May 2005
Some stories
Primary school children rally to save their friends from deportation
St John's RC Primary School, Rochdale, is to hold a rally today as part of its campaign to prevent the deportation of seven asylum-seeking children and their families.
26 May 2005 (370 words)
Asylum charities accuse Legal Services Commission of systematically denying access to justice
Campaigners are calling for all those concerned with asylum seekers and migrants to lobby their MPs to reinstate full access to legal aid.
25 May 2005 (801 words)
Worries over DNA and racial profiling
Black men are four times more likely than White men to be on the national DNA database and there is growing concern about racial profiling in criminal investigations.
19 May 2005 (823 words)
Asylum death deemed misadventure
A jury has returned a verdict of death by misadventure following a three-day inquest into the death of Nariman Tahmasebi, a 27-year-old Iranian asylum seeker who was found hanged in Lewes prison in February 2002.
12 May 2005 (468 words)
No duty to save immigrant lives, rules House of Lords
On Thursday 5 May, as voters went to the polls in a general election dominated by immigration and asylum, the House of Lords issued a judgment which effectively condemns hundreds of immigrants to a premature and painful death, according to human rights lawyers.
11 May 2005 (421 words)