Being Heard: Human Rights and Asylum Conference

Dear Colleague,

We are delighted to invite you to the Being Heard: Human Rights and Asylum Conference. This not to be missed event takes place on the 21st of September 2010 at the University of Leicester, Kathryn & Henry  May Lecture theatre from 9am to 4:30pm

Asylum has become an increasingly polemical issue used by the media and politicians to fuel fears. The language used and the stories that are told are often partisan, giving a biased or partial account.  The aim of this conference is to explore how ‘asylum stories’ change in a shifting economic and political context; how ‘asylum stories’ get believed or interpreted; who is telling these stories and in whose interest are they being told.

Central to the conference is the theme of ‘human rights’. Increasingly hard-line and restrictive asylum policies and practices of many governments have called into question the scope of protections offered by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The conference will explore how the Government’s recent immigration and asylum policies have undermined basic human rights by denying support to those who do not apply for asylum at the earliest opportunity.

We look forward to you joining us on the 21st of September 2010.

If you wish to attend, please contact Carl Gudgeon (Clinical Psychology Department) on telephone 0116 223 1639 or  e-mail: [email protected]

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Kind regards,

Elisha Shamba