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

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