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Par Asulon le 5 Mars 2009 à 17:45
Refugee Council News Review
The latest asylum statistics were published, Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohammed returned to the UK, the EC proposed a new EU wide asylum agency and the Home Secretary was ordered by the High Court to return a deported refugee to the UK.
The latest asylum statistics for the last three months of 2008 show that the removal of those people who have had their asylum claims rejected is down by 16% compared to 2007.
30% of those applying for asylum were granted refugee status or humanitarian protection. 25% of appeals were successful.
In response to the latest figures, Jonathan Ellis from the Refugee Council said: "These figures demonstrate a very worrying trend: poor decision-making leading to people having their claims refused but who can't be sent home. Many are left homeless and destitute, without any welfare support or permission to work to support themselves."
"This enforced destitution must end. The answer, of course, is in better decision-making - still nearly a quarter of appeals are successful, which shows how poor initial decisions still are."
Full Refugee Council press release: Refugee Council response to asylum statistics out today
BBC News: East European worker influx slows
Guardian: Number of eastern European migrants falls 40% as UK recession bites
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Par Asulon le 29 Avril 2008 à 16:02
A judge at the High Court last Friday ruled that all refused asylum seekers should be entitled to healthcare, marking a major breakthrough in the campaign to restore healthcare to all asylum seekers regardless of where they are in the process.
The court heard the case of A, a Palestinian man who had been refused asylum but was unable to return home and was, in fact, stateless. He has chronic liver disease but in 2006 his hospital treatment was stopped on the basis that he was unable to pay for it. This was in accordance with regulations introduced in April 2004 that denied refused asylum seekers, and other overseas visitors', from accessing secondary healthcare unless they were able to pay for it. Since then, asylum seekers at the end of the process have either been refused hospital treatment, or been chased by debt collectors and threatened with bailiffs to pay for their treatment, which includes maternity care and treatment for chronic diseases including cancer and HIV.
The judge ruled that refused asylum seekers counted as ordinarily resident', and therefore should be entitled to healthcare along with other UK residents. He immediately gave the Department of Health leave to appeal, but for now all asylum seekers will be entitled to hospital treatment until the case has been finally resolved.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/news/2008/April/20080417.htm
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Par Asulon le 12 Mars 2008 à 22:29
RAPPORT 4 :
« Citizenship : tool or reward ? The role of citizenship policy in the process
of integration »Elena Jurado (Policy Network, février 2008)
http://www.asulon.eu/pages/citizenship.pdf
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Par Asulon le 12 Mars 2008 à 22:22
RAPPORT 1 :
« Beyond Naturalisation : Citizenship policy in an age of super mobility »
Jill Rutter, Maria Latorre and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
(Institute for Public Policy Research, mars 2008)
http://www.asulon.eu/pages/beyond_naturalisation.pdf
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Par Asulon le 24 Février 2008 à 10:34
Le quotidien n'approuve pas l'avant-projet de loi sur l'immigration présenté le 20 février par la ministre de l'Intérieur Jacqui Smith. Une hausse des tarifs des visas est prévue. Les immigrés devront aussi prouver leur intégration sur une période d'essai de 12 mois avant de se voir accorder la citoyenneté. "D'abord, rien de cela ne s'appliquera aux migrants de l'UE, qui constituent l'essentiel des personnes arrivant au Royaume-Uni. De telles restrictions sur la libre-circulation de travail au sein de l'UE seraient illégales. (...) Les ministres réagissent à un vent d'hystérie au sujet de la 'ghettoïsation' des communautés immigrées et cèdent à l'idée pernicieuse, propagée par les médias xénophobes, que les immigrés sont un poids pour notre société (...). C'est le contraire qui est vrai. (...) Les immigrés sont des contributeurs importants à nos économies. On dit parfois que les immigrés augmentent la charge des services publics. Mais combien de fois oublie-t-on de mentionner que ce sont les infirmières et les médecins immigrés qui maintiennent à flot les services de santé ?"
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>[Merci à Dominique]
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Par Asulon le 7 Février 2008 à 18:49
The Refugee Council's News Review rounds up media coverage of issues relating to refugees and asylum for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest developments.
This week's News Review looks at issues affecting young people, including Home Office proposals to deport unaccompanied children, a 14 year old sickle cell anaemia patient who's fighting to remain in the UK and conditions faced by children in immigration centres. It also covers a new citizens' consultation on the treatment of asylum seekers and brings together the latest special features on individual stories.
Home Office plans to deport unaccompanied children
There was widespread controversy over government proposals on unaccompanied children seeking asylum, including plans to begin their forcible removal. Donna Covey, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council said "We're pleased the Home Office has recognised that it needs to improve the way they safeguard and protect these children. However we have serious concerns about some of the proposals outlined, and we oppose government plans to forcibly return children to their country of origin. The government should not try to force any child to return against their wishes where their safety and welfare cannot be guaranteed."
Home Office draft code of practice consultation paper: Keeping children safe from harm
Refugee Council press release: Our response to government reform paper on unaccompanied children seeking asylum
How it was reported in the media:
BBC News: Interview with 15 year old asylum seeker - I'm happy in this country'
BBC News: Asylum children face deportation
Guardian: Home Office defends plans to send back child asylum seekers
Independent: Child asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported
Independent: Cruelty, mistreatment and abuseMedical Foundation press release: MF welcomes child asylum review but warns against swifter removals
Immigration Law Practitioners' Association press release: Border and Immigration Agency publishes proposals for unaccompanied children seeking asylum
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Par Asulon le 27 Janvier 2008 à 15:18
It has been a rollercoaster eighteen months for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) funding. And the rollercoaster ride is set to continue with the announcement of a new consultation from the Government.
Following the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) change in funding priorities announced in October 2006, asylum seekers were cut out of ESOL and wider Further Education funding. The Refugee Council campaigned with a range of allies to call for asylum seekers and refugees to be reinstated.
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Par Asulon le 15 Décembre 2007 à 19:07
Welcome to the Refugee Council's podcast series on vulnerable women. Each week, we bring you illuminating audio interviews with some of the vulnerable refugee and asylum seeking women we have met.
We will be releasing one episode a week for 4 weeks from 19th November 2007.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/supportourwork/vulnerable-women/podcasts.htm#howtolisten
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Par Asulon le 15 Décembre 2007 à 19:06
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 22 March 2007.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/81/8102.htm
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