22 May 2004 [asylumpolicy.info] - 'Scrap inhuman law'

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UK, World, Miscellaneous and Events

:: UK ::

Shelter is a basic human right, says Court of Appeal
21/5
http://england.shelter.org.uk/home/home-624.cfm/pressreleaselisting/1/pressrelease/85


‘Scrap inhuman law’ – Citizens Advice response to Court of Appeal ruling in asylum cases
21/5
http://www.nacab.org.uk/prelfull.ihtml?id=0000185


Full-text of Section 55 ground-breaking court decision
The Secretary of State for the Home Department - and - (1) Wayoka Limbuela (2) Binyam Tefera Tesema (3) Yusif Adam Case No: C/2004/0383, 2/2004/0384 & C/2004/0277
21 May 2004 (52 pages)
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/limbuela.htm

Online:
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/docs/limbuela.htm

PDF:
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/docs/limbuela.pdf

Text:
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/docs/limbuela.txt

Word:
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/docs/limbuela.doc

Background:
Court cases
http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases.htm

General
http://www.asylumsupport.info

Media reporting:
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/mediareports.htm

Search results:
http://asylumsupport.info.master.com/texis/master/search/?q=section+55&s=SS

Google search results:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=section+55&btnG=Search&meta=


Shelter requests urgent help to find case studies, as court case has potentially huge implications for "single homelessness and the statutory housing rights of people from abroad"
http://www.asylumsupport.org.uk/casestudies.htm


Refugee Council welcomes Court of Appeal decision to uphold asylum seekers' right to shelter
21/5
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/may04/relea164.htm


Blunkett loses asylum case appeals
22/5
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1084907753583

Court rejects tough stance on refugees
22/5
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-1118910,00.html


Ban on benefits and housing for asylum-seekers ruled illegal
22/5
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=523726


Blunkett Loses Refugee Case
22/5
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14264494%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=blunkett%2dloses%2drefugee%2dcase-name_page.html


Asylum-seekers win battle for food and shelter
22/5
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/22/npol122.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/22/ixnewstop.html


Judges throw out Blunkett asylum appeal
22/5
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1222200,00.html


Court rejects Blunkett's asylum test cases
21/5
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1084907744293


Blunkett loses appeal on asylum seekers
21/5
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=523432


Court rejects Blunkett's asylum support appeal
21/5
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1221946,00.html


Blunkett loses asylum seekers case
21/5
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_962837.html


Blunkett loses asylum appeal case
21/5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3735203.stm


Judges rule against Blunkett on asylum
21/5
http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200405/d288d244-a157-410c-8117-131202cc1eb8.htm


Campaigners set to rock against racism
21/5
http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=795037


Asylum seeker targets area title
21/5
http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=59&ArticleID=795184


Asylum seeker slashes his wrists
21/5
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/news/story.asp?datetime=21+May+2004+19%3A43&tbrand=EADOnline&tCategory=NEWS&category=News&brand=EADOnline&itemid=IPED21+May+2004+19%3A44%3A00%3A683


Lack Of Compassion For Asylum Seekers
21/5
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=86446&command=displayContent&sourceNode=86445&contentPK=10041697


Last-minute reprieve for deportee: Mr Valiyev is being held Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
"An asylum seeker from Suffolk facing deportation was given a last-minute reprieve on Friday
21/5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3735249.stm


:: World ::

Sudan: Why the West has failed
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=581962004


UN refugee agency opens seventh camp for Sudanese refugees
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10823&Cr=sudan&Cr1=


Horrors behind the wire in Australia's detention camps
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3567956&thesection=news&thesubsection=world


UN Burundi peacekeeping gets approval
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apafrica_story.asp?category=1105&slug=UN%20Burundi


Hunger Striking Armenians ’ Health Conditions Deteriorating
http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=9175


Malta: UNHCR says deportation could have been premature
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=154461


Liberian refugees end horror trip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3737779.stm


Rebels kill 25 people, including 8 children, in northern Ugandan
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/05/21/468220-ap.html


Militant Uganda group kills 41 people, UN says
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21511331.htm


Israel/Occupied Territories: Call for independent investigation into Rafah killings
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15376.html


Iraq: Responding to reports of Scotland Yard investigating torture death
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15374.html


U.S. Tries to Get Off the Hook on War Crimes
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/20/usint8602.htm


Mugabe supporters smash opposition offices in demo
http://www.zimvigil.co.uk/index.asp


Concerns Over Uzbek Crackdown
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200405_286_2_eng.txt


Radicals Test the Ground in Drenica
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200405_498_1_eng.txt


Tajikistan: Guilty by Association
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200405_286_1_eng.txt


Tajikistan: Dushanbe Jews ordered to vacate synagogue by July
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=325


Forgotten People: The Central African Republic
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/cgi-bin/ri/bulletin?bc=00824&spotlight=1


Assessment Mission to Thailand
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/cgi-bin/ri/mission?mc=00304&spotlight=1


Sweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egypt
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/may/12sweden.htm


Gambia's Report On Sexual Abuse And Exploitation
http://allafrica.com/stories/200405210712.html


Fleeing Ethiopian Refugees Arrested
http://allafrica.com/stories/200405210404.html


55,000 displaced Nigerians in camps
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en65444&F_catID=&f_type=source


In pictures: More shocking images of apparent abuse in Iraqi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3737863.stm


The citizenship referendum - why the Irish Refugee Council says No
Word document
http://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/press04/pr21-5-04.doc

and
http://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/press.html


:: Miscellaneous ::

Working Group On Arbitrary Detention To Meet In Geneva
http://www.unog.ch/news2/documents/newsen/hr04037e.htm


400 foreigners stranded in British jails
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1221409,00.html


High Commissioner's speeches
Statement to the Security Council, by Mr. Ruud Lubbers, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (New York, May 20)
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/whatsNew


:: Events ::

Conference on Migrant Health in Europe
Jun. 23 - 25, 2004
Rotterdam, Netherlands
http://www.migranthealth.net/jive/category.jspa?categoryID=13


Carnival of Cultures: Ottawa’s International Folkloric Festival
Jun. 17 - 20, 2004
Ottawa-Hull, Ontario
More information about this event is available on the Carnival of Cultures Web site.
http://www.carnivalofcultures.ca/default_eng.htm



European accession - new opportunities for all
Speakers include: Des Browne MP, Minister of State for Citizenship and Immigration Wednesday 16th June
http://www.ippr.org.uk/events/index.php?id=210


Closing the gap: tackling regional economic disparities
Speakers include: Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Margaret Fay, Chair of One NorthEast, Steve Rankin, Regional Director, CBI, Prof Steve Fothergill, Sheffield Hallam University and Nick Pearce Monday 14th June
http://www.ippr.org.uk/events/index.php?id=215

 

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