Electronic Tagging of Asyum Seekers to start in Scotland this September
Bail the Right
to Liberty - the law offers you Protection
Anti-Deportation Campaigns
- July 2004
Minn Family Belong in the
Shetland's
Urgent Appeal for Sumaiya
Kizza - removal imminent
Ahmed Ibrahim Bashari - Stop his Removal
to Sudan
Fadile, Nour and Yazan belong to Dudley
Don't Deport Bernard Petegou!
Bardici Family Must Stay in Hackney
Stop the Double Punishment of Troy Griffiths
Blunkett's Dungavel
visit condemned - "he should be ashamed of himself"
Nine
conflicts around the world notably deteriorated last month, according
to the July issue of ICG's CrisisWatch bulletin.
Deteriorated Situations: Afghanistan, Bolivia, Chad, Chechnya (Russia),
Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Georgia, Iran, Sudan
Removals to DR Congo - Suspended!
aaaWhen asked on Thursday 1st
of July, two immigration offices (Midlands and Southampton) said that
removals to DR Congo have been temporarily suspended as have removals
to Burundi.
aaaDR Congo embassy are
no longer issuing emergency travel documents for failed asylum seekers
or re-validating travel documents already issued.
aaaIf
you know of any detainees from DR Congo or Burundi, still in detention,
they should be able to apply for bail, if a detainee cannot be removed,
they should not be detained.
aaa
Canada and the Republic of Ireland have suspended forced
removals to DR Congo, since May. You
will need to check with the Home Office day to day to see if removals
are still restricted
Making bail applications:
Blunkett's
bungled amnesty leaves 7500 families ineligible for asylum
Community Care 02/07/04
Continuing
conflicts which generate refugees 'Afghanistan
is on a knife-edge and may implode without more troops'
The Independent 30 July 2004
A
frontier too far The Independent 30
July 2004
Families
'burnt alive by Sudanese militia' The
Independent 29/07/04
Peacekeepers
'stood by as Kosovo mob burnt homes' The
Independent 27/07/04
Focus:
Sudan - Land in the grip of death
The US Congress calls it genocide. The government of Sudan denies
it is happening. Hilary Andersson, whose reports brought the hidden
suffering in the camps of Darfur to our screens, fears the world
has woken up too late Independent 25/07/04
Straw
urged to stop 'genocide' in Sudan The
Independent 24/07/04
Lies
and hypocrisy - The world must confront Sudan over Darfur The
Times 21/07/04
Britain
launches emergency appeal as UN predicts 300,000 deaths in months
The Times 21/07/04
Sudanese
militias accused of using rape as a weapon The
Independent 20/07/04
Sudanese promises are not enough for Darfur The
Guardian 20/07/04
Afghan
warlords 'bigger threat than Taliban' The
Guardian 13/07/06
Kosovo/Kosova
(Serbia and Montenegro): Failure to protect the rights of minorities
Amnesty International 08/07/04
Bomb
attack shatters Sri Lanka peace hopes The Times
08/07/04
Misery
on the move as refugees flood into Chad Alert
net 06/07/04
Use
your vote and you'll die, Taliban tell Afghan women
The Telegraph 04/07/04
UN
probes killing of Tutsi soldiers in Congo army
Alert Net 30/06/04
At
least 32 dead in east Congo clashes - army Alert
Net 29/06/04
Parliament - July
2004
Domestic Violence
Victims
Other
Views Failing
the vulnerable: the death of ten asylum seekers and other foreign
nationals in UK detention
"Warehoused"
refugees are caught between conflicts and closed doors
Some 7.4 million of the world's 11.9 million refugees have lived
for 10 years or more in a warehousing situation, according to the
U.S. Committee for Refugees' World Refugee Survey 2004. Christian
Science Monitor Saturday 24th July 2004
NATO
increase not enough for Afghan security -CARE Alert
net 01/07/04
Amnesty International
Sudan:
Rape as a weapon of war in Darfur
Amnesty International 19/07/04
Kosovo/Kosova
(Serbia and Montenegro): Failure to protect the rights of minorities
Amnesty International 08/07/04
Human
Rights Watch
Africa
Europe
Home Office Press Releases
UNHCR
UNHCR's
position on returns of rejected asylum seekers to Ivory Coast.
Media items - immigration/migration/legislation
July 2004 Protests
against asylum detention BBC News 30/07/04
Asylum
centre dead remain unnamed BBC News
30/07/04
Fast-track
asylum idea for refugees The Guardian
28/07/04
Asylum
centre is a fire risk says reportSouthampton
Echo 27/07/04
Death
inquiry to expose Dungavel The Herald
26/07/04
Anger
at asylum suicide The Observer Sunday
25/07/04
Fury
grows after Dungavel suicide Scotland
on Sunday 25/07/04
Asylum
seeker suicide adds to pressure on Dungavel Sunday
Herald 25/07/04
Harmondsworth:
Inside the asylum riot nightmare The
Observer Sunday 25/07/04
Asylum-seekers
say officers left them to die in blaze
The Independent 24/07/04
Italy
told to explain why 'sea beggars' were expelled The
Independent 24/07/04
UK
Immigration Detention Capacity at 1st July 2004
NCADC 21/07/04
Riot
at fast-track asylum removal centre The
Guardain 21/07/04
Q
and A: Immigration detention BBC News
21/07/04
Death
in cell sparks riot at detention centre for immigrants
The Independent 21/07/04
Inquiry
Launched after Asylum Centre Disturbance The
Scotsman 20/07/04
Asylum
death sparks 'disturbance'
BBC News Tuesday 20/07/04
Deportation
of gala princess denounced as 'cynical ploy' The
Independent 20/07/04
Telephones
to keep tag on asylum seekers The Herald
19/07/04
Detention
centre boys sue Straw The
Guardian 19/07/04
London
reliant on foreign nurses BBC News
15/07/04
Experiment
aims at bringing dignity to deportation The
Guardian 15/07/04
Media
linked to asylum violence BBC News
14.07/04
A
storm in a port The Guardian 13/07/04
Blunkett
confirms move to tag asylum seekers The
Scotsman 13/07/04
Welcome
to Aldergrove... it's this way to the cells Belfast
Telegraph 08/07/04
English
immigration tests will start this autumn The
Telegraph 08/07/04
Blunkett
exposes feared invasion of foreign benefit scroungers as 'myth'
The Independent 08/07/04
'Britain
facing no migrant flood' BBC News 08/07/04
EU
expansion fails to bring migrant 'flood' The
Times 08/07/04
New
citizens face tougher English test TheGuardian
08/07/04
How
tide turned on 'flood of migrants' The
Guardian 07/07/04
Asylum
seeker 'chained to bed before operation' The
Herald 02/07/04
Afghan
polls delayed amid intimidation The
Times 02/07/04 |
