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:: UK ::

Give a fig for old times' sake

"Polish refugees are set to make a nostalgic return visit to Wybunbury next week, as part of a performing group which will be appearing at the Wybunbury Fig Pie

2/6

UNHCR urges Glasto-goers to spare a thought for real refugees

"UNHCR will be handing out a camp challenge – a pop-quiz that draws comparisons between Glastonbury and a refugee population of a similar size, but very different nature, in Chad.

Mum and baby in fight to stay in Sunderland

2/6

EU is following the plight of the 'Barnet Two'

2/6

Islamophobia 'pervades UK'

2/6

Concerning Runnymede Trust report: 'The Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain' - "How a state sees and controls the borders between itself and others is of paramount importance. Therefore the report looks also at immigration and asylum policy."

http://www.runnymedetrust.org/projects/meb/reportIntroduction.html

With the launch of the new Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia revised report: 'Islamophobia - issues, challenges and action'

"Islamophobia is exacerbated by a number of contextual factors. One of these is the fact that a high proportion of refugees and people seeking asylum are Muslims. Demonisation of refugees by the tabloid press is therefore frequently a coded attack on Muslims, for the words ‘Muslim’, ‘asylum-seeker’, ‘refugee’ and ‘immigrant’ become synonymous and interchangeable with each other in the popular imagination.

Extracts: http://www.insted.co.uk/islam.html

full-text available from Trentham Books:

The Rise of Institutionalised Islamophobia

Study warns of Muslim "time bomb"

3/6

Asylum deadline looming

"Home Office officials will have until the beginning of July to decide whether to press ahead with plans to open an asylum seeker screening centre in Portishead

2/6

BNP faces legal threat over asylum leaflets

3/6

'Critics may help BNP achieve credibility'

"A 'never again' stance in the face of creeping extremism and racism and a commitment to draw lessons from history contribute to a heightened readiness to mobilise, but we run the risk of doing their publicity work for them.

3/6

Discussing Fabian Society report: 'The Resistible Rise of the BNP' which "will set out what democratic politicians, parties and the media should do - and avoid doing - in dealing with far right extremism."

Written by Catherine Fieschi author of published book Fascism, Populism and the French Fifth Republic:

Welsh leader of UKIP in race row after attack on immigrants

3/6

South Devon: Who wants your votes - and why

"BNP: We will "put our own people first", close down the asylum/race relations industries and show the door to the Eurocrats.

Far-right plots for power in Europe

3/6

Mother-of-two takes a stand against BNP

3/6

Tories accuse Europe Minister of signing secret pact

2/6

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

03 June 04 update: Refugee Council issues briefing detailing their concerns about: the lack of planning, notice and consultation over the options available to people, scale of potential destitution, homelessness, race relations implications, lack of consultation and says further legal challenges on a "number of fronts" are being considered. With delays in securing employment or self-employment, worker registration, obtaining national insurance numbers, processing benefits applications by the DWP, Inland Revenue and local authorities and delays carrying out assessments.

Summary of concerns available via:

Asylum Seekers and EU accession

Updated June briefing

Womens Asylum News

This month's bulletin include the following features:

Woman at risk of FGM not part of ‘a particular social group’ says immigration tribunal

also in this issue:

Sex slave trafficker’s sentences more than doubled in appeal

Asylum seekers’ right to shelter upheld by Court of Appeal

RWRP news: launch of resource room

UK projects & events

UK courses

International news from Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, DRC, Sudan, etc…

International events and actions

New publications and online resources

Notice board

PDf file

Agenda for Integration for consultation

May

inexile magazine: Issue 31

Naaz Coker, Chair of the Refugee Council, wins prestigious Asian Women of Achievement Award

27/5

We must respectasylum seekers and the elderly

3/6

Family wins deportation battle

2/6

2 demos: Campaign To Stop Arbitrary Detentions at Yarl’s Wood

Sunday 6th + Monday 7th June

Group4 officer recruitment – demo at Assessment Day - Yarl’s Wood

08.00-9.30am both days – meet at Yarl’s Wood gates – please join us !

Monday 7th June – Barbed Wire Britain organising …

Demo at Group4 Assessment Day of officers for In Country Escorting– venue TBA

Yarl's Wood Removal Centre is at the top of Twinwoods Road, Clapham, Bedford.

Bedford is 45 mins by train from St Pancras or 1 hour from Kings Cross. If

anyone needs a lift from the station, or anywhere in Bedford, please let us

know.

Contact: sady_campaign@yahoo.co.uk

:: World ::

Malaysia: Party leader applied for asylum in Britain

US: Immigrants Get Discrimination Settlement

Tajikistan: rising from the ashes of civil war

Canada: Activists Mobilizing Against Deportation of Palestinian Refugees

OT/Israel: Music soothes savaged minds of the child victims who survived years of brutal intifada

OT/Israel: UN agency condemns Israeli tank fire on Palestinian school in Gaza Strip

N Koreans risk lives for freedom

Ireland: Falling asylum figures undermine referendum, says Costello

Kosovo/Serbia: Trauma of Serbian conflict lingers

Sudan: 10 Crucial Steps to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur, Sudan

Sudan. Heaviest humanitarian disaster for the last 10 years

Sudan: UN says disease and death rising in Sudan's Darfur

Sudan: Darfur Needs Action on Human Rights

Sudan: Death and devastation continue in Darfur

Cyprus: Annan calls for six-month extension of UN force in Cyprus with mid-term review

Zimbabwe: Mengistu an eyesore on our landscape

China: Protests now flourish in China

China silences Tiananmen critics

China: Have Your Say

China's Tiananmen Square protests: Your memories and hopes

US: Coast Guard repatriates 122 Haitian migrants

Iraq: Ten U-Turns on the road to 'peace'

Part 1

Iraq: U.S., U.K. Submit Revised Draft On Transfer Of Iraqi Sovereignty

Iraq: Letter From Baghdad: Not That Independent

Nigeria: Plateau Leaders Decry Attacks on Refugees

Nigeria: Rival delta militia leaders agree peace amid security crackdown

Nigerian Christian leaders raise alarm over Muslim demo in northern city

Spain grants man 'gay asylum'

DR Congo: Rebels take Bukavu in eastern DR of Congo, protesters target UN

DR Congo slams Rwandan 'invasion'

Congolese riot over UN 'failure'

Haiti: Propaganda and Destabilization in Haiti

Chile in Haiti & Iraq

Chile: High Court Discriminates Against Lesbian Mother

Russian News Anchor Sacked Over Chechnya Report

Afghanistan: Foreign and local aid workers killed in Afghanistan

and

MSF shocked by death of 5 staff in Afghanistan

Turkey 'fails to protect women'

Turkey: ‘Scandal’ of half of all women suffering violence condemned in new report

US: Accenture wins US border security contract

Fortress America

Saudi Police Torture Indian Catholic for His Faith

Thailand: Refugee Voices: Karenni refugees in Thailand

:: Miscellaneous ::

Building Institutional Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Practice: The Case of International NGOs

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Doctors ask U.S. to drop X-ray immigration policy

UNICEF Report Finds Number Of Child Soldiers Growing

Many African Economies Worse Off Than After Decolonization

:: Events ::

Open Meeting: Scotland's Declining Population

- What's the answer?

Tuesday 22 June 2004, 10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Guest speaker: Professor Robert Wright (Stirling University)

at Positive Action in Housing, Glasgow

Unions Work for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Friday 4 June 2004, 10am - 4pm

A conference on trade unions’ role in integrating refugees

and asylum seekers into the working environment.

STUC Centre,

333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow

There are currently 11,000 asylum seekers and refugees

resident in Glasgow. Despite the fact that they possess many

of the skills which are needed in our economy they are still

six times as likely to be unemployed. With 75% of all

asylum applications receiving positive decisions this potential

workforce offers a solution to skills shortages facing

Scotland today.

This conference will look at some of the challenges facing

refugees and asylum seekers as they prepare to integrate into

the working environment, and will focus on the role that

trade unions can play in supporting this process.

The conference is aimed at: Union activists, Shop Stewards,

Branch Secretaries, Full Time Officials, Senior Union

Officers, and is free to union members. It is an interactive

conference to debate how your union can engage in

initiatives to integrate refugees and asylum seekers into the

working environment.

Lunch and refreshments provided.

For further information, or to register for this conference

contact:

Helen Carson, 0141 337 8100 or email: hcarson@stuc.org.uk

More details:

PDF file

IFHHRO Training Conference "The Right to Health"

The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) organises an intensive training in monitoring the Right to Health in collaboration with the International Human Rights Academy in Utrecht, the Netherlands, From 15 ­ 29 August 2004.

:: Archive ::

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:: UN Briefings ::

Schedule: 03 June, 2004

Channel 1

24 Hour Live and pre-recorded UNTV programming

Channel 2

11:30am Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos, President of the Republic of Cyprus.

12:00pm Daily Noon Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Channel 3

10:00am Security Council: The situation in Liberia.

3:00pm Security Council: Open meeting re: Iraq.

:: Refugee Week: update ::

Refugee week events in Govan, Glasgow

An evening of international food, music and film at the Pearce Institute in Govan, Glasgow on 15 June and an exhibition of refugee art at the LUV Community gallery in Linthouse Glasgow which runs throughout refugee week.

PDF files

Unite: A Govan Gathering to celebrate to Refugee Week 2004

LUV Community Gallery to celebrate to Refugee Week 2004

Refugee Week Film Festival

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