February 2003
Some stories
Doreen Lawrence accuses Blunkett of burying Macpherson report
David Blunkett lost interest in the fight against institutional racism following the riots in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford, says Doreen Lawrence.
23 February 2003 (656 words)
Asylum seekers win temporary reprieve from impending destitution
In denying the right to food and shelter, Blunkett's new benefit rules breach the European Convention of Human Rights.
20 February 2003 (761 words)
Yarl's Wood, one year on
Today is not only Valentine's Day, but also the day, one year ago, that Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre, the government's flagship, was burnt, almost to the ground. The government's asylum policy of 'faster, firmer, fairer' was dealt a severe blow. Now, the victims of British asylum policy, those asylum seekers who were locked up at Yarl's Wood, are due to go on trial in April in connection with the fire.
14 February 2003 (760 words)
Afghan asylum seeker killed in Southampton
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker was found unconscious at his home in Southampton on Monday 10 February.
12 February 2003 (551 words)
Haslar - a place of no return
Ukrainian asylum seeker, 42-year-old Mikhail Bognarchuk, was found hanged by his shoelaces in a toilet at Haslar Removal Centre on 31 January.
6 February 2003 (655 words)
Passer-by joins in attack on asylum seekers
Two asylum-seeking brothers in their early 30s were left with serious injuries at the weekend after confronting a group of youths harassing them outside their home.
5 February 2003 (184 words)
Four sentences reduced, eleven upheld, in appeal for Bradford rioters
In what has effectively become a test case for the sentencing of hundreds of Asians charged with participating in the Bradford riot of July 2001, the Court of Appeal has ruled that four individuals were given excessive sentences but a further eleven did deserve terms of between four and six-and-a-half years.
1 February 2003 (893 words)