events ::

The Role of the African Community in Combating Child Trafficking

Venue: Royal Institute of British Architects - London.

Introduction:

Event Dates: 22 Jun 04.

Event title: Asylum Seekers: Accommodation & Community Care

Venue/location: Carers UK - London

Date: 14 Jul 04

Thanks

frank.corrigan@asylumpolicy.info