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Newszine 33 - April - 2003

Afghan removals! - is it just more Home Office spin?
Amnesty international condemn UK decision to forcibly remove asylum-seekers to Afghanistan
Mohamed Nazri: 'I risked my life to flee Afghanistan'    BBC News Online Monday 28th April 2003
Failed asylum seekers leave UK       BBC News Online Monday 28th April 2003
Protests at first enforced return of Afghans since war   Independent Tuesday April 29th 2003
Halt the forced repatriations   The Herald Scotland Tuesday April 29th 2003
Afghan deportees tied up and forced on to planes    The Guardian Wednesday 30th April 2003
Amnesty International continues to be concerned that the situation in Afghanistan is not conducive for the promotion of voluntary repatriation.


Haslar Immigration Detainees to Stage Hunger Strike
Refugee homelessness charity criticises asylum high court decision   PAIH Wednesday 16th April 2003
Ay Family - Deportation Stayed
Asylum for Helen Dawit
Hamza Karenga Must Stay
Grassroots women win political precedent for women’s rights:
Rape by Soldiers Cannot be Dismissed As ‘Simple Lust’
   Home Office are drawing up plans to remove all Iraqi's from the UK!
12,000 files went fully/partially missing from the IND last year
Inspection of five Immigration Service custodial establishments
Government must end the use of indefinite and arbitrary immigration detention
Home Office response to HMCIP Reports On Immigration Removal Centres
Dutch Asylum Policies Breach Rights 
 Scotland: Makhbul Youth Group- Call for Volunteers
Lack of care cited in asylum suicide report   The Guardian Monday April 7th 2003
NCADC Archives: The unacceptable Death of Robratas Grabys
Amnesty International
Amnesty International continues to be concerned that the situation in Afghanistan is not conducive for the promotion of voluntary repatriation.

Ay Family - Deportation stayed - but keep on faxing/writing 
Human Rights Watch
Nigeria: Spiraling Violence Threatens Elections     
Thursday April 10th 2003
UNHCR press releases
Lubbers seriously concerned about insecurity in Afghanistan   
Tuesday 17th April
Refugees flee in all directions as conflict spreads in eastern Liberia   
Monday 7th April 2003
   "Much of the work the NCADC does is extremely valuable to refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom are very vulnerable people." 
                        Richard Buxton chief executive Community fund, quoted by BBC News Online.

National Audit Office: review of grants made to the NCADC
Communtiy Fund Press Release on National Audit Office report
Lottery grant rules tightened
Watchdog blames lottery fund over asylum grant
Lottery body rebuked over sloppy funding

NCADC's Press release on confirmation of grant:
Tuesday October 29th 2002
Parliament: April 2003
Asylum (Designated States) Order 2003         House of Lords Monday 31st March 2003
Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003        
House of Lords Monday 31st March 2003
Home Office Press Releases April 2003
Home Office response to HMCIP Reports On Immigration Removal Centres
        Tuesday 8th April 2003
Report into Landmark     
 Thursday April 3rd 2003
Community Fund: review of grants made to the NCADC    
Wednesday 2nd April 2003
Major building blocks of Immigration Reform now in place   
Tuesday April 1st 2003
Media - articles on asylum/refugee/economic migrants/ issues April 2003

Afghan deportees tied up and forced on to planes    The Guardian Wednesday 30th April 2003
Halt the forced repatriations   The Herald Scotland Tuesday April 29th 2003
Mohamed Nazri: 'I risked my life to flee Afghanistan'    BBC News Online Monday 28th April 2003
Failed asylum seekers leave UK       BBC News Online Monday 28th April 2003
Refugee centre gave job to BNP candidate       Independent Online Sunday 27th April 2003
Notorious Australian refugee camp shut      
The Observer Sunday April 27th 2003
Refugees are 'escaping persecution, not poverty'      
Independent Online Friday April 25th 2003
Under cover of war, Mugabe unleashes a new reign of terror     
The Independent Sunday April 19th 2003
Clashes at Australia asylum protest   
BBC News Online Saturday 19th April 2003
Afghanistan: Repatriation scheme has only 39 takers     
Times Online Friday 18th April
Asylum seeker loses fight for damages over living in Glasgow
Scotsman Online 17th April 2003
Shame of violence to asylum family    
The Guardian Thursday April 17th 2003
Asylum seekers' damages bid fails
  
BBC News Online Wednesday 16th April 2003
Mugabe loses support of Catholic Church
      
Times Online Tuesday 15th April 2003
Cherie Blair on attack over refugees    
The Guardian Tuesday April 15th 2003
Asylum centres branded 'unsafe'  
 BBC News Online Tuesday April 8th 2003
Conflict in Congo DR has killed 4.7m, charity says    
The Guardian Tuesday April 8th 2003
Asylum seekers 'not given help to go home'       
The Guardian Tuesday April 8th 2003
Asylum-seekers routinely mistreated, says prison chief   
 Independent Online April 8th 2003
Why I fear Blunkett's rap at my door     
Observer Sunday 6th April 2003
Firm warned over asylum seekers       
 BBC News Online Thursday 3rd April 2003
Lottery grant rules tightened             
BBC News Online Wednesday 2nd April 2003
Watchdog blames lottery fund over asylum grant       
Times Online Wednesday 2nd April 2003
Lottery body rebuked over sloppy funding       
The Guardian Wednesday April 2nd 2003

 

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