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Nikita Lalwani: The treatment of children seeking asylum exposes our double standards over civil...

guardian.co.uk     8 hrs ago          

Innocent children are being held in detention centres across the UK. They are in detention because adults have forced them to leave their country of origin, and because adults have decided that the best way to deal with them,...

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UNHCR urges EU to improve quality of asylum decision-making

un.org     12 hrs ago   1 related          

The UN refugee agency –UNHCR says there is a need to develop practical and reliable ways to safeguard the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees in the context of migration management and border control in the European Union....

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Britain's mistreatment of immigrants plays into al-Qaeda's hands

es.wordpress.com     19 hrs ago          

This is a guest post by Nadja Stamselberg For the past eight months I have taught English as a second language to teenagers coming form Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Iranian Kurdistan. Once in the United...

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Letters: Citizens advice bureaux

I sit as a volunteer trustee on the board of a local citizens advice bureau. I have taken great pride over the years in supporting the work done in giving free, quality advice to anyone, on a wide range of problems including...

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EU nations back France's tougher immigration plan

iht.com     yesterday   77 related          

European Union nations gave their backing Monday to a French-drafted pact calling for tightening immigration and asylum rules across the 27-nation bloc. Presented by French Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux, the plan would...

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A right to asylum?

Case rejected, genital mutilation victim still fighting to stay in U.S. By Matthew Hay Brown | Sun reporter WASHINGTON - Growing up in the West African nation of Mali, Alima Traore assumed that girls everywhere had to undergo...

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Wernick: Tales and lessons from court

nydailynews.com     yesterday          

A recent decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) illustrates how the government can take away a person's citizenship and then deport the "alien." I've noted that, generally, actions you take after naturalization...

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Why Do Abused Women Stay?

Because this kinda thing happens to them when they leave: After living quietly for 10 years in the Netherlands as an American granted asylum, Holly Ann Collins is suddenly making headlines in Dutch newspapers and a criminal...

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Proud Thugs

I’m beginning to wonder whether having “former bodyguard to Robert Mugabe” isn’t a definite plus if you’re looking for a job as a steward for London Pride. It certainly seems so. How else does one explain the gusto with which...

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Zimbabwe and the UK's Caring Border Agency

The Observer reports on Britain's reprehensible attack on Zimbabwean refugees and asylum seekers. "Britain is forcing as many as 11,000 Zimbabweans seeking refuge here to make a stark choice between destitution or returning...

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