24 June 2004 - [www.asylumpolicy.info] - 'Solidarity in Glasgow'

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:: UK
:: World
:: Miscellaneous
:: Events
:: Job and Volunteer opportunities: Médecins du Monde UK (Doctors of the World UK) and IPPR
:: Stateless and Deported
:: UK UNHCR: How you can help
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:: UK ::

Asylum lawyers’ fury at salaried service
"...putting the aims of the government before the best interests of their clients.
24 June 2004
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/articles/27.asp


Ministers accused of overlooking benefits of refugees
24 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=723272004


Racist Incidents: NASS Policy bulletin 81
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/default.asp?PageId=2070


Up to 80% of victims fail to report violent racist incidents to police
"The report did, however, praise the efforts made by the force, in particular their pro-active work with asylum seekers. It makes 18 recommend-ations, including a radical re-focus on training officers to interact with the public, the creation of a separate multilingual phone system, and leaflets in a range of languages.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/18765.html

and 'Racism in the police'
http://www.theherald.co.uk/18712.shtml


Executive 'failing' on non-white teachers
24 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=722462004


UK, US Holocaust centres to close in Sudan/Darfur protest
23 June 2004
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23153340.htm


'Migrants Make Up 8% of UK Population'
"This figure includes asylum seekers
24 June 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3110406

Concerning:
Office of National Statistics report: 'Focus On People and Migration'
"It includes information on changes in the age structure of the UK, as well as on population growth and the role of fertility and migration in driving population change.
24 June 2004
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/focuson/migration/


Immigrants 'not a drain on resources'
24 June 2004
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=104152&command=displayContent&sourceNode=102611&contentPK=10412525


Refugee Solidarity in Glasgow
23 June 2004
http://www.scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/458/index.php


Asylum seekers who disappear
24 June 2004
http://www.thisisevesham.co.uk/worcestershire/evesham/news/EVE_NEWS_LATEST0.html


The new frontier
24 June 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1246359,00.html


Watch latest PMQs - 23 June
The Prime Minister answered questions on Europe, the Health Service, Immigration, Sudan, and the G8 in PMQs yesterday.
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page6009.asp


Ayyoubi and Azaren Families Must Remain in Turkey
"NCADC has received a call for help from Turkey for the Ayyoubi and Azaren Families, Iranians who fled Iran and are seeking asylum in Turkey. The heads of both families could face imprisonment it returned to Iran
Sign the Online Petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/iransos1/

Via: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/


A broader view from the UK's gateways
23 June 2004
http://education.independent.co.uk/careers_advice/story.jsp?story=534447


Spending watchdog tells government to get asylum decisions right first time
23 June 2004
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/june04/relea170.htm


IAS welcomes NAO report on asylum decisions but is disappointed at recommendations
23 June 2004
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=179&Type=2


National Lottery stages a free weekend to justify its grants
23 June 2004
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=534607


:: World ::

Sudan: PHR Calls for Intervention to Save Lives in Sudan
Field Team Compiles Indicators of Genocide
http://www.phrusa.org/research/sudan/


Sudan: UN field workers report fresh attacks by Janjaweed militias in Darfur
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11130&Cr=sudan&Cr1=


Sudan: Grim times
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3830095.stm


Sudan/Darfur: A path of scorched earth
http://www.msf.org/countries/page.cfm?articleid=91E033FF-CA3E-46E2-A68A29FB58C31CB4


Spain: Terror suspects expelled using immigration legislation
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/jun/16spain-expulsion.htm


Belarus: OSCE Media Representative concerned about deportation of journalist
http://www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?id=4177


Ingushetia: Bloody Raid Stuns
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/cau/cau_200406_239_1_eng.txt


Chechnya: New Report Shows Abuses Spreading to Neighbouring Ingushetia
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15448.html


Russia uses death squads and torture in Chechnya, says Amnesty
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=534594


Zimbabwe: Two million will go hungry this year, new report finds
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/ADAB41C3E14DC5EEC1256EBC004B229A?OpenDocument


Kosovo Repatriations Hindered By March Violence, U.N. Says
http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040623/449_25169.asp


Viet Nam: Buddhist dissident leaves his homeland for exile abroad
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA410102004


United States drops resolution to extend war crime exemption
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11129&Cr=international&Cr1=court


EU-US Summit: End the EU's embarrassing silence on US torture
http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGEUR016242004


US war crimes immunity bid fails
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3834089.stm


US withdrawal: determination of international community is "victory for international justice and the rule of law," says AI
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGIOR300162004


Thailand: Government must protect human rights defenders
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA390082004


Afghanistan: UN and rights commission to hold dialogues on basic freedoms
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11125&Cr=afghan&Cr1=


Afghanistan: 54 NGOs Appeal To NATO To Improve Security
http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040623/449_25163.asp


Afghanistan: America's Secret Gulag
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=49&ItemID=5768


Jamaica: Brian Williamson remembered
"There is possibly no greater crime that any government can commit against its own people than the implicit sanctioning of the persecution, rape and murder of its own populace.
http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGAMR386222004


Côte d'Ivoire: UN sets up inquiry on rights abuses during 2002, early 2003
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11124&Cr=ivoire&Cr1=


Ivory Coast: Crisis
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=2&ItemID=5769


U.S.: Released Documents on Torture Not Sufficient
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/23/usint8937.htm


DR Congo: ICC’s First-Ever Probe Must Be Effective
"Criminal Responsibility in Congo Conflict Reaches Across Borders
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/23/congo8936.htm


DR Congo: Kabila plays down war fears
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2381036.htm


DR Congo: International Criminal Court's investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity a major step forward
http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGAFR620142004


Saudis offer amnesty to militants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3834427.stm


Afghanistan: Amnesty International condemns the reported beheading of Taleban prisoners
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA110112004


Australia: Activists refused landing at Nauru
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=3283


Nauru concerned to hang on to detention camp jobs
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1139393.htm


Iraq: 75 die in rebel attacks in five cities
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24309316.htm


Turkey hit by bomb blasts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,12700,1246344,00.html


Canada: Refugee Determination System: CCR Essential Principles
http://www.web.net/~ccr/essprinc.html


Canada:Release. World Refugee Day: The CCR deplores the separation of refugee families
http://www.web.net/~ccr/releasefamr.html


Palestine: String of Attacks Against Journalists
http://www.newssafety.com/insihome/home/stories/pal21.htm


:: Miscellaneous ::

BBC and the Middle East
The Story Tv News Won't Tell
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=21&ItemID=5770


Enhancing UNHCR’s capacity to monitor the protection, rights and well-being of refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/whatsNew


The Home Office's £40m immigration intelligence system is finally under way
http://www.kablenet.com/kd.nsf/Frontpage/0A7A4F13BE7C269480256EBC00498C2C?OpenDocument


U.K.: Detention Policy Undermines Anti-Terrorism Aims
"Foreign Nationals Held Indefinitely, Without Regard for Basic Human Rights
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/24/uk8940.htm

More info:
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/internment.shtml


European Migration Policy Dialogue
http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/document_tree/ViewACategory.asp?CategoryID=37


Foreign nurses exploited in visa scandal
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=534649


:: Events ::

Launch: Newcomers Handbook
and
Migration & Work Conference - Thursday 1 July 2004, London
http://www.cesi.org.uk/events/events_2004/migration/index.html


Breaking Through the Language
Barriers Welcome Phrases CD
on Thursday 1st July, at 10 am ,
in the Huskisson Room, Millennium House.
Caroline Millar
Projects Officer,
Liverpool Translation and Interpreting Service,
53 -55 VIctoria Street,
Liverpool.
L2 2ET.
Tel 0151 225 2019
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=1645


:: Job and Volunteer opportunities: Médecins du Monde UK (Doctors of the World UK) and IPPR ::

Medical and non-medical volunteers required for a health care in London's East End
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/dumonde.doc


Research Fellow to work in its Migration, Equalities & Citizenship Team
The Research Fellow will work on issues pertaining to social cohesion, citizenship and the UK's new ethnic minorities.
http://www.ippr.org/jobs


See also:
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/


:: Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees ::

Stateless and Deported
An Interview with the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=5765


See also UK:
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/index.htm


:: UK UNHCR: How you can help ::

Information on how to support refugees, ways to donate to UNHCR and tips for fundraising
E-newsletter coming soon!
Email UNHCR London at gbrlopmi@unhcr.ch to find out more
http://www.unhcr.org.uk/


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