Asylum
'Darfuri survivors deserve our protection'
Submitted by Rob Young on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 18:37.Recent News
Refugee Action is dismayed that a court decision at the House of Lords on 14 November (see link below) has cleared the way for the forced return of Darfuri refugees to the Sudanese capital.
Refugee Action's Chief Executive Sandy Buchan said: “It is a pity that the law lords were unable to consider disturbing new evidence that Darfuri returnees to Khartoum have been maltreated and tortured by the authorities there. We hope the Home Secretary will take account of this evidence and impose a moratorium on returns to Khartoum.
“The government has got it wrong on this issue. The UK has a clear moral obligation to survivors of the genocide in Darfur.”
Doctors are not being found by asylum seekers
Submitted by Rob Young on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 18:25.Recent News
Asylum seekers are still having problems finding a GP to treat them, a new report has found.
Asylum seekers are still having problems finding a GP to treat them, a new report has found.
The report, Participation of Ethnic Minority Communities in Primary Care Service Design, Planning and Delivery was launched last week in Galway and has recommended a rapid improvement in access for asylum seekers to health services.
City hosts asylum seeker summit
Submitted by Rob Young on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 18:15.Recent News
A major conference on the integration of asylum seekers into Scottish society is to be held in Glasgow.
The event will take place in the city's Mitchell Library on Monday.
About 250 delegates will attend the Supporting Integration conference, which will include talks from human rights and equality experts.
Glasgow City Council, further education colleges, economic development companies and other support groups helped to organise the event.
Workshops on a variety of issues will also be staged on the day.
Asylum seeker fingerprint database has security flaws, says watchdog
Submitted by Rob Young on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 01:20.The European database of asylum seekers' fingerprints has security weaknesses, according to (pdf) Europe's privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS).
WE WILL TAG NEW ASYLUM SEEKERS
Submitted by Rob Young on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 01:13.NEW asylum seekers are being electronically tagged to stop them vanishing if their applications to stay in Britain fail.
Eight hundred tags have been bought by the Home Office and are being fitted to asylum seekers as they arrive in the country. But refugee groups say it is unnecessary and treats them like criminals.
Australia's strict asylum policy
Submitted by Rob Young on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 01:09.Modern Australia is built on immigration. Almost a quarter of the population was born overseas. The number of settlers surged during the gold rushes of the 1850s but mass migration only began to boom after World War Two.
"We have learned much about the importance of managing immigration to achieve very specific goals," said Australia's Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock. "The intake is critical to nation-building."
