24 May 2004 [asylumpolicy.info] - 'Starved to Death'
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UK, World, Miscellaneous, Events and Administrators note
:: UK ::
Special investigation: Starved to Death
"This dentist fled to Scotland seeking sanctuary..but red tape stripped him of his dignity and left him without money for food. Zekria's emaciated body was found behind the doors of his high-rise flat
23/5
Appeal for asylum seeker parcels
"A charity in Hull is appealing for food parcels to help feed up to 20 refugee families a week.
24/5
Abuse is 'systematic' at asylum detention centres
23/5
Detention refugee 'attacked before death'
21/5
This Euro fraud must be exposed: Michael Howard wants to be part of an EU that could never exist
"His letter is accompanied by a lurid feature on the need to exclude more asylum seekers. The British National Party makes the same point on the cover of its manifesto.
24/5
No 10 'worked with Sun to manage news'
24/5
Copy of Alastair Campbell's 'Sun asylum week' diary entries - 15 Aug 2003
Word document:
Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Leaked report: 'Having a sensible conversation about migration'
Home Office Marketing and Media strategy
Full-text online in HTML, PDF, RTF, Text and Word conversions:
Source:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
Leaked report: Having a sensible conversation about migration
23/5
Home Office leak reveals propaganda plans
"The civil servant who leaked the document did so because he was horrified at the politicisation of the civil service by this approach of trying to manage public expectations and perceptions rather than solve the real problem
23/5
'Positive spin' for migrants sparks row
"The 14-page strategy paper, entitled Home Office Marketing and Media Strategy, admits the public does not believe the government or official statistics on immigration and says the marketing campaign must "neutralise" asylum as an issue in the run-up to a possible general election next year.
23/5
'Spin' claim over on immigration
23/5
Deported family returns and hope to stay
23/5
IAS welcomes Court of Appeal ruling
21/5
:: World ::
Sudan: Now or Never in Darfur
"Without immediate action, "Darfur 2004" will join "Rwanda 1994" as shorthand for international shame.
Oxfam steps up Darfur operations
Oxfam: Sudan Faces Humanitarian Disaster
Sudan: Amnesty International delegates on mission to eastern Chad
Sudan turmoil may kill 350,000 in Darfur
Sudan: 'You come back from university, your village is burned and family killed. What do you do?'
Some 56 killed in W.Sudan militia raid -witnesses
Guatemala picks up 200 migrants from sinking ships
'Flotilla of Hope' to set sail for Nauru
Brisbane ship sets sail for Nauru flotilla
Afghanis on Nauru to resettle in Australia
Australia: Libs consider softening on refugee visas
3,000 Hmong expected to settle in Wisconsin
Dalai Lama visit riles China
U.N.'s top peacekeeper worried about Ivory Coast
Surveying the ruins of Rafah
Commonwealth lifts suspension on Pakistan
"doubts over political reforms also have been cast by a 23-year prison sentence handed down to an opposition leader in April
Noting:
More than four years after a military coup brought President Pervez Musharraf to power, a veneer of legality masks rampant human rights abuses in Pakistan
Humanitarian Delegation to Bogotá, Cali, Observing Situation of Country’s Displaced Afro-Colombians
Indonesia: PMI and ICRC assist victims of the recent violence in Ambon, Moluccas
Radicals Profit From Serbia’s Dirty Presidential Battle
Ultra-nationalists may benefit most from war of words between pro-democracy candidates over the death of former prime minister Djindjic
US probes deaths of 37 Afghan and Iraqi detainees
UK unease over US Iraq policy exposed
and
Iraq: Leaked FCO confidential memo
and
US troops kill 46 in Iraq clashes
and
Background: (24 February 2004)
The UK will be the first European country to begin enforced returns of failed Iraqi asylum seekers in the Spring
Allied troops may win immunity from Iraqi laws
When the Emperor Has No Clothes: The Wedding Video Surfaces
To some Eritreans, freedom means prison and torture
Malawi poll result sparks riots
China says will safeguard territorial unity at any cost
Gaza: Living in 'a special kind of a hell'
Palestinians storm UN aid convoy after Israeli raid
Kashmir attack exacts deadly toll
:: Miscellaneous ::
The Origins of the Final Solution
Protecting life and dignity: "No war is above international law"
Family Links
Are you looking for a member of your family?
IOM: Recent publications
Institutionalising Diaspora Linkage: The Emigrant Bangladeshis in UK and USA
World Migration Report - Now available for download
Return Migration: Policies and Practices in Europe
Orderly and Humane Migration: An Emerging Development Paradigm
Migrants send $80 billion to countries of origin annually
Letwin lets it slip: 'I want huge public spending cuts'
Geneva Convention: Placing limits on War
Domestic Worker Challenges Diplomatic Immunity
:: Events ::
3rd Annual Refugee Day Conference
At Friends House
173 Euston Road, London NW1
(Opposite Euston Main Line Station, London)
Tuesday 15th June 2004
10am to 5pm
More details, word document:
Intifadah, Roadmap, Gaza: What Next?
9 June
PDF file
International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL)
30th Refugee Law Course
1 - 5 June 2004
4th Summer Course on IHL
5 - 17 July 2004
Country of Origin Information Network
COI Training 25-26 June 2004
Application form: (word document)
:: Administrators note ::
Please accept my apologies for sending more than 'one' email on 21 May 2004. I also write to advise that it should only every now-and-then, but this will be the exception and not the rule. I have also added a note to the website home-page to reflect these comments.
Thanks
frank.corrigan@asylumpolicy.info