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Former defence chief denounces treatment of Iraqi man
A government resettlement scheme has been criticised by a former defence chief for failing to provide decent living conditions for British-employed Iraqis in the UK.
4 July 2008 (external article)
independent Terror suspect released
A government mistake has provided personal information about a freed Algerian terrorist suspect to journalists, in spite of a court order banning its publication. He has been freed under very strict bail conditions.
4 July 2008 (external article)
independent 18,000 females trafficked into the UK
Following a crackdown across the the country, police have revealed that up to 18,000 females, women and children have been trafficked into the UK's sex trade.
3 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Pressure to release Zimbabwean asylum seekers
The government has been pressurised to release detained Zimbabwean asylum seekers following a High Court ruling involving a test case on the deportation of a doctor which has yet to be heard.
3 July 2008 (external article)
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A timely new educational resource
Anyone who wants to know why attitudes towards refugee children are changing should consult Shared Futures.
3 July 2008 (395 words)
independent Asylum seekers put at risk by law
A Court of Appeal judge has warned that Labour's tough stance on immigration may have forced courts to send asylum seekers back to 'torture or death'.
2 July 2008 (external article)
independent Woman alleges assault by escort guards
Stephanie Toumi, an asylum seeker from Cameroon, has alleged that she was left needing a wheelchair after being assaulted by private escorts during a deportation. Belgian officials returned her to the UK after seeing her condition during transit.
1 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Pay-out for wrongly deported man
A British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, who suffers from schizophrenia, has received an undisclosed sum in an out of court settlement from the Home Office after he was deported to Pakistan in error.
1 July 2008 (external article)
bedfordshire on sunday Police won't have to pay for Yarl's Wood fire
The High Court has decided that Bedfordshire Police will not have to pay damages to Group 4 after half of Yarl's Wood removal centre was burnt down in a disturbance in 2002. The company had made a £90 million claim.
1 July 2008 (external article)
bbc news Campsfield contract under review
After three men escaped from Campfield House removal centre in Oxfordshire, the government has announced it will review the contract with American company GEO to run the centre.
26 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Hearing problems girl faces deportation to Gambia
A young girl, Fatima Chaw, who lost her hearing after suffering from meningitis has been told she faces deportation to Gambia [with her parents whose claim for asylum has been refused] where new implants to help her hearing will become useless.
26 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Four on the run from Campsfield
Four men are on the run after escaping overnight from Campsfield House removal centre in Oxfordshire. Police recaptured three others.
19 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news EU votes in favour of migrant proposals
The European Parliament has voted in new rules which allow 'illegal immigrants ' to be detained for up to 18 months and bars them from re-entering for five years.
19 June 2008 (external article)
Hunger strike - 'till death or deportation'
The organisation Cageprisoners is calling for urgent action for a stateless Palestinian refugee, Mahmoud Abu Rideh, who is in a critical condition in a London hospital after being on hunger strike for over thirty days.
19 June 2008 (573 words)
western mail New research on refugee doctors and nurses
A new study has found that refugee doctors and nurses are unable to find work in the Welsh NHS, despite staff shortages.
18 June 2008 (external article)
sunday herald Detainees held without checks
Detainees are routinely being held in holding centres in Edinburgh and Glasgow without proper scrutiny from independent monitors despite recommendations being made three years ago by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
18 June 2008 (external article)
observer magazine The hell of being an asylum seeker
Asylum seekers speak about their experiences of seeking asylum in the UK.
17 June 2008 (external article)
oxford mail Another disturbance at Campsfield centre
Another disturbance at Campsfield removal centre in Oxford has involved small fires being started and prison riot squad officers brought in.
17 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Campaigning against deportations
Campaigns against deportations and dawn raids are springing up across the UK in attempts to stop families being removed from their communities.
17 June 2008 (external article)
guardian More Afghan children displaced by violence
More unaccompanied Afghan children have been arriving in recent months in Dover as a result of increased violence in Afghanistan.
17 June 2008 (external article)
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