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Beverly Hughes denies
'public enquiry' into Yarl's Wood fire in spite of
requests from Bedfordshire MPs.
"I do not feel that a full public inquiry is the best
way of getting the information that we need into the public
domain at the earliest opportunity" Minister
for Citizenship and Immigration (Beverley Hughes)
During a debate on the Yarl's
Wood fire in the House of Commons (Westminster
Hall Tuesday 16th September 2003 ), Alistair Burt raised serious
concerns, including the competence of Group 4, and
about the re-opening of Yarl's Wood under their management.
Full text
of debate > > > |
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| Yarl's
Wood trial - a miscarriage of justice? By
Harmit Athwal, IRR |
Last
month, the trial ended of 11 asylum seekers charged in connection
with a fire at Yarl's Wood, the government's showpiece detention
centre. Melanie McFadyean writing in the Guardian sheds light
on the lives of the accused - and the questions that remain
unanswered:
Some
kind of asylum part 1 Some
kind of asylum part 2 |
In
Memory of Israfil Shiri 1973-2003
Another innocent victim of the
UK's 'Unjust and inhumane' Immigration laws
Israfil Shiri, died in the early
hours of Wednesday 3rd September 2003 after seven days of terrible
suffering in Wythenshawe Hospital Burns Unit Manchester. More
> > > |
"There is nothing quite
like cruelty towards children to stir public anger, and
there has been nothing quite so institutionally cruel in
Scotland as Dungavel detention centre’s handling of
its young detainees. " (Scottish Sunday Times Sunday
7th september 2003)
1,500 demonstrators massed outside the iron curtain that
surrounds Dungavel
7
days in the life of … Mercy Ikolo Scotland
Sunday Herald Sunday 14th September 2003
‘This
is not a place for children, they don’t give me food
when the baby cries . . .’
Defeat
looms on young asylum seekers The
Independent Sunday 7th September 2003
McConnell’s
silence won’t quieten Dungavel protests
Scotland Sunday Times 07/09/03
Scottish Executive
duped over Dungavel Glasgow
Sunday Herald Sunday 7th September 2003
Shame
of Dungavel - 18-month-old Destina Polat fingerprinted and
photographed!
Treatment
of Somali mother is reprehensible
Dungavel's
harsh regime 3 articles from the Glasgow Herald
Wednesday 3rd September 2003
Anger
at Dungavel 'punishment' BBC News Online Wednesday
3rd September 2003
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Asylum
applications in industrialised world still falling, says UNHCR
In Europe overall, the new
figures were the lowest since UNHCR started collecting quarterly
data at the beginning of 1999. During the second quarter of
this year, the EU countries saw a drop of 16 percent, to 66,260,
following on from a 17 percent drop in the first quarter.
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| Amnesty
International
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Rights Watch: 2003
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| UNHCR
press releases: September 2003 |
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September 2003
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Office Press Releases: September 2003
Dublin
Convention Mark2: Improved Eu Co-Operation On Asylum
No
Safe Haven In UK For Serious Criminals
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Media
- articles on asylum/refugee/economic migrants/ issues : September
2003
Asylum
centre becoming ever more dangerous Time
Online Monday 29th September 2003
Immigration
centre 'not safe' BBC
News Online Monday 29th September 2003
Secret
plan to tag asylum-seekers Indpendent
on Sunday Sunday 28th September 2003
Deported
Roma may return to UK BBC
News Online Wednesday 24th September 2003
Appeal
judges back Blunkett's move to deny asylum-seekers support Independent
Q and
A: Appeal court asylum ruling BBC
News Online Wednesday 24th September 2003
Anger
over Dungavel extension plan BBC
News Online Sunday September 21st 2003
'One
strike and you're out' for asylum seekers The
Scotsman Sunday 21st September 2003
Free
asylum children, says film director The
Independent on Sunday 21st September 2003
Sri
Lanka still unsafe for returning refugees: Refugee
Council report
New
law to put and end to asylum 'gravy train' The
Times Thursday 18th September 2003
Secret
quotas target children for deportation
The
Independent Sunday 14th September 2003
'Guards
confiscated my boys' crisps and then took their fingerprints'
Belgian
police tried over asylum death BBC
News Online Wednesday 1oth September 2003
Asleep
at the wheel in Kosovo The
Guardian Tuesday September 9th 2003
Genuine
asylum-seekers are good for Britain, says senior police chief Independent
Scotland:
Asylum seekers 'must head south' BBC
News Online Thursday 4th September 2003
Shame
of Dungavel - 18-month-old Destina Polat fingerprinted and
photographed!
Treatment
of Somali mother is reprehensible
Dungavel's
harsh regime 3
articles from the Glasgow Herald Wednesday 3rd September 2003
Anger
at Dungavel 'punishment' BBC
News Online Wednesday 3rd September 2003
UN
attacks plans to limit legal aid for asylum seekers
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