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:: World
:: Miscellaneous
:: Commission: For cover design of Refugee and Asylum Seekers Ideas Annual
:: Legal Reference Service: Association for the Prevention of Torture
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:: UK ::

> Hard line on Somali asylum pleas to go on
"Home Office unmoved by UN advice on forced returns.
21 June 2004
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1243617,00.html

> New European asylum laws dangerous for refugees
20 June 2004
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/june04/relea169.htm

Referring to report: 'Broken Promises - Forgotten Principles'
"20 June 2004 - World Refugee Day European Union's Broken Promises on Refugee Protection
http://www.ecre.org/positions/Tampere_June_04.shtml

> Blair under attack over new EU deal
"58 per cent believe Britain will lose control of asylum policy
21 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=712852004

> Church asylum seeker battle
"A Church is campaigning to prevent the removal of an Iranian asylum seeker who has been told to leave the country today.
21 June 2004
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?command=newPage&nodeId=133941&contentPK=10382818

> African asylum seeker praises town's welcome
21 June 2004
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/darlington/news/NEWS2.html

> How refugees and their families contribute to British life
20 June 2004
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-06/esr-hra061804.php
Mentioning: 'Council for Assisting Refugee Academics'
http://www.academic-refugees.org

> Cops hit out over scots treatment of refugees
"Scotland's biggest police force has spoken out against Government-backed evictions of asylum seekers in Glasgow.
20 June 2004
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14350840%26method=full%26siteid=86024%26headline=cops%2dhit%2dout%2dover%2dscots%2dtreatment%2dof%2drefugees-name_page.html

> Refugee Week Challenge Cup held
20 June 2004
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_objectid=14351029%26method=full%26siteid=50141%26headline=refugee%2dweek%2dchallenge%2dcup%2dheld-name_page.html

> Mugabe Supporters 'Given Fake Papers to Enter Uk'
20 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3090506

> People-trafficking trial collapses
"The jury was instructed to enter formal verdicts of not guilty against Mr Cheng, his uncle Guo Chen, who ran the Dragon Palace Chinese restaurant in Portland Street, and Miah. But it has now emerged that Chen has since been granted leave to remain in Britain.
21 June 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3826051.stm

> Government proposals to monitor marriages
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/campaign/asyimmbill/jcwi%20briefing%20new%20marriage%20amendments%2015%20june%202004.pdf

:: World ::

> Sudan: Government 'in denial' to blame for refugee crisis
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15441.html

> Sudan: Sudanese woman Halima Mohamed Ali tells her refugee story
http://www.welthungerhilfe.de/WHHEN/index.html

> Sudan: Emergency in Darfur, Sudan: No relief in sight
http://www.msf.org/countries/page.cfm?articleid=B15ECCC4-8C30-492B-935C08C11A0A17C7

> Sudanese rebels say take control of wider area
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20549034.htm

> Sudan: Power of persuasion
"Military action against Sudan would only make matters worse for the Darfur refugees
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1243490,00.html

> Sweden: Indonesia - Aceh Exiles Arrested, Released
http://www.laksamana.net/vnews.cfm?ncat=35&news_id=7174

> Haiti: Last chance to end cycle of violence
http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGAMR360482004

> Kosovo's Exiles: The Last of the Dyancheros
Documentarist Boris Mitic further explores the lives of the industrious Belgrade crew he introduced in his film Pretty Dyana.
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=69&NrSection=3&NrArticle=12271

> Kosovo's Exiles: Deportees: No Place Like Home
"Thousands of Roma are 'voluntarily' streaming back from the West to joblessness and homelessness in Belgrade.
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=69&NrSection=3&NrArticle=12272

> Iraq: MoD probes 'mutilation' of Iraqis by UK troops
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1153062,00.html

> Iraq: Small Iraqi village turns into war zone
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/9ca65951ee22658ec125663300408599/46742f269547a4f785256eba0013d209?OpenDocument

> Iraq: Top US general faces Abu Ghraib hearing
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1152971,00.html

> Congo troops 'deployed eastwards'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3824135.stm

> DR Congo troop move irks Rwanda
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3824135.stm

> Ireland: McDowell challenged to show refugees are welcome
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=47074&pt=n

> IOM: Bishop's warning over asylum seekers
"The Island should make provision in law for asylum seekers or it will end up 'ashamed'
21 June 2004
http://www.iomonline.co.im/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=870&ArticleID=809915

> Belarus : OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about hunger strike
21 June 2004
http://www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?id=4166

> US: Agency helps refugees find jobs in their professions
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/8971159.htm

> McDowell challenged to show refugees are welcome
http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=2298825&p=zz9884x&n=2298917

> Philippines: New wars, old tactics for Southeast Asian militants
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK108763.htm

> Australia: A young refugee's plea for a better future
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/20/1087669843457.html

> Australia: Free th refugees: Merlin interviewed
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/586/586p24.htm

> Burundi says cannot cope with more Congo refugees
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20538712.htm

> Nigerian warlord says vote fraud fuels conflict
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19430220.htm

> Afghanistan: UN election office attacked with rockets
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL106970.htm

> Ivory Coast: Factions battle in rebel stronghold
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21625604.htm

> Lebanon: Israeli warplanes strike south
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20561663.htm

:: Miscellaneous ::

> Country's emigrant past lies forgotten as Irish accused of racism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1243629,00.html

> Reflections by the Irish Refugee Council on World Refugee Day, 20th June 2004
http://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/pub04/pub20-06-04.html

> Consultation: Reconciling Security and Liberty in an Open Society
"The consultation period for begins in March 2004 and ends on 31 August 2004, however it would
be helpful if major submissions could reach the department by the end of June 2004.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs3/consultation_reconciling.html

:: Commission: or cover design: Refugee and Asylum Seekers Ideas Annual ::

> Brief for cover design: Refugee and Asylum Seekers Ideas Annual "Small Places Close to Home"
"We want to commission a design for a book cover (or illustration for the cover) for the latest in the Community Links Ideas Annual series. The book is entitled "Small Places, Close to Home" and will be focussing on community projects led by or working with refugees and asylum seeking communities.
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/designbrief.doc

:: Legal Reference Service: Association for the Prevention of Torture ::

> The Association for the Prevention of Torture Legal Reference Service is a unique and comprehensive online database of international, regional and (to a lesser extent) national documentation related to the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
http://legal.apt.ch/intro.htm

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