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‘ENFORCING THE RULES: A new strategy to ensure and enforce compliance with our immigrations laws’ |
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Home Office/Cross-governmental enforcement strategy, March 2007 to block "...the benefits and privileges that should only be enjoyed by those here legitimately." including "pilots in three NHS trusts designed to test how IND data can help ensure overseas visitors not entitled to free access pay for health care" ...."reviewing how the driver licensing system can be used to identify and combat illegal immigration" and "the creation of a watch list of illegal migrants that can be provided to other Government departments and agencies to deny access to services" and a campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking (Link to the full report on IND) |
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| "'Chaotic and cruel' release of terror suspects criticised" |
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"The Home Office has been chaotic and cruel in the way it has released these men. Even when it is releasing them it appears to be doing it in the most shambolic, and therefore cruellest, way possible." (Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, in the Independent 14 March 2005. The first 'control orders' following the new 'Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005' have already been issued (link to new Act on HMSO website) |
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"'Sex slaves' win cash in landmark legal deal" |
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"The first payouts of more than £140,000 were made last week to four women who suffered a 'sustained period of sexual abuse'. Another 10,000 are estimated to be eligible under a new interpretation of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority guidelines...Authority officials told the London law firm Lovells, which is acting for a number of the victims, that it would 'officially recognise' the trauma experienced by thousands of women and children." (Mark Townsend, The Observer, December 16, 2007) |
| "....Highlighting immigration seemed at best obsessive and at worst repellent...." |
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John Bercow, former shadow International Development Secretary, writing in the Independent on the Conservative Party election campaign: "We must change. We looked nasty and visionless" |
| "...A BLOT OUR OUR LEGAL LANDSCAPE.." (Ian Macdonald QC resigning from SIAC procedures) |
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Ian MacDonald QC quits after Government failed to recognise a House of Lords ruling that detaining terror suspects indefinitely is unlawful.(BBC news) "Law lords condemn Blunkett's terror measures" (Independent On-line edition) "Lords and masters: Ministers need to change the law, not abandon it" (Times Online) "He
was a dangerous man" (Simon Jenkins in the Times on the former Home
Secretary) 'A & others v the Secretary of State for the Home Department' (The full judgment on the House of Lords website) |
| "...Today's debate is a precise echo of a 100 year old saga..." |
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Robert Winder, author of "Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain", writing in the Independent, 19/04/05, (On-line version by subscription) recalling the parallels with the political debate on the Aliens Bill, this week in 1905
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"..inhumane process through Section 9" (John Nicholson, Bury Law Centre) |
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BBC news item on legal conflict with Childrens Act over Home Office withdrawal of benefits under 2004 Asylum Act S.9 pilot scheme "Failed Asylum Family face losing children" (Guardian news item) |
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"42 days? Try 18 months: This European targeting of illegal immigrants is hypocritical, draconian and undiplomatic" |
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Evo Morales (President of the Republic of Bolivia) on the proposed EU 'Returns Directive" In 2006 Bolivia received more than 10% of its GDP in remittances from emigrants."....The EU is now the main destination for migrants around the world...[The Directive]...is a huge infringement of the human rights of our Latin American friends. It proposes jailing undocumented immigrants for up to 18 months before their expulsion. Mothers with children could be arrested, without regard to family and school, and put in detention centres, where we know depression, hunger strikes and suicides happen. How can we accept it?....I appeal to European leaders to drop this directive and instead form a migration policy that respects human rights, and allows us to maintain the movement of people that helps both continents." (Juan Evo Morales Ayma in The Guardian - Monday June 16 2008) |
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"A Common Place" (Fabian pamphlet in the 'Free Thinking' series) |
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By Ruth Kelly and Liam Byrne, proposing, inter alia, a new' national day for Britain'; "....our liberalism and tolerance have never been unconditional...[suggesting that] migrants work towards earning citizenship with credits awarded for voluntary work and deducted for law breaking." June 2007. (Link to Fabians.org.uk) "Rules to make migrants integrate"(by Patrick Wintour and Alan Travis, in GuardianUnlimted); "...Under the plans.....every teenager in the UK would be given a citizenship pack when they became eligible to vote, and migrants would only be able to become British citizens if they could demonstrate good behaviour and a willingness to integrate." "Lessons on citizenship" (by Sandy Buchan,Chief executive, Refugee Action, in GuardianUnlimied); "....It would be shameful to suggest that [refugees] should have to earn rights that the rest of us take for granted.....Treating newcomers as second-class citizens is divisive."
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"AFTER EMPIRE: MELANCHOLIA OR CONVIVIAL CULTURE" by Paul Gilroy |
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183pp Routledge £14.99p (Details on Amazon). "History Lessons": Review of "After Empire" by Andy Becket on Guardian Unlimited |
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"All UK must be on DNA database" |
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Lord Justice Sedley, on BBC News: ...it would be fairer to include "everybody, guilty or innocent" [on the database] |
| "Amendments to replace the judicial review ouster" |
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BBC NEWS item on the Asylum Bill debate in the House of Lords under headline of "Compromise offer over asylum row": Lord Falconer has said: "We are prepared to bring forward amendments to replace the judicial review ouster with a new system allowing oversight by the administrative court in those decisions" |
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"Anti-terrorist measures which do not respect human rights can only fail" |
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Statement from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davies - coinciding with the Terrorism Bill before the UK Parliament:"..“Fighting terror with measures which neglect human rights can be compared to treating a chronic disease with painkillers......the new offences about the encouragement of terrorism are covered by the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism which was agreed by all 46 members of the Council of Europe in May. The same approach has now been recommended by UN Security Council Resolution 1624...... What we should not do, is accept the false dilemma of choosing between freedom and security – at the risk of losing both.” |
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"ASYLUM - FROM DETERRENCE TO CRIMINALISATON" by Frances Webber |
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"When asylum law is drafted within a criminal law framework, it is inevitable that the human rights parameters...will be undermined...[even] Human rights activists, lawyers and religious leaders...have been prosecuted for... innocuous and unthreatening activities..." (Published by Institute of Race Relations:tel 020 7837 0041 Price £7) |
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"ASYLUM LAW & PRACTICE" (Butterworths Oct 2003) |
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by Mark Symes and Peter Jorro; asylum and human rights law, including the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, the consequences of the ECHR and the broader context of decisions under the Refugee Convention by overseas jurisdictions |
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"Asylum seeker NHS ban 'unlawful'" |
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(BBC News - 11/04/08) Regulations banning failed asylum seekers from receiving free NHS treatment have been declared unlawful in the High Court (Mitting J) in a test case ruling on a failed asylum seeker from Palestine, unable to return to the West Bank owing to travel restrictions and problems over documentation. Adam Hundt, of Pierce Glynn, said the rules were leading to "grotesque human suffering". ...."My client is effectively stuck in the UK, even though he is doing all that he can to return home." (Elec. transcript of judgment not yet available) |
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"Asylum system 'shameful for UK'" (Independent Asylum Commission Report - 'Fit for Purpose Yet?') |
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"The system denies fair play to asylum seekers not out of malice but because of a lack of resources." Sir John Waite, co-chairman of the commission and a former Appeal Court judge, said this particular issue was a "blemish" on the UK's reputation. (BBC News) "'Inhumane
and oppressive': the final verdict on Britain's asylum policy"
(Emily Dugan in The Independent, 27/03/08) Link to the full report: "FIT FOR PURPOSE YET?" - The Independent Asylum Commission’s Interim Findings - In association with the 'CITIZEN Organising Foundation': "The Commission has found that the UK asylum system is improved and improving, but is not yet fit for purpose. The system still denies sanctuary to some who genuinely need it and ought to be entitled to it; is not firm enough in returning those whose claims are refused; and is marred by inhumanity in its treatment of the vulnerable." Further publications due in May, June and July, incl recommendations. |
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"Basic freedoms are being lost in the human rights circus" |
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Simon Jenkins in the Sunday Times (online): "Ministers can go on doing what they like if parliament supplies them with a majority...Decisions on prisoner release should turn on testing personal freedom against a threat to the wider community. That is a matter not of rights but of risks." |
| "Belonging: Voices of London's Refugees" (Museum of London Exhibition) |
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Opening Fri Oct 27th - Photographs, films and objects reflecting experiences of new refugees - and exhibition tours led by members of refugee communities offered in 15 languages. |
| "BLOODY FOREIGNERS:The Story of Immigration to Britain" |
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(In the EIN 'Bibliotech'): Edited extracts from 'Bloody Foreigners' on the Guardian Unlimited website, and 'The Long Enigma of Arrival', the review by Piers Brendon on the Independent 'Enjoyment' website. (Price £20 or £18 - free p&p - from the Independent on 0870 079 8897) |
| "BMA warns of more deaths without action on health worker migration" |
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British Medical Assn press release marking the publication of joint statement of principles - "The healthcare skills drain: a call to action" - saying that "problems such as HIV/AIDS are being undermined by the skills drain from developing countries." |
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"BOUGHT AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY IN TODAY's UK" |
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By Grania Langdon-Down in the 'TimesOnline' on human trafficking and forced prostitution - Featuring 'Tanya' - bought and sold six times across Europe - then aided by Home Office funded 'Poppy Project' - and successful asylum appeal to AIT (represented by Hammersmith Law Centre and Parosha Chandran, 1 Pump Court) UK Govt. announces
intention to sign the European Convention on Trafficking Parosha Chandran: [This] " is very significant...Victim protection is the cornerstone of any policy against trafficking. Victims won’t give evidence unless they feel safe...." Link to: 'Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.' Link to: Schedule of current status of signatories and ratifications (Feb 2007) |
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"British admit being at terror grilling" |
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"British officials have admitted MI6 officers were present during the interrogation of 28 Pakistanis in Greece, despite apparent denials by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.They insist, however, that the officers took no active part in the men's arrest, questioning or abuse that was later alleged..." (Peter Beaumont and Helena Smith Athens on the 'Observer' website, 1st Jan 2006) |
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"Brits Abroad:Mapping the scale and nature of British emigration" |
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IPPR Research report by Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah and Catherine Drew: "....large scale movements in and out [of the UK] present some important opportunities for the UK as well as challenges for policymakers." On UK emigration, see also 'www.bbc.co.uk/britsabroad'. |
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"Building united and resilient communities - developing shared futures" |
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The Commission on Integration and Cohesion (independent body established by the Dept for Communities and Local Government in August) on the launch of their report - Our Shared Future - on "what local and practical action is needed to overcome the barriers to integration and cohesion"....[by considering] "how local areas can make the most of the benefits delivered by increasing diversity and how they can respond to the tensions it can sometimes cause.'" |
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"Call for review of up to 1,000 rejected asylum applications" |
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CAROL COULTER, Legal Affairs Editor, The Irish Times: The Irish Refugee Legal Service "has asked the Refugee Appeals Tribunal to review all cases decided by barrister Jim Nicholson...because of "perceived bias"...The settlement came after the Supreme Court ruled that the tribunal had to produce the statistics on his record to the High Court, where asylum seekers were claiming he had close to a 100 per cent rejection rate." |
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"CARTOON WARS - A CARNIVAL OF STUPIDITY" |
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Neal Ascherson on 'openDemocracy.net': "The conflagration over Danish cartoons of Islam's prophet reveals that Europe's balance of freedom, mutuality and coexistence is at a trigger-charge moment" |
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"Chagos islanders win right to return" |
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"Giving today's lead ruling, Lord Justice Sedley said the method used by the government to stop the islanders returning - making an order in council under the royal prerogative - was unlawful and an abuse of power by the government executive." (GuardianUnlimited, 23 May 2007) |
| "Changes to Country Information Team will reinforce impartiality of asylum casework" |
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Home Office IND press release;"Country information, used to help make asylum decisions, will now be produced separately from country specific asylum policy, Home Office Minister Des Browne announced today...." (8th Sept 2004) |
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"Child asylum seekers are cast as liars or economic migrants in leaked government document" |
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"A Lapse of Humanity" - Melanie McFadyean, writing in the Guardian, on the social care of unaccompanied children.....Following the launch of 'Seeking Asylum Alone" - UK report co-authored by Jacqueline Bhabha of Harvard Law School and Nadine Finch , Garden Court Chambers. (Link to the full report from the 'gclaw' website) |
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"Controlled access to UK labour market for new accession countries" |
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Home Office statement 24 Oct 06 - "....Romanians and Bulgarians will have the right to travel throughout the EU..." but access to the labour market will be limited and .."Employers and employees will have a duty to abide by the new rules and there will be controls in place for rogue employers and illegal workers, including fixed penalty notices." |
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"Controlled Access To UK Labour Market For Romanians and Bulgarians" BIA Review |
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(Aug 2007)Government is inviting contributions of evidence related to the restrictions placed on Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers since January 2007. Contributions, bt Sept 10th, to: A2Enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk |
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"Country Guideline Cases: benign and practical?" |
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The IAS analysis and critique of the IAT's system of 'Country Guideline Cases' (Published Feb 2005 & freely available on the IAS website) The title emanates from the judgment in 'S & others [2002]EWCA Civ 539': "While...this notion of a factual precedent is exotic, in the context of the IAT’s responsibilities it seems to us in principle to be benign and practical" (para 28) |
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"Deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo halted" |
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"...Justice Collins ..[has]...ruled that it was unreasonable to remove Congolese asylum seekers back to the Congo until the new evidence had been assessed and a decision reached." (Link to refugee Council Press Release, 24 Aug 07) |
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"Deported nationals 'bounced back' " |
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BBC News (19/02/08): "More than 100 foreign nationals have been deported to their home countries in the past five years, only to be returned immediately to the UK." |
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"Deportee threat man wins appeal" (BBC News) |
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"I have to thank everyone, the Shetland community has been great" (Sakchai Makao) "[The Home Office]......have got to explain why they thought it was necessary to take this man from Shetland, hold him in prison and abdicate their responsibility every step of the way." (Alistair Carmichael MP, Orkney and Shetland) (Mr Makao was represented by Browell Smith, in Newcastle, and Rebecca Chapman was counsel at the final appeal) |
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"DONT TURN A BLIND EYE TO TORTURE" (Amnesty UK Downing St. Demo) |
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Mass demonstration at Downing St , Sunday 27 November 2005 -Assemble at 1pm - Demonstration from 1.30-2.30pm; "...The law is clear. States must never torture people and must never send people to countries where they might be tortured. Now is the time to tell the UK Government: Don’t turn a blind eye to torture" (Dress Code) "Please wear black" |
| "ELECTION DEPORTATION TARGETS PUTS LIVES AT RISK" |
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Institute of Race Relations Press Release, April 2005, upon the publication of "The deportation machine: Europe, asylum and human rights (Price £10, 80 pages): available from www.irr.org.uk or phone 020 7833 2010 or 020 7837 0041 |
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"Equality chief warns of race ‘cold war’" |
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Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC),in the Sunday Times: " says lack of control over immigration has led to a racial “cold war” among rival ethnic communities.....the failed policy risks inflaming racism among millions of young mothers and working professionals....mismanaged policy had raised fears in the resident population about the impact of so many migrants on their daily lives."(20/04/08) |
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"ESSAYS on CITIZENSHIP" |
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By Prof Bernard Crick, Updated edition 2004 pp 210 Continuum Books, pback £14.99 (Link to 'Politicos Bookstore') |
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"ESSAYS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE" |
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A collection of sixteen Essays specially written for the launch of the "European Civil Liberties Network" (ECLN) - Supported by Garden Court Chambers - October 2005 - on the 'Statewatch' website |
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"EU Commission proposes new rules on asylum and immigration" |
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EU Press releases on proposals for 'common standards on return' and future plans on Integration, on Regional Protection Programmes (RPPs) and on Migration and Development. (Sept 2005) |
| "EU DIVIDED OVER LIST OF SAFE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN" ('Statewatch' News release) |
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Link also to the Appendix for details of all EU member state responses For all Statewatch news releases see http://www.statewatch.org/news/
and link HERE
to the Statewatch 'Observatory on EU asylum and immigration policy' |
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"Europe's answer to Londistan" |
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What now for British multiculturalism?...Radical Secularism? Gilles Kepel on the 'openDemocracy' website |
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"Fair, Effective, Transparent and Trusted: Rebuilding Confidence in our Immigration System" |
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The IND Reform plan - on the Home Office site: "There is no overnight solution, but work has begun..." (Dr John Reid,Home Secretary) "The input from staff has been invaluable; we have consulted several thousand and have talked directly to more than 600 immigration officers, caseworkers and managers." (Director General of IND, Lin Homer) |
| "Forced to Flee: Frequently asked questions about refugees and asylum seekers in Northern Ireland" |
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Link to the full report, published by the Refugee Action Group – a local coalition including Amnesty Intl UK and Belfast Law Centre: Link also to press release: "New Northern Ireland asylum guide delivers facts not myths"; "....“This booklet should help make Northern Ireland a safer refuge for asylum seekers...." (Patrick Corrigan - AI - NI); "...This publication is a fantastic resource for journalists..." (Tim Lezard, President of the NUJ) |
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"Foreign Territory: The Internationalisation of EU Asylum Policy (OXFAM Report) |
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"[eg]...Our research in Sri Lanka demonstrated that no country can or should be designated as ‘safe for all’...[and] "Host and transit countries engaging with the EU on asylum and migration-management initiatives must guarantee and demonstrate compliance with international refugee protection and human-rights law.." |
| "France and Spain block asylum camp plan" |
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Independent news item on the deadlock in the EU talks on EU asylum-processing camps in north Africa: "It is not for Europe to take this issue forward." (French Interior Minister, Dominique de Villepin) |
| "Freedom of Information means open government, and effective government" |
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DCA press notice (and explanatory links) on the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Home
Office guide to information requests under the FOI Act "Information Rights" by Philip Coppel (Sweet & Maxwell 2004) |
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"German Constitutional court revokes national regulation implementing European Arrest Warrant" |
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German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) has stated that the German "European Arrest Warrant Act infringes the guarantee of recourse to a court... because there is no possibility of challenging the judicial decision that grants extradition...." (Statewatch News) BBC News report - under heading of "Al-Qaeda man wins German appeal" "Extradition law criticised by MPs" (BBC News item on extradition to US even if "prosecuting authorities in the UK decided the case was.. not worth prosecuting") |
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"GET THE HOME OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT ITS GENDER GUIDELINES" (ASYLUM AID/RWRP) |
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Refugee Womens Resource Project (RWRP @ ASYLUM AID) publish free multi-lingual leaflets on the Gender API entitled: "Are you a woman seeking asylum in the UK?” and free (English) CD for awareness and training purposes NB New contact details for Asylum Aid Asylum Aid & Refugee Womens Resource Project (RWRP) now at: Club Union House 253-254 Upper St, London N1 1RY; Main Line Tel: 0207 354 9631; Advice Line Tel: 0207 354 9264; Fax number : 0207 354 5620, or see: www.asylumaid.org.uk (May 2007) |
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"Global refugee tally at 26-year low, but more internally displaced" (UNHCR) |
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"2005 Global Refugee Trends: Statistical overview of populations of refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and other persons of concern to UNHCR" (Press Release and link to full report - June 2006) |
| "Government defends legal plans" |
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BBC News item following speech by Lord Woolf on Govt proposals for the new UK Supreme Court and for the restriction of rights of appeal in immigration and asylum cases |
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"Harm on Removal: Excessive Force against Failed Asylum Seekers" - Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture |
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This report presents the findings of research conducted by the Medical Foundation on the occurrence of harm by State or private detention custody officers to individuals whose claims for asylum in the UK have been unsuccessful and who are detained pending their removal, and deals in particular with the use of force occurring during the attempt to remove individuals from the United Kingdom. |
| "Heads warn of migrant problems" |
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".....The problem is most acute in rural areas and smaller towns, especially in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and parts of the South West.." (Mick Brookes, of the National Assn of Head Teachers, giving evidence to the House of Lords inquiry into the impact of immigration; BBC News); But; "As well as new populations arriving in this country, there is mobility within the country, which has contributed to 758,000 surplus school places - equivalent to 2,000 empty primary schools and 250 empty secondary." |
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"Home Office call for sweeping grounds for exclusion or deportatation" |
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Govt anti-terrorism proposals - and reactions from Louise Christian and Shami Chatrabarti - in the 'Statewatch News Online' (09/08/05) |
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"Home Office Country Assessments: An Analysis" |
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Press Release announcing the publication of the IAS analysis of Home Office CIPU reports. (Link from EIN to synopsis on the IAS website) |
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"How we welcome children to the UK" |
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Refugee Council - Campaigns and Public Affairs Team - on the investigation by the Children’s Commissioner, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, into the the treatment of children who seek asylum in the UK on their own.; "........Let’s hope that the Home Office ......will make immediate improvements to the screening experience and will consider how the process as a whole could be changed to meet children’s needs and keep them safe." Link to the full report - "CLAIMING ASYLUM AT A SCREENING UNIT AS AN UNACCOMPANIED CHILD' (on Statewatch) |
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"Human Rights and Common Sense" |
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The 'Harry Street Lecture' @ Manchester University, by Lord Falconer, Secretary of State for the Department of Constitutional Affairs (Feb 2007) - launching the DCA campaign arguing for "Human rights: Common values, Common sense": "...to take that argument as far and wide as we can...This is a big agenda" (on a budget of 25000 pounds?) |
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"Immigration fails to stem European population loss" |
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"Three million people a year migrate from developing countries to industrialised nations.. The US ....attracts 1 million immigrants a year, more than any other country... 1.4 million people moved to Europe, though the continent was still facing unprecedented population losses from low birth rates." (Guardian Unlimited reporting on the 2006 'World Population Data Sheets' published by the Washington based 'Population Reference Bureau') ; "Migration is really going to be necessary if you are ever going to maintain a normal population level in Europe." (Hans-Peter Kohler,Associate Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania ) |
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"IMMIGRATION SOARS TO NEW RECORD" (Daily Express) |
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".....Last year 164,635 people were approved for citizenship – seven
per cent up on the year before, and equal to one every three minutes. ...[and
- during 2006]..An estimated 400,000 people are quitting Britain every year.
Just over half – 207,000 – are British citizens..." (Tom Whitehead
Home Affairs Correspondent, Daily Express, 21/5/08) Link to: Home Office Immigration & Asylum Statistics (May 2008): |
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"In this new age of warfare we need clearer rules on when to cross borders" |
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"The threat from armed groups and states set on mass killing gives fresh urgency to calls for global criteria on intervention" Phillip Bobbit (author of "The Sheild of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History" and " Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century") in The Guardian (16/06/2008) |
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"In thrall to St George" (Mike Marqusee in The Guardian) |
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"England's rush to fly the flag is unmatched elsewhere and reflects an uneasy cultural identity"...." For years, English national identity did not have to be asserted because it was a given, an identity of privilege, both within the UK and across the empire. Its re-emergence as a popular concern has been attributed to immigration, the EU, Scottish and Welsh devolution, globalisation. For Europhobes and racists, English identity is under siege; its reassertion is a fight back against alien forces. For many others, however, the new interest in Englishness is an effort to fashion a modern and modest niche in a plural world. And between the two positions there's an area of uncertainty, where, I suspect, many of the flag-flyers find themselves" |
| "Industrialised countries hit lowest asylum numbers since 1987"(UNHCR News) |
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Latest UNHCR report for the period April-June 2004: "...Russians – most of whom are believed to be Chechens – were still the top group seeking asylum...." |
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"INSIDE GUANTANAMO" (Clive Stafford Smith on the 'OpenDemocracy' website) |
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Clive Stafford Smith is a lawyer who represents many of the more than 500 prisoners in Guantánamo Bay. |
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"International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law" |
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Treaties, Cases, and Analysis of international human rights instruments and global and regional comparisons of legal systems, incl the USA - by Francisco Forrest Martin, Stephen J. Schnably, Richard Wilson, Jonathan Simon, Mark Tushnet (Cambridge University Press 2006) |
| "INTO THE LABYRINTH: Legal Advice for asylum seekers in London" |
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The "first overview report for London to focus on the provision of legal advice to asylum-seekers...The UK asylum system is a labyrinth where those rights (under UK & International Law) can easily be breached...adequate legal advice services must be in place". |
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"Iraq - return and section 4 support" |
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Refugee Council updated briefing, Nov 2005 , on Section 4 - 'Hard Case' support - re enforced returnees to Iraq |
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"Iraqi crisis fuels rise in asylum seekers in industrialized world" (UNHCR Statistical Report for 2007) |
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UNHCR, March 2008: "...Some 338,000 new applications for refugee status were submitted last year in 43 industrialized countries, a 10 percent rise compared to 2006, when 306,300 asylum claims were registered, the lowest number of asylum applications in 20 years..[but]..Iraqi asylum seekers in industrialized countries represented only 1 percent of the estimated 4.5 million Iraqis uprooted by the conflict."The main countries of destination,numerically, are the USA, Sweden, France, Canada and the UK. Link to the full UNHCR Report: Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2007 |
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"Iraqi Governing Council Agrees to Interim Constitution" |
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News report from the Voice of America website on the unanimous approval of the 'interim constitution' |
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"It is not extremist, or fascist, or illiberal to demand stringent immigration controls" |
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Max Hastings in the Daily Mail: "The liberal establishment thinks that it is a sin against God and man to close Britain's doors in the face of outsiders, and especially against the poor and oppressed....Lord Carey said....that he hopes Gordon Brown 'will not forget the importance of Christian identity at the heart of being a part of the United Kingdom'. It seems fanciful to suppose that his wish will be fulfilled....[but]..Most native Britons fiercely resist and resent the influx, and feel betrayed by the entire political class which is allowing it to happen." "Carey urges immigration control": "....the issue of immigration will not go away and I hope that [the new PM] will impose stricter controls on those entering the United Kingdom...." (Lord Carey, former Archibishop, on BBC News) |
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"JUSTICE - ACCESS DENIED" - Campaign against LSC funding proposals |
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The ACESS TO JUSTICE ALLIANCE (AJA) "...government’s proposals threaten a real reduction in public access to justice...The campaign asks the government to step back and reconsider these proposals, especially the new funding system of fixed fees. " See also: "Law
Centres calls on Government for a new funding settlement"
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| "KANDAHAR COCKNEY" by James Ferguson (Harper Collins) |
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"I do so want to be wholly enthusiastic about Kandahar Cockney....a unique journey into the terrifying life of an asylum-seeker in London....They break laws and embark on perilous journeys that would kill Indiana Jones....This is heroism of a kind, but their heroism is our problem and we can find no welcome for it...." (Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, in 'The Independent' reviewing the "Kandahar Cockney"; Telephone orders: 0870 079 8897) |
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"Keeping the Flame of Hope Alive" - UNHCR message marking World Refugee Day 2006 |
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"On World Refugee Day, we ask you to remember the millions of refugees under our care who are trying to pick up the pieces of once-peaceful lives. As different as they are from each other, one thing connects them all: hope for a better future and a chance to restore lasting peace to their lives." (Link to UNHCR for messages, statistics and events across the world) UK Refugee Week Events (19th-25th June 2006) |
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"Law Lords rule NHS policy on overseas doctors is unlawful" |
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Appeal by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) upheld by 4 to 1 majority of Law Lords, declaring that “dashing the 'legitimate expectations' of doctors who had been encouraged to come to the UK" was unlawful; "The effects of the ruling will be to guarantee around 4,000 to 5,000 overseas-trained doctors already in the UK equal chances of winning training posts....[but also ]...to deny several thousand more UK graduates such posts over the next four to five years, until the number of foreign applicants falls as a result of the new Home Office rules." (Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor, TimesOnline) Link to the full judgment in R (on the application of Bapio Action Limited and another) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Appellant) on the House of Lords judgements website |
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"Law: A Very Short Introduction" by Prof Raymond Wacks |
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(Oxford University Press, April 2008, pback - £6.99) One of the latest in the 'Very Short Introduction' Series from OUP - by Raymond Wacks, Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory, University of Hong Kong - also author of 'Philosophy of Law - A Short Introduction (OUP 2006); Although concise, it is a broad discursive portrayal of legal systems and processes with informative national and historical comparisons - not written as a 'fact book' for student plagiarists. It also contains a lengthy, bibliographical appendix which alone is of great value not only to the 'uninitiated' but all interested in the theory and practice, and currents of change, of Law, in the UK and overseas (EIN Ed.) |
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"Lawyers win a rethink on reforms to legal aid" (The Times) |
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(Link to Times Online - 14/10/06) Speaking at Law Society Annual Conference, Lord Falconer recognises that the reforms to legal aid require "a very substantial rethink" "£2 billion is a considerable amount on legal aid – considerably
more in fact than any other comparable jurisdiction – it is not the case
that under-funding is the problem. [...but it...] does require us to find efficiencies
in the procurement system that can enable us to continue to deliver a world-class
service....I believe the future of our legal profession does lie in the reforms
that are soon to be underway – but in a broader context – the future
of our profession lies in reconnecting with the public." (Lord
Falconer's speech - on the DCA website) |
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"Legal Aid Reform: the Way Ahead" |
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Joint DCA/LSC response to the 'Carter Recommendations' on Legal Aid reform - reaffirming the plan for fixed and graduated fees. |
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"Legal reforms attacked by MPs": Select Committee responses to DCA proposals |
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BBC NEWS report on reaction by Parliamentary Select Committee on proposals for reform of the office of Lord Chancellor Link here to the published report of the Constitutional Affairs Committee on the new Supreme Court on the House of Commons website |
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"LIFE IN THE UK" - Requirements for British Citizenship |
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As from Nov 1st 2005, new applicants for naturalisation will have to demonstrate both knowledge of English language and of 'life in the UK'. |
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"Lords inflict supreme court blow" |
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BBC News item following House of Lords vote send the Constitutional Reform Bill - which proposes the abolition of the office of Lord Chancellor and the creation of a new UK Supreme Court - to a special Lords select committee |
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"Lords reject torture evidence use" |
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BBC News - upon the delivery of the Lords' unanimous judgment in 'A & others' on the inadmissibility in the UK Courts of evidence obtained by torture (link HERE to the full judgment) |
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"Minister rejects call for cap on immigration" |
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[Liam Byrne, Immigration Minister] "Reacting to House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Report which....calls for a limit on non-European immigration said immigration had been good for the economy because it had increased productivity, employment and wages, which had translated into a net benefit on GDP per capita..." (Alan Travis & and Elizabeth Stewart in The Guardian, 1/04/08) |
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"MPs want 'torture flights' answer" |
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New all-party Parliamentary group convened to examine claims of "extraordinary renditions" risking torture abroad (BBC News - 01/12/05) ) |
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"Multiculturalism, citizenship and national identity" |
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Tariq Modood, Professor of sociology, politics and public policy and the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol: "The extent of the "backlash" against multiculturalism - the political accommodation of post-immigration minorities - will be familiar to many..the turning of negative difference into positive difference should become a key test of social justice in coming decades." (Link to 'openDemocracy') "Multiculturalism:
A Civic Idea" by Tariq Modood (Polity, 21st May 2007) |
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"NEW IRR REPORT catalogues appalling treatment of Europe's 'foreign' children" |
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[Link to IRR press release] ".....The UK and the other countries of Europe are signatories to children's rights conventions and yet they are systematically robbing a whole group of children of their basic, human rights by classifying them not as children but as foreigners and asylum seekers." ..."analysing 150 cases from across Europe... The young people may be sick, traumatised, separated from family members, about to sit exams or still breast-fed, but they are all considered unwanted illegals first and vulnerable children second........" "They Are Children Too: a study of Europe's deportation policies" - by Liz Fekete, European Race Audit, Insitute of Race Relations (IRR) - issue nos. 58 and 59 of the IRR European Race Bulletin. 76 pages, ISBN 0 85001 0675: To order your copy @£10, see IRR ) |
| "NO MOVE TO NO WIN, NO FEE IN ASYLUM & IMMIGRATION CASES:.... APPELLANTS MUST NOT BE DENIED JUSTICE" |
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Constitutional Affairs Committee press release upon publication of Legal Aid report |
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"NO PLACE FOR A CHILD" - in Immigration Detention Centres |
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Refugee Council campaign - and new report on alternatives (Aug 2006) See also the NCB (National Childrens Bureau) ARC website for the 'Asylum
Seeking and Refugee Children: Developing Good Practice Project' - for
practioners and managers working with separated or unaccompanied refugee children
and young people |
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"Offshoring, a threat for the UK's knowledge jobs?" |
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'Work Foundation' research paper "examining the extent and the nature of offshore outsourcing as well as its impact on the UK labour market." (July 2007) "Fear of job stampede offshore 'unfounded'" (David Gow, 'GuardianUnlimited'); "...but developing nations are being plundered for skilled staff to keep Britain growing ......and Germany is planning laws to revent cash-rich economies such as China taking over domestic firms and exporting employment...." |
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"PAPERS REVEAL TRUTH BEHIND DECISION NOT TO DEPORT KILLER" |
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"...The judgment makes clear that any consideration of Chindamo's rights under the European convention on human rights....was not the crucial factor in the case...[but it was]...on the basis of "compelling" European Union law that applies to any EU citizen resident in another EU country for at least 10 years.(Guardian Unlimited, 22Aug07) Government to challenge Lawrence killer deportation decision "The government will "very vigorously" appeal against an immigration tribunal decision to allow the killer of the London headteacher Philip Lawrence to remain in the UK after he is released from prison......" (GuardianUnlimited, 21Aug07) Lawrence killer ruling appeal 'hopeless' "Solicitor for Philip Lawrence's killer claims that Government has no grounds to appeal against his client staying in UK ..." (TimesOnline, 21Aug07) Link to 'Executive Summary' of the Determination on the 'Judiciary.gov.uk'
website (Elec.copy of the full determination not yet published) |
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"PEOPLE FLOW - Managing Migration in a New European Commonwealth" |
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Alternative proposals to questions of the control of migration deploying 'transit centres' and 'mobility service points' |
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"Plight of Refugees left to rot in Yorkshire" |
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In the 'Yorkshire Post' by Mike Waites - reporting on the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust inquiry, chaired by Kate Adie, which warns that "there is an 'invisible' population of as many as half a million failed asylum seekers in Britain.....Destitution is shaming, both for the individual and for the society that tolerates it." Refugee
Council response to Joseph Rowntree inquiry into asylum seeker destitution |
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"Questions of Legitimacy": EIN NEWS Winter 2003 |
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The latest issue of EIN NEWS, including more search tips on the Members site, caselaw highlights, tech-tips on importing files to the 'bundle' and forthcoming EIN training dates |
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"Refugee protection and durable solutions in the context of international migration" (UNHCR) |
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(April 2008) Report on the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, December 07: "....States should adopt broader, longer-term multilateral commitments to address the root causes of irregular migration. Additional efforts are called for, such as re-targeting aid to achieve sustainable development and the development of alternative legal migration channels...." |
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"REFUSAL FACTORY: Women's experiences of the Detained Fast Track asylum process at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre" |
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Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) Report, Sept 2007, By Sarah Cutler - With a foreword by Helen Bamber OBE - Analysis and recommendations on 'Detained Fast Track' (DFT); "....Detained fast tracking of asylum claims should end.Women asylum seekers should not be detained while their claims are decided...." |
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"Saudi 'torture' Britons lose case" - in House of Lords |
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Allowed appeal by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against a Court of Appeal decision allowing the British men to be able to sue for damages, for torture. Link to the BBC news item, and, here, to the full judgment in the House of Lords |
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"Scots give warmer welcome to asylum seekers than the English" - IPPR Report |
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Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) 'focus group research' report on public attitudes to asylum-seekers in Scotland: "...in general Scots see asylum and immigration as relatively unthreatening. Many support the principle of asylum and believe that Scotland, and Great Britain, have a duty to offer sanctuary...[but]..younger Scots and those living in Glasgow - where the majority of asylum seekers in Scotland are housed - were the least tolerant." (Link to press release and summary report - 'Warm Welcome: Understanding attitudes to asylum seekers in Scotland’ by Miranda Lewis) |
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"Security in a Global Hub – Establishing the UK’s new border arrangements" |
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Cabinet Office report on the new Border Agency - combining the work of the Border and Immigration Agency, UKvisas and the border related work of HM Revenue and Customs (14 Nov 2007) |
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"Seeking Asylum is not a Crime:Detention of people who have sought asylum" |
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(June 2005 pp 95) The full Amnesty report on UK asylum-seeker detention practices and ('justice denied faster') fast track procedures. Includes recommendations and highlights the European Council 'Twenty guidelines on forced return' (May 2005) - with which UK reserves right to partial non-compliance. |
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"SELECTIVE ADMISSION: MAKING MIGRATION WORK FOR BRITAIN" |
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IND Consultation Document on managed migration - a points based system for (non-asylum) routes to work study or train in the UK |
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"Shameful impunity": Phil Shiner for 'Public Intrerest Lawyers' |
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(Re Court of Appeal in 'Al Skeini') "The government must act over [the] judgment on the torture and killing of Iraqis by British forces" (Guardian Online News: by Phil Shiner solicitor at Public Interest Lawyers, acting for the families of the six Iraqi men in these cases) Geoffrey
Bindman writes in the Guardian Letters: |
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"Simplifying immigration law for the 21st century" |
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Home Office BIA announcement on the progress of the 'Simplification' project:"...We are currently undertaking the biggest reform of our immigration system for 40 years...The Home Office will now carry out a detailed analysis of existing laws, and then intends to consult with the public on more specific proposals for legislation. A draft Bill will be published for pre-legislative scrutiny in 2008." (Immigration Minister Liam Byrne,Dec 2007) |
| "SOCIAL WORK, IMMIGRATION & ASYLUM: Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care" |
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"..The contributors explore the tensions that exist between traditional anti-oppressive values and the role professionals increasingly play as 'gate keepers' to services..." (Foreword by Steve Cohen) Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Price: £18.95 (£1.00 off!) |
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"Sri Lanka: between peace and war" |
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"Sri Lanka has returned to a state of war, albeit as yet undeclared......" (Alan Keenan on 'openDemocracy.net' - 15th May 2006) |
| "Stop the Traffic": UNICEF Report on the exploitation of 'trafficked' children |
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UNICEF Report reveals changing face of child trafficking in the UK |
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"SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS: A Guide to Legal & Welfare Rights" |
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2nd Edition, 796pp, £39.00: Revised edition covering asylum support, housing rights and community care services, now including the 2004 Act and the effect of EU Accession on asylum seekers. |
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"Supporting Migrant Workers in the North West of England" |
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Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory, University of Liverpool: Research analysis of the number, type and geographical location of migrant workers across Merseyside and the North West of England - by Dr Simon Pemberton and Claire Stevens - and presented at the launch of 'Migrant Workers North West' (Feb 2007) Link directly to the full report (183 pages) |
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"Take more Iraqi refugees, UN tells Britain" |
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By Ian Black, in The Guardian, in advance of UNHCR conference on the plight of Iraqi refugees: "UNHCR estimates that 40,000-50,000 people are fleeing Iraq every month, adding to an estimated two million refugees, most in Syria and Jordan....Britain approves just 12% of Iraqi asylum claims, compared with a 91% approval rate in Sweden, which has suspended forcible refugee returns" (April 2007) |
| "Terror suspects lose appeal" |
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BBC News report on the dismissed appeals to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) challenging the detention of suspects without trial |
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"THE ASYLUM PROCESS IS FAILING TOO MANY WOMEN" |
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"Rape, honour crime, female circumcision - how can the system be so dismissive of such terrible persecution .....you only have to listen to the experiences of women in the system to know that something is going horribly wrong for women on the ground. You can also read a recent study by the Refugee Women's Resource Project, at Asylum Aid, which shows the policy is not being properly implemented, or talk to lawyers or doctors or campaigners who see the effects on many individual women and their children." (Natasha Walter in the 'Guardian Unlimited' - 23 May 2006) Links to: The 'Asylum Aid - RWRP Gender Guidance Campaign The RWRP Report - Exec Summary: ‘Lip service’ or implementation? The Home Office Gender Guidance and women’s asylum claims in the UK and link to the Full Report |
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"The fallacies of the EU-Africa dialogue on immigration" (Statewatch) |
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Re: EU-African ministerial conference on immigration (Rabat, Morocco, 10-11 July 2006) - with "dramatic consequences... on the ground in north African countries" (Link to Statewatch) |
| "The making of the English national identity" by Krishnan Kumar |
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Cambridge University Press:"Krishan Kumar examines the rise of English nationalism and issues of race and ethnicity from earliest times to the present day" |
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"The miscalculation of small nations" - by Fred Halliday on 'openDemocracy.net' |
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"The Russia-Georgia war emphasises the need for a nuanced understanding of international politics that recognises the autonomy of local agents..... If the supreme responsibility of democratic leaders is indeed to protect their own peoples, then the briefest of comparative overview can show just how pernicious [is] the impact of the kind of nationalist delusion displayed by Mikhail Saakashvili. His blundering into war over South Ossetia is but the latest example of how the nationalist obsession with the fetish of "territorial integrity" corrupts their worldview: for it entails a multiple refusal to look at reasonable, humane compromises; a misreading of international political realities; and a resort to destructive and often useless violence." |
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"The path to citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system" |
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Government 'Green Paper' - The 'Path to Citizenship' to be a ".... three stage route to citizenship, including a new probationary period of citizenship,(Deadline for responses: 14 May 2008) "Prime Minister launches contract for foreign national seeking British citizenship"; "...These reforms to the immigration system will be backed up with a new single piece of legislation, replacing all existing immigration laws, which will be introduced to Parliament in November this year. This is designed to make immigration law more straightforward and transparent and make the UK's immigration system more effective." |
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"The right and wrong fix: Afghan lessons for Zimbabwe" |
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by Ashraf Ghani & Clare Lockhart (authors of "Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World - Oxford University Press, 2008): "The guiding principle of the change that Zimbabwe needs to undergo,....is that stable political systems rest on the consent of the people.....generated through performance of core state functions on behalf of citizens... The challenges ..... in a post-Mugabe Zimbabwe will be immense...." (on 'opendemocracy.net') Also on 'opendemocracy', see Roger Southall on The politics of pressure: the world and Zimbabwe: "For too long the international community has been at odds with western demands for increased pressure upon the....Zanu-PF regime of Robert Mugabe being met with African (and notably South African) resistance. This week's events suggest that at long last the ground might be collapsing beneath Mugabe's feet...But is this the "tipping-point" ...or merely the end of the beginning?" (Roger Southall et al, eds., 'State
of the Nation: South Africa 2007' - HSRC Press, 2007)
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"The sharia dispute - state, law, religion...and media" (on 'Opendemocracy.net') |
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Sharia: practice of faith, politics of modernity, by Sami Zubaida; "The logic and application of sharia law needs to be understood in its theological and historical context if intense controversy is to be succeeded by calm and constructive debate, says Sami Zubaida." Multicultural citizenship and the anti-sharia storm, by Tariq Modood Islamic law in a secular world, by Roger Scruton A
religious fallout: sharia furore, Anglican future, by Theo Hobson Islam,
law and finance: the elusive divine , by Fred Halliday A Christian leader and Islamic law, by Tina Beattie |
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"THE STATE OF THE WORLD's REFUGEES" (UNHCR 2006 online edition) |
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"...the asylum-migration nexus [is] one of the greatest challenges facing UNHCR today...UNHCR does not intend to become a migration agency. But migration requires our attention.." (19 April 2006) |
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"The true legacy of torture - stories of three survivors" |
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Survivors stories on the new Medical Foundation/Torturecare website: "..torture claims the lives of thousands of people across the globe...Each torture survivor's experience is unique, yet each represents the true legacy of torture today." |
| "THE USE AND ABUSE OF POLITICAL ASYLUM - in Britain and Germany |
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By Liza Schuster: Analysis of "Why the Government's current asylum policy won't work" with a comparison of policies in the UK and Germany |
| "They took me away - Women's experiences of immigration detention in the UK" |
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Research report by Sarah Cutler (BID)
& Sophia Ceneda (RWRP
@Asylum Aid) IAA 'BAIL' Guidance
Notes for Adjudicators from the Chief Adjudicator (3rd ed.2003) on the IAA website |
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"This student visa policy is seriously stupid" - Hamish McRae in The Independent |
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"There may be good reasons from the Home Office's view, but ....." |
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"Thousands in UK citizenship queue" |
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"More than 70,000 people are waiting to hear if they can become British citizens......The Home Office confirmed it had been overwhelmed by people who applied before 1 November, after which citizenship tests became compulsory...." (BBC News Feb 2006) |
| "THREATS TO IDENTITY?": EIN NEWS SPRING 2004 |
| "TOUGH AS OLD BOOTS? Asylum, Immigration and the paradox of New Labour Policy" by Don Flynn |
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First pamphlet, written by Don Flynn for the 'Immigration Rights Project' discussion series on the direction of and prospects for the UK immigration policy of 'managed' (economic) migration. |
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"UK Government should sign up to Commission proposals" |
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(IAS Press Release): The EU proposals "...provide safeguards and uniformity of approach throughout Europe...It would be churlish of the UK Government to fail to opt in to them." |
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"UK: A DANGEROUS POLICY ON TORTURE" |
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Human Rights Watch News (2 Nov 2006): " The government claims to oppose torture. Yet at the same it is actively trying to undermine the global ban against it." (Benjamin Ward / Associate Director of the Europe and Central Asia division).....announcing the HRW Briefing Paper: “Dangerous Ambivalence: UK Policy on Torture since 9/11” -"...“When it comes to torture, diplomatic assurances simply don’t work,” said Ward. “Putting them in a ‘memorandum of understanding’ and adding post-return monitoring does nothing to change that.” |
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"Unconstitutionable? - Iraq’s constitution on the edge" |
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"The rifts that have stalled Iraq's constitutional drafting process run deep. Pressure to agree will only postpone difficult decisions " by Sami Zubaida, on the 'opendemocracy' website |
| "What now counts as intelligence?": EIN NEWS Summer 2003 |
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"What to Believe? A critique of the assessment of plausibility in Asylum Applications" |
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By Jake Dutton; |
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"When is a child not a child? Asylum, age disputes and the process of age assessment" |
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ILPA Research Report, Project directed by Susan Rowlands, funded by The Nuffield Foundation, written by Heaven Crawley: "...those working with [asylum-seeking] children have noted a significant increase in the number of children who state that they are under 18 years of age when they come into contact with the immigration authorities but are not accepted as such." (Link to full report, pdf, May 2007) |
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"When multiculturalism is a nonsense" |
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"What are the limits of multiculturalism? How far is cultural diversity compatible with a working society...?" Martin Wolf 'comments' in the FT. |
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"Who's Still Afraid of EU Enlargement?" ECAS Report on Free Movement of Workers |
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European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) Report on Free Movement of Workers (Link to full report, or summary) See also:CONNECTING WITH CITIZENS - Does the EU have the will to tackle its information deficit? and listing of ECAS Publications [The next Citizens Panel - ON WORKERS’ FREE MOVEMENT RIGHTS IN THE ENLARGED UNION - is scheduled for 22-23rd November in the European Parliament Brussels - details to be announced] |
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"Will the new immigration rules work?" (BBC Blog) |
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Details of new 'points system' in the immigration rules - designed to curb the number of skilled migrants entering Britain - published 6th May 2008 Link to BBC report on the points-based system "Tighter new rules for skilled foreign workers" (Link to Home Office - UKBA - press release); "The Home Office today published proposals for much tighter skilled and temporary worker tiers of its new Points Based System (PBS). The schemes - known as Tier 2 and Tier 5 - sweep aside around 30 different routes to the UK, including the old work permit system." Link to UKBA 'key documents' on the points based system |
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"Women trapped in cycle of violence by UK law" |
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"....because of their vulnerable immigration status." (The 'no recourse to public funds' rule)....Other states such as Denmark, Austria, the United States and Canada all have a similar rule, but they have built in exceptions, amendments and appropriate long-term sustainable resourcing to ensure that women are not trapped in violence." Link to the full 'No Recourse Report' (Amnesty & Southall Black Sisters, March 2008) |
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"WOMENS ASYLUM NEWS" RWRP/Asylum Aid - Nov/Dec 2005 |
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Latest issue (No 55) by the 'Refugee Womens Resource Project' |
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"Workers given the right to ply their trades throughout EU" |
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New EU Agreement, subject to EU Parliament approval, will allow "a lengthy list of service providers to set up shop across the EU's 25 member states by the end of 2009. It includes advertisers, management consultants, bakers, tour operators and even undertakers." (Link to Nicholas Watt on the 'Guardian Unlimited' 30th May 2006) Link to the Draft Directive on 'Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry and Research)' on the Europa website |
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"Working against the Clock: Inadequacy and Injustice in the Fast Track System" (BID Research Report) |
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By Sharon Oakley and Katrina Crew. Edited by Anna Morvern and Sarah Cutler - Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) research at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre: "...The evidence from this sample suggests that the merits test for public funding represents a significant obstacle to fast track detainees’ ability to access legal representation..."(p.7) (Published with financial assistance from the 'Matrix Chambers Causes Fund') |
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"Zimbabwe returns to be resumed" |
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(BBC News 02/08/2006)...following AIT determination that involuntary return does not automatically imply persecution: "Immigration minister Liam Byrne said the new ruling provided the basis for a resumption of enforced returns" |
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"‘Recognise Rights, Realise Benefits": JCWI response to Govt '5 Year Strategy' on 'managed migration' |
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JCWI argues for alternative
approach to UK Gov strategy of "Controlling
our borders: Making migration work for Britain" coinciding with
publication of new Immigration
Bill - JCWI invite comments to: info@jcwi.org.uk
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