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6 February
Trail of immigrants seeking workThis is London, UK -
... His partner Ying Guo, a Chinese interpreter, engaged solicitors to get the immigrants
out of detention centres and process their asylum applications. ...
Asylum-seeker
mother may be separated from new baby
icWales, UK -
AN ASYLUM seeker from Zimbabwe who watched as
her uncle was shot dead by Robert
Mugabe's thugs could be separated from her newborn baby because of
harsh UK ...
No
right to be in Britain
The Sun, UK -
By JAMIE PYATT. A JUDGE yesterday blasted
Britain’s asylum laws as he jailed
an illegal immigrant for killing a schoolboy in a hit-and-run
horror. ...
Law
lords allow refugees to live where they choose
Guardian, UK -
Asylum seekers have the right to seek council
housing in the area of their choice
once granted the right to settle, five law lords ruled yesterday in
a case ...
Blair
accused of pandering to the right with curb on benefit for ...
Independent, UK -
... Mr Blair is understood to be considering
a ban on benefit for at least 18 months.
* The House of Lords ruled yesterday that two families seeking asylum
in the ...
AM
urges halt to asylum abuse of NHS
icWales, UK -
By Tomos Livingstone. Britain needs to "draw a
line" to stop the NHS being
overwhelmed by asylum seekers, a Welsh Assembly Member said
today. ...
5 February
- The Journal
- Evening Chronicle
Three Afghan refugees who were dropped off near a remote Northumberland petrol station were last night ...
Tax
payers face huge asylum bill
This is Local London, UK -
London residents could be forced to pay for asylum
seekers through council
tax after a Government department refused to help pay for their
care. ...
UK
may tighten benefit controls to deter new EU immigrants
Guardian, UK -
... There is tension within the government
between those who believe that asylum is
the main political grievance in the country, and those who argue
that the ...
COSGROVE:
WHY DIDIERSHOULD PLAY FOR SCOTLAND
Glasgow Daily Record, UK -
... The Dun gavel Detention Centre has
brought home to us the pain of migration but
once asylum or naturalisation has been achieved, an
individual becomes as ...
Bush
Backs Extending Immigrant Benefits
Guardian, UK -
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is proposing that
thousands of refugees and people
granted asylum in the United States get more time to become
Americans ...
On-the-Streets
Asylum Seekers: Home Office Unlawful
The Scotsman, UK -
By John Aston, PA News. A senior judge today threw
a lifeline to asylum
seekers around the country forced to sleep rough this winter. ...
Government
gives £ 27m to support crime victims and witnesses
Guardian, UK -
Schemes to reduce the demand for specialist mental
health services, integrate asylum
seekers and reduce the number of children entering the criminal
justice ...
Blair
calls for curbs on benefits abuse
Telegraph.co.uk, UK -
... Thousands of Roma have travelled to
western Europe in the past decade to claim
asylum on the grounds that they are discriminated against
in their homeland. ...
'We'd
rather stay in our ghetto world'
Telegraph.co.uk, UK -
... in a new land. For some thousands,
Britain did prove a lure in the
1990s when many arrived claiming asylum. But only about
1,400 ...
4 February
Asylum
seeker stitches his lips
icWales, UK -
AN Afghan asylum seeker yesterday stitched his lips
together in protest
at not being allowed to stay in Wales. Former schoolteacher ...
BNP
on verge of winning EU seats
Guardian, UK -
... Campaigners say the far-right has ridden the wave of
anti-asylum seeker
sentiment whipped up by some newspapers. The mayor of London ...
Terror
is on the wane, but bigotry is never far below the surface
Telegraph.co.uk, UK -
... Everyone, whatever their religion, speaks the same
language. Asylum seekers
and economic refugees seem not to be drawn towards Ulster's
capital. ...
Anti-BNP
front promises action
BBC News, UK -
... London Mayor Mr Livingstone - just readmitted to the
Labour party - said the policies
of the government and media hysteria about asylum seekers
were fuelling ...
The Scotsman, UK -
MSPs today raised doubts over UK immigration legislation that could see
the children of failed asylum seekers separated from their parents. ...
I
’ LL BRING IN THE ASYLUM SEEKERS
Barrow North West Evening
Mail, UK -
ASYLUM seekers could soon be moving into
Grange’s elegant Kents Bank
Hotel, says the owner. After 80 people objected to Tim Capper ...
3 February
Asylum
centre plans ditched
BBC News, UK -
A controversial plan to house asylum seekers
in a former naval air
base has been scrapped by the government. The proposed centre ...
ASYLUM
SEEKERS: £2.2m to help pay for city refugees
Peterborough Evening Telegraph, UK -
THE city is to get £2.2 million to help pay for
services for the
growing number of asylum seekers. Peterborough City Council
is ...
Torture
victims' centre opens
BBC News, UK -
The centre, in Salford, will treat ex-servicemen and
prisoners of war along
with refugees and asylum seekers who have suffered extreme
violence. ...
A
BNP wolf stalks rural Britain, scenting victory
The Times (subscription), UK -
... It wants an end to immigration and asylum,
return of the death penalty, and the
diversion of all foreign aid money into a programme of sending people
back to ...
UK
to tighten benefit rules to limit EU migration
Financial Times (subscription), UK -
... European Reform think-tank. "They can
bash the EU, asylum seekers
and the Roma in one single story.". Sweden, the Netherlands and ...
Plea
for volunteers to join award-winning carnival
Glasgow Evening Times, UK -
... corners of the globe. It aims to break
down barriers between police,
local residents and asylum seekers. Families from more than ...
Violence
drops as refugees join the mix
Glasgow Evening Times, UK -
GANG fights and attacks on asylum seekers
have fallen "drastically" in a Glasgow
housing estate after police brought teenagers from all sides
together. ...
2 February
Jan 31 2004
An Iraqi asylum seeker's life fell apart when his "wife's" missing husband came back from the dead, ...
This is London, UK -
... Mr Burden said: "Tuberculosis is a particular problem in our area because we have
a very mobile population, with a high number of refugees and asylum seekers. ...
Telegraph.co.uk, UK -
... Although the number of asylum seekers seems to be falling, Migrationwatch says this
will be offset by a massive expansion of the work permit scheme - up from ...
The Times (subscription), UK -
PLANS for a network of asylum accommodation centres is in doubt after protesters
won the right to bring a High Court action against the Government. ...
Sunday Mirror, UK -
BRITISH Immigration officers will start policing the French side of the
Channel tomorrow in a fresh crackdown on illegal asylum seekers. ...
ITV.COM, UK -
... widespread concern that the Government have expanded the scope of legal migration
as a way to cover up their failure to tackle widespread abuse of the asylum ...
BBC News, UK -
Protesters concerned about the treatment of asylum seekers in the
UK have mounted a series of demonstrations in the capital. In ...
