December 2002
Some stories
Asians do mix, say researchers
The idea that Asians 'self-segregate' has been challenged by researchers investigating housing in Leeds and Bradford.
17 December 2002 (491 words)
Birmingham asylum seeker takes his life
On 12 March, Mohsen Amri, an Iranian asylum seeker who had been dispersed to Birmingham by the London Borough of Haringey committed suicide after hearing that his asylum claim had been rejected.
16 December 2002 (47 words)
New Scottish detention centre opened
The Dungavel Detention Centre in South Lanarkshire, which is run by Premier Detention Services, is Scotland's only asylum prison.
16 December 2002 (203 words)
New reception arrangements to be phased in
In October 2001, the home secretary, David Blunkett, put forward his proposals to scrap 'the humiliating and demeaning voucher system', reform dispersal and overhaul current reception arrangements for asylum seekers.
16 December 2002 (413 words)
New law introduced
After attempts by the House of Lords to throw out some of the most repressive aspects of the Bill, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act was passed with barely any opposition in the Commons in November 2002.
16 December 2002 (275 words)
Home Office research heralds 'managed migration' policy
The UK government has taken a step forward in its plans to establish a 'properly managed' scheme for economic migration to the UK.
11 December 2002 (541 words)
Tough questions at Climbié meeting
Norman Tutt, Director of Social Services at Ealing Council, faced hostile questioning at a public meeting organised to discuss the public inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié.
10 December 2002 (534 words)
Britain at hub of child prostitution
According to a report by the End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking (ECPAT - UK), Britain has become a hub of a growing trade in children, mostly from west Africa, Nigeria and increasingly eastern and central Europe.
5 December 2002 (49 words)
Arbitrary detention condemned
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has called on the UN to investigate the plight of the thousands of asylum seekers and migrants who are indefinitely and arbitrarily detained in the UK each year.
1 December 2002 (118 words)
Home Secretary approves mosque raid to remove Afghani family
There was outrage after the home secretary approved a police operation to remove an Afghani family from a mosque where they had sought sanctuary.
1 December 2002 (62 words)