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Child asylum seekers awarded £1m in compensation
Forty children held unlawfully in adult detention centres while seeking asylum have been awarded a share of £1m compensation from the Home Office.
20 February 2012 (external article)
review
Racism and the use of force during deportations
The parliamentary Home Affairs Committee has recently published a report on rules governing enforced removal from the UK.
16 February 2012 (812 words)
No Borders activists arrested after west London blockade
Eleven No Borders activists have been charged with public order offences following an action to stop a charter flight to Ghana earlier this week.
16 February 2012 (337 words)
bbc news Demonstration over G4S housing contract
A demonstration has taken place in Sheffield against the UKBA's plans to give housing contracts for asylum seekers and refugees to G4S, a private security firm.
16 February 2012 (external article)
open democracy The UKBA and suicide prevention
The Home Office has claimed that anti-ligature knives should be carried by all immigration custody officers and placed in rooms and vehicles as suicide prevention, however an investigation has found that this is not happening.
15 February 2012 (external article)
london no borders Activists blockade Heathrow detention centre
Activists of the London No Borders network blocked both the exits to Harmondsworth and Colnbrook in order to stop the forcible deportation of Ghanaian migrants on a charter flight.
15 February 2012 (external article)
crawley observer Concerns raised over Brook House removal centre
The HM Inspectorate of Prisons report has condemned Brook House immigration removal centre for the excessively punitive use of the prison-like separation unit.
10 February 2012 (external article)
comment
Lies, damned lies and racism
By John Grayson
The numbers game around immigration statistics has turned into a bloody battle.
9 February 2012 (3773 words)
open democracy UKBA gives housing contracts to G4S and Serco
The UKBA has awarded contracts for the housing of asylum seekers and refugees to G4S and Serco, two multinational security companies.
9 February 2012 (external article)
G4S and asylum seekers' housing
Below we reproduce a letter signed by academics in the Yorkshire region expressing concerns over the awarding of a housing contract to a private company.
2 February 2012 (1042 words)
Victory for campaign against daft deportation
A respected academic has won his fight against deportation on the ground that his bank balance fell below £800.
26 January 2012 (592 words)
comment
Gill Butler 1942-2012
By Jon Burnett
Remembering a unique campaigner for asylum and human rights.
26 January 2012 (326 words)
comment
Abu Qatada decision causes alarm - to rights activists
By Frances Webber
As the prime minister derides the European Court of Human Rights as a 'small claims court', it isn't just the anti-human rights brigade who are worried by the its recent judgment.
26 January 2012 (815 words)
guardian MPs find dangerous deportation techniques still in use
The UKBA has denied findings from an inquiry by the Home Affairs Select Committee that suggest dangerous deportation techniques have not changed since the death of Jimmy Mubenga, and criticise a racist culture among staff.
26 January 2012 (external article)
Two deaths in three weeks in Spain's notorious detention centres
Allegations of institutional neglect surround the deaths of two migrants within weeks of a report calling for the centres' closure.
18 January 2012 (557 words)
review
Where detention is the norm
A report on the UK Border Agency's management of foreign national offenders bears little reaction to the press' coverage.
18 January 2012 (838 words)
guardian Trafficked children sent to France upon arrival at UK
A report by the Children's Commissioner for England has revealed that from 1995 onwards, children who arrived at Dover on their own were sent immediately to France as part of a 'gentleman's agreement' between the two border agencies.
17 January 2012 (external article)
review
Unsafe return
A new report on returns to the DRC challenges the government's assertion that refused asylum seekers are not at risk.
12 January 2012 (642 words)
croydon advertiser Croydon faces funding cuts to asylum care for young people
Croydon has had the funding it receives for the care of young asylum seekers cut, following the UKBA's decision to review its funding after an apparent reduction in the number of unaccompanied asylum seekers.
12 January 2012 (external article)
grimsby telegraph Immigration raid criticised for damaging business
A restaurant owner in Grimsby has said his business has been damaged by an immigration raid which resulted in the arrest of a man who was not even working in the restaurant.
11 January 2012 (external article)
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