Refugee Archive Newsletter & Acquisitions

The Refugee Archives have just published two new publications on the Refugee Council Archive website.

First up, the latest Refugee Archives newsletter (March 2010) is now available online viw the RCA wesbite. This newsletter provides current news in relation to the work of the Archive, including the recent work undertaken to refurbish the reading room.

Full Link: www.uel.ac.uk/rca or Download Here (PDF - 4.75 MB).

Secondly, The Refugee Archives have also published their latest quarterly accessions list for the First Quarter (January - March) of 2010. This document gives an update of new materials which have been catalogued and made available within the Archive.

Full Link: www.uel.ac.uk/rca or Download Here (PDF - 0.3MB).

If you have any questions or feedback, please let us know. Either leave a message here on contact us on: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

Updated News Stories (12 April 2010)

UK News

The Independent (12/04/2010): Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: If we close our borders, we close our minds

The Times (12/04/2010): Labour will force foreign workers to speak English

The Guardian (12/04/2010): Amnesty attacks UK no-torture pacts

The Daily Telegraph (12/04/2010): Government accused over terror suspects' deportations

The Guardian (11/04/2010): Are you sure? Jobs for migrants

The Guardian (11/04/2010): Could this woman's fight change the way Britain treats asylum seekers?

The Daily Telegraph (10/04/2010): Migration is ruining our peaceful city, say Peterborough councillors

The Guardian (10/04/2010): Foreigners have not 'taken' new jobs

The Daily Telegraph (09/04/2010): General Election 2010: Labour has made immigration taboo, says David Cameron

The Independent (09/04/2010): Government had concerns over Gurkha fees three years ago

The Guardian (09/04/2010): Police 'lack resources' to pursue war criminals

ICRC (09/04/2010): Amid war and crime: humanitarian aid in high-risk environments

The Daily Telegraph (08/03/2010): Fewer British workers in private sector than in 1997, official figures show

The Daily Telegraph (08/03/2010): Baroness Scotland 'never asked about illegal immigrant housekeeper's status'

The Times (08/04/2010): Baroness Scotland ‘did not ask cleaner about immigration status’

The Guardian (08/04/2010): Attorney general's illegal cleaner 'was paid £95,000 for her story'

The Guardian (08/04/2010): General election 2010: 'There is real risk from BNP here'

The Guardian (08/04/2010): How official stats mislead on migration

The Guardian (08/04/2010): The multicultural Christian right

Refugee Council (08/04/2010): More evidence that UKBA is failing to clear backlog: our response

Refugee Council (07/04/2010): Age-disputed child asylum seeker left without care: Refugee Council response.

UKBA (07/04/2010): New rules for skilled and highly skilled migrant workers

The Daily Telegraph (07/04/2010): Attorney General: I checked Tongan cleaner's passport

Refugee and Migrant Justice (07/04/2010): Refugee and Migrant Justice is calling a fairer and more efficient system for processing asylum applications in the light of today’s Home Affairs Committee report.

The Daily Telegraph (04/04/2010): Home Office loses track of its own staff 

The Daily Telegraph (03/04/2010): Violent clashes at mosque protest

The Guardian (02/04/2010): Fairness and immigration


World News

Amnesty International (12/04/2010): Europe must halt unreliable 'diplomatic assurances' that risk torture.  Download PDF - (EUR 01/012/2010).

The Independent (12/04/2010): South Sudan takes first steps to independence

The Independent (09/04/2010): Guantanamo prisoner fights forced repatriation 

Human Rights Watch (09/04/2010): Egypt: Don't Deport Darfur Refugees to Face Persecution

BBC News (09/04/2010): Australia halts Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum claims

Amnesty Internation (07/04/2010): Europe must break cycle of discrimination facing Roma.  Download PDF - (EUR 01/005/2010).

Refugees International (04/04/2010): Biharis in Bangladesh: Inching Toward Integration

Update on Stories in the News

UK News

The Guardian (01/04/2010): Immigration: Speaking softly

The Times (01/04/2010): Gordon Brown: 'immigrants must honour British values'

The Guardian (31/03/2010): Gordon Brown warns against 'scaremongering' over immigration

The Guardian (31/03/2010): Leaders must speak up on immigration

The Guardian (31/03/2010): Appeal against immigration scaremongering may fall on barren ground

The Guardian (31/03/2010): Immigration is not out of control, says Gordon Brown

UKBA (31/03/2010): Prime Minister sets out new immigration measures

The Daily Telegraph (31/03/2010): General Election 2010: Gordon Brown promises 'controlled' immigration

The Daily Telegraph (31/03/2010): Immigration should be restricted, say MPs

The Daily Telegraph (31/03/2010): General Election 2010: Gordon Brown warns against immigration 'scaremongering'

The Daily Telegraph (31/03/2010): We need a credible policy on immigration

BBC News (31/03/2010): Brown admits 'misusing' immigration statistics

The Independent (30/03/2010):  Anti-extremist scheme 'spies on Muslims'

The Independent (30/03/2010): Minister sorry for Lumley Gurkha slur

The Independent (30/03/2010): Banned, play that challenged the BNP

IRR News (30/03/2010): Select committee vindicates IRR report on Preventing Violent Extremism

IRR News (30/03/2010): Only an inquiry will bring trust in Prevent

The Guardian (30/03/2010): Pre-election build-up – as it happened

The Guardian (30/03/2010): Gordon Brown to pledge new curb on immigration

The Guardian (29/03/2010): Immigration is a real problem

The Daily Telegraph (29/03/2010): Defence minister apologises to Joanna Lumley over Gurkha row

The Guardian (28/03/2010): Tory plan to cap immigration 'could prevent clubs signing top footballers'

The Daily Telegraph (27/03/2010): Gordon Brown accused of fiddling immigration figures

The Guardian (27/03/2010): Passover and the principle of refuge

The Guardian (27/03/2010): Gurkha champion Joanna Lumley hits back at minister

BBC News (26/03/2010): Row over Gordon Brown immigration figures podcast


World News

Human Rights Watch (31/03/2010): Egypt: Guards Kill 3 Migrants on Border with Israel

BBC News (31/03/2010): Ecuador holds big drive to register Colombian refugees

IRR News (31/03/2010): International right-wingers gather for EU-wide minaret ban

The Times (31/03/2010): Britain turns off Haiti aid and delivers a snub to New York donor conference

The Independent (31/03/2010): Serbia apologise for Srebrenica massacre

The Times (31/03/2010): Serbia condemns 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys

Human Rights Watch (31/03/2010): China: Beijing Relocations Put Migrants at Risk

Refugee Council Poliblog (30/03/2010): Talking about asylum as election looms

BBC News (30/03/2010): Australia seeks three escaped Chinese asylum seekers