Wednesday, 21 May 2008

News Stories (21/05/08)

S Africa 'will protect migrants' (BBC News) - [text online]

Fighting in disputed Sudan town (BBC News) - [text online]

US 'stuck' with Guantanamo prison (BBC News) - [text online]

Gay Iranian granted asylum in UK (BBC News) - [text online]

Thabo Mbeki dithers while townships burn (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Number seeking UK asylum increases by 16% (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mbeki is to blame for xenophobic attacks, says watchdog (The Independent) - [text online]

Record numbers take UK citizens' pledge while Britons head abroad (The Independent) - [text online]

Gay student who faced execution in Iran granted asylum in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of new British citizens under Labour hits 1.2m mark (The Times) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 6 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: Situation still very fragile - UN SG report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Africa: Xenophobia bad, Mugabe's retribution worse (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Renewed hostilities, displacement in South (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Returns erratic as authorities clamp down on illegal IDP settlements (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: International community still has work to do despite recent progress (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fears over asylum seeker's death (Birmingham Mail) - [text online]

Wales providing healthcare for failed asylum seekers (BBC News) - [text online]

UNHCR closes last official collective centre for displaced in Montenegro (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Gulf of Aden conference urges more aid to help refugees in host countries (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Immigration soars to new record (Daily Express) - [text online]

1million more Britons in just three years as immigration fuels biggest population boom for a century (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to quarterly asylum stats published today (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to proposed increase in detention places (Refugee Council) - [text online]

RC highlights independent support for right to work (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Meet the new face of Refugee Week 2008 (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Eastern European migration falls (Home Office: UK Border Agency) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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