IRR News
No Borders Convergence
London No Borders, Goldsmiths students and other groups are organising a convergence in London between 13 and 18 February.
2 February 2012 (316 words)
guardian
Minister's selective immigration policy criticised
Immigration minister Damian Green's new policy in which only the wealthy will be allowed to marry from abroad has been criticised by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
2 February 2012 (external article)
interview
Joint enterprise, racism and BME communities
An interview with Gloria Morrison, Campaign Coordinator of JENGbA (Joint Enterprise - Not Guilty by Association) which is a prisoners' support group made up of the friends and families of people convicted under the doctrine of joint enterprise.
1 February 2012 (2725 words)
independent Clegg failing to keep promise on detained children
The Refugee Council has criticised Nick Clegg for failing to keep his promise to end the detention of children in immigration centres after the Home Office announced that 17 young people were held last month.
27 January 2012 (external article)
comment
Gill Butler 1942-2012
By Jon Burnett
Remembering a unique campaigner for asylum and human rights.
26 January 2012 (326 words)
review
Asians in Britain
A new learning resource, Asians in Britain[1] produced by the British Library[2], explores the contribution that South Asians have made to Britain's cultural, social and economic life.
26 January 2012 (528 words)
independent Ian Duncan Smith criticised for immigration statistics
The UK Statistics Authority has complained that Duncan Smith's statistics on immigrants on benefits were rushed out by ministers, and that weaknesses in the data were ignored.
26 January 2012 (external article)
guardian New eviction measures issued against Dale Farm Travellers
Basildon council has confirmed new proceedings to evict Travellers who moved from Dale Farm to a legal neighbouring site.
23 January 2012 (external article)
afiya trust blog Accusations of institutionalised racism in Manchester NHS
Rachael Maskell, Head of Health for Unite, has written to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley requesting an independent inquiry into racist recruitment and hiring practices within the Manchester NHS Trust.
23 January 2012 (external article)
a New eviction measures issued against Dale Farm Travellers
Basildon council has confirmed new proceedings to evict Travellers who moved from Dale Farm to a legal neighbouring site.
23 January 2012 (external article)
guardian New eviction measures issued against Dale Farm Travellers
Basildon council has confirmed new proceedings to evict Travellers who moved from Dale Farm to a legal neighbouring site.
23 January 2012 (external article)
guardian UKBA criticised by MPs
A report by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has criticised ministers for failing to oversee their pilot project of reduced border checks.
19 January 2012 (external article)
bbc news Meriden Gypsy site protest camp given deadline
Solihull Council has given Residents Against Inappropriate Development (RAID) until 16 January to obey an order to disband the camp in Meriden. RAID was established to protest against a gypsy site in the area.
16 January 2012 (external article)
comment
'Veto nationalism': Populism, nationalism and the Tories
By John Grayson
An examination of the Euroscepticism, nationalism and patriotism being established by politicians and the media in the UK.
11 January 2012 (2386 words)
guardian Government announces £47m funding for new traveller pitches
More than 750 pitches for Traveller families have been authorised by the government in an apparent attempt to diffuse tension between Traveller and settled communities and avoid a repeat of the Dale Farm standoff.
9 January 2012 (external article)
comment
Professor John Rex 1925-2011
By A. Sivanandan
A tribute from A. Sivanandan, director Institute of Race Relations.
5 January 2012 (147 words)
guardian Home Office loses legal asylum battle
A court has ruled that the government cannot remove asylum seekers under the 'Dublin regulation' to European countries where there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment.
22 December 2011 (external article)
guardian Court rules spouses must speak English
The high court has ruled that overseas spouses must be able to prove they can speak English before they join their families in Britain.
19 December 2011 (external article)
independent Sri Lanka charter flight goes ahead
A charter flight returning over fifty people to Sri Lanka has gone ahead despite protests and claims by lawyers that those on board face a threat of torture.
19 December 2011 (external article)
yorkshire post Asylum seekers ordered back to UK
The High Court has ruled that a family of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, who were unlawfully detained and flown to Germany six years ago, must be brought back to the UK. Their treatment was described in court as a 'moral outrage'.
12 December 2011 (external article)
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