July 2006
Some stories
Parents on hunger strike strengthen calls to end child detention
Parents currently being detained in Yarl's Wood removal centre have begun a hunger strike in a desperate bid to draw attention to the sufferings of their children.
27 July 2006 (1025 words)
Protest against clampdown on working asylum seekers
Around 150 demonstrators marched through Hull this week to protest against Home Office pressure on local factories to sack Iraqi Kurdish asylum seekers.
27 July 2006 (286 words)
28-day detention comes into force
From this week, anyone arrested under anti-terrorist legislation can be detained for up to 28 days before any charges are brought.
26 July 2006 (210 words)
Help return Abiy to Ethiopia for a dignified burial
On 5 July 2006, Abiy Fessfha Abebe, an Ethiopian asylum seeker, was found hanged in Liverpool following news that his claim for asylum in this country had been refused.
18 July 2006 (186 words)
First death under new community fast-track system
Last Wednesday, on 5 July 2006, a 35-year-old Ethiopian asylum seeker, Abiy Fessfha Abebe, was found hanged in accommodation in Liverpool, after recently being told his asylum claim had been refused. His death is the 25th such death of an asylum seeker in the last five years.
13 July 2006 (1021 words)
Coalition to stop deportations to Iraq
A recent conference called by a coalition of groups and organisations against the deportation of asylum seekers to Iraq, called on the government to stop deportations.
6 July 2006 (246 words)