[www.asylumpolicy.info] - 'racism warning'- 28 May 04

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:: UK ::

Charity warns of Croydon trade in children

28/5

Project aims to fill jobs gap with refugees' skills

27/5

Section 55 Court Case summary: Denial of shelter to asylum seekers breached human rights

28/5

Positive Action in Housing's Casework Service

"tackle housing issues affecting refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow and elsewhere in Scotland

Refugees, their talents and Scotland's skills shortage (May 2004)

PDF file

Free meals for destitute asylum seekers

The Taleem Trust in the Southside of Glasgow provide meals at 1.00 from Mon - Fri and are willing to provide food to destitute asylum seekers - they can come round at any time, not just 1 o'clock but they would appreciate letting Mr Islam the co-ordinator know in advance on 0141 585 8013

ICAR has launched a series of research capacity building tools, including a handbook on doing case studies and a catalogue of refugee agency data

Asylum Support crisis response website...helping to secure housing and support for eu accession nationals

28 May 04 update - NASS to start sending letters out, giving 3 days notice of an assessment visit. Support could be stopped immediately if no one is available for assessment. Advisers can ask support agencies or landlords to be informed of visits. Written notice of 14 to 28 days to be given, with reasons for decision, if NASS believe support should not be continued. Rights of appeal to the Asylum Support Adjudicator (ASA) against any decision to refuse support can still be exercised. NASS trying to sort out problems with documents needed to prove people have the right to work.

Bishops in racism warning

28/5

Letter: Immigration trickle

"So let's nail the insidious lie that we are being swamped.

Barbed Wire Britain

"Tom Rayner journeys out to the Campsfield Detention Centre on the outskirts of Oxford and takes a considered look at the ever thorny issue of asylum seekers

27/5

What happens to those who die on Britain's borders?

26/5

Photographer witnessed and prevented deportation

27/5

Poll victory 'may spark race crime'

27/5

BNP election leaflets spark police probe

27/5

Postal workers refuse to deliver BNP leaflet

"The leaflet, entitled Asylum is Making Britain Explode, has already been delivered to thousands of homes by the Royal Mail

28/5

Nottingham has the second-largest number of asylum seekers in the East Midlands

27/5

British minister to face court over Australian asylum seekers

28/5

Background:

UK denies runaway boys asylum

"The British treat refugees better than we do in this country

Thursday July 18, 2002

Islamic Asylum Seeker: I Will Be Killed

27/5

My life as a child soldier

28/5

Home Office publishes asylum figures for the first quarter of 2004

"It also means repealing Section 55. The emphasis on numbers is a dangerous distraction from the real issues

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' in its latest asylum trend report, revealed a noticeably drop in asylum numbers for all European Union countries

25/5

:: World ::

Trafficked Victim Granted Asylum

Chechen Refugees Want Out of Georgia

Liberian refugees home after ordeal: Most of the refugees stranded at sea were women and children

Amnesty International scorns Malta's asylum policy

The UN refugee agency today welcomed the signing of accords considered key to ending Sudan's 21-year civil war with southern rebels and the return of nearly four million uprooted Sudanese to their homes

Tajikistan: Who murdered Baptist missionary Sergei Besarab?

Rivals in Sudan vow to stop fighting

European Constabulary Police Needed to Improve UN Peace Operations

Rights group: Hundreds of Montagnards hiding from Vietnamese troops in Central Highlands

Comment: Balkans Facing Possibly Ruinous Isolation

Australia: Court win for Taliban press-gang fugitive

Australia: Last Manus Island detention centre occupant granted visa

Somalia militia clashes close Mogadishu port

Police arrest 34 Burmese protesters

Looking the Other Way from Gaza Destruction

Turkey complains of US foot-dragging on Kurdish rebels, refugees

NATO delegation sees Afghanistan becoming 'narco-state'

Turkey: Stop violence against women Press invite

MSF Report: Burundi: vulnerable deprived of health care

'Five dead' in Lebanon protests

Lebanon: Call for independent investigation into killings of protestors

Chile: Doctrine on ‘Disappearances’ at Stake

India: New PM Faces Human Rights Challenges

Haiti: Let Them Eat Gruel

Haiti: Aristide to Take Asylum in S. Africa

Sky News' Zanu PF fixer deported from Zimbabwe

Japan: Diet cracks down on overstayers, widens door for refugees

Group supports two US soldiers fleeing to Canada

EU - Latin America: Commitment needed to protect right to defend human rights

Croatia: Implement recommendations to prevent torture

:: Miscellaneous ::

The Secret Purpose, his third novel, examines the internment of German Jewish refugees in the Island during World War Two

Book of the week : Strangers and friction

28/5

Amnesty 2004 cartoon

By high and low roads, Scots desert the islands

"Scotland needs to attract 50,000 young immigrants a year to stave off a population crisis

AID fund triggered for Haiti/Dominican Republic floods

The World Refugee Survey 2004

Powerpoint Presentation

Peacekeepers Include Criminals, Lunatic Rapists Says New Book

Abu Hamza deportation: A case for process

People smugglers face jail

UK immigration law disregards the best interests of children

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The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia has produced an information leaflet on racial equality and the forthcoming European elections

PDF file

:: Events ::

Refugee Week 2004 - 14th-20th June - Activities for Schools

If you are looking for up to date information and activities for schools for

Refugee Week 2004..... new downloads are now available on the Refugee Week

website -

World Refugee Day 2004

More country activities: Republic of Moldova and Russian Federation

Helping the Helpers: supporting people working with asylum seekers and

refugees

Saturday June 12th 12pm - 5pm

Salford Diocesan Religious Education Centre, Plymouth Grove, Longsight,

Manchester, M13 0AS

An 'afternoon of restoring hope' organised by the National Catholic Refugee

Forum

All welcome:

contact info@refugee-forum.org.uk or 07789 014819 for further details

28 May 2004 - National Day of Protest Against the BNP's Party Political Broadcast

:: Bail for Immigration Detainees: Volunteer needed ::

Volunteer Caseworker full time placements for Autumn 2004

:: Archive ::

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