'Taking, Hidden Children, Trapped, poll, complicity, coverup, Society' 25 Apr 07 - 95 items (approx) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Frank's List the asylum, immigration, conflict and rights information gateway Sign up, Send and Search · Sign up for Email Newsletters · Send News, Jobs & Events to all subscribers · Search 380+ websites @ http://www.frankslist.info ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [01] Lead items [02] UK [03] Jobs [04] World [05] Europe [06] Events [07] Welcome to your library Award [08] Expert faces £10,000 legal bill, Support & Petition [09] ILPA info updates on Darfur, Legacy cases and Children [10] Conferences/Publications: Rights, Health & Undocumented Migrants [11] Careleavers, Unaccompanied Children, Age assessments & unethical, Home Office suggestions [12] Consultation: Sexual and Gender Identity Guidelines for the Determination of Asylum Claims in the UK [13] Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - "tyranny speaking the language of democracy" [14] How to cancel or change your subscription to Frank's List [01] Lead items: ---------- 'Taking, Hidden Children, Trapped, poll, complicity, coverup, Society' Illegal migrants' right to work wins support of public in poll http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2483865.ece See: Full results and a PowerPoint analysis are available at: http://www.opinion.co.uk/newsroom UK majority favours ‘pathway into citizenship’ for illegal immigrants http://www.iasuk.org/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=363&Type=2 A sensible proposal to break this vicious circle http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2483828.ece Rights for All Workers Unity the Union of Asylum seekers has called before to be given the Right to Work. "We are not here to claim benefits". All of us, no matter where we were born, are stronger if they work together to resist exploitation. For this and many more reasons, UNITY will be at the Trade Union Council's May Day event as part of an International Block, standing alongside workers no matter what their immigration status. We have more in common than dividing us, No One is Illegal. It’s against the law for asylum seekers to work Sunday 6th May, 11:00am at George Square Flyer: (pdf) http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org/Mayday2007.pdf ‘Trapped! Unlocking the future of Iraqi refugee children’ http://www.iraqichildrentrapped.org/ World Vision advocates for Iraqi refugee children https://www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.1160 Timewatch – The Hidden Children Told in their own words, these are hair-raising stories of what it was like being secretly hidden from the Nazis in France. Friday 27 April 9.00-9.50pm BBC TWO http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk17/fri.shtml Escape from the Holocaust: The secret life of Britain's Anne Frank http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2474466.ece New Labour, New Britain: Taking liberties with our liberties ...the advice of Tacitus. The great historian warned that "the more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2474406.ece A coverup of torture, racism and complicity in war crimes http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2063351,00.html Surveillance Society Liberty’s response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into ‘A Surveillance Society’, April 07 (PDF) http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/pdfs/policy07/home-affairs-ctte-surveillance-society.pdf [02] UK ---------- 24 Apr 07 Portuguese immigrant helps make harbour a plant hotspot http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=portuguese-immigrant-helps-make-harbour-a-plant-hotspot-%26method=full%26objectid=18951963%26siteid=50082-name_page.html Britain's banks join attempts to ride wave of Polish immigration http://www.ft.com/cms/s/98300c16-f1ff-11db-b5b6-000b5df10621.html ‘Secrets leak’ civil servant opposed Iraq war http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1695513.ece Britain to rethink relations with Iran http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2064269,00.html Woolf fears Home Office reforms http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6586437.stm Justice for Cleaners visit Lloyds. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368668.html 23 Apr 07 Fire attack on home of asylum seeker http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/display.var.1347355.0.fire_attack_on_home_of_asylum_seeker.php Ahmed Family Belong to Glasgow http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine81/ahmedfamily.html Urgent Action: Glasgow Family Detained http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368569.html Bangladesh turns away former PM Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was yesterday blocked from boarding a flight home from London after the military-backed government barred her from returning. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2474401.ece Asylum family back in city after 55 days The family, who are Turkish Kurds, were taken from Glasgow's immigration centre in February during their weekly signing on session. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1347838.0.asylum_family_back_in_city_after_55_days.php Zimbabwean refugee Harris Nyatsanza meets Gordon Brown http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/news/2007/april/20070423.htm links: - Sheila McKechnie Awards http://www.sheilamckechnie.org.uk/ - United Network of Detained Zimbabweans (UNDZUK) http://www.dkrenton.co.uk/zimbabwe.html UK supermarkets are 'driving down wages of world's poorest workers' http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2474467.ece BNP advances on Middle England to exploit ‘fear’ of Polish migrants http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1690422.ece Shooting the messenger ...he was to work on a television story about human rights abuses in the Arab world for the London-based Al-Hiwar satellite channel. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/04/23/egypt15748.htm The Home Secretary's GMTV interview http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/john-reid-gmtv 22 Apr 07 Immigrants good for Swansea, says candidate http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Politics&F=1&id=11170 [03] Jobs ---------- Administrative/ Finance Clerk, GL4 (Post No. 652013) http://www.unhcr.org.uk/jobs/index.htm IT Support Assistant (20 hours per week) http://www.uk2.msf.org/working4us/CurrentVacancies.htm Research & Campaigns Assistant (Balkans) £22,225 07/05/2007 Europe and Central Asia http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/23042007-ECA0710 Campaign Officer/PR Officer ( Fixed Term Contract) £16440 15/05/2007 Europe and Central Asia http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/24042007-ECA0712 Director http://www.ilpa.org.uk/DirJob.html [04] World ---------- UNHCR reform and relocation proposals http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/media?page=home&id=462ddf2211 Gulf of Aden: More drowned by smugglers, others die of asphyxia and dehydration http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/media?page=home&id=462ddf222 'Vanished' in the war on terror Fleeing Somalia, refugees trapped and missing without rights. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2063346,00.html Climate Change Worse Than Civil War http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37463 Chinese tighten internet grip http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1695591.ece Congo DR: UN rushes aid as violent clashes displace tens of thousands http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22322&Cr=DR&Cr1=Congo Cuba sentences dissident to jail http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6586225.stm Iraq Refugees http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=12649 Iraq: Security wall or barrier to peace? http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2064118,00.html Israel/Occupied Territories; Militants bomb Gaza school in anti-Western campaign http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2474435.ece Russia threatens veto over Kosovo http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6587497.stm Russsia: A destroyer, not a builder The truth is that Mr Yeltsin's legacy proved to be a bitter pill, from which Russia is still suffering. http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2063970,00.html Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6584481.stm Somali mother tells of her family's nightmare escape from capital http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6584671.stm Somalia now world’s most dangerous place for aid workers http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22334&Cr=somalia&Cr1= Somalia facing humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands flee capital http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2480988.ece Sudan: Khartoum booms as Darfur burns http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6573527.stm Sri lanka: Tamil Tigers bomb military base http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6586283.stm USA: Authorities fail to protect indigenous women from shocking levels of sexual violence http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17342 US: Border Agent Charged With Murder http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6581453,00.html Zimbawe: Neighbours Remain Mute Amid Flood of Refugees http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37447 [05] Europe ---------- Weekly update 20-April-2007 http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/836 Weekly update 13-April-2007 http://www.ecre.org/resources/weekly_update/834 [06] Events ---------- Saturday, 28 April 2007, 12pm. Anti-deportation stall Manchester http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368565.html More: North West Asylum Seekers Defence Group http://www.asylum-seekers-defence.org.uk/ Saturday April 29 @ 16:30 What: Performance of Asylum Monologues Where: Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough, TS5 6LD When: Saturday April 29 @ 16:30 Cost: FREE. Suggested donation £5. No bookings are required. Get there early to secure a seat. More info: visit http://www.iceandfire.co.uk/actorsforrefugees 1 May: Global Women's Strike Selma James speaks on What the Marxists never told us about Marx http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/English2007/SelmaJames1May.htm 1 May Pre-emptive Peace Strike “Don’t Attack Iran” http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/England/PeaceStrike.htm 9 June 2007 Middle East and North Africa Conference 2007 http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=320 16 June: Learning from Tanzania's movement to stay independent With Godfrey Madaraka Nyerere, son of President Julius Nyerere http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/England/StrikeEventsinLondon.htm#Nyere 22 June 2007 Coming full circle: re-training and re-employing refugee teachers, 22 June 2007 (09:30 – 16:30). It takes place at The Living Room, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA. To reserve a place, and for programme details, please contact rit@refugeecouncil.org.uk or call 020 7346 1166. 19th - 21st September 2007 'Human rights, migration and poverty: their impact on transcultural care' 33rd Annual Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/ihcs/tcns07.html Source: http://www.harpweb.org.uk [07] Welcome to your library Award ---------- Change Lives Award Announced 'Welcome to your library' is a project that aims to increase opportunities for active engagement and participation by refugees and asylum seekers in public library service planning and delivery. http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5654 Welcome to your library http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/ Libraries Boost Offerings for Immigrants http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6579480,00.html [08] Expert faces £10,000 legal bill, Support & Petition ---------- An academic is being pursued for legal costs of up to £10,000 by Salford University after losing a sex discrimination case. Rhetta Moran, an internationally recognised researcher on refugee issues, was made redundant by the university in 2004. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/education/s/1005/1005241_expert_faces_10000_legal_bill.html Campaign against unfair costs petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rhettamorancampaign/index.html Researcher Being Pursued For Costs - Help Needed http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368643.html How you can help now: (txt file) http://wwww.frankslist.info/rhetta.txt For more information about Rhetta's case, contact Kath Grant, NUJ Manchester branch, 0161 225 2260 [09] ILPA info update on Darfur, Legacy cases and Children ---------- Update Sheet 2 http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Update%20sheet2.pdf Darfur Judgement http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20Darfur%20Judgement.pdf Legacy Cases http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20Legacy%20Cases.pdf Children's Asylum Claims http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20Children's%20Asylum%20Claims.pdf More http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice.html [10] Conferences/Publications: Rights, Health & Undocumented Migrants ---------- 19th - 21st September 2007 'Human rights, migration and poverty: their impact on transcultural care' 33rd Annual Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/ihcs/tcns07.html Call for Stories and Case studies Global Health Watch Report, due to be launched in early 2008 http://www.medact.org/article_health.php?articleID=644 PICUM Newsletter http://www.picum.org/ Decent Work for Undocumented Migrants (PDF) http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Decent%20Work%20for%20Undocumented%20Migrants.pdf Undocumented Migrants Have Rights! - An Overview of the International Human Rights Framework (PDF) http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Undocumented%20Migrants%20Have%20Rights!.pdf 28-29 June 2007 in Brussels Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants Registration now open! http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/INTERNAT%20CONF.htm - Flyer: (PDF) http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Poster%20PIC%20002-06.pdf 7-8 June 2007 in Lisbon “The Right to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Europe: The Community Perspective” http://eatg.org/pages/article.php?id=880 Undocumented Migrants – Symptom, Not The Problem (PDF) http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Undocumented%20Migrants%20-%20Symptom,%20Not%20The%20Problem.pdf Human Trafficking and Forced Labour. What Perspectives to Challenge Exploitation? (PDF) http://www.picum.org/HOMEPAGE/Human%20Trafficking%20and%20Forced%20Labour.pdf [11] Careleavers, Unaccompanied Children, Age assessments & unethical, Home Office suggestions ---------- Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) Reform Programme - Social Services Leads Meeting There was general concern over the proposal that the Home Office would procure accommodation for children and young people as they currently do with adults. Adult accommodation is often in the cheapest areas and it was felt that this would not be suitable for children and young people. The Home Office’s suggestion of encouraging medical examination by not presenting the true purpose of the check ie. presenting it as a medical check rather than as an age assessment, was seen as unethical. (word doc) http://www.eera.gov.uk/Documents/About%20EERA/Policy/Asylum/EERA%20Consortium/SSL%20Minutes%2028th%20March.doc - Social Services Leads Meeting: key points paper (word doc) http://www.eera.gov.uk/Documents/About%20EERA/Policy/Asylum/EERA%20Consortium/SSL%2028th%20March%20-%20Key%20Points.doc Careleavers Reunited website celebrates 2,000 members http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/04/23/104240/careleavers-reunited-website-celebrates-2000-members.html Poor housing ruins life chances for care leavers http://www.raineronline.org/gen/m3_i1_news.aspx one in six young people leaving care are placed in unsuitable and sometimes unsafe accommodation http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/04/23/104237/one-in-six-care-leavers-in-unsafe-accommodation-young-peoples-charity-rainer.html Age disputes The (Home Office) proposals to deal with disputes about a person’s age are likely to be amongst the most controversial. ILPA has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation to: - undertake research on the experiences of children whose age has been disputed - make recommendations for improvements to procedures for deciding on age disputes and providing support in these cases A summary of the research and recommendations will be the subject of an information sheet in due course. (PDF) http://www.ilpa.org.uk/infoservice/Info%20sheet%20Children's%20Asylum%20Claims.pdf [12] Consultation: Sexual and Gender Identity Guidelines for the Determination of Asylum Claims in the UK ---------- Sexual and Gender Identity Guidelines for the determination of asylum claims in the UK. A major initiative by UKLGIG and ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners Association). Consultations in May and June in Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London. http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Guidelines.htm Next Open Meetings Asylum Support: Thursday May 10 - 6.30 pm http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Resources.htm Partnership: Saturday May 19 - 2.00 pm http://www.uklgig.org.uk/Resources.htm MAP http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=SE1+0EH&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=51.502358,-0.100164&spn=0.005276,0.013261 [From May 2007, meetings will be held at 32-36 Loman St., Southwark, SE1 0EH Nearest tube: Southwark, Jubilee line] [13] Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - "tyranny speaking the language of democracy" --------- The Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly is a global network of parliamentarians and non-governmental organizations advocating for citizen's representation at the United Nation http://www.unpacampaign.org/ Campaign for elected UN assembly launched http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2474470.ece The best way to give the poor a real voice is through a world parliament Global governance as it stands is tyranny speaking the language of democracy. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2063921,00.html [14] How to cancel or change your subscription to www.frankslist.info ---------- To make changes or cancel, just click on the link shown below: