[asylumpolicy.info] - 'One Day of War' - 27 May 04

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:: UK ::

'We have no faith in government figures'

27/5

Voting for Racism Is 'Spitting in God's Face'

27/5

Scottish Refugee Council Response to BNP election campaign

http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylumtruths

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Abolition of the £50 asylum support payment: Citizens Advice voice concerns

26/5

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Restaurants suffer as crackdown starts biting

"Although she is now being inundated with phone calls from sacked workers, she is cautious about hiring them in case they are asylum seekers.

27/5

:: World ::

Asylum seeker wins appeal

"A young Afghan asylum seeker can stay in Australia after the High Court ruled he belonged to a distinct social group in Afghan society - able-bodied males liable to be drafted.

HK radio host 'quit over threats'

Sudan rivals sign peace accords

Darfur faces 'race against time'

Statement on Crisis in Darfur

U.S. Must Not Lift Sudan Sanctions

Refugee Voices: A Sudanese Refugee in Korfou, Chad

Turkish PM Visit to UK: Amnesty International Human Rights Briefing

Human Rights Forgotten - The Hmong people, Laos

Interview with documentary maker Ruhi Hamid

Thailand Visual Mission: Hmong Refugees at Wat Tham Krabok

Afghan War Returns

"George Bush and Tony Blair made grand promises when they took on the Taliban. They sound hollow now. What does it all mean for Iraq?

Life expectancy:

2001: age 46

2004: age 43

China's hot spring

A Tiananmen witness remembers the first 1989 demonstrations

African rights record deplored

Haiti Solidarity Week summit demands return of exiled government

Amnesty criticises Swiss police brutality

"Amnesty International has condemned Switzerland’s police for using excessive force against foreigners and asylum seekers

US: Lawyers offer final arguments in former Ukraine leader's trial

Amnesty: 'Bankrupt' war on terror is world's most damaging conflict in 50 years

"Britain, Spain, France, Portugal, Malta and Ireland, and Australia, a partner in the war on terror, are also censured for tough policies on asylum-seekers.

Brazilian orphan deported from US in 2000 shot to death in Brazil

Saudi deports Nigerians

Chinese lesson in how to put food in the mouths of millions

Sudan: Peace Accord in South, But Atrocities in Darfur

:: Miscellaneous ::

Acorn Gardens: War Child Canada

http://www.acorngardens.ca/

EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights - Annual Report for 2003. These excellent reports cover all 25 Member States of the European Union:

1. Full report for 2003 (pdf)

2. Synthesis report (pdf)

3. Thematic report (pdf)

4. Full national reports from each of the 25 countries: National reports

Referring to:

A network of independent experts to assess the safeguarding of fundamental rights by the European Union Member States

UN looks into sex abuse claims

Russian border guards ordered to smile

German deal on immigration laws

"German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has reached agreement with opposition leaders on a new set of immigration laws for skilled workers.

Immigration paradox

Scottish economy counts cost of population decline

"Stirling and Cambridge say both the economy and public services will be hit hard unless the Scottish Parliament is given control over immigration

Poll shows Britons fear immigration has damaged UK

"Britain has been named as one of the most xenophobic countries in the world, surpassing France, Germany, Spain and Japan in its hostility to immigration.

:: Events ::

Events listings for Refugee Week in Scotland

and

Feast on some hard facts this Refugee Week

Refugee Week website

All events:

Home page:

Conference: Citizenship Project Open Day

European Migration Policy Forum

Belgium, 29/05-30/05/04, Fédération des Associations de Solidarité avec les Travailleurs Immigrés

ELENA International Introductory Course

on Refugee and Asylum Law: Warsaw, 2-5 September 2004

The fee for participation for lawyers and NGO staff is £350 sterling and £400 sterling for government officials. This is a residential course and the fee will cover seminar costs, accommodation, meals as per the programme and documentation.

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:: One Day of War ::

BBC 2: One Day of War

Thu 27 May, 21:00 - 22:30 90 mins

Across the world today, millions of people are caught up in conflict. Every minute, two people die as a result of war.

A new series of This World begins with a unique television event, as BBC filmmakers follow 16 very different people on a single day to reveal the human stories behind the conflicts. Some of these battles are over disputed homelands, some are about deepest convictions, power or sheer survival.

Some of the fighters are volunteers, others conscripts, women and children. With the world focussed on the Middle East, this programme reveals lesser reported war zones, from Nepal to the jungles of Laos and the Black Sea.

Followed at 10.30pm on BBC FOUR by the stories behind the making of the film. Some strong language.

Subtitles Widescreen Stereo

Somalia: Muktar

Muktar was just 14 and a gun-for-hire working at one of the militia-run checkpoints.

Nepal: Shushila Magar

Shushila Magar, at 16, was arrested on suspicion of being a Maoist sympathiser.

Laos: Chong-Cha Lee

Chong-Cha Lee wants to be able to settle in his jungle village and to live peacefully

Tales of people at war

Across the world today, millions of people are caught up in conflict. BBC filmmakers follow 16 different characters in 16 different war zones over a 24-hour period.

The struggle to film conflicts around the globe

:: Sweden: Deportation/Torture Inquiry Must Be Under U.N. Auspices ::

"Three governments are implicated in the abuse of these men. There must be a full accounting. Otherwise, these cases will send yet another signal that when it comes to the ‘war on terror,’ anything goes—including torture."

Sweden: Deportation/Torture Inquiry Must Be Under U.N. Auspices

(New York, May 27, 2004)—An international inquiry under U.N. auspices is needed to credibly address allegations that two men expelled from Sweden to Egypt on an airplane leased by the U.S. government were mistreated and possibly tortured by agents of each country, Human Rights Watch said.

:: Archive ::

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