September 2007

Some stories

Part of the problem or part of the solution?
Why, asks a new report, was the Commission for Racial Equality's policy shift on multiculturalism not subjected to a full race equality impact assessment?
28 September 2007 (317 words)

Iraqi asylum seeker killed two weeks after return
On 6 September, Solyman Rashed, an asylum seeker who had been deported to Iraq from the UK, was killed by a car bomb in Kirkuk, after only having been back in the country for two weeks.
27 September 2007 (431 words)

Against the great defeat of the world
John Berger, internationally recognised as one of the most influential writers of the last fifty years, is appearing in London next week to give a rare and exclusive reading from his new novel: From A to X.
26 September 2007 (443 words)

Extreme Right targets mosques and minarets in Austria
Recent activities of far-Right groups targeting the building of mosques in the UK mirrors events elsewhere in Europe.
20 September 2007 (637 words)

Gatwick No Border Camp
Next week, campaigners will begin three days of action and campaigning at a protest camp near Brook House, a new removal centre for asylum seekers at Gatwick airport.
13 September 2007 (226 words)

Home Office removes Iraqis surreptitiously
On the three previous occasions in which military flights have been used to remove Iraqis from the UK, the Home Office has faced severe criticism. Now, it appears, small numbers of Iraqis are being quietly removed on other flights which are less open to public scrutiny.
6 September 2007 (411 words)

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