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13 February
Evening Gazette
Racist thugs have been threatened with eviction in a bid to stamp out attacks on asylum seekers in East ...
The Scotsman, UK -
By Matthew Cooper, PA News. An immigration appeal court has rejected a bid by Saddam
Hussein’s brother-in-law to claim asylum in Britain, it emerged today. ...
Sleepout
for asylum seekers a success
Black Information Link, UK -
... bags and blankets and holding candles heard
refugee group campaigners and politicians
condemned the government for mounting a ‘vicious persecution’ asylum
...
Ministers
accused of ducking sensitive issues
The Herald, UK -
... Since devolution more than 50 Sewel motions
have been passed, including two
major bills yesterday on changes to asylum law and higher
education. ...
Supreme
sense
Guardian, UK -
... rule of law". The current asylum
bill, for example, ends the right
of appeal of asylum seekers to a court of law. Both the home ...
Synod
Day 5: Friday 13 February
Church Times, UK -
The final debate is on asylum. Synod will be
asked to applaud the
work being done by the Churches together with other faiths to ...
12 February
Local News
Family
may win asylum
Evening Chronicle
A family who claim they could be killed if they are returned to Iran have
been offered a glimmer of ...
National News
Plans
for drop-in centre for refugees
Norwich Evening News, UK -
... Julie Brociek-Coulton, of the Sewell Community
Group, said a facility for
asylum seekers and refugees was needed in the north of the city. ...
Lack
of lawyers for immigration cases
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, UK -
... In yesterday's Examiner Mr Ranjit Uppal, a
solicitor specialising in immigration
law at Parker Bird, voiced his fears that many asylum seekers will
be ...
Republic
in illegal immigrant crackdown
Belfast Telegraph (subscription), UK -
... It was the biggest crackdown to date on failed asylum
seekers and signalled that
tough new measures were being implemented by the Dublin Government to
deter ...
Lords
ruling on asylum seekers may hit tax bills
This is Local London, UK -
... Council leader Councillor Archie Foulds said:
"The obvious consequence of this ruling
is an asylum seeker placed anywhere in the country may apply to a
London ...
'We
can't duck asylum' - Hughes
BBC News, UK -
... Hughes says the fact illegal immigration and
abuse of the asylum system "fuel
insecurity in communities" make them important issues to tackle. ...
Asylum
Seekers Deported after Crackdown
The Scotsman, UK -
More than sixty failed asylum seekers from eastern
Europe were deported
from Dublin today after a major crackdown by the Irish authorities. ...
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cartoon to enlarge
The Sun, UK -
... THE DUTCH have a reputation for being
easy-going and tolerant. And yet their government
has passed a law to allow it to expel 26,000 failed asylum-seekers.
...
Green
MEP slams asylum policy
Waltham Forest Guardian, UK -
The allegations were made outside the House of Commons as
part of an international
day of action against detention of immigrants and asylum seekers. ...
11 February
Asylum mentalGuardian, UK -
... Elegantly phrased, the speech was a sustained condemnation of the mean, defeatist
approach taken by too many European governments in dealing with asylum ...
A
children ’ s champion
The Herald, UK -
... children in the Ays' predicament in future is
probably what prompted Professor Marshall
to tell The Herald today that the treatment of families in the asylum
...
Children's
czar attacks Dungavel family detention
The Herald, UK -
... to become Scotland's first children's
commissioner put herself on a collision course
with ministers yesterday over detaining families at Dungavel asylum
centre ...
Top
judge condemns asylum proposals
Guardian, UK -
The lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, is pressing the
constitutional affairs secretary,
Lord Falconer, to drop plans to bar the courts from reviewing asylum
...
Market
shortages create 'illegal work'
Independent, UK -
By Nigel Morris Home Affairs Correspondent. In theory, asylum-seekers
are forbidden
to earn money while their applications to settle in Britain are
processed. ...
Minister
Defends Asylum Appeals Plans
Scotland on Sunday, UK -
The asylum appeals system must be reformed
because fewer than 4% of
cases sent to appeal are successful, a minister told MPs today. ...
A
struggle for survival
Guardian, UK -
... Still, it rejected his application for asylum,
arguing he was complicit in
crimes against humanity because he worked for the North Korean regime. ...
ANGER
AS FAMILY IS DEPORTED
Nottingham Evening Post, UK -
... one day. The Home Office had told them that
when they rejected Kestutis
Pasvianskas' application for political asylum in 2001. But ...
10 February
Mother's
shock at jail term cut
BBC News, UK -
... The 38-year-old, who was born in Algeria,
entered the UK illegally in
2001 and had his application for asylum rejected in September 2002.
...
Asylum
seekers look for a change of fortune
The Herald, UK -
... south side of Glasgow. Three months ago, their
claim for political
asylum was rejected by the Court of Appeal. Since then, they ...
How
to enrich Scotland
The Herald, UK -
Especially in Scotland, where the policy of detaining the
children of asylum-seekers
has attracted widespread condemnation, the home secretary is not a man ...
Bleak
thoughts on a very British disaster
Guardian, UK -
... He begged the government to repeal some of the
relevant act: "By making failed
asylum seekers destitute, we create the situation that such people
can be ...
Blunkett:
We'll stop 'benefit shoppers'
Manchester Evening News, UK -
... shopping as such.". No 10 said the
announcement could come as early
as this week. Is this country an easy option for asylum seekers?
Asylum
support improving
10 Downing Street (press release), UK -
Services for asylum seekers like housing management
and outreach work
are improving, the Home Office said today. The National Asylum ...
9 February
Feb 6 2004 - Evening Chronicle
Refugees, battered wives and people with autism have been given a six-figure share of a bumper £1.75m ...
Amnesty International UK, UK -
A new report released today (Monday 9 February 2004) by Amnesty International reveals
Home Office asylum decisions based on inaccurate and out-of-date country ...
Feb 9 2004
Five people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 19 Chinese ...
ICNewcastle, UK -
The Home Office is making potentially life-threatening decisions on asylum applications
based on out-of-date information and "unexplained assumptions", a human ...
Reuters, UK -
LONDON (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International has accused Britain of
putting asylum seekers' lives at risk by using out of date and inaccurate ...
Guardian, UK -
Two reports published today paint a bleak picture of the way the government
deals with asylum seekers. According to a study commissioned ...
Financial Times (subscription), UK -
... of gypsies are unlikely, even smaller movements could cause political controversy,
as happened in the UK with public hostility to east European Roma asylum ...
EU
pulls down the shutters ahead of enlargement
EU Business, UK -
... Critics question the merit of the
restrictions, which are set against a backdrop
of increasing anxiety in Europe about a flood of "bogus" asylum-seekers
and ...
Horns
of the liberal dilemma
Guardian, UK -
Just as anxieties about asylum-seekers seem to be
fading, along come two
events to stir up our acute sensitivity about migration into Britain. ...
'Public
Worries on Asylum Make Euro Referendum Essential'
The Scotsman, UK -
Growing public concern over asylum means the
Government should hold a referendum
on the proposed EU constitution, the leader of the Conservatives in the ...
Asylum
ruling boost for city
Glasgow Evening Times, UK -
COUNCIL chiefs in Glasgow have won a landmark legal case
over who should
fund housing for asylum seekers who win the right to stay in the
UK. ...
