August 2005
Some stories
New report documents the toll of destitution faced by Eritrean asylum seekers
Asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa have been the focus of recent press scare-mongering after three of the suspects in the attempted bombings in London on 21 July were revealed to be refugees from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. Now a new report, available to download from IRR News, sheds light on the reality of Eritrea and its refugees.
30 August 2005 (583 words)
Student campaign leads to stay on deportation
A coalition of students and anti-deportation campaigners have rallied together and helped Abrahim Rahimi win the right to a judicial review of his asylum claim.
25 August 2005 (241 words)
The racist backlash goes on...
In the seven weeks after the London bombings the racist backlash against has continued.
25 August 2005 (1505 words)
Victim of racist attack facing charges
Campaigners are calling for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to drop charges of assault and affray against Eileen Jia, whose partner, Mi Gao Huang Chen, was attacked and murdered by a gang of youths after facing a sustained campaign of racism at their Chinese restaurant in Wigan.
24 August 2005 (255 words)
Fate of Sukula family in the hands of Bolton Council after lost appeal
Pressure is mounting on Bolton Council, from national and local organisations, not to force an asylum-seeking family into homelessness and take their children into care under new government measures.
11 August 2005 (997 words)
The racist backlash to the London bombings continues
Across the UK, serious violent racial attacks are still on the increase, as are incidents of persistent 'low-level' harrassment - of people, their homes, and businesses.
11 August 2005 (1875 words)
Anti-Muslim backlash goes on
A month after the London bombings, police forces across the country are reporting rising levels of racial incidents.
4 August 2005 (1212 words)
Forty-seven race murders in Britain since Macpherson
Figures released today by the Institute of Race Relations show that there have been forty-seven murders with a known or suspected racial element since the publication of the Macpherson report in February 1999.
3 August 2005 (574 words)
Doctors question their role in human rights violation of asylum seekers
Doctors met recently to discuss the right to health of detained asylum seekers and their invidious role as gatekeepers to health care.
2 August 2005 (511 words)
Obituary: Basker Vashee 1944-2005
A. Sivanandan pays tribute to Basker Vashee of the Transnational Institute who died on 18 July 2005.
2 August 2005 (315 words)