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	<description>Here &#38; There News</description>
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		<title>G4S and asylum seekers&#8217; housing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below we reproduce a letter signed by academics in the Yorkshire region  expressing concerns over the awarding of a housing contract to a private  company.
As researchers and university teachers in the fields of housing and  immigration in the Yorkshire region we oppose the plans of the Coalition  government, through the UK [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/02/04/g4s-and-asylum-seekers-housing/</link>
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		<title>No Borders Convergence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ryan Erfani-Ghettani
London No Borders, Goldsmiths students and other groups are organising a convergence in London between 13 and 18 February.
The Convergence will draw together a plethora of experiences relating to  restrictions on free movement and will provide a space for people to  share skills and create strategies for further action.
The Convergence has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/02/04/no-borders-convergence/</link>
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		<title>Going for Glory: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Free Movement
The latest Country Guidance case on Zimbabwe finds, in essence, that  despite vociferous and violent pronouncements about homosexuality at the  highest level in that country, Zimbabwe is a safe haven for lesbians  and gays. The case is LZ (homosexuals) Zimbabwe CG [2011] UKUT 00487 (IAC) and it was reported on 26 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/02/04/going-for-glory-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Minister&#8217;s selective immigration policy criticised</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Immigration minister Damian Green&#8217;s new policy in which only the wealthy  will be allowed to marry from abroad has been criticised by the Joint  Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
Read more
Source: Guardian
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		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/02/04/ministers-selective-immigration-policy-criticised/</link>
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		<title>Fresh Challenges: new ideas – ESOL, Learning and Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3rd March 2012
Venue: Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Guest Speakers Include: Phil Bird (Barking &#38; Dagenham College), Mike Harrison (Bromley College) &#38; Caroleen La Pierre (Kirklees College).
* Phil and Mike are ESOL tutors with a keen interest in technology and differentiation. They are currently working on the British Council Nexus project and undertaking the DELTA programme. Caroleen is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/02/03/fresh-challenges-new-ideas-esol-learning-and-change/</link>
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		<title>English language requirements tightening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In parallel announcements the UK Border Agency has said that language  requirements for Tiers 1, 2 and 4 of the Points Based System (highly  skilled, skilled and students) are being tightened up slightly.
The concession that allowed Tier 1 and 2 applicants to make an  in-country immigration application before sitting the language test [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/02/01/english-language-requirements-tightening/</link>
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		<title>Clegg failing to keep promise on detained children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Refugee Council has criticised Nick Clegg for failing to keep his  promise to end the detention of children in immigration centres after  the Home Office announced that 17 young people were held last month.
Read more
Source: Independent
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		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/01/28/clegg-failing-to-keep-promise-on-detained-children/</link>
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		<title>Doubts by the dozen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing commentator Jules Birch puts the latest news in context
As peers prepare for the key debate on the household benefit cap the policy is still begging as many questions as answers.
Ministers  appear to have won the battle for public opinion over the principle of  having a cap with 76 per cent of voters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/01/27/doubts-by-the-dozen/</link>
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		<title>Victory for campaign against daft deportation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Frances Webber&#124; Institute of Race Relations

A respected academic has won his fight against deportation on the ground that his bank balance fell below £800.
This is the sort of story that the tabloids would love if it was about a  sturdy British fight against a barmy EU directive or health and safety  regulation. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/01/27/victory-for-campaign-against-daft-deportation/</link>
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		<title>New Reports and Publications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM) has published  a report: &#8216;BAYANIHAN! The Filipino Community In Northern Ireland&#8217;.
Download the report at:
http://www.nicem.org.uk/uploads/publications/Bayanihan!_January_2012.pdf (pdf file, 1.3mb)
Asylum Aid has published a report: &#8216;&#8221;I feel like as a woman I&#8217;m not  welcome&#8221;: A gender analysis of UK asylum law, policy and practice&#8217;.
Download the report at:
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/ifeelasawoman_reportv2.pdf (pdf [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hatnews.org/2012/01/27/new-reports-and-publications-6/</link>
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