May 2004
Some stories
Foreign prisoners - forgotten prisoners?
The Prison Reform Trust has recently published Forgotten Prisoners - the plight of foreign national prisoners in England and Wales, which examines the increasing numbers of foreign nationals being held in British prisons, the problems that they encounter, and the inconsistency of their treatment.
27 May 2004 (260 words)
Photographer witnessed and prevented deportation
Concerns are being raised by UK NGOs about the possible use of excessive force during deportations. A witness to an attempted deportation describes the humiliation and distress she saw.
27 May 2004 (567 words)
What happens to those who die on Britain's borders?
The body of an Iraqi would-be asylum seeker who died trying to enter Britain in 2001 has been left in a mortuary for almost three years because there are no funds to pay for its return.
26 May 2004 (676 words)
Another asylum seeker takes own life
On 18 May 2004, 27-year-old Afghan asylum seeker Zekria Ghulam Mohammed was found dead at his flat in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow.
19 May 2004 (767 words)
Racist murder in Ashford, Kent
Two White men have been charged with the murder of Bapishankar Kathirgamanathan, a 24-year-old Sri Lankan-born restaurant worker.
10 May 2004 (108 words)