Asylum seekers and refugees
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Campaigners rallied outside Glasgow Sherriff Court in an attempt to block an attempt to evict asylum seekers housed by Y People in preparation for the handover of housing contracts to Serco, a private security company.
A man who fell from the undercarriage of an aeroplane flying into Heathrow has been identified as Jose Matada, an Angolan man. An inquest into his death has been opened.
The Home Office is to investigate the death of 52-year-old asylum seeker Khalid Shahzad, who died within hours of being released from Colnbrook detention centre.
A collection of essays on varieties of European racism contains valuable insights and useful lessons.
Migrants living in Britain will have to wait a year before being allowed access to civil legal aid.
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Stop G4S campaigners will hold a second convergence in London to coordinate activities against the multinational.
Another case of unlawful detention demonstrates that UKBA officials intent on detention and removal sometimes don’t even read psychiatric reports suggesting detention might be damaging.
In the April 2013 issue of Race & Class leading UK thinkers, in a special section on Cuts, crime and racialisation, examine how neoliberalism, at a time of austerity, changes the very nature of racism and criminal justice.
The Associated Press stylebook no longer sanctions the use of the term ‘illegal immigrant’ or the description of people as ‘illegal’.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has criticised the government’s plan to oblige schools to check the immigration status of students and has called the policy regressive and racist.
Frances Webber reports on recent cases where young Muslim men have been stripped of their British citizenship while abroad.
The home secretary has lost her latest attempt to deport Abu Qatada. The judges who unanimously dismissed the appeal found that he could face an unfair trial in Jordan. The Home Office has said it will appeal.
The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling by SIAC, which upheld Theresa May’s bid to deport an Ethiopian man, referred to as J1, on the grounds that although the man has close links with Islamist extremists, his life may be in danger if he is to be deported.
Local authorities have criticised the government for forcing refused asylum seekers into destitution, making life ‘increasingly uncomfortable’ following the rejection of their asylum claims.
A freedom of information request has revealed that almost half of enforced removals were cancelled in 2012 after successful legal challenges, indicating a system that is in ‘chaos’.
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A G4S senior executive has admitted that the company is struggling to fulfil its contractual obligations to house asylum seekers. Hundreds of people had to be moved into council housing last year after the company failed to accommodate them.
The new ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test, to be introduced from this month, has been criticised for concentrating too heavily on history and not enough on practical knowledge.
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Rights for women extend only as far as the immigration and asylum system allows.
IRR News continues its discussion with A. Sivanandan about Miliband’s policies.
The Green Party has criticised the UKBA after Jackie Nanyonjo, a lesbian asylum seeker who was deported despite claiming she would face homophobic persecution, has died in Uganda.
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Apr 4 2013
NHS takes over immigration detention health care
There are grounds for hope for improvement in detainees’ health treatment, but vigilance is still needed.
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