The
Government has taken away from me:
Forced and Voluntary returns
to Iraq Suspended
Though nothing
has been posted as yet on the Home Office website, both 'The Guardian'
and 'BBC News Online' report that the Home Office have suspended plans
for forced and voluntary removals to Iraq for the foreseeable future.
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UK
scraps scheme to send home Iraqi exiles
Controversial plans by Britain to 'enforceably repatriate'
hundreds of Iraqis who fled persecution by Saddam Hussein have been
suspended following warnings that the policy could see people being
sent back to their deaths. The Observer 18/04/04
UK
delays Iraqi migrants' return
The Home Office has said that the policy to force failed Iraqi asylum
seekers to return home may not take place this month, as was hoped.
BBC News 18/04/04
UNHCR
Say - No Forced returns to Iraq
Anti-Deportation Campaigns - April 2004
Don't Deport Emily Lakot
NCADC
Save
Geetha & Sagara
Min Family: Reprieve
for deportation families BBC News 28/04/04
Minn
Family: Kirk in family deportation plea BBC News 22/04/04
Minn
Family: Shetland unites in battle to halt deportations
Islanders say Burmese family have integrated well and appeal to
Home Office not to send them back to uncertain future.
The Guardian 19/04/04
Deported
Colombian is shot after losing plea to stay in Britain
The Independent 16/04/04
Don't Deport Mohammad Ud Din!
NCADC (removed)
Don't Deport
Therese-Laure Bikoukou! NCADC
Don't Deport Fri Linda
and her son to Cameroon! NCADC
People
of Shetland unite to save failed asylum-seekers from deportation
Sunday Herald 11/04/04
Ay
Family: Rowling slams treatment of child refugees
Observer 11/04/04
Thousands
rally in Netherlands against government crackdown on immigration
Canadian Press 111/04/04
Farhat Khan and Family
Must Stay NCADC
Don't Deport Christian Selu
Umeyaka! NCADC
Hassan Nejad must
stay! NCADC
Stop the deportation of Omar Boubeker! NCADC
Stop violence against
women Campaign
Amnesty International Campaign
Let justice roll down
asylum seekers and the Churches CCRJ
Don't Deport Therese-Laure
Bikoukou!
Don't Deport Fri Linda and
her son to Cameroon!
UNHCR - Say No Forced returns
to Eritrea
Between
Iraq and a hard place By Arun Kundnani © Institute
of Race Relations 2004
Continuing conflicts which generate
refugees
More
than 20,000 refugees flee Uganda AP 26/04/04
Rape,
torture, and one million forced to flee as Sudan's crisis unfolds.
Will we move to stop it? Independent
23/04/04
Colombia:
Laboratory of war -- violence soars in Arauca
Amnesty International
Tamil
Tigers turn on each other The
Guardian 10/04/04
Afghan warlord calls for sackings The
Guardian 10/04/04
Nepal
police arrest 1,000 protesters The Guardian
10/04/04
Burundi
army clashes with rebels The Guardian
10/04/04
Teenage
girls die as Tiger factions clash The
Times 10/04/04
Three
demonstrations - No Forced returns to Iraq
One-sided approach to managed
migration is responsible for current crisis of immigration control
policies JCWI
IAS urges radical shake-up of
immigration administration to gain public confidence
United Against Fascism'
: 'Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers' and 'Unite Against
Fascism'
English
need a shot of self-confidence
Des Browne, the man in direct charge of Britain’s immigration
policy . . . . .spent 16 years as a solicitor specialising in civil
liberties cases. The Scotsman 05/04/04
Amnesty International
Rights
of Non-Citizens
All
removals to Kosovo - have been suspended as of 18th March
2004
(This information was accurate at time of posting, Wednesday 24 Mar
2004, you will need to check with the Home Office on any given day
to see if the suspensions are still in force.)
UNHCR
Say - No Forced returns to Iraq
UNHCR has issued new guidance to governments on the treatment of Iraqi
asylum seekers, requesting a continued ban on forced returns - including
rejected cases - to all parts of Iraq until further notice. UNHCR
is also recommending that all Iraqi asylum seekers continue to be
granted some form of temporary protection.
Human Rights Watch
Atrocities
in Western Sudan - Darfur in Flames:
Sudan: Massive Atrocities in Darfur
Almost
One Million Civilians Forcibly Displaced in Government’s Scorched-Earth
Campaign
War?
Disaster? Lost contact with your family abroad?
Africa
'Thousands
raped' in Congo
U.N.
Aide Says Sudan Is Tolerating Ethnic Cleansing New York
Times 03/04/04
UN
urges global action on Darfur BBC News 03/04/04
Europe
Euro
MPs find Turkey is still not fit to join The Times 02/04/04
Slovenia
accused of cynical move to deny rights to minorities Independent
02/04/04
Home Office Press Releases
Measures
to tackle student & marriage immigration abuse
Des
Browne MP has today been appointed Minister of State for Citizenship
and Immigration at the Home Office.
UNHCR
Note on key
issues of concern to UNHCR on the draft Asylum Procedures Directive
Sudan:
humanitarian crisis in Darfur deteriorating, UN agencies say
Amnesty International
Iraq:
One year after the war the human rights situation remains critical
One year after the war on Iraq was launched, the promise of improved
human rights for Iraqi citizens remains far from realized, concludes
a new report by Amnesty International.
Media items - immigration/migration/legislation
April 2004
See also Google
and Moreover
news feeds.
Scotland: Immigration
plan to halt crisis BBC News 29/04/04
Asylum
cases take a chunk of legal aid bill The Times 30/04/04
EU
agrees policy on how to treat all refugees The Independent
30/04/04
Immigration
hits record level The Telegraph 30/04/04
Last-minute
EU deal on asylum reached The Guardian 30/04/04
The
value of immigrants The Independent 28/04/04
Roma
pay high price for accession The Guardian 27/04/04
Bolts
drawn on Fortress Europe Greenleft Weekly 26/04/04
Victory
for asylum bid councillor Manchester News 24/04/04
Seeking
asylum without prejudice The Guardian
24/04/04
Citizens
of nowhere look everywhere The Times 23/04/04
UN
guilty of 'sins of omission' yet again The independent
23/04/04
Afghani
refugee chief releases extremely damning report Project
SafeCom Inc. 23/04/04
Roma
dare to dream of a life without poverty in EU The Times
23/04/04
Tanzania
camp plan scrapped The Guardian 22/04/04
'Aid
crisis looming' in DR Congo BBC news 21/04/04
UK
scraps scheme to send home Iraqi exiles The Guardian 18/04/04
UK
delays Iraqi migrants' return BBC
News 18/04/04
Deported
Colombian is shot after losing plea to stay in Britain
The Independent 16/04/04
Bungled
asylum seeker amnesty leaves councils with £50m bill
Housing Today 16/04/04
Immigration
advisers to be set ethics tests The Independent 13/04/04
Monthly
cheques home from migrant workers are building prosperity
The Guardain 13/04/04
Immigration
lawyers face campaign of fire-bombing and death threats
The Independent 12/04/04
Wrexham:
Where ignorance and fear fuel hatred of asylum-seekers
The Independent 12/04/04
Civil
war fear as Afghan city falls to warlord The Guardian
09/04/04
Sudan,
Congo could be next Rwanda: Annan Toronto Star 07/04/04
Race-hate
crimes reach record level - and experts say asylum policy may be
to blame Independent 07/04/04
Blair
'to end immigration abuse' BBC News 07/04/04
Immigration
makes nation wealthier, says Blair The Independent 06/04/04
Migration
rhetoric belies the facts The Guardian 06/04/04
Slovenes
poised to reject citizenship for the 'erased' Independent 05/04/04
Blair
to hold immigration summit BBC News 04/04/04
New
migrant crisis hits Blunkett Sunday
Times 04/04/04
Ministers
lose control of Britain's borders Sunday Times 04/04/04
Damned
lies and targets Sunday Times 04/04/04
Blunkett
snub as Blair takes control of immigrant crisis Scotland
on Sunday 04/04/04
Revealed:
Blair made deal with Romanian PM to let in migrants
Sunday Telegraph 04/04/04
Sixty
reasons why Britain needs immigrants Independent 03/04/04
New
immigration minister named BBC News 01/04/04
Immigration
chaos engulfs Labour The Times 02/04/04
Heat
on Blunkett as visa minister quits The Guardian 02/04/04
Government
in turmoil over immigration as Hughes resigns The Independent
02/04/04
Blunkett
on the rack as minister quits over immigration 'cover-up'
The Telegraph 02/04/04
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