Refugee Archives: Update on Current News Stories

News and Media Stories

`Declaration on Population’

The Guardian (06/01/10): Let's take immigration seriously  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/06/lord-carey-declaration-population-migration
The Daily Telegraph (06/01/10): Migrants should understand Christian heritage, says former Anglican leader  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6941453/Migrants-should-understand-Christian-heritage-says-former-Anglican-leader.html

The Daily Telegraph (06/01/10): Coalition demands population be kept under 70 million  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6937312/Coalition-demands-population-be-kept-under-70-million.html

Yemen

The Independent (14/01/10): Al-Qa'ida suspect shot dead during Yemen raid  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alqaida-suspect-shot-dead-during-yemen-raid-1867268.html

BBC News (13/01/10): Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8455822.stm

ICRC News (12/01/10): Yemen: harsh weather worsens plight of civilians in conflict zone  http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-update-120110

The Independent (12/01/10): Yemen 'cannot contain al-Qa'ida'  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-cannot-contain-alqaida-1864807.html

The Times (11/01/10): Yemen offers to strike a deal with al-Qaeda fighters  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6982853.ece?&EMC-Bltn=9BL952F

The Daily Telegraph (11/01/10): Yemeni officials admit they are losing the battle against al-Qaeda  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6968221/Yemeni-officials-admit-they-are-losing-the-battle-against-al-Qaeda.html

The Daily Telegraph (10/11/01): Al-Qaeda veterans 'are flooding into Yemen' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6962969/Al-Qaeda-veterans-are-flooding-into-Yemen.html

Wootton Bassett Protests

The Daily Telegraph (12/01/10): Wootton Bassett protest group Islam4UK to be banned  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6972109/Wootton-Bassett-protest-group-Islam4UK-to-be-banned.html

The Independent (05/01/10): Islamic march through Wootton Bassett should not be banned, says Sir Hugh Orde  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6936850/Islamic-march-through-Wootton-Bassett-should-not-be-banned-says-Sir-Hugh-Orde.html

The Independent (05/01/10): Outrage at Wootton Bassett protest  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/outrage-at-wootton-bassett-protest-1857756.html

BBC News (04/01/10): Johnson 'will back' Wootton Bassett Islamic march ban http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8440408.stm

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Times (15/01/10): Senior member of extreme Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir teaches at LSE  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6988753.ece?&EMC-Bltn=MQXD92F

The Times (15/01/10): Lord Carey’s comments on immigration promote racism, bishop warns  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6988719.ece?&EMC-Bltn=MQXD92F

The Guardian (15/01/10): Chance brings refugees to Britain not choice, says report  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/14/chance-choice-britain-refugees-council-report

Refugee Council (14/01/10): New research shows asylum seekers do not choose to come to the UK  http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2010/January/14012010_a.htm

IRR News (14/01/10): Deportation policy breaches human rights  http://www.irr.org.uk/2010/january/ha000015.html

The daily Telegraph (14/01/10):  Britain is no place for the white, working-class male http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/6990777/Britain-is-no-place-for-the-white-working-class-male.html

The Daily Telegraph (14/01/10): Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali: immigrants should accept Britain’s Christian values  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6989284/Bishop-Michael-Nazir-Ali-immigrants-should-accept-Britains-Christian-values.html

Amnesty International (13/01/10): Morocco must adequately tackle legacy of human rights abuses  http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/morocco-must-adequately-tackle-legacy-human-rights-abuses-20100113

Amnesty International (13/01/10): Eliminate second-rate education for Roma in the Czech Republic http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/eliminate-second-rate-education-roma-czech-republic-20100113 .  See Also: Czech Republic must eliminate second-rate education for Roma  http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/czech-republic-must-eliminate-second-rate-education-for-roma-20100113

The Independent (13/01/10): The many faces behind the veil  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-many-faces-behind-the-veil-1865772.html

The Independent (13/01/10): Sarath Fonseka: Sri Lanka is in danger of winning the war but losing the peace  http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/sarath-fonseka-sri-lanka-is-in-danger-of-winning-the-war-but-losing-the-peace-1865997.html

The Daily Telegraph (13/01/10): Thousands of students from suspected bogus colleges in UK  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6974143/Thousands-of-students-from-suspected-bogus-colleges-in-UK.html

The Independent (12/01/10): Israel orders new fence to keep out African migrants  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-orders-new-fence-to-keep-out-african-migrants-1864827.html

The Independent (11/01/10): Basra in 2006: The height of the insurgency  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/basra-in-2006-the-height-of-the-insurgency-1864008.html

The Guardian (11/01/10): Cameron's empty immigration promise  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/11/david-cameron-immigration-cap

The Daily Telegraph (11/01/10): Immigration system not stopping bogus students, warns leaked memo  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6952401/Immigration-system-not-stopping-bogus-students-warns-leaked-memo.html

The Independent (11/01/10): Tories will cut immigration to avoid population of 70m  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-will-cut-immigration-to-avoid-population-of-70m-1863890.html

The Independent (11/01/10): Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Licentiousness breeds extremism  http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-licentiousness-breeds-extremism-1863919.html

BBC News (11/01/10): Israel to construct barrier along Egyptian border http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8451085.stm

The Guardian (11/01/10): Tories would limit immigration to 'tens of thousands' a year, says Cameron  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/11/david-cameron-limit-immigration

The Guardian (10/01/10): Italy: a country united by racism  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/10/italy-human-rights

The Daily Telegraph (10/01/10): Faith schools facing admissions curb  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6960963/Faith-schools-facing-admissions-curb.html

The Independent (08/01/10): Defiant Yemen tells US soldiers to keep out  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/defiant-yemen-tells-us-soldiers-to-keep-out-1861389.html

The Independent (08/01/10): France moves to outlaw the burka and niqab citing égalité  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-moves-to-outlaw-the-burka-and-niqab-citing-galit-1861411.html

The Independent (08/01/10): Independent Appeal: How the web can bring abundance to Africa  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/indy-appeal/independent-appeal-how-the-web-can-bring--abundance-to-africa-1861418.html

BBC News (08/01/10): South Sudan cattle raid kills 140  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8445872.stm

BBC News (07/01/10): Kenya 'expels hate cleric Abdullah al-Faisal to Gambia'   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8445844.stm

The Daily Telegraph (07/10/01): Sham marriages on the rise  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6948025/Sham-marriages-on-the-rise.html

The Daily Telegraph (07/01/10): Number of extremists banned from UK drops by half  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6941712/Number-of-extremists-banned-from-UK-drops-by-half.html

BBC News (07/01/10): Aid groups warn of Sudan civil war risk http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8444843.stm

BBC News (07/01/10): Nepal child soldiers being freed  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8444801.stm

The Independnet (07/01/10: Tamils throw weight behind general who crushed them  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tamils-throw-weight-behind-general-who-crushed-them-1859872.html

The Independent (07/01/10): Independent Appeal: Rescuing Zimbabwe's lost generation  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/indy-appeal/independent-appeal-rescuing-zimbabwes-lost-generation-1859876.html

Human Rights Watch (06/01/10): Refugees Are Not Bargaining Chips

Refugees International World Bridge Blog (06/01/10): Ten Humanitarian Headlines for 2010

The Independent (06/01/10): Starvation looms as UN suspends Somalia food aid  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/starvation-looms-as-un-suspends-somalia-food-aid-1859011.html

The Guardian Politics Blog (06/01/10): Immigration should be talked about more than it is  http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/jan/06/michael-white-immigration-talked-about

BBC News (05/01/10): Gurkhas 'in need after coming to the UK with nothing'  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8439870.stm

The Independent (05/01/10): MI5 'still using threats to recruit Muslim spies'  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi5-still-using-threats-to-recruit-muslim-spies-1857750.html

The Times (05/01/10): Arrival of 30,000 migrant IT workers 'deprives Britons of jobs’   http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article6975922.ece?&EMC-Bltn=JIWDZ1F

The Times (05/01/10): Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6975971.ece?&EMC-Bltn=JIWDZ1F

The Daily Telegraph (04/01/10): Illegal immigrants employed at UK Border Agency  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6927688/Illegal-immigrants-employed-at-UK-Border-Agency.html

The Daily Telegraph (03/10/10): Conservatives accuse Labour of raising immigration issue in marginal constituencies  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6923823/Conservatives-accuse-Labour-of-raising-immigration-issue-in-marginal-constituencies.html

The Daily Telegraph (02/01/10): Immigrants' family appeals costing taxpayers £1million a week  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/6920841/Immigrants-family-appeals-costing-taxpayers-1million-a-week.html

The Guardian (02/10/01): Here, everyone is a minority  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/02/leicester-minority-immigration-diversity-faith

The Guardian (01/01/10): Government sites can be archived now  http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jan/01/digital-history-archiving-government-websites

Alaska Dispatch (22/12/09: Finding a way, far from home http://alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/3400-finding-a-way-far-from-home