Anti-Deportation Campaigns -
Around the Campaigns Friday 28th March 2008

Kicking them out one door, Bringing them in the other
Mohammed Isahq Ibrahimi
Illiu Family (Belgium)

Around the Campaigns Friday 21st March 2008

Important tools for anti-deportation campaigners - Country reports from "authoritative" sources

Vera & Kenni (Removal stayed)
Bruno Medjiako Tcheuleu
Stop 'Ethnic Charter Flights'
Around the Campaigns Friday 14th March 2008
Around the Campaigns Friday 7th March 2008
Zaman Ahmed (Removal stayed)

Jumoke Adediwura deported, Birmingham campaigners fear B'ham Mail 07/03/08
Evelyne & Adou (Removal stayed/released from detention)
Helen Laolu-Balogun and children (Removal stayed/Released from detention)

Anti-Deportation News -
Oakington IRC: Detainees' hunger strike protest BBC News 28/03/08

Greg Mulholland: EDM 1203 / Deportation of asylum seekers at risk of religious persecution
Diane Abbott: EDM 1180 / Mehdi Kazemi and the treatment of homosexuality in Iran
Inhumane and oppressive': the final verdict on Britain's asylum policy The Independent 27/03/08

IND: Operational Enforcement Activity - Chapters 1-60 as @ 17th March 2008

“States should not impose penalties on arriving asylum-seekers”

Britain and France join forces on immigration The Independent 25/03/08
Cancer victim deported to Ghana dies The Times 20/03/08
MSPs back asylum campaign for gay Syrian facing jail and torture Scotsman 23/03/08
Britain's refugee shame The Indpendent 16/03/08
Gay Iranian demands guarantee he can stay Independent 15/03/08
Victory for Kazemi as Home Secretary halts deportation to Iran Independent 14/03/08
Adults Only - When Africans Are Treated Like 'Dead Goats' The Monitor
Iraqi asylum seekers given deadline to go home or face destitution in UK The Guardian 13/03/08
Gay teenager faces return to Iran after Dutch ruling The Indpendent 13/03/08
UK poised to resume Zimbabwe deportations Zimbabwe.com 10/03/08
Now Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain faces deportation The Indpendent 07/03/08
Simon Hughes: No gay person should be sent back to Iran The Indpendent 07/03/08
Leading article: Squalid priorities The Indpendent 07/03/08
Traumatised and neglected: how Britain fails child asylum-seekers The Indpendent 07/03/08

Children’s Commissioner calls for end to unacceptable treatment of young asylum seekers

Time is ticking for Leeds family awaiting deportation YEP 06/03/08
Nigerian family released from Yarl's Wood (Helen Laolu-Balogun) Plymouth Herald
Legal fight to let family stay [Raquel Frederico & Audiva Domingos] Sunderland Echo 03/03/08
Battle to let family remain in Leeds YEP 02/03/08
ECHR: Grand Chamber Judgment / Saadi v Italy
Legal Opinion: Why governments can't carry on turning a blind eye to torture Indpendent 05/03/08Liberty wins round one of detention centre inquiry Bexhill Observer 04/03/08

Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees
Twelve actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in February 2008

Worlds ten worst weakest states: Somalia, Afghanistan, DRC, Iraq, Burundi, Sudan, CAR, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Ivory Coast --

UNHCR: Report on 2007 Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialised Countries

UN: Rights Council fails victims in Congo HRW 28/03/08
Nigeria: Niger Delta Gang Violence Goes Unpunished HRW 27/03/08
Zimbabwe: Failed Asylum Seekers With Criminal Records Face Local Prison All Africa 27/03/08Iraq: A savage sanctuary The Guardian 25/03/08
Robert Mugabe 'printing fake ballots to rig poll' The Telegraph 24/03/08
Zimbabwe: Prospects from a Flawed Election ICG 20/03/08
Zimbabwe: Free and Fair Election Unlikely HRW 19/03/08
Nigeria: Desperate children swamp northern cities as food price hikes bite IRIN 18/03/08
DRC: "Majority of rapists go unpunished" IRIN 18/03/08
Kenya: Human Rights Watch urges inquiry into post-election violence IRIN 17/03/08
Western Congo violence killed 68, U.N. reports say Alert Net 17/03/08
Ticking bomb of Iraq’s forgotten refugee children Sunday Times 16/03/08
Somalia war creates 20,000 refugees a month SanDiego.com 13/03/08
UN warns DR Congo on 'excessive force' against religious sect [27 dead]- AFP 12/03/08Afghanistan: UN Secretary-General warns of threats to "still fragile" country IRIN 12/03/08
Egypt: New Indictments in HIV Crackdown HRW 10/03/08
Somalia: UN Security Council Must Not Ignore Abuses HRW 10/03/08
Hundreds flee, several dead in Kenya army offensive Alert Net 11/03/08
Darfur's return to hell The Indpendent 13/03/08
Sudan government and rebels guilty of abuses--UN Reuters 10/03/08
Cameroon ups state wages, cuts prices after riots Reuters 08/03/08
Cameroon: Snapshot - No Peace Without Justice The Post 07/03/08
Hundreds flee from homes in Kenya as power-sharing fails to halt mob violence
Sri Lankan Watchdog quits over human rights abuses The Guardian 07/03/08
Cameroon: Not Quite Back to Normal [Death toll 24, arrests 1,500 +] UNRIN 06/03/08
Sri Lanka: ‘Disappearances’ by Security Forces a National Crisis HRW 06/03/08
West Congo violence catches out U.N. peacekeepers Reuters 05/03/08
DRC: Monthly Human Rights Assessment: January 2008 MONUC 04/03/08
Sierra Leone: Child and maternal mortality worst in the world – UNICEF IRIN 03/03/08
Sudan: War of words after scores killed in Abyei IRIN 03/03/08
Cameroon crisis continues as inflation surges Financial Times 04/03/08
MONUC reinforces its presence and appeals for calm in Bas Congo MONUC 03/03/08
Armenia: Civilians die as police suppress demonstrations and riots HRW 02/03/08
Armenia declares state of emergency after violence AOL 02/03/08
Planeloads of cash prop up Mugabe Sunday Times 02/02/08
Burundi army and rebels clash, 20 killed - army Alert net 01/03/08
Deadly violence rages in Cameroon BBC 29/02/08
Afghanistan mission close to failing - US The Guardain 29/02/08
DRC: New Displacement As Army Fights Militia in Ituri IRIN 28/02/08

Media -
Home Office in illegal immigrants cover-up Sunday Times 30/03/08
Asylum: the peers' revolt / There is only one ethical course for the British Government
Swiss parliament approves use of Tasers in deportations AFP 18/03/08
African migrant died 'after Spanish police sank mattress' The Telegraph 19/03/08
Ireland: Call for review of up to 1,000 rejected asylum applications Irish Times 10/03/08
Border Policing strengthened HOPO 11/03/08
£15,000 for asylum seeker illegally detained in UK The Guardian 10/03/08
Switzerland: Asylum seekers feel the strain as new laws bite WRS 04;03/08
A life or death decision The Independent 06/03/08
Calais fences let illegal immigrants into Britain The Telegraph 05/03/08
‘Bribe’ for foreign prisoners to return home triples to £3,000 The Times 05/03/08
Asylum Watch: Mind your language Red Pepper 02/03/08
Fire at Nepal Refugee Camp Leaves 10,000 Homeless VOA 02/03/08
Theatre stars unite for reform of 'brutal' UK asylum system The Independenet 02/03/08
Emma Thompson fights the deportation of her 'adopted' orphan Sunday Telegraph 02/03/08
Palestinians' bloodiest day, Israel kills 61 in Gaza Alert Net 02/03/08