What's New, in date order

• Campaign news against making people destitute
  http://www.asylumsupport.info/campaign.htm
  
  
• Judge orders urgent asylum case hearings 17 January 2003
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/. . . .
  
  
• No School Apartheid! get together on Friday 17 January 2003 - 6.30 - 8.30pm, at the Crossroads Women's Centre.
  http://www.no.school.apartheid.segregation.org.uk/
  
  
• Withdrawal of Asylum Support - New Labour Statement - 2nd December 2002
  "Single people and childless couples will receive no support - no food, cash or accommodation - unless they claim asylum as soon as they arrive at a UK port"
  http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/restrictions.htm
  
  
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act (2002) 28th November 2002
  http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/act.htm
  
  
• ATL, NASUWT and NUT Teachers letter:(22/10/02)
  "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 22nd Oct 2002
  "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
  
  
• Asylum plans suffer Lords defeat - BBC - 9th October 2002
  
  
• 'Asylum bill will increase racism' - BBC - 9th October 2002
  
  
• A New Iron Curtain - Guardian Leader - 9th October 2002
  
  
• Charities attack asylum plans - ITV - 7th October 2002
  
  
• Segregated schools for asylum-seekers won't work - Independent - 7th October 2002
  
  
• Union leader denounces Blunkett's Bill on asylum seekers as 'apartheid' - Independent - 5th October 2002
  
  

• Coalition report condemns asylum education plans - Guardian - 4th October 2002

• Mainstream schools seen as sanctuaries by refugee pupils - Guardian - 3rd October 2002
  
  
• This asylum-seekers Bill is repugnant and pushes Britain morally out in the cold - Times - October 1st 2002
  
  
• 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 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/....
  
  
• Asylum centre education 'might breach human rights' - Guardian Education - June 21st, 2002
  
  
• Education, Integration, Segregation - This is Staffordshire - June 16th, 2002
  
  
• Blunkett sees off Labour asylum rebels - BBC - June 11th, 2002
  
  
• Bill Morris: Mr Blunkett, now trust me: you are wrong on asylum - Independent - June 11th, 2002
  
  
• ATL urges Home Secretary to withdraw segregation clause from the Immigration and Asylum Bill - 10th June 2002
  [PDF Format] [Rich Text Format] 1 page
  
  
• Asylum school plans face opposition - BBC - June 10th, 2002
  
  
• Is it right to segregate the children of asylum seekers? - BBC Online Discussion - June 10th, 2002
  
  
• Action on Plans to Educate Refugee Children Separately: Refugee Council - Urgent Action Notice - June 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
  
  
• Family Spared Deportation At 11th Hour, By Marcello Mega
  The Scotsman, May 7, 2002