October 2004
Some stories
Did undue pressure on an asylum seeker lead to his suicide?
The suicide of an Ethiopian asylum seeker has led refugee support workers to question methods being used by government officials to gain information.
29 October 2004 (342 words)
Open verdict on death of asylum seeker who slept in a wheelie bin
Not suicide but an open verdict, was the pronouncement of coroner Leonard Gorodkin on the death of a failed asylum seeker, who walked in to the offices of Refugee Action in Manchester and set himself on fire.
26 October 2004 (644 words)
'I prefer to be killed here than go back to my own country'
A meeting at the House of Commons on 19 October saw the launch of a report on women's experience of immigration detention in the UK.
21 October 2004 (1041 words)
Protection FROM refugees
Detention in Europe, published this week, by the Jesuit Refugee Service in Europe criticises European refugee policies as 'repressive and restrictive', and moving from the 'protection of refugees' to 'protection from refugees'.
12 October 2004 (266 words)
Suspected of something - accused of nothing
On Sunday 3 October over 300 people - campaigners, families and concerned individuals - gathered outside Belmarsh prison to protest against the detention without trial of eleven men, all 'foreign nationals' and all Muslim.
6 October 2004 (299 words)