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FOR The rights of refugees and migrants. For an end to racism, nationalism and discrimination. INTERCULTURAL Respecting different approaches. Promoting cooperation across national and cultural borders. Making our multicultural societies work." "FORTRESS EUROPE": MORE THAN 3000 DEATHS http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/camprfc.htm Link: People Flow: Managing migration in a New European Commonwealth http://www.demos.co.uk/catalogue/default.aspx?id=247 April 2003 NASS bulletin on withholding and withdrawing support http://www.asylumsupport.info/campaign.htm JCWI test case to go to Court of Appeal http://www.asylumsupport.info/fiftyfour.htm Bill Morris: Asylum Havens are "out of the moral Dark Ages" http://www.asylumsupport.info/MoralDarkAges.htm Amnesty: Strengthening Fortress Europe in Times of War http://www.asylumsupport.info/safehaven.htm Full-text of judgement: Government loses at Court of Appeal on withholding and withdrawing asylum support - 18.03.03 http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases.htm High Court decision on: Section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2003 - 19.02.03 http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases.htm Don't forget Section 54: Local authority briefing pack http://www.asylumsupport.info/fiftyfour.htm High Court ruling restores food and shelter to destitute asylum seekers - 19.02.03 http://www.asylumsupport.info/highcourt.htm Judge orders urgent asylum case hearings 17.01.03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,876476,00.html The High Court has today granted permission in two cases for a judicial review of the new support provisions that came into effect on 8th January 16.01.03 http://www.asylumsupport.info/judicialreview.htm Lynne Jones (MP) motion against withdrawal of asylum support for in-country applicants 07.01.03 http://www.asylumsupport.info/motionagainst.htm Refugee Council’s AGM hears evidence of Government action that has left victims of torture sleeping rough on the streets http://www.asylumsupport.info/victimsoftorture.htm Guidance to Local Authorities and Housing Authorities: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 Section 54 Schedule 3 and the withholding and withdrawal of support (Travel assistance and Temporary Accommodation) 2002 http://www.asylumsupport.info/withholdingandwithdrawing.htm NASS Bulletin 75: Withholding and Withdrawing support http://www.asylumsupport.info/bulletin75.htm Government moves to make asylum seekers destitute - Liberty, JCWI and others prepare legal challenge http://www.asylumsupport.info/campaign.htm A joint statement on the withdrawal of asylum support for in-country applicants http://www.asylumsupport.info/campaign.htm Secret meeting about ending Asylum in UK and Europe http://www.asylumsupport.info/appalledbythisproposal.htm Withdrawal of Asylum Support, leaflets in many languages from the Refugee Council http://www.asylumsupport.info/destitution.htm Refugee Council Briefing: on the changes to the asylum system in the UK http://www.asylumsupport.info/briefing.htm Sangatte closure and extension of UK borders http://www.asylumsuppport.info/ukbordersextended.htm Asylum Support Restrictions and the ending of Exceptional Leave to Remain http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/restrictions.htm Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act (2002) http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/act.htm and The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2002 http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/commencement.htm Major new report, Asylum City, says accommodation centres will create an unworkable “parallel universe” for asylum seekers http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/tgwu/unworkable.htm A crying shame: Pregnant asylum seekers and their babies in detention http://www.asylumsupport.info/babiesandacryingshame.htm T & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health & Anor "But, my Lord, we were arguing that there was unjustified discrimination as between children on income support and the babies of asylum seekers, and that is simply the terms of the Welfare Food Regulations, that you are entitled to free milk up to the age of five." http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases/milktokens.htm Shelter is disappointed that the Government has chosen to introduce a policy that will leave many applicants worse off than under the measures introduced by the then Conservative Government in the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and which is at odds with the statement in its 1998 White Paper that "in a civilised society, genuine asylum seekers should not be left destitute."23/10/02 http://www.asylumsupport.info/worsethanconservativegovernment.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" http://www.asylumsupport.info/segregation/teachersletter.htm Unions, children’s charities, church leaders and refugee groups unite to condemn segregated education 4/10/02 Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: Home Office information note Anti-slavery publications (free) http://www.antislavery.org/ . . . Transatlantic Slavery: Breaking the Silence http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/ Stop Human Traffic http://www.stophumantraffic.org/ No to school apartheid Briefing House of Commons October 30th 2002, 6.30 to 8.30pm http://www.no.school.apartheid.segregation.org.uk asylum seekers and health - a bma report 23/10/02 Human Rights Report:Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Twenty third report 22nd October 2002 House of Lords - Judgment - Westminster City Council v National Asylum Support Service - 17th October 2002 [2002] UKHL 38 http://www.asylumsupport.info/courtcases.htm Disabled people in refugee and asylum-seeking communities in Britain - September 2002 Human Rights Report: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Seventeenth report 21st June 2002 Distant voices: CAB clients' experience of continuing problems with the National Asylum Support Service 9/10/02 EUROPA Immigration and Asylum http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/unit/immigration_en.htm HARP - Health for Asylum-seekers and Refugees Portal http://www.harpweb.org.uk Immigration Consortium Country Information Database http://www.hjt-research.com/ 'Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Proposals Published' http://www.asylumsupport.info/thenewbill.htm News and Press Article details added, concerning leaked document proposals for: http://www.asylumsupport.info/law/news.htm Warships to intercept people traffickers Bulk deportations in RAF transport planes Aid only if states take back failed applicants and children to be dispersed Refugee Doctors in the UK http://www.refugee-doctors.org.uk/ Three new websites from www.asylumsupport.info www.immigrationwatch.info www.no.school.apartheid.segregation.org.uk www.segregation.org.uk/ Concerned with child refugees who arrive alone and UK proposals to prevent refugee children attending British schools. Past additions 20+ White Paper Responses: Secure Borders, Safe Haven: Integration with diversity in modern Britain http://www.asylumsupport.info/whitepaper.htm Amnesty for Women http://www.amnestyforwomen.de/ Asylum Strategy In Chaos As Yarl's Wood Suspends Operations http://www.asylumsupport.info/strategyinchaos.htm Asylum support system failing on all fronts, says CAB http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/nacab/systemfailing.htm British Muslims and Islamophobia http://www.runnymedetrust.org/projects/islam/islam.html Church Urban Fund http://www.cuf.org.uk/ Civil Rights.org http://www.civilrights.org/ Damned Lies and Statistics Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/california/damnedliesandstatistics.htm Detainees break out of Woomera http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/29/1017206151281.html European Network for HIV/STD Prevention in Prostitution http://www.europap.net/links/tampep.htm Femmigration - Legal Agenda for Migrant Prostitutes and Trafficked Women on the Internet www.femmigration.net Friends of the Refugees Ayshire http://www.frea-dungavel.co.uk/ Glasgow Welcomes Refugees http://www.glasgowwelcomesrefugees.org.uk/ Global Fund for Women http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ Home Office plans to strip asylum seekers of benefits http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=139530 Grrl Activistas http://www.grrlactivistas.org/ Hact's Refugee Funding & Housing Programme http://www.hact.org.uk/refugee/ Inquiry into riot at asylum centre http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1821000/1821557.stm International Children Out of Detention http://www.chilout.org.uk/ Local Authority Asylum Support Consortiums http://www.asylumsupport.info/consortiums.htm Mothers in exile: Maternity experiences of asylum seekers in England http://www.asylumsupport.info/mothersinexile.htm "Scrapping of the controversial voucher scheme for asylum seekers to a cash system from its original date in autumn to 8 April this year." http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1839000/1839777.stm Social Services Inspection Reports http://www.asylumsupport.info/socialservices.htm Sue Lukes - Consultant http://www.sue.lukes.btinternet.co.uk/ Truth Overboard http://www.truthoverboad.com/ UK Refugee Media Agency http://www.ukrma.org/ The UK Race and Europe Network http://www.runnymedetrust.org/projects/ukren/unkren.html Virtual People Smuggler http://noborder.org/peoplesmuggler/ Woomera Riot in Pictures http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1900000/1900482.stm To recieve advance notice of What's New please consider signing up to our free email newsletter, using the form below:				Search Free Asylum Rights Newsletter Subscribe Unsubscribe [ Archive ] [ Sample Copy ] Guarantee Only one email per day. 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