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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
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
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
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:: Access to funding ::
Access to Funding - June 2004 (263 KB)
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http://uploads.vli.co.uk/refugee/funding/Jun04.doc
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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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