UK News
The Independent (26/03/2010): Ministers are exaggerating the terrorist threat, say MPs
The Daily Telegraph (26/03/2010): Immigrants and asylum seekers face driving licence ban
Refugee Council (25/03/2010): Support for asylum seekers to increase by 1%
The Independent (26/03/2010): Leading article: The time has come for an overhaul of our terror laws
BBC News (25/03/2010): Driving rules tightened for failed asylum seekers
IRR News (25/03/2010): Concerns about abuse by UKBA contractors vindicated
Refugee & Migrant Justice (24/03/2010): RMJ statement on Dame Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons unannounced inspection of Yarl’s Wood
Refugee Council (24/03/2010): Report states detention ‘unnecessary’ for children at Yarl’s Wood
BBC News (24/03/2010): Children held unnecessarily at Yarl's Wood - inspector
Refugee & Migrant Justice (23/03/2010): Welcome to the UK: ‘welfare interviews’ by UK Border Agency putting children seeking asylum at risk
IRR News (18/03/2010): 'This country I came to for refuge for peace ...'
Human Rights Watch (18/03/2010): UK: Interrogation Policy Appears to Permit Complicity in Abuse of Detainees
The Daily Telegraph (17/03/2010): Migrant drivers charged higher insurance
Human Rights Watch (17/03/2010): This is Britain’s chance to uphold the Olympic ideal
UKBA (17/03/2010): Refugees' route to settlement
World News
The Independent (26/03/2010): Face to face with Pakistan’s most wanted
BBC News (26/03/2010): UN welcomes Pakistan's move on Afghan refugees
The Daily Telegraph (26/03/2010): David Miliband: Israeli cloning of British passports was 'intolerable'
The Guardian (25/03/2010): Migrants feel the chill as the French clamp down
The Guardian (25/03/2010): Can Labour 'out-nasty' the Tories on asylum?
Human Rights Watch (25/03/2010): Impossible Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon
Human Rights Watch (25/03/2010): Tajikistan: Don’t Return Asylum Seeker to Kyrgyzstan
The Guardian (24/03/2010): A non-toxic immigration debate
The Guardian (24/03/2010): Yarl's Wood detained baby for 100 days, damning report reveals
Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Bangladesh: Allow Photo Exhibit of Crossfire Killings
Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Cambodia: New Regulations Fail Refugees
Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Ethiopia: Repression Rising Ahead of May Elections
Amnesty International (24/03/2010): Malaysia must end abuse of migrant workers
- See also: Trapped: The exploitation of migrant workers in Malaysia - report summary (ASA 28/006/2010)
BBC News (24/03/2010): Malaysia accused of migrant worker abuse by Amnesty
Human Rights Watch (24/03/2010): Tunisia Tries to Silence Human Rights Watch
Human Rights watch (24/03/2010): Iran: New Coordinated Attack on Human Rights Groups
UKBA (24/03/2010): New centre opens in Calais to combat border crime
The Guardian (22/03/2010): Three Yarl's Wood doctors investigated over healthcare failings
BBC News (22/03/2010): Somali refugees told to leave Mogadishu airport
Migrants' Rights Group (22/03/2010): MRG welcomes report to the Human Rights Council by the UN expert on minorities
BBC News (20/03/2010): Western Sahara activist 'beaten' after talking to BBC
The Guardian (20/03/2010): Court allows judicial review over Yarl's Wood detention
The Independent (19/03/2010): New secret agent rules delayed 'after falling foul of torture laws'
BBC News (19/03/2010): Swiss investigate death of Nigerian asylum seeker
Refugees International (18/03/2010): Iraq: Hill Event Sheds Light on Humanitarian Crisis
BBC News (18/03/2010): Iraq: Key facts and figures
Human Rights Watch (18/03/2010): Madrid needs to stand up for the forgotten children of Tenerife
Human Rights Watch (17/03/2010): Bangladesh: Hundreds Held One Year After Massacre
BBC News (17/03/2010): Australian coroner finds asylum boat blast 'deliberate'
Human Rights Watch (17/03/2010): Human Rights Watch Memorandum for the Resumed Eighth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
BBC News (16/03/2010): Sad return for Serbia's failed asylum seekers
The Guardian (16/03/2010): Artists and academics regularly refused UK entry, say campaigners
The Guardian (16/03/2010): English language schools plan legal challenge on tightening of visa rules
Human Rights Watch (16/03/2010): Human Rights Watch Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burma
Human Rights Watch (16/03/2010): Serbia: 9 Arrested for Kosovo War Crimes
ICRC (16/03/2010): ICRC president has talks with new European commissioner for humanitarian aid
Friday, 26 March 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Selected Publications from Different Sources
A selection of recently produced publications.
Publications Produced by UNHCR:
UNHCR Action to Address Statelessness: A Strategy Note
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI), Country Report:
Ethiopia
January 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Central African Republic
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
Publications Made Available Through ReliefWeb:
Title - Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons
(A/HRC/13/21/Add.4)
Source - UN Human Rights Council
Date - Feb 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Home alone? A review of the relationship between repatriation,
mobility and durable solutions for refugees
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Refugees, internally displaced persons and the 'responsibility to
protect'
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Humanitarian Assistance
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network
Date - Dec 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Aid Effectiveness through the Recipient Lens
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Publications Listed by the Institute of Race Relations:
Action on Rights for Children has published a report on: 'Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum: Privacy, Consent and Data Protection'.
Download the report at:
http://www.archrights.org.uk/
Asylum Aid has published the tenth anniversary edition of: 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://t.ymlp84.com/
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre'.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/
The Home Office has published: 'Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Fourth Quarter 2009',
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Human Rights Watch has published a report: 'Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK'.
Download the report at:
http://www.hrw.org/sites/
Other Publications:
The APCI Legacy: A Critical Assessment
Click here for full report.
In July 2008 the Advisory Panel on Country Information (APCI) was disbanded and its functions subsumed under the Office of the Chief Inspector of the UKBA. In March 2009 the Chief Inspector established the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI) to assist him with monitoring the UKBA Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) reports.
Publications Produced by UNHCR:
UNHCR Action to Address Statelessness: A Strategy Note
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI), Country Report:
Ethiopia
January 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Central African Republic
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/
Publications Made Available Through ReliefWeb:
Title - Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons
(A/HRC/13/21/Add.4)
Source - UN Human Rights Council
Date - Feb 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Home alone? A review of the relationship between repatriation,
mobility and durable solutions for refugees
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Refugees, internally displaced persons and the 'responsibility to
protect'
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Humanitarian Assistance
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network
Date - Dec 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Title - Aid Effectiveness through the Recipient Lens
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Publications Listed by the Institute of Race Relations:
Action on Rights for Children has published a report on: 'Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum: Privacy, Consent and Data Protection'.
Download the report at:
http://www.archrights.org.uk/
Asylum Aid has published the tenth anniversary edition of: 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://t.ymlp84.com/
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre'.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/
The Home Office has published: 'Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Fourth Quarter 2009',
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Human Rights Watch has published a report: 'Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK'.
Download the report at:
http://www.hrw.org/sites/
Other Publications:
The APCI Legacy: A Critical Assessment
Click here for full report.
In July 2008 the Advisory Panel on Country Information (APCI) was disbanded and its functions subsumed under the Office of the Chief Inspector of the UKBA. In March 2009 the Chief Inspector established the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI) to assist him with monitoring the UKBA Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) reports.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Weekly News Round Up
United Kingdom
UKBA (15/03/10): Brentford company faces fine of £90,000
IRR News (15/03/10): Fighting anti-Muslim racism: an interview with A. Sivanandan
The Independent (15/03/10): Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Our asylum policy is a national disgrace
The Observer (14/03/10): UK 'ignoring' systemic evidence of torture among asylum seekers
The Observer (14/03/10): We punish those we should protect
The Observer (14/03/10): Asylum deportation flights need rights monitors, EU says
The Daily Telegraph (13/03/10): Backlash at the mosque
The Guardian (13/03/10): 'I'm not a slave, I just can't speak English' – life in the meat industry
The Guardian (13/03/10): Violence and abuse rife in food factories
The Guardian (13/03/10): Sky-high Glasgow dreams that turned into a nightmare
BBC News (13/03/10): Hundreds attend tower block 'suicide' rally
The Daily Telegraph (13/03/10): Ian McEwan: Criticising Islam is not racist
The Daily Telegraph (12/03/10): Asylum seekers complaints of assaults by Home Office security staff 'not properly investigated'
BBC News (12/03/10): Handcuff restraint of asylum seekers criticised
The Guardian (12/03/10): The bigger picture on asylum
The Guardian (12/03/10): Officials failed to investigate asylum detainee abuse claims – report
The Independent (12/03/10): Forced Deportations Report: Asylum-seekers abused by security guards, says report
UKBA (12/03/10): Three illegal workers arrested at a car wash in Maidstone
UKBA (12/03/10): Government ramps up passenger screening
The Guardian (12/03/10): Red Road deaths: a tragedy of asylum, mental health and Russian intrigue
UKBA (11/03/10): E-Borders system helps identify drug smuggler at Gatwick Airport
Refugee and Migrant Justice (11/03/10): Process for removing asylum seekers lacks accountability and ‘will get worse’
The Daily Telegraph (11/03/10): 'Gaping hole' in rules on foreign doctors, GMC says
The Daily Telegraph (11/03/10): House of Lords employed illegal immigrant as catering worker
The Guardian (10/03/10): Our asylum system's fatal failures
The Independent (10/03/10): Lumley named in row over Gurkha charity
The Independent (10/03/10): Call for inquiry into Glasgow tower suicidesThe Independent
UKBA (09/03/10): Refugees' route to citizenship
Refugee and Migrant Justice (09/03/10): Detainees at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre held unlawfully
Refugee Council (09/03/10): Government publishes consultation on charging foreign nationals for healthcare – some refused asylum seekers will now be exempt
BBC News (09/03/10): Vigil held for tower block deaths
BBC News (08/03/10): 'I fear every knock on my door'
UKBA (08/03/10): Minister attends immigration debate in Wakefield
World
ICRC (15/03/10): Bangladesh: aid for victims of violence
BBC News (13/03/10): Mogadishu residents told to leave Somali capital
Amnesty International (11/03/10): Italian authorities urged to stop forced evictions of Roma See Also: Amnesty' snew briefing paper - Italy: The wrong answer: Italy's 'Nomad Plan' violates the housing rights of Roma in Rome (EUR 30/001/2010 - 11 March 2010).
ICRC (10/03/10): Sudan: violence threatens civilians in the south
BBC News (09/03/10): Bangladesh 'ignoring plight' of starving Burma refugees
Refugees International (03/03/10): The Global Implications of Climate Migration
UKBA (15/03/10): Brentford company faces fine of £90,000
IRR News (15/03/10): Fighting anti-Muslim racism: an interview with A. Sivanandan
The Independent (15/03/10): Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Our asylum policy is a national disgrace
The Observer (14/03/10): UK 'ignoring' systemic evidence of torture among asylum seekers
The Observer (14/03/10): We punish those we should protect
The Observer (14/03/10): Asylum deportation flights need rights monitors, EU says
The Daily Telegraph (13/03/10): Backlash at the mosque
The Guardian (13/03/10): 'I'm not a slave, I just can't speak English' – life in the meat industry
The Guardian (13/03/10): Violence and abuse rife in food factories
The Guardian (13/03/10): Sky-high Glasgow dreams that turned into a nightmare
BBC News (13/03/10): Hundreds attend tower block 'suicide' rally
The Daily Telegraph (13/03/10): Ian McEwan: Criticising Islam is not racist
The Daily Telegraph (12/03/10): Asylum seekers complaints of assaults by Home Office security staff 'not properly investigated'
BBC News (12/03/10): Handcuff restraint of asylum seekers criticised
The Guardian (12/03/10): The bigger picture on asylum
The Guardian (12/03/10): Officials failed to investigate asylum detainee abuse claims – report
The Independent (12/03/10): Forced Deportations Report: Asylum-seekers abused by security guards, says report
UKBA (12/03/10): Three illegal workers arrested at a car wash in Maidstone
UKBA (12/03/10): Government ramps up passenger screening
The Guardian (12/03/10): Red Road deaths: a tragedy of asylum, mental health and Russian intrigue
UKBA (11/03/10): E-Borders system helps identify drug smuggler at Gatwick Airport
Refugee and Migrant Justice (11/03/10): Process for removing asylum seekers lacks accountability and ‘will get worse’
The Daily Telegraph (11/03/10): 'Gaping hole' in rules on foreign doctors, GMC says
The Daily Telegraph (11/03/10): House of Lords employed illegal immigrant as catering worker
The Guardian (10/03/10): Our asylum system's fatal failures
The Independent (10/03/10): Lumley named in row over Gurkha charity
The Independent (10/03/10): Call for inquiry into Glasgow tower suicidesThe Independent
UKBA (09/03/10): Refugees' route to citizenship
Refugee and Migrant Justice (09/03/10): Detainees at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre held unlawfully
Refugee Council (09/03/10): Government publishes consultation on charging foreign nationals for healthcare – some refused asylum seekers will now be exempt
BBC News (09/03/10): Vigil held for tower block deaths
BBC News (08/03/10): 'I fear every knock on my door'
UKBA (08/03/10): Minister attends immigration debate in Wakefield
World
ICRC (15/03/10): Bangladesh: aid for victims of violence
BBC News (13/03/10): Mogadishu residents told to leave Somali capital
Amnesty International (11/03/10): Italian authorities urged to stop forced evictions of Roma See Also: Amnesty' snew briefing paper - Italy: The wrong answer: Italy's 'Nomad Plan' violates the housing rights of Roma in Rome (EUR 30/001/2010 - 11 March 2010).
ICRC (10/03/10): Sudan: violence threatens civilians in the south
BBC News (09/03/10): Bangladesh 'ignoring plight' of starving Burma refugees
Refugees International (03/03/10): The Global Implications of Climate Migration
Monday, 8 March 2010
A Selection of News Stories (08 February 2010).
Iraq Elections
The Independent (08/03/10): New wave of fear sweeps Baghdad as Iraqis vote
The Independent (08/03/10): Robert Fisk: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give the West its 'democracy'
The Times (08/03/10): Millions of Iraqis defy bomb and rocket attacks to vote
The Daily Telegraph (07/03/10): Iraq Election: World leaders praise bravery of Iraqi voters after election
BBC News (06/03/10): Deadly Iraq car bomb near Shia shrine in Najaf
The Independent (05/03/10): Leading article: Iraq steps into a fragile and uncertain future
Human Rights Watch (01/03/10): Iraq: Candidates Should Promote Human Rights
United Kingdom
UKBA (11/03/10): Man jailed for trying to sell his own sister
Amnesty International (08/03/10): Cambodia's government must protect victims of sexual violence as reports of rape increase A full PDF file of this report is also available to download - [ASA 23/001/2010 - PDF].
BBC News (08/03/10): Police inquire into identity of Glasgow flat deaths
The Observer (07/03/10): A happy ending for the Gurkhas? Think again
The Observer (07/03/10): Migrant children face ordeal after lone journey to Britain
The Daily Telegraph (07/03/10): Three die after falling from Glasgow block of flats
The Daily Telegraph (06/03/10): The strange case of the vanishing hunger strike
UKBA (05/03/10): Expensive week for Bedfordshire businesses
UKBA (05/03/10): Restaurant staff from Waterlooville arrested for illegal working
The Guardian (05/03/10): Snoop Dogg wins battle with Border Agency to re-enter UK
The Guardian (04/03/10): Unskilled Britain
The Guardian (04/03/10): Asda and Unite to tackle migrant discrimination
The Daily Telegraph (03/03/10): Muslim woman barred from flight after refusing body scan
The Daily Telegraph (02/03/10): Fatwa issued against suicide bombing
The Guardian (02/03/10): The return of the Irish brain drain
UKBA (02/03/10): Officers smash bogus marriage ring in Bolton
Human Rights Watch (02/03/10): Women, Asylum and the UK Border Agency
The Guardian (01/03/10): The real distress at Yarl's Wood
BBC News (01/03/10): Oxford bid for 'Sanctuary City' status
BBC News (01/03/10): Advice pack for migrants and refugees in Wales
UKBA (01/03/10): Protecting the UK border by boosting overseas cooperation
UKBA (01/03/10): Hartlepool Chinese takeaways face fines of £40,000 over illegal workers
World
The Independent (08/03/10): Film awakens France's shame in the Holocaust
The Independent (08/03/10): Paul Collier: The crisis in Haiti shows we need a new approach to NGOs
Survival International (04/03/10): Guatemala adopts indigenous rights into Constitution
The Daily Telegraph (04/03/10): US labels Turkish killing 'genocide'
Survival International (03/03/10): UN report condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen
UKBA (03/03/10): Illegal workers face being deported
UKBA (03/03/10): Tier 4 changes from 3 March 2010 - information for education providers
The Guardian (02/03/10): We work, we strike
BBC News (02/03/10): Probe into border staff 'racial prejudice' claims
BBC News (02/03/10): Chad gives UN peacekeeping force extra two months
UKBA (02/03/10): Illegal workers jailed for using fake passports
BBC News (01/03/10): Big rise in Afghan child migrants
The Independent (08/03/10): New wave of fear sweeps Baghdad as Iraqis vote
The Independent (08/03/10): Robert Fisk: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give the West its 'democracy'
The Times (08/03/10): Millions of Iraqis defy bomb and rocket attacks to vote
The Daily Telegraph (07/03/10): Iraq Election: World leaders praise bravery of Iraqi voters after election
BBC News (06/03/10): Deadly Iraq car bomb near Shia shrine in Najaf
The Independent (05/03/10): Leading article: Iraq steps into a fragile and uncertain future
Human Rights Watch (01/03/10): Iraq: Candidates Should Promote Human Rights
United Kingdom
UKBA (11/03/10): Man jailed for trying to sell his own sister
Amnesty International (08/03/10): Cambodia's government must protect victims of sexual violence as reports of rape increase A full PDF file of this report is also available to download - [ASA 23/001/2010 - PDF].
BBC News (08/03/10): Police inquire into identity of Glasgow flat deaths
The Observer (07/03/10): A happy ending for the Gurkhas? Think again
The Observer (07/03/10): Migrant children face ordeal after lone journey to Britain
The Daily Telegraph (07/03/10): Three die after falling from Glasgow block of flats
The Daily Telegraph (06/03/10): The strange case of the vanishing hunger strike
UKBA (05/03/10): Expensive week for Bedfordshire businesses
UKBA (05/03/10): Restaurant staff from Waterlooville arrested for illegal working
The Guardian (05/03/10): Snoop Dogg wins battle with Border Agency to re-enter UK
The Guardian (04/03/10): Unskilled Britain
The Guardian (04/03/10): Asda and Unite to tackle migrant discrimination
The Daily Telegraph (03/03/10): Muslim woman barred from flight after refusing body scan
The Daily Telegraph (02/03/10): Fatwa issued against suicide bombing
The Guardian (02/03/10): The return of the Irish brain drain
UKBA (02/03/10): Officers smash bogus marriage ring in Bolton
Human Rights Watch (02/03/10): Women, Asylum and the UK Border Agency
The Guardian (01/03/10): The real distress at Yarl's Wood
BBC News (01/03/10): Oxford bid for 'Sanctuary City' status
BBC News (01/03/10): Advice pack for migrants and refugees in Wales
UKBA (01/03/10): Protecting the UK border by boosting overseas cooperation
UKBA (01/03/10): Hartlepool Chinese takeaways face fines of £40,000 over illegal workers
World
The Independent (08/03/10): Film awakens France's shame in the Holocaust
The Independent (08/03/10): Paul Collier: The crisis in Haiti shows we need a new approach to NGOs
Survival International (04/03/10): Guatemala adopts indigenous rights into Constitution
The Daily Telegraph (04/03/10): US labels Turkish killing 'genocide'
Survival International (03/03/10): UN report condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen
UKBA (03/03/10): Illegal workers face being deported
UKBA (03/03/10): Tier 4 changes from 3 March 2010 - information for education providers
The Guardian (02/03/10): We work, we strike
BBC News (02/03/10): Probe into border staff 'racial prejudice' claims
BBC News (02/03/10): Chad gives UN peacekeeping force extra two months
UKBA (02/03/10): Illegal workers jailed for using fake passports
BBC News (01/03/10): Big rise in Afghan child migrants
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
A Selection of Recent Publications
New Publications
The Children’s Commissioner has recently published a new report entitled “The Children’s Commissioner for England
Full Report - The Children’s Commissioner for England's follow up report to: The arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control
Executive Summary - The Children’s Commissioner for England's follow up report to: The arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control (Executive summary)
Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Fourth Quarter 2009
Also available: Supplementary excel tables
(25.02.10)
Also available: Supplementary excel tables
(25.02.10)
New UK Border Agency report by John Vine, the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency entitled “Asylum: Getting the Balance Right? A Thematic Inspection: July – November 2009.”
Full details and downloads are available as follows: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/workingwithus/indbodies/chiefinspector/
New Human Rights Watch Report:
Fast-Tracked Unfairness :Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK
A Tough Road Home: Uprooted Irqis in Jordan Syria Iraq
ICAR have recently published a new report entitled `Citizenship for Refugees in the UK
Citizenship for Refugees: http://www.icar.org.uk/download.php?id=603
A New Report produced by the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement and entitled: Resolving Iraqi Displacement: Humanitarian and Development Perspectives. Available to download in PDF format as follows:
Monday, 1 March 2010
News Stories - Updated 01 March 2010
News Stories - Updated 01 March 2010
Yarl's Wood
The Guardian Online (01/03/10): Legal challenge over Yarl's Wood women
Bristol No Borders (01/02/10): Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strike Continues – Interview with Striker
The Guardain Online ([28]/02/10): Yarl's Wood immigration centre faces abuse claims
The Guardian Online (28/02/10): Immigration bosses to be quizzed after asylum seekers were 'beaten' by guards
General Stories - UK
BBC News (01/03/100: Big rise in Afghan child migrants
The Guardian Online (28/02/10): Tories caught up in new immigration storm
The Guardian Online(28/02/10): For the record
The Guardian Online (27/02/10): Our borders are porous. Why can't our politicians admit the problems of immigration?
The Daily Telegraph (27/02/10): One in ten students at suspect colleges
The Daily Telegraph Online (27/02/10): Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party
IRR News (26/02/10): Segregation policy for foreign national prisoners condemned
The Guardian Online (26/02/10): Huge rise in unresolved asylum cases revealed
BBC News (26/02/10): UK Border Agency asylum case target 'unachievable'
The Daily Telegraph Online (26/02/10): British citizenship figures: inattention, incompetence or design?
The Guardian Online (26/02/10): The BNP's appeal to those left behind
The Guardian Online (26/02/10): Women fast-tracked to asylum denial
BBC News (26/02/10): 'Health tourists' face crackdown under new proposals
BBC News (25/02/10): UK immigration from Eastern and Central Europe falls
The Daily Telegraph Online (25/02/10): Latvians workers heading for Britain hits record high
The Daily Telegraph Online (25/02/10): Woolas admits even his children have suffered from immigration
Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): UK: ‘Fast Track’ Asylum System Fails Women.
See Also: The 69-page report, “Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK”
Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Women fast-tracked to asylum denial
General Stories - World
The Daily Star (01/03/10): ISPR clarifies media reports on CHT violence
BBC News (01/03/10): Karadzic defends Bosnian Serb 'holy' cause at trial
BBC News (28/02/10): Somali militants 'block UN food aid'
BBC News (27/02/10): Building the first 'Palestinian settlement'
Human Rights Watch (24/02/10): A reform-minded government should end abuses against migrant workers
Human Rights Watch (24/02/10): The Burden is on Thais to Re-think Their Migrant Strategy
See also: From the Tiger to the Corcodile.
Human Rights Watch (24/02/10): Slow Progress on Rights in Kosovo
BBC News (25/02/10): Rwanda country profile
Torture
The Daily Telegraph Online (01/03/10): Sir Ian Blair's deal with Islamic radical
The Daily Telegraph Online (01/03/10): Guantanamo: £30m torture case bill for taxpayers
The Daily Telegaph Online (26/02/10): Gordon Brown: Britain is not involved in torture
The Daily Telegraph Online (26/02/10): Security services' 'dubious record' over Binyam Mohamed criticised by top judge
Yarl's Wood
The Guardian Online (01/03/10): Legal challenge over Yarl's Wood women
Bristol No Borders (01/02/10): Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strike Continues – Interview with Striker
The Guardain Online ([28]/02/10): Yarl's Wood immigration centre faces abuse claims
The Guardian Online (28/02/10): Immigration bosses to be quizzed after asylum seekers were 'beaten' by guards
General Stories - UK
BBC News (01/03/100: Big rise in Afghan child migrants
The Guardian Online (28/02/10): Tories caught up in new immigration storm
The Guardian Online(28/02/10): For the record
The Guardian Online (27/02/10): Our borders are porous. Why can't our politicians admit the problems of immigration?
The Daily Telegraph (27/02/10): One in ten students at suspect colleges
The Daily Telegraph Online (27/02/10): Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party
IRR News (26/02/10): Segregation policy for foreign national prisoners condemned
The Guardian Online (26/02/10): Huge rise in unresolved asylum cases revealed
BBC News (26/02/10): UK Border Agency asylum case target 'unachievable'
The Daily Telegraph Online (26/02/10): British citizenship figures: inattention, incompetence or design?
The Guardian Online (26/02/10): The BNP's appeal to those left behind
The Guardian Online (26/02/10): Women fast-tracked to asylum denial
BBC News (26/02/10): 'Health tourists' face crackdown under new proposals
BBC News (25/02/10): UK immigration from Eastern and Central Europe falls
The Daily Telegraph Online (25/02/10): Latvians workers heading for Britain hits record high
The Daily Telegraph Online (25/02/10): Woolas admits even his children have suffered from immigration
Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): UK: ‘Fast Track’ Asylum System Fails Women.
See Also: The 69-page report, “Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK”
Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Women fast-tracked to asylum denial
General Stories - World
The Daily Star (01/03/10): ISPR clarifies media reports on CHT violence
BBC News (01/03/10): Karadzic defends Bosnian Serb 'holy' cause at trial
BBC News (28/02/10): Somali militants 'block UN food aid'
BBC News (27/02/10): Building the first 'Palestinian settlement'
Human Rights Watch (24/02/10): A reform-minded government should end abuses against migrant workers
Human Rights Watch (24/02/10): The Burden is on Thais to Re-think Their Migrant Strategy
See also: From the Tiger to the Corcodile.
Human Rights Watch (24/02/10): Slow Progress on Rights in Kosovo
BBC News (25/02/10): Rwanda country profile
Torture
The Daily Telegraph Online (01/03/10): Sir Ian Blair's deal with Islamic radical
The Daily Telegraph Online (01/03/10): Guantanamo: £30m torture case bill for taxpayers
The Daily Telegaph Online (26/02/10): Gordon Brown: Britain is not involved in torture
The Daily Telegraph Online (26/02/10): Security services' 'dubious record' over Binyam Mohamed criticised by top judge
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