News Roundup 28/02/08
Government to introduce new citizenship rules
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/21/immigrationpolicy.immigration
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/20/immigrationpolicy.immigration1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/20/immigrationpolicy.immigration
Refugee Charities respond to new immigration legislation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/27/immigrationandpublicservices
Home Office statistics released: Asylum removals fall as applications rise
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3440827.ece
Refugee Council comment on Home Office Statistics
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2008/february/20070226.htm
Failure by Home Secretary to review detention
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/reports/article3433789.ece
News Roundup 21/02/08
Behind the numbers, a BBC reporter spends the day at the Immigration and Asylum courts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7242533.stm
Hospital defends asylum seeker death
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/13/nhs.immigrationandpublicservices
Charities attack ‘distressing’ asylum scheme
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/18/immigration
Pupils win award for video welcoming refugees and asylum seekers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7240000/newsid_7243800?redirect=7243850.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1 >
African refugee organises inner-city clean up http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7250000/newsid_7255800?redirect=7255838.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1
News Roundup 13/02/08
Eviction pressure on failed asylum seekers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/03/asylumseekers.society
More money to be put in to English language classes for Scottish asylum seekers
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,,2252352,00.html
Refuges for Refugee women must not be closed.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/joepublic/2008/02/refuges_for_black_asian_and_mi.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/may/21/election2001.immigration
News Roundup 07/02/08
Murder suspect was given asylum
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7228270.stm
Unaccompanied asylum children to be deported before they are 18
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7220014.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3285610.ece
Report urges improvement in care for unaccompanied asylum children
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-cruelty-mistreatment-and-abuse-776722.html
Asylum seekers await EU ruling on detention
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asylumseekers-awaiting-eu-court-ruling-on-detention-774863.html
(nb. The court ruled in favour of the government, see the Amnesty article:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17629 )
