Charter deportation flight to Sri Lanka condemned
December 15, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Campaigners and human rights activists have condemned a flight chartered by the UK Border Agency to return up to 50 Sri Lankan asylum seekers.
Source: Guardian
Iranians who held 37-day hunger strike granted asylum
December 12, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
THREE Iranian asylum-seekers who staged a 37-day hunger strike have won their battle to remain in the UK.
The men demonstrated outside Lunar House, the UK Border Agency’s headquarters in Wellesley Road, for nearly five weeks after their initial applications for asylum were turned down.
Source: Guardian
Asylum seekers ’should have cases decided before extradition’
October 22, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Foreigners claiming asylum in the UK should have their cases decided before being extradited, a report has found.
Source: Telegraph
Asylum Seekers deported back to the first EU countries they entered
October 8, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Awet spreads his hands out and shows us his scarred fingertips. “He burned his fingertips so he could apply for asylum like a new person,” explains his friend.
A group of men are gathered in the back room of a large squat on the outskirts of Rome, talking about their struggle to beat the European asylum system. They explain that it is common for asylum seekers to burn their fingers, so the fingerprint record of their entry into Italy is destroyed.
Source: Guardian
Primary care practice for homeless people, asylum seekers
October 8, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
A primary care practice providing health and social care to homeless people, asylum seekers and refugees in Bradford and Airedale has become a social enterprise organisation.
Bevan Healthcare, a community interest company formed recently by the staff of Bevan House Primary Care Centre, took on responsibility for running the service on 1 September, as part of the NHS Transforming Community Services agenda. It will deliver primary care services to its patients on behalf of the NHS.
Source: www.bradford.nhs.uk
Asylum seekers prevented from lodging claims
October 3, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
The Law Society has claimed that asylum seekers in Croydon are being prevented from lodging claims with telephones rarely answered, applicants being turned away and reports of ‘degrading treatment’.
Source: Guardian
Asylum Seekers Deserve Help not Hindrance From the Media
September 23, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Why do asylum seekers get such a rough ride in the media? There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding at the heart of the debate which is exploited by certain papers and politicians to trick the British public into thinking things which aren’t true. Piled one on top of the other, these misleading contortions combine to create an unreal picture in the minds of the many.
Source: Huffington Post
Timeline of Australian asylum-seeker debate
September 23, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
(IRIN) – Australia’s resumed push to swap asylum-seekers arriving by boat with refugees from Malaysia is the government’s most recent policy response to an issue that has preoccupied officials and the public for years.
Child asylum-seekers should stay in Britain, says Emma Thompson
September 23, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Emma Thompson has criticised Government policy towards child asylum seekers, many of whom are offered years of protection before being deported as soon as they turn 18.
Source: Independent
Refugees turn to us in their desperation
September 17, 2011 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
RE: the couple from Cameroon, seeking asylum in the UK, who were due to be deported face familiar issues. I volunteer for Eagle’s Wing, a group of people, asylum seekers and refugees, who meet regularly at The Mosses Community Centre in Bury.
Source: The Guide
