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:: UK ::

Lords defeat ministers over asylum appeals limit

7/6

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=529297

Time limit for asylum appeals rejected

8/6

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-1138199,00.html

Peers inflict defeat over asylum

"The House of Lords voted by 143 to 94 to back a Lib Dem amendment which doubled the appeal period to 10 days.

7/6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3784183.stm

Neo-Nazi thugs jailed for attacks

7/6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/3784967.stm

A victory against racial violence

8/6

http://www.thisishull.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?command=newPage&nodeId=136241&contentPK=10227812

Assembly attack on 'race hate'

8/6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3785079.stm

Late amendments to Asylum & Immigration Bill

"The government is to introduce late amendments to the Bill containing proposals to set up special marriage registrars linked to the immigration service to conduct marriages between British and foreign national people read JCWI's response to the proposal to monitor marriages

PDF file

http://www.jcwi.org.uk/campaign/asyimmbill/jcwi%20briefing%20on%20new%20marriage%20proposals%20070604.pdf

The editor who never was

7/6

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=528927

Britons want war on poverty, not on Iraq,

8/6

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/press/releases/007_080604.htm

Refugee Asylum-seekers and the Media (RAM) bulletin: Latest stories

7/6

http://www.ramproject.org.uk/contents.php

:: World :

The Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative: Imperilled at Birth

http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=2795

Sudan accused of ignoring 'disaster'

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=650062004

Sudan: Rape, torture' rife in Sudan

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1539226,00.html

Sudan: 'They came at dawn and killed the men'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1233536,00.html

Saudi Arabia: USCR Urges Saudi Arabia to Stop Warehousing Iraqi Refugees

http://www.refugees.org/news/press_releases/2004/060704.cfm

Russia: No non-Orthodox places of worship wanted in Khabarovsk city centre

http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=336

Bosnian Serbs reveal 31 mass graves

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/infoservice/secwatch/index.cfm?service=cwn&parent=news&menu=1#8962

Rwanda: Former president gets 15-year prison term

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41461&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=RWANDA

Cote d'Ivoire: Clashes erupt on frontline as Gbagbo flies out

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41460&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=COTE_D_IVOIRE

Nigeria: At least 50 die in battle with Ijaw militants - witnesses

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41457&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA

Zimbabwe to nationalise all land

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3786785.stm

OT/Israel: 'Donor fatigue' on Mid-East aid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3782297.stm

OT/Israel: Rafah's endless wait for freedom

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3786435.stm

Canadian Council for Refugees: Federal elections, June 2004, Questions for political parties

http://www.web.net/~ccr/Questionspols.html

Canadian Council for Refugees: An Inventory of Needs and Opportunities in the Integration of Resettled Refugees,

PDF file

http://www.web.net/~ccr/inventory.PDF

Canadian Council for Refugees: Resolutions adopted May 2004

http://www.web.net/~ccr/resmay04.html

DR Congo: U.N. Pulls Out Of D.R.C. Capital; Two Peacekeepers Killed

http://www.unwire.org/News/328_426_24590.asp

Iraqi Kurds Hint at Independence

http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/irq/irq_66_1_eng.txt

Haiti: Aristide Wants to Improve Ties with US , France

http://www.africana.com/newswire/homepage_article.asp?ID=412

Nigeria: 8 million Nigerian children subjected to human trafficking

http://www.dailytimesofnigeria.com/DailyTimes/2004/June/7/8.asp

Iran: Torture Used to Suppress Dissent

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/07/iran8774.htm

Japan: Hidden plight of detainees

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040608zg.htm

Chechen Security, Human Rights Called "Huge Problem"

http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040607/449_24600.asp

Georgia: Men tortured

http://www.derechos.org/news/archives/000742.html

:: Miscellaneous ::

New evaluation report: Comparative analysis of gender-related persecution in national asylum legislation and practice in Europe.

http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/whatsNew

Jesuit Refugee Service news bulletin: 7 June 4

http://www.jrs.net/dispatch/disp.php?lang=en&dispId=enlatest

The G-8 Summit: An Analysis of Bush Administration Plans to Enhance Global Peacekeeping Capacity

http://www.refugeesinternational.org/cgi-bin/ri/bulletin?bc=00832&spotlight=1

Oxfam condemns arms sales to human rights abusers

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/press/releases/arms070604.htm

:: Archive ::

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:: Access to funding ::

Access to Funding - June 2004 (263 KB)

Word doc

http://uploads.vli.co.uk/refugee/funding/Jun04.doc

Access to funding - June 2004 - (118 KB)

Zipped Word document

http://uploads.vli.co.uk/refugee/funding/Jun04.zip

Source: http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=4&pid=71

:: Refugee Week ::

New exhibition will mark Refugee Week

8/6

http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=803159

Refugees' plight raised in parade

"We are celebrating the positive impact refugees make in Slough in particular, and the UK as a whole."

8/6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/3784937.stm

Yorkshire, Humberside and the Liverpool Area for Refugee Week

http://www.refugeeaccess.info/events.asp

The state of asylum

Hackney Refugee and Migrant Support Group (HRMSG) is holding a meeting on the state of asylum.

Monday 14 June 2004, 7.30pm

Dalston Methodist Church, 11 Richmond Road, London E8

http://www.irr.org.uk/2004/june/ha000004.html

Refugee Project launch

John McDonnell MP is hosting the launch of the Refugee Project, a coalition of groups documenting the links between global economics and enforced migration.

Wednesday 16 June 2004, 7.00pm

Grand Committee Room, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA

http://www.irr.org.uk/2004/june/ha000005.html

 

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