Resources

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act (2002)
http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/act.htm

ATL, NASUWT and NUT Teachers letter: (22rd October 2002)
"The government's proposals undermine . . . children's rights to a high quality education by segregating them"
Online copy of letter

The Joint Committee on Human Rights
"When the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill reached its Report Stage in the House of Lords, the Government sought to introduce a number of substantial amendments. . . The Committee has considered the amendments, and concludes that they give rise to potential incompatibilities with rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESC), and the Convention on the Rights of the Child."
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/ . . .

Unions, children’s charities, church leaders and refugee groups unite to condemn segregated education 4/10/02
http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/tgwu/unworkable.htm

No to school apartheid
Briefing House of Commons October 30th 2002, 6.30 to 8.30pm
http://www.no.school.apartheid.segregation.org.uk

Integration not Segregation: young refugees in British schools - extract from Forced Migration Review - October 2002
[PDF Format] 2 pages
Source: http://www.fmreview.org/1frames.htm

The exclusion of refugee children from mainstream schools: Refugee Children's Consortium - September 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 5 pages

Human Rights Report - parliamentary Human Rights Committee - Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"We understand the disquiet which has been expressed at the prospect of removing the children of destitute asylum-seekers residing in accommodation centres from mainstream schools, and educating them separately in accommodation centres. It gives rise to troubling echoes of historical educational regimes in some other countries where children were educated separately on the basis of race or colour, under the now discredited pretence that the separate provision was equal. Separate education on the basis of ethnicity or national origin breeds and entrenches social and educational inequality, and inhibits or even deters integration."

". . .we have drawn to the attention of the House a number of important matters which still cause us considerable concern on human rights grounds."

Link to: http://publications.parliament.uk/....

Action on Plans to Educate Refugee Children Separately: Refugee Council - Urgent Action Notice - 1st June 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 1 page

Asylum and Immigration Proposals
from: www.asylumsupport.info/thenewbill.htm

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers urges Home Secretary to withdraw segregation clause from the Immigration and Asylum Bill - 10th June 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 1 page

College of North East London, NATFHE Motion - 8th May 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 1 page

Contact details for MP's, MSP's and Welsh Assembly members
Link to: http://www.asylumsupport.info/thenewbill.htm

European Convention on Human Rights 1953
In 29 languages, from the Council of Europe

Home Secretary annouces further safeguards on education for asylum seekers' children- 11th June 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 1 page

House of Commons Motion: Education of Children Seeking Asylum - 23rd April 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 1 page

Human Rights Act 1998
Link to: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980042.htm

Human Rights Information
from: http://www.humanrights.gov.uk/

Legal Opinion on UK reservations to the United Nations Convention: By Matrix Chambers, Nicholas Blake QC and barrister Sandhya Drew of Tooks Court Chambers
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 35 pages

Letter to Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP, Home Secretary: from School based, refugee education charity, Salusbury World - 29th April 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 2 pages

Matrix Chambers - Law firm reported as mounting the human rights challenge to proposed segregation
Link to:http://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/

National Union of Teachers Briefing - 26th April 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 4 pages

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Confidendence, security and trust essential says David Blunkett ahead of report stage and third reading - 11th June, 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 2 pages

Newham Refugee Petition - May 2002
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 2 pages

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
[PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 20 pages

Multilingual versions of the UN Convention
(Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish) from: http://www.boes.org/