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- UK
- World
- Miscellaneous
- Refugee Week
- Archive
- 'Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals'

:: UK ::

RWRP briefing on Asylum Bill 2003 for House of Lords Committee, 15th June
15/6
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/

British Medical Association's activities to help refugee doctors
14/6
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=9485

Minister marks Refugee Week with call for compassion in Wales
14/6
http://www.wales.gov.uk/news/index.htm

Scotland's leading figures were dropping in on Glasgow's asylum seekers today.
14/6
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/print/news/5027470.shtml

A fair exchange
"Mark Oliver reports on a scheme that is helping refugees to Britain and their hosts understand each other better
14/6
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Refugees_in_Britain/Story/0,2763,1238539,00.html

'I told them if I go home, gunmen will kill me'
16/6
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Refugees_in_Britain/Story/0,2763,1239012,00.html

Forced Return of Somalis Condemned as 'Reckless'
15/6
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3066902

Should youngsters be kept in asylum centres?
15/6
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=14333805&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=should-youngsters-be-kept-in-asylum-centres--name_page.html

Yesterday in parliament
"In the Lords, peers debate the committee stage of the asylum and immigration (treatment of claimants) bill
15/6
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/commons/story/0,9061,1239273,00.html

Deportees sent back to war zone
"Failed asylum seekers quietly returned to Somalia
15/6
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1239004,00.html

Face the Facts: Latest reports on torture and organised violence.
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/publications/reportChech.htm

Book: Child refugees tell their stories
14/6
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/108722552211.htm

It will take a different kind of Blair to stay in power
15/6
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1238903,00.html

Britain's asylum shame
14/6
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/marriages3.11980.html

New induction service improves asylum process in Manchester
14/6
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=972

:: World ::

Turkey: EU Bid Hinges on Further Rights Reforms
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/15/turkey8816.htm

Saudi Arabia created the monster now devouring it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1238065,00.html

Iraq abuse 'blamed on Cuba rule'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3806713.stm

Iraq: 'Treat them like dogs'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1146171,00.html

Iraq Car Bombs Kill At Least 16; Two Iraqi Officials Slain
http://www.unwire.org/News/328_426_24852.asp

Nauru hunger strike alarms Australian politicians
http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1132423.htm

Australia: Court backs Pacific solution
http://seven.com.au/news/nationalnews/90884

Australia: Merlin congratulated for TV stunt
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9849281%255E1702,00.html

Sudan: Call for no-fly zone as killing continues
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=679182004

Afghanistan: Refugees International to Conduct Humanitarian Assessment Mission to Afghanistan
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/cgi-bin/ri/mission?mc=00306&spotlight=1

Sudan: US considering whether Darfur displacements, killings constitute genocide
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41651&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=SUDAN

Sudan hinders aid groups going to Darfur - UN
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14417661.htm

Sudan: Government forces, militias have committed atrocities
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11038&Cr=Darfur&Cr1=Sudan

Nepal landmine blast kills 21 policemen
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL44025.htm

Nepal insurgency
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/emergency/NE_INS.htm

Bosnian Serbs Admit To Srebrenica Massacre
http://www.unwire.org/News/328_426_24845.asp

East Timor: Trapped by fear: the forgotten refugees of East Timor
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=531340

DR Congo: 3.3m people face disaster in Congo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,12292,1239064,00.html

DR Congo: Humanitarian Crisis Worsening In D.R.C., U.N. Expert Warns
http://www.unwire.org/News/328_426_24848.asp

Eastern Congo becoming civilian disaster zone-UN
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13348710.htm

US: Smuggling Ringleader Guilty in 19 Deaths
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4205068,00.html

Japan put on U.S. human-trafficking watch list
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20040615021

Zimbabwe 'not nationalising land'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3808297.stm

India: 'Four militants' killed in India
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3807435.stm

Cambodia agrees to UN help for Montagnards
http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=40&par=790

:: Miscellaneous ::

Supporting people through online campaigns
Workshop hand-outs
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/workshop.htm

Aid for 10m people 'sabotaged'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3807535.stm

Diplomat removed for doing job
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_objectid=14334372%26method=full%26siteid=50141%26headline=diplomat%2dremoved%2dfor%2ddoing%2djob-name_page.html

:: Refugee Week ::

14 to 20 June

Suffolk: Launch of refugee week
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/Content/news/story.asp?datetime=15+Jun+2004+09%3A48&tbrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&category=News&brand=ESTOnline&itemid=IPED15+Jun+2004+06%3A48%3A49%3A463

http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk

http://www.refugeeweekinscotland.org.uk

:: Archive ::

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:: 'Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals' ::

Full-text (PDF file)
http://www.ein.org.uk/resources/fullBPG.pdf