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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Update on Recent News Stories

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

Monday, 15 February 2010

News Story Updates (15 Feb. 2010)

Immigrants and the Art of Queuing

The Daily Telegraph (14/02/10): How to queue correctly
The Daily Telegraph (14/02/10): Queue here, please
The Daily Telegraph (13/02/10): Immigrants to be taught how to queue

Torture

The Independent (15/02/10): Bruce Anderson: We not only have a right to use torture. We have a duty
The Daily Telegraph (13/02/10): MI5 officers diverted from counter-terrorism to fight 'torture' court cases
The Daily Telegraph (11/02/10): MI5 chief defends agency over torture cover-up claims

Darfur

Amnesty International (11/02/10): Darfuri refugees exposed to increased attacks if UN withdraws from Chad
New York Times (11/02/10): Darfur Refugees Say to Boycott Sudan Election

Somailia

The Press Association (13/02/10): UN braced for mass Somalia exodus
BBC News (12/02/10): Thousands flee Somalia fighting, says UN refugee agency

BNP

The Independent (15/02/10): BNP votes in favour of non-whites
The Times (15/02/10): The day the BNP said it had changed its ways
BBC News (14/02/10): BNP votes to ditch whites-only membership rule

General Refugee Related News Stories

The Independent (15/02/10): Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The closed minds that deny a civilisation's glories
The Guardian (13/02/10): The beautiful ghost of big government
BBC News (13/02/10): Burma timeline
The Daily Telegraph (13/02/10): Immigration: a plan to alter the nation's soul
The Daily Telegraph (12/02/10): Illegal immigrants handed compensation for wrongful detention
The Guardian (12/02/10): Unemployed take on immigrants' jobs for Evan Davis documentary
Amnesty International (12/02/10): Iran’s report to UN paints distorted picture on human rights
The Guardian (12/02/10): Hunger strikers at immigration centre tell of squalid conditions
Human Rights Watch (12/02/10): Zimbabwe: One Year On, Reform a Failure
Human Rights Watch (11/02/10): Postcard From...Tripoli
BBC News (11/02/10): Timeline: Somalia
Reuters AlertNet (11/02/10): ESCAPING THE HORN: Desperate Somalis defy law, costs to cross into Kenya
Reuters (10/02/10): UN closes Palestinian camp on Syria-Iraq border
Amnesty International (10/02/10): Zimbabwe: Abuse of human rights continues under unity government

Thursday, 28 January 2010

This newsletter is produced on a regular basis to help disseminate news and further information in relation to refugee and forced migration issues. The newsletter is produced by the Refugee Archives service at the University of East London. This will also be available via our Refugee Studies Blog at: http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com/

News and Media Stories

Iraq

Inquiry

The Independent (28/01/10): Goldsmith: why I changed my mind on Iraq Goldsmith: why I changed my mind on Iraq

The Daily Telegraph (27/01/10): Lord Goldsmith approved Iraq war to protect soldiers from prosecution

The Independent (27/01/10): Invade and be damned: Foreign Office lawyers say advice on legality of war was ignored

The Daily Telegraph (26/01/10): Government knew ‘no leg to stand on’ legally to go to war in Iraq

The Times (25/01/10): Iraq inquiry: Government legal official will disclose advice given to ministers

The Independent (25/01/10): Legal staff ruled Blair's war illegal

The Independent (25/01/10): Chilcot: verdict on those sitting in judgement

The Independent (20/01/10): Hoon: Brown is to blame for Army shortages

The Daily Telegraph (19/01/10): Iraq inquiry: 'Gordon Brown cut budget for helicopters'

The Independent (19/01/10): Goldsmith had doubts over legality of Iraq war

The Independent (18/01/10): Straw told Blair of Iraq legal problems

The Times (18/01/10): Iraq inquiry urged to recall Alastair Campbell after 'rethink'

Veil Ban in

France

The Independent (27/01/10): Inquiry condemns burka as 'un-French'

The Times (26/01/10): Nicolas Sarkozy backs a ban on the full Muslim veil

The Daily Telegraph (26/01/10): France moves closer to Muslim face veil ban

Refugees and Asylum Related Stories

The Independent (28/01/10): Forced marriage victims' calls going unanswered

The Daily Telegraph (28/01/10): More than 100 escaped immigration detainees at large

Amnesty International (27/01/10): Governments must be held to account for secret detentions

The Daily Telegraph (27/01/10): Britain is 'United Nations of crime'

The Daily Telegraph (27/01/10): Terror suspect exploit system to stay anonymous l

The Independent (27/01/10): Defeated Tamils a force again

Refugees International (26/01/10): Iraq is Not Yesterday’s War for the Millions of Displaced

Amnesty International (26/01/10): Romania must end forced evictions of Roma families Full Report: Romania: Treated like waste: Roma homes destroyed, and health at risk, in Romania (EUR 39/001/2010): Download PDF

The Guardian (25/01/10): Windrush Day: a fitting way to celebrate our immigrant population

The Independent (25/01/10): Memorial to Crimea's black nurse in danger

The Independent (25/01/10): Tamils may hand power to general who crushed Tigers

The Observer (24/01/10): Bill of rights 'ignores' Northern Ireland's immigrants

The Daily Telegraph (23/01/10): Controversial cleric Yahya Ibrahim to tour UK universities

The Daily Telegraph (23/01/10): Clampdown on student visa scams

The Guardian (23/01/10): Poles are not trying to escape UK

Human Rights Watch (22/01/10): Uncovering Sri Lanka's war crimes

The Guardian (21/01/10): Why can't I claim British citizenship?

IRR News (21/01/10): Putting John Denham's speech in context

Amnesty International (21/01/10): Controls on military assistance to Somalia must be tightened Somalia: International military and policing assistance should be reviewed (AFR 52/001/2010): PDF Download

The Daily Telegraph (20/01/10): Migrants face visa hikes but no extra cash for communities

The Guardian (20/01/10): Super-rich offered £15,000 fast-track UK visa renewals to avoid delays

The Times (20/01/10): Concentration camp survivor Thomas Blatt takes John Demjanjuk trial back in time

The Independent (20/01/10): 70 years on, survivor of gas chambers faces Nazi in court

BBC News (20/01/10): Vietnam to try democracy activists for subversion

BBC News (20/01/10): Nigeria religious riots 'kill 200' in Jos

BBC News (19/01/10): Sudan would accept separation, says President Bashir http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8468760.stm

Enough Project (19/01/10): Clear benchmarks for Sudan http://www.enoughproject.org/files/publications/SudanBenchmarks.pdf

Refugees International (19/01/10): Burma: Rohingya A Year Later

The Independent (19/01/10): Claims of US cover-up over Guantanamo deaths http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/claims-of-us-coverup-over-guantanamo-deaths-1871988.html

Human Rights Watch (19/01/10): We should take the lead on human rights in South-East Asia

The Guardian (18/01/10): How to tackle immigration http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/18/immigration-uk-increase-population

Amnesty International (18/01/10): Sri Lanka: Time for a New Start; A Human Rights Agenda for Sri Lanka’s Presidential Candidates http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/sri-lanka-time-new-start-human-rights-agenda-sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-presidential-ca

BBC News (18/01/10): Mauritania fatwa bans female genital mutilation

The Daily Telegraph (18/01/10): Jewish leaders confront Pope over Vatican's Holocaust 'silence'

The Independent (18/01/10): Small aid agencies have a vital role

The Times (18/01/10): Islamic sect’s plan to build mega-mosque next to Olympics site collapses

The Observer (17/01/10): We're still a long way from an honest debate about immigration

The Observer (17/01/10): Young, self-reliant, educated: portrait of UK's eastern European migrants

The Observer (17/01/10): Eastern European immigration 'has hit low-paid Britons'

The Daily Telegraph (16/01/10): Muslim peer: rising immigration is 'damaging race relations'

The Daily Telegraph (16/01/10): Our immigrants' success is not down to Labour

Human Rights Watch (15/01/10): Libya: Don’t Send Eritreans Back to Risk of Torture

Human Rights Watch (15/01/10): ICTR: Rwanda Tribunal Creates Rich Legal Precedent . Full Publication Details – Click here.

The Daily Telegraph (15/01/10): Al-Qaeda threat: Britain worst in western world

New Reports and Publications

New EHRC Report

A new report, commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and produced by the Migration Policy Institute, has just been published. It is entitled “The UK’s New Europeans: progress and Challenges Five Years After Accession” and investigates the employment and skills patterns of east European Migrants in the UK since the Accession of the new EU member states. Both the report and the EHRC press release can be downloaded from the links below:

Download report: The UK's New Europeans (Pdf)
Press Release: Eastern European migrant employment patterns reviewed http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/eastern-european-migrant-employment-patterns-reviewed/

New Refugee Council Report

The Refugee Council has recently published a new report entitled “Chance or choice? Understanding why asylum seekers come to the UK” The report was commissioned by the Refugee Council and written by Professor Heaven Crawley, Director of the Centre for Migration Policy Research at the University of Swansea. According to the Refugee Council, `the research investigated the decisions made by asylum seekers who come to the UK and explored the extent to which these decisions are a reflection of chance or choice.’ The full report and a shorter research summary are available by clicking on the relvant link below:

Download the full research report (PDF)

Download the research summary document (PDF)

Press Release: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2010/18jan2010

Sunday, 17 January 2010

"Untermenschen" and "Asylum Seekers." Refugees and Economic Migrants Conference

The following conference, organised by Meretz UK, will take place on Sunday 24 January in London. The conference is entitled: "Untermenschen" and "Asylum Seekers." Refugees and Economic Migrants" and full information and detaills on how to book can be found by following the link below:

"Untermenschen" and "Asylum Seekers." Refugees and Economic Migrants Conference - http://britishmeretz.blogspot.com/2009/11/untermenschen-and-asylum-seekers.html

Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Training & Events

Refugees into Schools

(Source: email from Bill Bolloten)

Education Action’s REFUGEES INTO SCHOOLS project supports refugees to visit schools in London and help children and young people understand the impact of conflict and why people are forced to flee their countries.

Through getting involved in schools, refugees will have opportunities to learn about education in England. They will also gain valuable skills and experience. Some refugees may also find this experience useful if they want to pursue a career in education.

For schools and local authorities wishing to be partners with the project, REFUGEES INTO SCHOOLS will make a useful contribution to assisting schools in developing a culturally inclusive curriculum, and support work that contributes to the duty to promote community cohesion.

All refugees who volunteer to participate in the project will be provided with:

Training
Resources and materials
Guidance and support from experienced mentors
Help with travel expenses.

There is an information and training day for refugees taking part in the project:

Date: Friday 27 February 2009

Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm

Venue: Shelter Training, Unit 13, City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 2PU

Places must be booked beforehand.

For more information. or to indicate a wish to take part in REFUGEES INTO SCHOOLS, please get in touch with Education Action by phone or email.

Tel: 020 7785 7217

Email: info@education-action.org

Information flyers (for schools and local authorities, and for refugees interested in taking part) can also be obtained by emailing the project coordinator, Angela Taylor: amt1314@btinternet.com

(Source: The Network - http://www.seapn.org.uk/)

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“Migration is not a Crime” - Workshop - Sunday 15th Feb

“MIGRATION IS NOT A CRIME”

What is freedom of movement? Who has it, who doesn’t? What effect is climate change and global recession having? How can we take action together?

Sunday 15th Feb -2.30pm Open to all - Free/donation

Venue:The Armada, Armada Place, Bristol

Directions: Off Stokes Croft, red brick building, round the corner
from Cafe Kino on the left.
3pm – 4.30 Workshop (Break with T and Cake)
5.00-5.45 Action Planning-Bristol Urban Convergence, September 09′
5.45-6.00 Evaluation and Close

We are involved with Bristol No Borders (working
on issues of migration and asylum) and Bristol
Rising Tide (taking action on root causes of climate
change) and are developing a new popular
education project together. Popular education
involves creative ways to learn about issues and
come up with collective plans for action. We hope
to take this to a range of groups but at this first
event we would welcome your input and feedback.
A Trapese Popular Education Collective Project

Further information : Bristol No Borders - http://bristolnoborders.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/migration-is-not-a-crime-workshop/

Posted in: Conferences & Meetings. http://refugee-archives-conferences.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Stop Press: A Late Addition, New Report by the Refugee Council

From the Refugee Council web site:

Protection sensitive borders

Remote Controls: how UK border controls are endangering the lives of refugees [Refugee Council, 2008]

The Refugee Council is concerned that the plethora of UK border controls placed overseas and aimed at preventing irregular migration is preventing refugees fleeing from their own countries and getting to a place of safety. This study is the result of a one year research project by the Refugee Council and explores the various overseas UK border controls and their impact on refugees.

The report includes evidence gathered during a field visit to Turkey, a key country of transit for many refugees coming to the UK. The Refugee Council found that the UK’s overseas border controls may risk refugees being sent back to countries where they face persecution. The report contains recommendations as to protection safeguards the UK should put in place to ensure that refugees are not put at such risk and are able to access protection.

Full Report (88p) Available online at: Download the report (PDF)

Supplementary Report Information at: information around the report

Refugee Council Press release: View the Press Release.

Posted in: Publications.

P.S. This should hopefully now be the last posting for 2008.

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Refugees and Climate Change

The following pieces of research relating to the impact of climate change in relation to refugee situations are now available online. The full details and web links are as follows:

The latest issue of Forced Migration Review, number 31, is dedicated to this issue and full details can be found at: http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange.htm

Forced Migration Online Resource Summary on climate change and displacement, online at
http://www.forcedmigration.org/browse/thematic/climate-change/

A transcript of the April 2008 ippr conference on climate change and displacement, online at
http://www.ippr.org/migration

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Publications.

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

New Reports and Publications

State, Nation, Citizen: Rethinking Repatriation. RSC Working Paper Number 48 written by Katy Long, (August 2008). Online at: [Full Text] http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/RSCworkingpaper48.pdf

(Source: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford – http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/).

New ICAR Briefing entitled: Employment issues for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Available online at:
http://www.icar.org.uk/employment_briefing

(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/).

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, 4-8 February 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544687/Yarls_Wood_2008.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 445kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on the unannounced full inspection of the short-term holding facility at: Edinburgh Airport, 20 February 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/STHF-reports/edinburgh-airport-sthf?view=Binary (pdf file, 177kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on a full announced inspection of Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre, 10-14 March 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544670/tinsley-house-IRC-2008?view=Binary (pdf file, 1.5mkb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Home Office has published: 'Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter 2008 - United Kingdom'.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/asylumq108.pdf (pdf file, 248kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office has published: 'Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2007'.
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1108.pdf (pdf file, 2.3mb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Home Office has published a: 'Control of immigration: quarterly statistical summary, United Kingdom, April 2008 - June 2008'.
Download the statistical summary at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/coiq208.pdf (pdf file, 608kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Home Office has published a statistical bulletin: 'Control of immigration: statistics, United Kingdom 2007'.
Download the statistical bulletin at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1008.pdf (pdf file, 1.2mb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The UK Border Agency of the Home Office has published: 'A strong new force at the border, August 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/managingourborders/astrongnewforceattheborder/strongnewforce.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 448kb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Government Equalities Department has published: 'Social Enterprise: Making it work for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women'.
Download the report at:
http://www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/407665_SOCIAL%20ENTERPRISE%20WEB.pdf (pdf file, 1.1mb)
(Source – Institute of Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/)

Great Lakes Pact and the Rights of Displaced People: A Guide for Civil Society (IDMC and IRRI, Sept. 2008) [English text] [French text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Iraq's Refugee and IDP Crisis: Human Toll and Implications (Middle East Institute, August 2008) [text via Human Security Gateway]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Access to Protection at Airports in Europe (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Evaluation of UNHCR’s returnee reintegration programme in Angola (UNHCR, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change: Mapping Emerging Trends and Risk Hotspots (CARE, August 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Barriers to Asylum: The Marabastad Refugee Reception Office (Forced Migration Studies Programme, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Conflict, Arms, and Militarization: The Dynamics of Darfur’s IDP Camps, HSBA Working Paper no. 15 (Small Arms Survey, Sept. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Internal Displacement to Urban Areas - the Tufts-IDMC Profiling Study, Khartoum, Sudan (Feinstein International Center & IDMC, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Opportunity and conflict: the impact of a refugee influx on decentralisation in Mali, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper no. 163 (UNHCR, Sept. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Towards a ‘soft law’ framework for the protection of vulnerable migrants, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper, no. 162 (UNHCR, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions, 3rd ed. (UNHCR, August 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Posted in: Publications.

Sunday, 21 September 2008

A couple more events...

Conferences, Events and Calls for Papers

International migrants in rural areas: communities, impacts and issues
http://www.ippr.org/events/?id=3235
7 October 2008, St Martins in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, 10am-4pm
The event, organised by think tank ippr, aims to:

- present new research on the impact of migration on public services in rural areas

- examine ways in which public services might become more responsive to migrants

- present new research on the risk to rural economies caused by changing migration flows, and look at how these risks can be managed.

More information at weblink above.

(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Information services for migrants and refugees
http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/international/activities/training/default.htm

Tue 14 Oct 2008, British Library pm (registration from 1.30pm)

The International and Library Information Group (ILIG) of CILIP is running two half-day seminars on this day, one of which is on information services for migrants and refugees. It includes presentations by Helen Carpenter (Paul Hamlyn Foundation and former WTYL Project Co-ordinator), Diana Edmonds (Assistant Director Culture, Libraries and Learning, London Borough of Haringey) and Amanuel Gebrekidan (British Broadcasting Corporation, Future Media and Technology, Information and Archives) and will be chaired by Stephanie Kenna from the British Library. For more information and how to book see weblink above

(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Posted in: Conferences & Events.

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Guardian Online (07/12/2010): Government confirms plans to curb international student numbers

Telegraph Online (07/12/2010): Foreign students forced to go home after studies under tough new immigration rules

Guardian Online (07/12/2010): Cross-party MPs voice 'profound concern' to Theresa May over plans to bar foreign students

Independent Online (07/12/2010): MP's assistant is fighting deportation Human Rights Watch (06/12/2010): Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants

Telegraph Online (06/12/2010): Foreign student crackdown

Telegraph Online (04/12/2010): Government to review future of immigration advisers

Human Rights Watch (04/12/2010): Burma: Eyewitness Accounts of Abuses in Eastern Fighting Amnesty International (03/12/2010): IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTER CONDEMNED FOR DEMANDING EXECUTION OF AL-QAI’DA SUSPECTS

Guardian Online (01/12/2010): Nick Clegg to announce timetable for ending child detentions

Guardian Online (28/11/2010): To see how fascism can be throttled, look at Barking

Guardian Online (28/11/2010): The Conservatives' immigration cap is a control that seems to suit nobody

Guardian Online (28/11/2010): Croydon asylum centre will be as bad as Yarl's Wood, says charity

Refugee Council (25/11/2010): Refugee Council response to Home Office child detention and asylum stats published today

Independent Online (23/11/10): Migrant workers to be cut by a fifth