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- UK
- World
- Miscellaneous
- Refugee Week
- World Refugee Day
- Archive


:: UK ::

Words and Pictures: From Liverpool's princess to Scotland's prisoner - free at last
"This little girl was chosen out of hundreds of children to be crowned Liverpool's parade princess. But on June 3rd she was lifted from her bed clutching her teddy bear and thrown into a van with her parents in a dawn raid by a home office immigration squad and taken to Dungavel Removal Centre to await deportation. But after an intense 4-day campaign led by Positive Action in Housing, she and her family were freed today
18 June 2004
http://www.paih.org/liverpoolprincess.htm

Link: 'Liverpools' Lord Mayor Parade'
http://www.llmp.org.uk

Refugees win released on appeal from Dungavel
19 June 2004
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=696622004

Detained and facing expulsion, the girl who wanted to be a princess
19 June 2004
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=533067

Release joy for Mongolian family
18 June 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3817753.stm

Regina v. Special Adjudicator (Respondent) ex parte Ullah (FC) (Appellant)
"The primary issue in these appeals, brought by leave of the Court of Appeal, is agreed to be:
Whether any article of the European Convention on Human Rights other than article 3 could be engaged in relation to a removal of an individual from the United Kingdom where the anticipated treatment in the receiving state will be in breach of the requirements of the Convention, but such treatment does not meet the minimum requirements of article 3 of the Convention.
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200304/ldjudgmt/jd040617/ullah-1.htm

Earlier reference: 'Courts to take account of human rights violations in asylum-seekers country of origin'
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/press/press-releases-2004/ullah-asylum.shtml

Link: 'European Convention on Human Rights'
http://www.echr.info

Group gives displaced a voice
"Refugees and asylum seekers in Wales will have the chance to tell their stories through a photo-journalism project run by the Refugee Media Group in Wales
19 June 2004
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14347064&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=group-gives-displaced-a-voice-name_page.html

The new Europe in 333 pages
"The constitution allows for majority voting in 30 new areas, including asylum and immigration
19 June 2004
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,9061,1242744,00.html

Asylum centre contract is signed
"Ministers said they had signed a 10-year-contract with GSL UK Ltd, currently a part of Group 4 - who run many of the country's prisons.
18 June 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/3819537.stm

Why we should raise flag for immigration
"Refugee Week in the UK; and on Wednesday afternoon, the Scottish Parliament spent an hour debating a member’s motion on refugees and asylum seekers
19 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=696352004

Link to Scotiish parliament debate:

Agent Risks Jail for Revealing Details of 'Dirty War'
18 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3084172

School's Asylum Seekers Alarm
18 June 2004
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=104152&command=displayContent&sourceNode=102611&contentPK=10349983

:: World ::

Sudan: Up to two million people at risk of thirst, hunger and disease
http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGAFR546162004

Sudan accuses Eritrea of threatening peace deal
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17355454.htm

Chechnya: We are not your enemy in the war on terror
http://www.iht.com/articles/525576.htm

Guinea-Bissau: Security Council commends democratic progress
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11090&Cr=guinea&Cr1=bissau

OT/Israel: Palestinians Work on Power-Sharing Plan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4219972,00.html

OT/Israel: Arafat recognises Jewish state and limit to return of refugees
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1242404,00.html

Zimbabwe: No Plans to Extradite Mengistu: Chinamasa
http://allafrica.com/stories/200406180348.html

Ireland: Government fails to stem rise in hostility toward immigrants
http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGEUR296172004

Haitian march calls for Aristide's return
http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/world/story/1442597p-8805677c.html

U.S.: Investigate Civilian Deaths in Iraq Military Operations
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/18/iraq8872.htm

Japan: Sex slave gangs put Japan on shame list
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-1150128,00.html

:: Refugee Week ::

14 to 20 June

http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk

http://www.refugeeweekinscotland.org.uk

:: World Refugee Day ::

Sunday June 20

World: On UN Refugee Day, Action Is Urged On Sudan, The 'Worst Humanitarian Crisis'
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/06/bf620895-86ee-4714-8f63-6f3c101c2613.html

Refugee Day: One Million Wasting Away
http://allafrica.com/stories/200406181061.html

Caring for the world's refugees, whose favorite mantra is 'home'
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=5417

No place like home, as UN to observe World Refugee Day on Sunday
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11099&Cr=&Cr1=

World Refugee Day to focus on xenophobia
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,81973,00.html

UN seeks homes for millions of refugees
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1135637.htm

Examine Yourselves, Bishop Urges Leaders On Refugee Day
http://allafrica.com/stories/200406180985.html

Kosovo and World Refugee Day
http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=1748&blz=1

World Refugee Day to honor graduates' success
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/06/53129216.shtml?Element_ID=53129216

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