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February 20

Local News
 
BNP has plans to target city election
The Journal
The far-right BNP is planning to use the electioneering tactics which brought it a foothold in Lancashire ...
 
National News
 
Deported Asylum Seeker with UK Wife Allowed to Return
Scotland on Sunday, UK - 
By Chris Court, PA News. An asylum seeker, deported after marrying a British
cafe owner, was today back in UK with the wife who followed him into exile. ...

Refugees 'failed by translators'
BBC News, UK - 
Inconsistencies in the way interpreters are used is threatening the
fairness of asylum applications, a report warns. Formal hearings ...

Malorie Blackman: Country of the colour-blind
Independent, UK - 
... I have seen things getting worse in the past 10 years, with the rise in
the BNP vote and the distorted press reporting on asylum-seekers. ...

Inquest into car crash deaths
Angliatv.com, UK - 
Ratnam Yogan, an asylum seeker from Sri Lanka, has been charged with causing
death by dangerous driving but has skipped bail and fled the country. ...

A church for all sexualities
Oxford Student, UK - 
... The sign says much about the hopes of this church to live its faith in a particular
way. The community has provided a kind of haven for asylum seekers. ...
 
Media's asylum 'feeding frenzy'
BBC News, UK - 
... a professor of journalism, acknowledged newspapers could not sell ideas which readers
disagreed with but argued that press articles about asylum "played to the ...

Court told of fears of further injustice
icNorthWales, UK - 
... On arrival in Britain he had settled down in a very constructive life and while
he had been refused asylum in Britain, he could stay until 2006 under ...

THANKS FOR SAVING MY BABY
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 
... Grandad James told how he went into action in Springburn, Glasgow, on Monday
when a fire was started at the door of the asylum-seekers' flat. ...

February 19

Asylum help on the agenda
Evening Chronicle
Asylum seekers and refugees are being urged to get more involved in life on Tyneside at a special conference ...

National News

Howard : ' No asylum seekers in UK before claim '
The Times (subscription), UK - 
BY TIMES ONLINE AND PA NEWS. Michael Howard said today that no asylum seekers
should be allowed into Britain before their claims are processed. ...

Howard attacks BNP ' thugs '
Guardian, UK - 
... poured scorn on the "bunch of thugs dressed up as a political party", his high-risk
speech - in a town which has seven BNP councillors, but only 47 asylum ...

Teenager stabbed to death in Hillfields
Coventry Observer, UK - 
... disappointing.”. Douglas House and nearby flats in Thomas King House have
become home for many of the city’s asylum seekers in recent years. ...

Asylum seekers 'forced to sleep rough'
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - 
Six out of 10 asylum seekers have been forced to sleep rough because they have
been denied support by tough new Home Office rules, it has been claimed. ...

Local houses – for local people
Lynn News, UK - 
... It's got to be a village project for village people. No disrespect, but
I would not want to see the houses filled with asylum seekers.".

Refugees left hungry and homeless
Reuters, UK - 
LONDON (Reuters) - The government's asylum policy is leaving many refugees
hungry and homeless, the country's six largest refugee agencies say. ...

Asylum seekers 'hiding' in Wales
BBC News, UK - 
More than 200 asylum seekers are believed to be homeless and living illegally
in south Wales after being refused permission to stay in the UK. ...

Schindler author attacks Ay treatment
The Herald, UK - 
... The long-term critic of his country's own harsh line on asylum was speaking from
his home in Sydney as Jack McConnell, the first minister, refused to get ...

Why is the first minister silent about the Ay case?
The Herald, UK - 
... follow. "Why do you persist in this campaign? Do you really think your
readers care about asylum-seekers?" I was asked recently. Well ...

Baby saved from blaze fall by hero
Glasgow Evening Times, UK - 
... Today the 49-year-old, who is an asylum seeker from Somalia, said he
was "eternally grateful" to the man who saved his wife and child. ...

February 18

Local News
 
Learning of the plight of refugees
The Journal
He used to own his own business, was a university lecturer and was living very comfortably in his native ...
 
National News
 
Dutch expulsions
Local Government International Bureau, UK - 
Belying its reputation for liberalism, the Netherlands passed a controversial law
yesterday that will see 26,000 failed asylum seekers expelled from the country ...

FIRE TERROR TOT SAVED AFTER 30FT PLUNGE
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 
By Thomas Smith. AN ASYLUM seeker was forced to throw her baby from a
top-floor window after thugs set fire to the front door of her flat. ...

Father's anger at 'hopeless' system
ic Birmingham.co.uk, UK - 
... Yogan, an asylum seeker who had been given permission to remain in Britain two
months before the crash, had been awaiting trial charged with two counts of ...

Ay daughter in last-ditch plea to avoid deportation
The Herald, UK - 
In an open letter in The Herald today, the 15-year-old asylum seeker acknowledges
that the first minister has no responsibility for immigration, which is ...

The silence must be broken
The Herald, UK - 
... minister. Readers will be familiar with the Ay family, the Kurdish
asylum-seekers detained for more than a year in Dungavel. They ...

Refugee treated in 'degrading' manner
The Times (subscription), UK - 
THE Home Office subjected an asylum-seeker forced to sleep rough to “inhuman and
degrading” treatment when it refused him benefits and accommodation, the ...

Man Remanded on Toddler Abduction Charge
Edinburgh Evening News, UK - 
... The asylum seeker, believed to be from South Africa, was remanded
into custody to appear at Cardiff Crown Court on February 25.

February 17

Local News
 
Asylum seeker denies charges
Evening Gazette
A 26-year-old African asylum seeker today denied causing grievous bodily harm with intent to four women ...
Family's anguish ends
Evening Gazette
A Kosovan dad who feared he could be stranded in his native country while his son awaits surgery on ...
 
National News
 
 

Dutch MPs to vote on asylum bill
BBC News, UK - 
The Dutch parliament is set to vote on a plan that could lead to the
expulsion of thousands of failed asylum seekers. Around 26,000 ...

Gang victim fled Armenia to escape violence
ic Birmingham.co.uk, UK - 
... find them.". It is not known whether Mr Sinanyan was an asylum seeker
or if the stabbing had been racially motivated. However, he ...

Employers should educate immigrants
Financial Times (subscription), UK -
... The home secretary deserves support against what you call "the populist press",
which has thoroughly confused, sometimes deliberately I suspect, asylum ...

Dutch plan to expel 26000 asylum seekers
Financial Times (subscription), UK - 
The Netherlands is on Tuesday expected to agree to the largest organised expulsion
of asylum seekers in Dutch history when parliament approves plans to eject ...

Anger as Howard talks asylum in Burnley
Guardian, UK - 
Anti-racism campaigners have attacked Michael Howard for choosing to go to the British
National party stronghold of Burnley to deliver a speech on asylum and ...

February 16

Local News
 
More immigrants target North port
Sunday Sun
Record numbers of immigrants are trying to enter the country through a North port, the Sunday Sun can ...
 
National News
 
Tories play the asylum card
ITV.COM, UK - 
Conservative leader Michael Howard has committed an incoming Tory
government to pursuing a "tough" asylum policy. Mr Howard said ...

Plea to stem rural fears over asylum
Guardian, UK - 
A 'climate of fear' is being created by plans to house asylum seekers in purpose-built
accommodation centres in rural areas, according to the largest national ...
 
Howard Promises to Strip Asylum Seekers of Benefits
The Scotsman, UK - 
By PA News Reporter. Tory leader Michael Howard today pledged that an
incoming Tory government would pursue a “tough” asylum policy. ...

'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. ...

Genteel xenophobia is as bad as any other kind
Guardian, UK - 
... racism. The previously liberal Dutch establishment is now pushing an
asylum policy so extreme even the Sun was moved to criticise it. ...
 
Whose side is the PCC on?
Guardian, UK - 
... Similarly, in the case of the infamous stories which alleged that asylum-seekers
killed and ate swans and donkeys, the PCC refused to adjudicate on the ...
 
Survey reveals youth racism
The Times (subscription), UK - 
... More than 25% of 11 to 16-year-olds and 30% of 17 to 25-year-olds expressed opposition
to asylum seekers, with a majority saying there were “too many ...

 

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