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:: UK ::

The life and death of an asylum-seeker

"How British policy drove an ambitious, young Afghan to kill himself in a Glasgow high-rise

29/5

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=526053

Funding for refugee help group

31/5

http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_objectid=14290858%26method=full%26siteid=50141%26headline=funding%2dfor%2drefugee%2dhelp%2dgroup-name_page.html

Failed asylum seekers being left unsupported

30/5

http://www.thesentinel.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=67725&command=displayContent&sourceNode=67252&contentPK=10137683

It feels like the BNP - only in blazers

29/5

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,11375,1227858,00.html

Return of Kilroy-Silk as the face of Little England

31/5

http://www.theherald.co.uk/17126.shtml

Funding for refugee help group

31/5

http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_objectid=14290858%26method=full%26siteid=50141%26headline=funding%2dfor%2drefugee%2dhelp%2dgroup-name_page.html

A tag too far - Blunkett's satellite tracking plans

"he has also floated the notion of using such systems to keep track of asylum seekers.

28/5

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/28/blunkett_satellite_tag_plans/

Background:

UK.gov plans satellite tracking of asylum seekers

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/28/uk_gov_plans_satellite_tracking/

and

Secret plan to tag asylum-seekers

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=447785

:: World ::

SOS Sudan

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/26/sudan8623.htm

Sudan refugees 'in urgent need'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3763117.stm

Sudan: Darfur refugees feel shut out by southern peace deal

http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=51950

Sudan crisis that world ignores

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/05/30/chad.irc/

British-US rift on how to deal with Sudan 'cleansing'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/31/wsud31.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/31/ixnewstop.html

Sudan: Ethnic cleansing blights Sudan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3752871.stm

Sudan: Empty villages mark trail of Sudan's hidden war

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/international/story/0,6903,1227828,00.html

Chad/Sudan: MSF video: Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

http://www.msf.org/source/mpegs/countries/africa/chad/2004/Chad-camps.rm

Somalia clashes death toll over 100 in three weeks

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30342154.htm

Somalia: Thousands flee Mogadishu clashes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3760915.stm

Iraq: Plea to wipe out $84bn debt in 15 war zones

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=526635

Nepal: Protesters beaten and arbitrarily detained during demonstrations

http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGASA315142004

DR Congo clashes flare up again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3762693.stm

Haiti: Aristide departs for South Africa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3762591.stm

Malta/Eritrea: The warning which came too late

"Some days previously Amnesty International had claimed that some of the deportees had been tortured on arrival in Eritrea.

http://www.independent.com.mt/daily/printerversion.asp?id=25598&t=News&s=News&f=newsview

China: Tiananmen protests marked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3761867.stm

Vietnam: Montagnards Under Lockdown

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/27/vietna8626.htm

:: Miscellaneous ::

Trailing the 'club class' people smugglers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3755017.stm

Union plea

"The exploitation of undocumented workers is not an abnormality. Legal migrants are being paid under the minimum wage all over the country.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,11026,1228252,00.html

Speedboat immigrants plot foiled

"Two men arrested after 13 Chinese nationals were found on a beach in East Sussex are still being questioned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3759797.stm

Immigration mix-up sparks exodus of Chinese workers

http://www.seriousaboutnews.com/bos/page.html?pageID=3&storyID=27056

The myth of British purity

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/thereview.cfm?id=613472004

:: Events ::

A Way to Go: Raising Achievement of African, Caribbean & Refugee Young People (14-19)

Girton College,

Girton Road (off Huntingdon Road)

Cambridge CB3 0JG

R3gistration form and fyler (word doc)

http://www.asylumpolicy.info/cambridge.doc

Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/refed

London: Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities Annual Conference

Tuesday 8th July 2004

Celebrating the Strengths of Black and Minority Ethnic Parents

http://www.reu.org.uk/events.htm

:: Archive ::

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