MPs launch Early Day Motion condemning 'Go Home' posters.
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2013/mps-launch-early-day-motion-condemning-go-home-posters
http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/488
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Medical treatment human rights cases and Rose Akhalu.
http://www.freemovement.org.uk/2013/09/11/medical-treatment-human-rights-rose-akhalu
The case of Rose Akhalu (health claim: ECHR Article 8) [2013] UKUT 400 (IAC) offers a glimmer of hope to some migrants dependent on health care in the UK facing removal. These cases can involve people being sent to their country of origin to die an avoidably early and unpleasant death. It is an extraordinarily difficult and emotive subject and has been covered here on this blog before (GS (India) and medical treatment cases)...
Previously :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/roseline%20akhalu
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2013/jul/29/nigerian-transplant-patient-roseline-akhalu-wins-asylum
Showing posts with label roseline akhalu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roseline akhalu. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Sunday, 28 July 2013
The trials of Roseline Akhalu - updated.
http://www.newstatesman.com/alan-white/2013/01/trials-roseline-akhalu-updated
Yesterday judges in the Upper Immigration and Asylum Tribunal rejected an appeal from the Home Secretary, Theresa May, that Roseline Akhalu, a 49-year old former postgraduate student from Leeds should be returned to Nigeria where she would have faced the prospect of death ‘within weeks’. On hearing news of the judgment Roseline Akhalu told her friends and supporters: “Thank you everybody for the support, for the prayers, for the publicity, for everything. Hopefully the UKBA will let matters rest at this stage.”
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https://twitter.com/crookedfootball :
Paddington felt scared as the van passed, saying he should txt HOME. He thought about Peru.Mrs Brown said,"Don't worry, you're welcome here"
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Parliamentary committee claims that International Passenger Surveys provide poor statistics.
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2013/parliamentary-committee-claims-international-passenger-surveys-provide-poor-statistics
According to the Committee report, these surveys are surrounded by a margin of error. It explains that the 95% ‘confidence interval’ around the estimate of net migration translates into an error margin of plus or minus 35,000. The report says “This means there is a 95% chance that the true value of net migration in any twelve month period falls within a range of around 70,000, and a 5% chance that it falls outside this range.
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Danny Dorling - A World without border controls in a century. Brain food.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TczgCTABII
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The easy way to find information on jobs and learning opportunities throughout Europe.
https://ec.europa.eu/eures/home.jsp?lang=en
Job vacancies in 32 European countries, CVs from interested candidates, what you need to know about living and working abroad and much more brought to you by the EURES network.
Useful for people doing Surinder Singh. http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/surinder%20singh
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The Greens and immigration.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/26/green-party-immigration
Green party policy is emphatically on the side of a fair and humane migration policy. Our policy recognises that current governmental policy would rather generate inflammatory headlines than treat migrants fairly. We oppose current policy that separates families, drives away international students and that deports vulnerable asylum seekers back to places of danger. Migration is an easy scapegoat for when government is failing in its duties; we as Greens reject that mentality.
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Undocumented Vietnam vet protests deportation with hunger strike.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/07/22/2334681/undocumented-vietnam-war-veteran-protests-his-deportation-with-hunger-strike/?mobile=nc
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2 million Syrians and counting.
https://twitter.com/ASRC1/status/361020883780898816/photo/1
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https://twitter.com/TheRacistVan :
RT if you're in the UK illegally.
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Example of anti-Roma racism from France.
http://tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/gilles-bourdouleix-hitler-didnt-kill-enough-travellers-resigns-from-udi/
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The day I asked the Home Office to help me go home – to Willesden Green.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/28/willesden-green-twitter-wind-up-immigrants
My Twitter wind-up of a billboard targeting immigrants, the same words fascists shouted at me as a child, is just the start.
http://www.newstatesman.com/alan-white/2013/01/trials-roseline-akhalu-updated
Yesterday judges in the Upper Immigration and Asylum Tribunal rejected an appeal from the Home Secretary, Theresa May, that Roseline Akhalu, a 49-year old former postgraduate student from Leeds should be returned to Nigeria where she would have faced the prospect of death ‘within weeks’. On hearing news of the judgment Roseline Akhalu told her friends and supporters: “Thank you everybody for the support, for the prayers, for the publicity, for everything. Hopefully the UKBA will let matters rest at this stage.”
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https://twitter.com/crookedfootball :
Paddington felt scared as the van passed, saying he should txt HOME. He thought about Peru.Mrs Brown said,"Don't worry, you're welcome here"
Undocumented.
Parliamentary committee claims that International Passenger Surveys provide poor statistics.
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2013/parliamentary-committee-claims-international-passenger-surveys-provide-poor-statistics
According to the Committee report, these surveys are surrounded by a margin of error. It explains that the 95% ‘confidence interval’ around the estimate of net migration translates into an error margin of plus or minus 35,000. The report says “This means there is a 95% chance that the true value of net migration in any twelve month period falls within a range of around 70,000, and a 5% chance that it falls outside this range.
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Danny Dorling - A World without border controls in a century. Brain food.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TczgCTABII
---
The easy way to find information on jobs and learning opportunities throughout Europe.
https://ec.europa.eu/eures/home.jsp?lang=en
Job vacancies in 32 European countries, CVs from interested candidates, what you need to know about living and working abroad and much more brought to you by the EURES network.
Useful for people doing Surinder Singh. http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/surinder%20singh
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The Greens and immigration.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/26/green-party-immigration
Green party policy is emphatically on the side of a fair and humane migration policy. Our policy recognises that current governmental policy would rather generate inflammatory headlines than treat migrants fairly. We oppose current policy that separates families, drives away international students and that deports vulnerable asylum seekers back to places of danger. Migration is an easy scapegoat for when government is failing in its duties; we as Greens reject that mentality.
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Undocumented Vietnam vet protests deportation with hunger strike.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/07/22/2334681/undocumented-vietnam-war-veteran-protests-his-deportation-with-hunger-strike/?mobile=nc
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2 million Syrians and counting.
https://twitter.com/ASRC1/status/361020883780898816/photo/1
---
https://twitter.com/TheRacistVan :
RT if you're in the UK illegally.
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Example of anti-Roma racism from France.
http://tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/gilles-bourdouleix-hitler-didnt-kill-enough-travellers-resigns-from-udi/
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The day I asked the Home Office to help me go home – to Willesden Green.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/28/willesden-green-twitter-wind-up-immigrants
My Twitter wind-up of a billboard targeting immigrants, the same words fascists shouted at me as a child, is just the start.
Friday, 26 July 2013
Court rejects UK gov attempt to send transplant patient to her death.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/clare-sambrook/court-rejects-uk-gov-attempt-to-send-transplant-patient-to-her-death
In London today judges rejected an appeal by Home Secretary Theresa May to deport a kidney-transplant patient to certain death in Nigeria. May had sought to overturn decisions by two judges permitting Roseline Akhalu stay in the UK.
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Victory for Rose in Immigration Appeal Court!
http://saverose.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/victory-for-rose-in-immigration-appeal-court/
“We are overjoyed with today’s judgment. Roseline has had to endure months of needless worry and anxiety because of this groundless and expensive appeal by the Home Secretary, which has aggravated Rose’s fragile health condition. We really hope that the Home Office now has the sense to admit defeat so that Rose can get on with her life and continue contributing to her community as she has been doing for so many years.”
Previously :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
Shame on you, Theresa May.
https://twitter.com/compassion4rose
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/clare-sambrook/court-rejects-uk-gov-attempt-to-send-transplant-patient-to-her-death
In London today judges rejected an appeal by Home Secretary Theresa May to deport a kidney-transplant patient to certain death in Nigeria. May had sought to overturn decisions by two judges permitting Roseline Akhalu stay in the UK.
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Victory for Rose in Immigration Appeal Court!
http://saverose.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/victory-for-rose-in-immigration-appeal-court/
“We are overjoyed with today’s judgment. Roseline has had to endure months of needless worry and anxiety because of this groundless and expensive appeal by the Home Secretary, which has aggravated Rose’s fragile health condition. We really hope that the Home Office now has the sense to admit defeat so that Rose can get on with her life and continue contributing to her community as she has been doing for so many years.”
Previously :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
Shame on you, Theresa May.
https://twitter.com/compassion4rose
Saturday, 20 July 2013
Roseline Akhalu's hearing at the Upper Tribunal
http://vimeo.com/70659555
Facebook support group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/?hc_location=stream
https://twitter.com/compassion4rose
Previous post : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
'Why is the Home Office continuing this cruel and ludicrous campaign? It seems the department is concerned about growing case law that would facilitate health tourism. Under the present laws it is acceptable to deport someone even if they’ll become terminally ill on arrival in a new country, and this is why Rose’s case has been argued under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights: a right to a private and family life. But this is an exceptional case: is the fight against case law really worth a human being’s life, not to mention the massive legal cost? And as representatives from the National Kidney Foundation have said, donors would think their efforts were a waste of time if a recipient was allowed to die.'
http://vimeo.com/70659555
Facebook support group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/?hc_location=stream
https://twitter.com/compassion4rose
Previous post : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
'Why is the Home Office continuing this cruel and ludicrous campaign? It seems the department is concerned about growing case law that would facilitate health tourism. Under the present laws it is acceptable to deport someone even if they’ll become terminally ill on arrival in a new country, and this is why Rose’s case has been argued under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights: a right to a private and family life. But this is an exceptional case: is the fight against case law really worth a human being’s life, not to mention the massive legal cost? And as representatives from the National Kidney Foundation have said, donors would think their efforts were a waste of time if a recipient was allowed to die.'
Monday, 27 May 2013
APPG on Migration to publish report on the impact of the rules changes to family migration.
http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/news
Via https://twitter.com/APPGMigration
More bits and pieces on the APPG and other work going on in Parliament here :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/parliament
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https://twitter.com/migrants_rights tweets :
Archbishop of https://twitter.com/RCWestminster speaks out against the new family immigration rules that put a price on love
http://rcdow.org.uk/archbishop/homilies/migrants-mass--1/
Today I express a particular concern for the well-being of families. Economic and time-period thresholds recently established for non-EU families to be united here are putting great strain on the vital unit of the family and could be seen as actually putting a price-tag on the value of family unity. Given the proven importance of the family for social stability, surely it is for the common good that immigration policies must be more sensitively shaped in such matters.
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Save Roseline Akhalu - weblog.
http://saverose.wordpress.com/
Roseline arrived in the UK in September 2004 from Nigeria on a student visa, to study for a Masters Degree at Leeds University.
She unexpectedly developed end stage renal failure in 2005 and remained on dialysis until she was fortunate enough to receive a kidney transplant at St. James Hospital, Leeds in July 2009.
Roseline has applied for leave to remain in the UK but has been refused. Roseline’s consultant has stated that unless Roseline is able to continue taking immunosuppressant drugs which are costly and unavailable in parts of Nigeria, her transplanted kidney will fail and she would have to resort to dialysis again –a treatment she could not afford. Without this she will die.
Roseline has never been allowed to work and has been supported since 2007 by parishioners from St Augustine’s RC Church, Harehills and the St Vincent de Paul Society. Roseline is loved and respected by her fellow parishioners and many people in the wider community who have formed close friendships with her. In spite of her health problems, Roseline has volunteered tirelessly in the parish and is actively involved in a number of community based groups.
Please sign the petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-transplant-patient-roseline-ak/sign.html#se calling on the government to grant Roseline Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
http://www.newstatesman.com/alan-white/2013/01/trials-roseline-akhalu
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/roseline%20akhalu
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Quintessentially English | The visa application saga.
http://quintessentially-english.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-visa-application-saga.html?m=1
For those of you who read my post Another Two Years, you know that on 4 April I sent off my application for an extension of stay in the UK. Then on the second of May I went down to the Post Office to give my biometric data (fingerprints and photo). On 9 May, I was delighted to find a thick parcel from the UK Border Agency sitting in my post box. Could this actually be my passport and biometric residence permit back?!
Well I did receive my passport back but for all the wrong reasons. Unfortunately my application had been deemed invalid because I, like a complete and utter moron, didn't tick a box saying that I hadn't committed any war crimes. This meant that my application was incomplete and could not be approved. Not only that, but the application forms and fees had changed on 6 April meaning I needed a completely new application and to pay an additional higher fee than the one I had already paid.
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Homeless in London? Here's a train ticket for Birmingham
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/24/homeless-london-birmingham
The plight of a mother and daughter forced to live in a hotel room 127 miles from their former home in the capital.
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English Disco Lovers. Pro-disco.
https://www.facebook.com/englishdiscolovers
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https://twitter.com/emmabmoussa tweets :
yBeen with my lovely https://twitter.com/londrisso 4 years, married neally 2, we have a beautiful baby boy plz UKBA stop this worry nd let us b a family :-(
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/driss
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https://twitter.com/EricAvebury tweets :
Victims in informal relationships who leave abusive partners with UK residence don't qualify for leave to remain http://bit.ly/12Exjbl
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https://twitter.com/bimadew tweets :
Still confused about this new way of describing people as "British-born Nigerian" when they mean "British person".
https://twitter.com/DipoFaloyin tweets :
as my mum just said, they'd probably leave off the Nigerian part if those two boys had just won an Olympic gold medal.
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https://twitter.com/donflynnmrn tweets :
Gordon Sq centre of Woolwich. Sunny day, bouncy castle, ethnic foodstalls. Praise be - life goes on as normal
Just been stopped by burly white guy handing out leaflets. Save Woolwich Fire Station they say. All the way pal.
Now the Greenwich filipino community is parading around wiyh a Virgin Mary. Same old Woolwich folks!
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https://twitter.com/helenpidd tweets :
Makes me proud to be British. York mosque counters EDL protest with tea, biscuits and football http://gu.com/p/3g64j/tw
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https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1 tweets :
Deprivation of British nationality following terrorist allegations didn't leave man stateless, rules CoA
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/616.html
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The UK's immigration crackdown will lead to a loss of international talent.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/24/uk-immigration-crackdown-loss-international-talent
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Help for Heroes 'not accepting EDL donations'.
http://www.channel4.com/news/help-for-heroes-not-accepting-edl-donations
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EDL make themselves look stupid... again.
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/blog/article/2726/edl-make-themselves-look-stupidagain-part-2
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Amnesty slams EU human rights protection over migrants and minorities.
http://www.neurope.eu/article/amnesty-slams-eu-human-rights-protection-over-migrants-and-minorities
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https://twitter.com/FifeMigrants - Fife Migrants Forum.
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https://twitter.com/GuidoTallman tweets :
Seems the organisers of Hay Festival have called it right over Goodhart's sensationalist and dubious book. Hurrah!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/27/david-goodhart-snub-hay-festival
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American wins Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race, despite health and safety warnings.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/27/thousands-turn-out-for-gloucestershire-cheese-rolling-event-despite-warnings-3810251/
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Great train journeys of the world. Free movement!
http://www.metafilter.com/128407/Time-flies-by-when-youre-the-driver-of-a-train
http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/news
Via https://twitter.com/APPGMigration
More bits and pieces on the APPG and other work going on in Parliament here :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/parliament
---
https://twitter.com/migrants_rights tweets :
Archbishop of https://twitter.com/RCWestminster speaks out against the new family immigration rules that put a price on love
http://rcdow.org.uk/archbishop/homilies/migrants-mass--1/
Today I express a particular concern for the well-being of families. Economic and time-period thresholds recently established for non-EU families to be united here are putting great strain on the vital unit of the family and could be seen as actually putting a price-tag on the value of family unity. Given the proven importance of the family for social stability, surely it is for the common good that immigration policies must be more sensitively shaped in such matters.
---
Save Roseline Akhalu - weblog.
http://saverose.wordpress.com/
Roseline arrived in the UK in September 2004 from Nigeria on a student visa, to study for a Masters Degree at Leeds University.
She unexpectedly developed end stage renal failure in 2005 and remained on dialysis until she was fortunate enough to receive a kidney transplant at St. James Hospital, Leeds in July 2009.
Roseline has applied for leave to remain in the UK but has been refused. Roseline’s consultant has stated that unless Roseline is able to continue taking immunosuppressant drugs which are costly and unavailable in parts of Nigeria, her transplanted kidney will fail and she would have to resort to dialysis again –a treatment she could not afford. Without this she will die.
Roseline has never been allowed to work and has been supported since 2007 by parishioners from St Augustine’s RC Church, Harehills and the St Vincent de Paul Society. Roseline is loved and respected by her fellow parishioners and many people in the wider community who have formed close friendships with her. In spite of her health problems, Roseline has volunteered tirelessly in the parish and is actively involved in a number of community based groups.
Please sign the petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-transplant-patient-roseline-ak/sign.html#se calling on the government to grant Roseline Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
http://www.newstatesman.com/alan-white/2013/01/trials-roseline-akhalu
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/roseline%20akhalu
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Quintessentially English | The visa application saga.
http://quintessentially-english.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-visa-application-saga.html?m=1
For those of you who read my post Another Two Years, you know that on 4 April I sent off my application for an extension of stay in the UK. Then on the second of May I went down to the Post Office to give my biometric data (fingerprints and photo). On 9 May, I was delighted to find a thick parcel from the UK Border Agency sitting in my post box. Could this actually be my passport and biometric residence permit back?!
Well I did receive my passport back but for all the wrong reasons. Unfortunately my application had been deemed invalid because I, like a complete and utter moron, didn't tick a box saying that I hadn't committed any war crimes. This meant that my application was incomplete and could not be approved. Not only that, but the application forms and fees had changed on 6 April meaning I needed a completely new application and to pay an additional higher fee than the one I had already paid.
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Homeless in London? Here's a train ticket for Birmingham
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/24/homeless-london-birmingham
The plight of a mother and daughter forced to live in a hotel room 127 miles from their former home in the capital.
---
English Disco Lovers. Pro-disco.
https://www.facebook.com/englishdiscolovers
---
https://twitter.com/emmabmoussa tweets :
yBeen with my lovely https://twitter.com/londrisso 4 years, married neally 2, we have a beautiful baby boy plz UKBA stop this worry nd let us b a family :-(
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/driss
---
https://twitter.com/EricAvebury tweets :
Victims in informal relationships who leave abusive partners with UK residence don't qualify for leave to remain http://bit.ly/12Exjbl
---
https://twitter.com/bimadew tweets :
Still confused about this new way of describing people as "British-born Nigerian" when they mean "British person".
https://twitter.com/DipoFaloyin tweets :
as my mum just said, they'd probably leave off the Nigerian part if those two boys had just won an Olympic gold medal.
---
https://twitter.com/donflynnmrn tweets :
Gordon Sq centre of Woolwich. Sunny day, bouncy castle, ethnic foodstalls. Praise be - life goes on as normal
Just been stopped by burly white guy handing out leaflets. Save Woolwich Fire Station they say. All the way pal.
Now the Greenwich filipino community is parading around wiyh a Virgin Mary. Same old Woolwich folks!
---
https://twitter.com/helenpidd tweets :
Makes me proud to be British. York mosque counters EDL protest with tea, biscuits and football http://gu.com/p/3g64j/tw
---
https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1 tweets :
Deprivation of British nationality following terrorist allegations didn't leave man stateless, rules CoA
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/616.html
---
The UK's immigration crackdown will lead to a loss of international talent.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/24/uk-immigration-crackdown-loss-international-talent
---
Help for Heroes 'not accepting EDL donations'.
http://www.channel4.com/news/help-for-heroes-not-accepting-edl-donations
---
EDL make themselves look stupid... again.
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/blog/article/2726/edl-make-themselves-look-stupidagain-part-2
---
Amnesty slams EU human rights protection over migrants and minorities.
http://www.neurope.eu/article/amnesty-slams-eu-human-rights-protection-over-migrants-and-minorities
---
https://twitter.com/FifeMigrants - Fife Migrants Forum.
---
https://twitter.com/GuidoTallman tweets :
Seems the organisers of Hay Festival have called it right over Goodhart's sensationalist and dubious book. Hurrah!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/27/david-goodhart-snub-hay-festival
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American wins Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race, despite health and safety warnings.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/27/thousands-turn-out-for-gloucestershire-cheese-rolling-event-despite-warnings-3810251/
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Great train journeys of the world. Free movement!
http://www.metafilter.com/128407/Time-flies-by-when-youre-the-driver-of-a-train
Monday, 25 February 2013
Today's links
Deported to die appeal fight.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/deported-to-die-appeal-fight-1-5444178
Friends and supporters of a severely ill Leeds widow who faces being ‘deported to die’ are making a last-ditch appeal to the Home Office to abandon what they have termed its “relentless persecution” of her.
As reported previously in the YEP, Nigerian-born kidney-transplant patient Roseline Akhalu has been fighting a five-year battle to remain in the UK.
The 49-year old’s initial joy at an immigration tribunal’s decision to uphold her recent appeal turned to despair when it emerged the Home Secretary intended to challenge the judge’s decision.
Now her lawyers have learned that the Home Office has indeed won official permission to appeal against the ruling of the immigration judge last November.
The trials of Roseline Akhalu :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/roseline%20akhalu
Via Roseline's campaign page :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/
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New report and campaign launch: Dignity in pregnancy.
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2013/new-report-and-campaign-launch-dignity-pregnancy
This joint Refugee Council and Maternity Action report looks at the experiences of pregnant women in the asylum system, based on interviews with asylum seeking women and midwives responsible for their care.
The findings show that the UK Border Agency's 'dispersal' policies are putting the health of pregnant women and their babies at risk. By moving them to acommodation around the county, women are uprooted from essential healthcare and their support networks, leaving them isolated and vulnerable.
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UKBA's dispersal policy 'puts pregnant asylum seekers at risk' says report.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/25/pregnant-asylum-seekers-dispersal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21567966
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The Refugee Council's campaign for dignity in pregnancy.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/maternity
https://twitter.com/refugeecouncil
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When maternity doesn't matter: how the UK is failing vulnerable pregnant women.
http://thethoughtfulpublisher.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/when-maternity-doesnt-matter-how-uk-is.html
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National insurance, immigration caps and burdensome regulation are the reasons why the UK economy is stagnating, business leaders said today.
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1172335/national-insurance-tax-jobs-warn-sir-terry-leahy-julie-meyer-lord-bilimoria/
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Leeds' hosts offer hot food, beds and a warm welcome to asylum-seekers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2013/feb/25/voluntarysector-volunteering
Janice Gwilliam continues her monthly posts on volunteering in the north, with news of overnight placements in the homes of generous Yorkshire families. But there's mud on them thar moors.
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Status update via 'I Love Immigrants' ( https://www.facebook.com/ILoveImmigrants ) :
https://www.facebook.com/ILoveImmigrants/posts/554382427918720 -
Romans (55BC), Angles, Saxons and Jutes (4th Century), Vikings (8th Century), Normans (11th Century), Romani (16th Century), Huguenots (17th Century), Africans (18th Century), Irish (19th Century), Germans, Russian and Poles (20th Century), Caribbeans, Indians, Africans and Hong Kong Chinese (20th Century), Poles (21st Century). You'd think we'd have got over it by now.
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Stratford-upon-Avon African skeleton was Roman soldier.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-12280213
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Meeting Carlos Saavedra, of the United We Dream movement last week, and then catching the musical production 'Glasgow Girls' at the Theatre Royale last week was bound to spark off thoughts on what happens when young people get involved in the issue of the rights of migrants. Here are a bunch of reasons why we should feel pretty hopeful as to what the potential is...
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2013/02/youth-action-rights-migrants-us-dreamers-glasgow-girls
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Greece: "A promise from the army has been obtained to not intervene against a civil uprising".
http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/02/greece-promise-army-has-been-obtained-not-intervene-against-civil-uprising
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Greeks ask themselves: Who's a Greek?
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/24/172696029/greeks-ask-themselves-whos-a-greek
When it comes to immigration, Greece faces a dilemma: The country needs new, young people because like the rest of Europe, it faces a falling birth rate and an aging population.
Yet it's also struggling with a backlash against immigrants, especially those from Africa and South Asia. Although Greece has become the main entry point into the European Union for undocumented migrants, the country of 11 million is also home to roughly 1 million immigrants who reside here legally and have started families here. Their Greek-born children want to become citizens.
So Greece is wrestling with a fundamental question: Who's a Greek?
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https://twitter.com/LondonMigrants tweets :
Top 5 stories of the week 24/2/13
http://londonmigranthub.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/top-5-stories-of-the-week-24213/
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https://twitter.com/FullFact tweets :
Are people in wealthy nations more likely to be depressed than those in poorer countries?
http://fullfact.org/factchecks/depression_worlds_third_biggest_health_problem-28790
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Thursday, 21 February 2013
Home Secretary, please call off the attack on kidney patient Roseline Akhalu
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/esme-madill/home-secretary-please-call-off-attack-on-kidney-patient-roseline-akhalu
In Parliament last week Greg Mulholland, the Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North, challenged the Home Secretary over her relentless persecution of Roseline Akhalu, the kidney-transplant patient who, nobody disputes, will die horribly if she is returned to Nigeria. The latest news is bleak indeed. On 6 February Roseline’s lawyers learned that the Home Office had won permission to appeal against the ruling of an immigration judge late last year allowing Roseline Akhalu leave to remain in the UK.
The trials of Roseline Akhalu :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/roseline%20akhalu
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/luqman%20onikosi
http://ncadc.org.uk/campaigns/fozianawaz/
Roseline's support group on Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/
Petition to save Roseline :
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-transplant-patient-roseline-ak/signatures.html
According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May is an Anglican and attends church every Sunday. Her attitude is more reminiscent of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate .
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China: Bloggers 'forced to drink tea' with police.
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2013/02/19/china-bloggers-forced-to-drink-tea-with-police/
A person can be summoned for a tea talk for different reasons. Online opinion leaders, people who write about or host online platforms for political dissent, those who share sensitive information from unofficial channels, and signatories of online petitions are all frequently “forced to drink tea” with police. Opinion leaders are invited for tea on a regular basis, so that police may make sure that they are behaving “responsibly” in their role as opinion leaders...
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https://twitter.com/MigRightsScot tweets :
#Britain cannot be open for business and closed to foreigners. m.ft.com/cms/s/0/63562e32-7b5e-11e2-8eed-00144feabdc0.html
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(via Facebook) https://delicious.com/sandra.saleh.33 is starting to collate links related to EU free movement. Keeping an eye out!
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http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/esme-madill/home-secretary-please-call-off-attack-on-kidney-patient-roseline-akhalu
In Parliament last week Greg Mulholland, the Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North, challenged the Home Secretary over her relentless persecution of Roseline Akhalu, the kidney-transplant patient who, nobody disputes, will die horribly if she is returned to Nigeria. The latest news is bleak indeed. On 6 February Roseline’s lawyers learned that the Home Office had won permission to appeal against the ruling of an immigration judge late last year allowing Roseline Akhalu leave to remain in the UK.
The trials of Roseline Akhalu :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/roseline%20akhalu
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/luqman%20onikosi
http://ncadc.org.uk/campaigns/fozianawaz/
Roseline's support group on Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/
Petition to save Roseline :
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-transplant-patient-roseline-ak/signatures.html
According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May is an Anglican and attends church every Sunday. Her attitude is more reminiscent of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate .
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China: Bloggers 'forced to drink tea' with police.
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2013/02/19/china-bloggers-forced-to-drink-tea-with-police/
A person can be summoned for a tea talk for different reasons. Online opinion leaders, people who write about or host online platforms for political dissent, those who share sensitive information from unofficial channels, and signatories of online petitions are all frequently “forced to drink tea” with police. Opinion leaders are invited for tea on a regular basis, so that police may make sure that they are behaving “responsibly” in their role as opinion leaders...
---
https://twitter.com/MigRightsScot tweets :
#Britain cannot be open for business and closed to foreigners. m.ft.com/cms/s/0/63562e32-7b5e-11e2-8eed-00144feabdc0.html
---
(via Facebook) https://delicious.com/sandra.saleh.33 is starting to collate links related to EU free movement. Keeping an eye out!
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Good evening
https://twitter.com/APPGMigration tweets :
You can listen to the Family Migration Inquiry - 1st Oral Evidence Session here http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/meetings/family-migration-inquiry-oral-evidence-session
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University principals have blamed immigration changes and the Westminster government’s “hard-line rhetoric” after the number of foreign students coming to Scotland fell by up to 26 per cent from some countries.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/scots-universities-criticise-uk-immigration-laws-1-2784867
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"My advice to anyone dealing with UKBA is to treat them like small children."
http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/opinion/opinion-the-uk-border-agency-a-shambolic-office-which-isnt-fit-for-purpose
---
Uganda deports British theate producer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/12/uganda-deports-british-theatre-producer
David Cecil, who angered Ugandan authorities by staging a play about homosexuality, is deported without warning.
---
Poundland ruling 'blows big hole' through government work schemes.
Graduate Cait Reilly succeeds in legal challenge to programme under which she was required to work unpaid at discount store.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/12/poundland-ruling-government-work-schemes
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Ministers said they were “disappointed and surprised” after Cait Reilly, a university graduate, won her Court of Appeal claim that requiring her to work for free at a Poundland discount store was unlawful.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9864568/Unemployed-cannot-be-forced-to-work-in-Poundland.html
---
More on Roseline Akhalu http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
Greg Mulholland, Rose's MP, asked a question in the House yesterday. See below. Huge thanks to him for all his support. We are thinking and planning how to build momentum before the next hearing - your support as always is invaluable.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130211/debtext/130211-0001.htm#1302112000002
Via Roseline's Facebook support group :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/
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Home Office report : The Migrant Journey.
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2013/home-office-third-report-migrant-journey
This Home Office research report provides evidence on the behaviour of migrants entering the UK immigration system for the five main routes of entry to the UK and the common pathways through the Immigration System that result in settlement.
This third report follows on from ‘The Migrant Journey’ (Achato, Eaton and Jones, 2010) and ‘The Migrant Journey: Second Report’ (Achato, Eaton and Jones, 2011), by providing new analysis on two further cohorts of migrants granted entry clearance visas in 2005 and 2006 and migrants granted settlement in 2010 and 2011.
The report also provides updated estimates for the previously published 2004 and 2009 cohorts. For the first time migrants granted visit visas have been included.
More : http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/horr69/horr69-report?view=Binary
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Upcoming events :
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/events
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The work of Syrian photographer Yazan Homsi within the zones of conflict and war in Syria show the tragic situation of the people of the besieged city of Homs. His photograph (above) of a disabled women looking for her home amid the rubble of Main Street of the city of Homs won the first prize in the Ninth Arab European Photography Festival held in Hamburg, Germany.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/31/syrian-photographer-won-the-first-place-in-a-competition-in-germany/
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China's press censorship protests.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/chinas-press-censorship-protests/
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Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean is not happy with the tone of the debate surrounding Romanian and Bulgarian immigration to the UK, he has told the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21373972
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Vince Cable: Britain must be more welcoming to foreigners to attract new wealth.
http://www.ein.org.uk/news/vince-cable-britain-must-be-more-welcoming-foreigners-attract-new-wealth
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Human Rights Watch has posted a report on its website, citing abuse of migrant works in Sochi. The report, which references dozens of interviews with workers in Sochi, claims working conditions violate Russian law and human rights. Russian officials deny the claims, while analysts doubt the allegations will affect the holding of the 2014 Winter Games.
http://rbth.ru/society/2013/02/12/human_rights_watch_reports_abuse_of_workers_in_sochi_22783.html
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Search conducted for missing tsunami victims in Miyagi, Iwate prefectures.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/search-conducted-for-missing-tsunami-victims-in-miyagi-iwate-prefectures
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The Antarctic: Russians make themselves at home at the south pole.
http://rbth.ru/travel/2013/02/12/the_antarctic_russians_make_themselves_at_home_at_the_south_pole_22777.html
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The green of central Maine.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80390
---
Chris Huhne has joined a select club: those who have been a member of the Privy Council, and then voluntarily left.
History records just four others who have quit the institution whose members once advised the monarch on how to wield their power.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21342555
---
The reporter who broke the news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation got the scoop because she understood his announcement in Latin. How much of it is spoken in the Vatican and elsewhere these days?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21412604
---
https://twitter.com/APPGMigration tweets :
You can listen to the Family Migration Inquiry - 1st Oral Evidence Session here http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/meetings/family-migration-inquiry-oral-evidence-session
---
University principals have blamed immigration changes and the Westminster government’s “hard-line rhetoric” after the number of foreign students coming to Scotland fell by up to 26 per cent from some countries.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/scots-universities-criticise-uk-immigration-laws-1-2784867
---
"My advice to anyone dealing with UKBA is to treat them like small children."
http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/opinion/opinion-the-uk-border-agency-a-shambolic-office-which-isnt-fit-for-purpose
---
Uganda deports British theate producer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/12/uganda-deports-british-theatre-producer
David Cecil, who angered Ugandan authorities by staging a play about homosexuality, is deported without warning.
---
Poundland ruling 'blows big hole' through government work schemes.
Graduate Cait Reilly succeeds in legal challenge to programme under which she was required to work unpaid at discount store.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/12/poundland-ruling-government-work-schemes
---
Ministers said they were “disappointed and surprised” after Cait Reilly, a university graduate, won her Court of Appeal claim that requiring her to work for free at a Poundland discount store was unlawful.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9864568/Unemployed-cannot-be-forced-to-work-in-Poundland.html
---
More on Roseline Akhalu http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
Greg Mulholland, Rose's MP, asked a question in the House yesterday. See below. Huge thanks to him for all his support. We are thinking and planning how to build momentum before the next hearing - your support as always is invaluable.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130211/debtext/130211-0001.htm#1302112000002
Via Roseline's Facebook support group :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/
---
Home Office report : The Migrant Journey.
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/news/2013/home-office-third-report-migrant-journey
This Home Office research report provides evidence on the behaviour of migrants entering the UK immigration system for the five main routes of entry to the UK and the common pathways through the Immigration System that result in settlement.
This third report follows on from ‘The Migrant Journey’ (Achato, Eaton and Jones, 2010) and ‘The Migrant Journey: Second Report’ (Achato, Eaton and Jones, 2011), by providing new analysis on two further cohorts of migrants granted entry clearance visas in 2005 and 2006 and migrants granted settlement in 2010 and 2011.
The report also provides updated estimates for the previously published 2004 and 2009 cohorts. For the first time migrants granted visit visas have been included.
More : http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/horr69/horr69-report?view=Binary
---
Upcoming events :
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/events
---
The work of Syrian photographer Yazan Homsi within the zones of conflict and war in Syria show the tragic situation of the people of the besieged city of Homs. His photograph (above) of a disabled women looking for her home amid the rubble of Main Street of the city of Homs won the first prize in the Ninth Arab European Photography Festival held in Hamburg, Germany.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/31/syrian-photographer-won-the-first-place-in-a-competition-in-germany/
---
China's press censorship protests.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/chinas-press-censorship-protests/
---
Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean is not happy with the tone of the debate surrounding Romanian and Bulgarian immigration to the UK, he has told the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21373972
---
Vince Cable: Britain must be more welcoming to foreigners to attract new wealth.
http://www.ein.org.uk/news/vince-cable-britain-must-be-more-welcoming-foreigners-attract-new-wealth
---
Human Rights Watch has posted a report on its website, citing abuse of migrant works in Sochi. The report, which references dozens of interviews with workers in Sochi, claims working conditions violate Russian law and human rights. Russian officials deny the claims, while analysts doubt the allegations will affect the holding of the 2014 Winter Games.
http://rbth.ru/society/2013/02/12/human_rights_watch_reports_abuse_of_workers_in_sochi_22783.html
---
Search conducted for missing tsunami victims in Miyagi, Iwate prefectures.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/search-conducted-for-missing-tsunami-victims-in-miyagi-iwate-prefectures
---
The Antarctic: Russians make themselves at home at the south pole.
http://rbth.ru/travel/2013/02/12/the_antarctic_russians_make_themselves_at_home_at_the_south_pole_22777.html
---
The green of central Maine.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80390
---
Chris Huhne has joined a select club: those who have been a member of the Privy Council, and then voluntarily left.
History records just four others who have quit the institution whose members once advised the monarch on how to wield their power.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21342555
---
The reporter who broke the news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation got the scoop because she understood his announcement in Latin. How much of it is spoken in the Vatican and elsewhere these days?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21412604
---
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Today's links
The Migration Weekly: Humanity on the move.
http://paper.li/bengidley/1334588436#
... looks like an interesting read. Via https://twitter.com/MigrantVoiceUK
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'How many Bulgarians and Romanians will come to the UK?'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/15/bulgarian-romanian-migration-uk-restrictions
Good piece by Dr. Scott Blinder of the Migration Observatory ( http://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk ). The Migration Observatory is one of our favourite resources for geographical research.
'Women, young people and non-Londoners are most affected by changed to family migration policy' : http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press-releases/women-young-people-and-non-londoners-are-most-affected-changes-family-migration-polic
... is a key piece of evidence on the issues around the campaign by the Migration Obsevatory. This paper suggests around half of all Brits will now be unable to bring their non-EEA partner into the UK.
It should be admitted, though, that this research by Migration Observatory is around the 'blunt instrument' of the £18,600 income level ( more on this on our introduction page : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/introduction.html ).
At least one of our sources in academia suggests that, with additional restrictions, the proportion of Brits unable to bring their families into the UK may be far higher. Restrictions such as:
- lengthening the time to indefinite leave to remain from 2 to 5 years (and given that employers are likely to be hit with a big fine if any employees are found to overstay, it is unlikely that many will want this overhead; it is also likely that with the additional uncertainty this brings, many couples will feel unable to make their homes in the UK).
- increasing the language requirement from A1 to B1 level (for comparison, A1 is 'entry level' English; B1 is the same level that is needed to study at HND level - the British equivalent of an associate's degree - this is a huge jump and far in excess of the language level needed to integrate into British society).
- the additional income requirements for children (an income of £22,400 for the first child, with an additional £2400 for each child after that).
We are already hearing many reports of the additional stress put on relationships and families, of fathers who have in fact never held their children; it is inevitable that families will be broken up by these inhumane rules. The rules have only been in place for a few months, but are taking a great human toll.
---
Kidney transplant case signals deep flaws in UK immigration policy and practice.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/esme-madill/kidney-transplant-case-signals-deep-flaws-in-uk-immigration-policy-and-practi
'Roseline Akhalu had good grounds for hoping that her treatment at the hands of the Home Office, described by Oscar-winning actor, Colin Firth, as smacking of “persecution”, was to end before the start of 2013. Late last year, in two successive rulings, judges found that the Home Office was wrong to try to deport the kidney-transplant patent to certain death in Nigeria. But on 4 January Akhalu learned that the Home Office would fight on to remove her from Britain...'
The case of Roseline Akhalu, also covered in yesterday's update : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
Via Roseline's Facebook campaign page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/permalink/433017250102873/
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Luqman Onikosi.
http://ncadc.org.uk/campaigns/luqman/index.html
'Luqman Onikosi, a community activist from Nigeria, came to the UK on a student visa to continue his education. During the second year of his course he was diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis B liver condition. Since his diagnosis his condition has deteriorated rapidly and he needs regular monitoring...'
Luqman's Facebook campaign page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/452820554754025/
Via http://ncadc.org.uk/
This is disturbingly similar to Roseline Akhalu's case.
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The European Health Insurance Card.
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/about-the-ehic.aspx
EEA citizens (including Brits) and their partners are eligible to reside and work in any EEA country, which for some may provide a potential route to live with their non EEA families (and ultimately to return to the UK). This card is a useful piece of documentation which may help smooth the path.
---
Update on Roma forced evictions in Czech Republic.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/15/prednadrazi-still-stands-czech-roma-community-resists-evictions/
Via https://twitter.com/nandosigona
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UK Immigration Barristers.
https://twitter.com/immigrationuk_
Via https://twitter.com/emmabmoussa
---
Immigrants add billions to the Arkansas economy.
http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/15/immigrants-add-billions-to-the-arkansas-economy/
Via https://twitter.com/BritCits
---
'New proposals on migration policy will introduce criminal statutes to Russian migration legislation. '
http://rbth.ru/society/2013/01/16/authorities_tighten_grip_on_migration_control_21927.html
---
The Migration Weekly: Humanity on the move.
http://paper.li/bengidley/1334588436#
... looks like an interesting read. Via https://twitter.com/MigrantVoiceUK
---
'How many Bulgarians and Romanians will come to the UK?'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/15/bulgarian-romanian-migration-uk-restrictions
Good piece by Dr. Scott Blinder of the Migration Observatory ( http://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk ). The Migration Observatory is one of our favourite resources for geographical research.
'Women, young people and non-Londoners are most affected by changed to family migration policy' : http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press-releases/women-young-people-and-non-londoners-are-most-affected-changes-family-migration-polic
... is a key piece of evidence on the issues around the campaign by the Migration Obsevatory. This paper suggests around half of all Brits will now be unable to bring their non-EEA partner into the UK.
It should be admitted, though, that this research by Migration Observatory is around the 'blunt instrument' of the £18,600 income level ( more on this on our introduction page : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/introduction.html ).
At least one of our sources in academia suggests that, with additional restrictions, the proportion of Brits unable to bring their families into the UK may be far higher. Restrictions such as:
- lengthening the time to indefinite leave to remain from 2 to 5 years (and given that employers are likely to be hit with a big fine if any employees are found to overstay, it is unlikely that many will want this overhead; it is also likely that with the additional uncertainty this brings, many couples will feel unable to make their homes in the UK).
- increasing the language requirement from A1 to B1 level (for comparison, A1 is 'entry level' English; B1 is the same level that is needed to study at HND level - the British equivalent of an associate's degree - this is a huge jump and far in excess of the language level needed to integrate into British society).
- the additional income requirements for children (an income of £22,400 for the first child, with an additional £2400 for each child after that).
We are already hearing many reports of the additional stress put on relationships and families, of fathers who have in fact never held their children; it is inevitable that families will be broken up by these inhumane rules. The rules have only been in place for a few months, but are taking a great human toll.
---
Kidney transplant case signals deep flaws in UK immigration policy and practice.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/esme-madill/kidney-transplant-case-signals-deep-flaws-in-uk-immigration-policy-and-practi
'Roseline Akhalu had good grounds for hoping that her treatment at the hands of the Home Office, described by Oscar-winning actor, Colin Firth, as smacking of “persecution”, was to end before the start of 2013. Late last year, in two successive rulings, judges found that the Home Office was wrong to try to deport the kidney-transplant patent to certain death in Nigeria. But on 4 January Akhalu learned that the Home Office would fight on to remove her from Britain...'
The case of Roseline Akhalu, also covered in yesterday's update : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-trials-of-roseline-akhalu-httpwww.html
Via Roseline's Facebook campaign page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/permalink/433017250102873/
---
Luqman Onikosi.
http://ncadc.org.uk/campaigns/luqman/index.html
'Luqman Onikosi, a community activist from Nigeria, came to the UK on a student visa to continue his education. During the second year of his course he was diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis B liver condition. Since his diagnosis his condition has deteriorated rapidly and he needs regular monitoring...'
Luqman's Facebook campaign page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/452820554754025/
Via http://ncadc.org.uk/
This is disturbingly similar to Roseline Akhalu's case.
---
The European Health Insurance Card.
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/about-the-ehic.aspx
EEA citizens (including Brits) and their partners are eligible to reside and work in any EEA country, which for some may provide a potential route to live with their non EEA families (and ultimately to return to the UK). This card is a useful piece of documentation which may help smooth the path.
---
Update on Roma forced evictions in Czech Republic.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/15/prednadrazi-still-stands-czech-roma-community-resists-evictions/
Via https://twitter.com/nandosigona
---
UK Immigration Barristers.
https://twitter.com/immigrationuk_
Via https://twitter.com/emmabmoussa
---
Immigrants add billions to the Arkansas economy.
http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/15/immigrants-add-billions-to-the-arkansas-economy/
Via https://twitter.com/BritCits
---
'New proposals on migration policy will introduce criminal statutes to Russian migration legislation. '
http://rbth.ru/society/2013/01/16/authorities_tighten_grip_on_migration_control_21927.html
---
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
The trials of Roseline Akhalu
http://www.newstatesman.com/alan-white/2013/01/trials-roseline-akhalu
'Why is the Home Office continuing this cruel and ludicrous campaign? It seems the department is concerned about growing case law that would facilitate health tourism. Under the present laws it is acceptable to deport someone even if they’ll become terminally ill on arrival in a new country, and this is why Rose’s case has been argued under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights: a right to a private and family life. But this is an exceptional case: is the fight against case law really worth a human being’s life, not to mention the massive legal cost? And as representatives from the National Kidney Foundation have said, donors would think their efforts were a waste of time if a recipient was allowed to die.'
A great piece on an appalling case - the Home Office seems determined to send a human being to her death, stalking her through the courts.
Thanks to https://twitter.com/aljwhite for raising this.
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Graduate with kidney failure at risk of deportation to Nigeria :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2013/jan/12/graduate-kidney-failure-risk-deported-nigeria-video?CMP=twt_gu
'Roseline Akhalu, a university graduate from Nigeria, was diagnosed with kidney failure a few months after arriving in the UK in 2004. After a successful transplant, the UK Border Agency rejected her claim to remain in the UK, but if sent back to Nigeria she will be unable to afford the life-saving drugs she needs.'
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https://twitter.com/DanRebellato tweets: 'Seriously, what the hell? How can this possibly be justified? This is murder by the British state. http://bit.ly/XAEjEa '
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Roseline Akhalu's support page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/?ref=ts&fref=ts
We recommend you join and show your support.
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Out of sight, out of mind: The heartlessness of the Home Secretary:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-allen/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-_2_b_2228818.html
The case of Roseline and the cases of families broken up by the new, draconian rules (background here : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/introduction.html ), as well as those of London Metropolitan students facing effective deportation ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19419395 ) are interlinked and expose the true inhumanity of the implementation of the system.
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A petition in support of Roseline. Please sign!
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-transplant-patient-roseline-ak.html
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In the context of this case, it is also worthwhile reading this report from the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, from November :
http://icinspector.independent.gov.uk/the-independent-chief-inspector-publishes-a-report-on-the-uk-border-agencys-handling-of-legacy-asylum-and-migration-cases/
'Inefficiency, poor customer service and a lack of security and data checks were identified as key failings in the way the UK Border Agency’s dealt with the legacy of unresolved asylum cases. The findings were published in the Independent Chief Inspector’s report on the handling of legacy asylum and migration cases. The Chief Inspector also raised concerns that his findings did not correlate with the information that was provided by the Agency to Parliament.'
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'The flawed implementation of a policy change in July 2011, coupled with poor customer service, adversely affected a number of applicants. It led to lengthy and distressing delays for affected asylum applicants, including former unaccompanied asylum seeking children, whose cases should have been dealt with in a timely fashion.'
'Such was the inefficiency of this operation that at one point over 150 boxes of post, including correspondence from applicants, MPs and their legal representatives lay unopened in a room in Liverpool.'
http://www.newstatesman.com/alan-white/2013/01/trials-roseline-akhalu
'Why is the Home Office continuing this cruel and ludicrous campaign? It seems the department is concerned about growing case law that would facilitate health tourism. Under the present laws it is acceptable to deport someone even if they’ll become terminally ill on arrival in a new country, and this is why Rose’s case has been argued under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights: a right to a private and family life. But this is an exceptional case: is the fight against case law really worth a human being’s life, not to mention the massive legal cost? And as representatives from the National Kidney Foundation have said, donors would think their efforts were a waste of time if a recipient was allowed to die.'
A great piece on an appalling case - the Home Office seems determined to send a human being to her death, stalking her through the courts.
Thanks to https://twitter.com/aljwhite for raising this.
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Graduate with kidney failure at risk of deportation to Nigeria :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2013/jan/12/graduate-kidney-failure-risk-deported-nigeria-video?CMP=twt_gu
'Roseline Akhalu, a university graduate from Nigeria, was diagnosed with kidney failure a few months after arriving in the UK in 2004. After a successful transplant, the UK Border Agency rejected her claim to remain in the UK, but if sent back to Nigeria she will be unable to afford the life-saving drugs she needs.'
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https://twitter.com/DanRebellato tweets: 'Seriously, what the hell? How can this possibly be justified? This is murder by the British state. http://bit.ly/XAEjEa '
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Roseline Akhalu's support page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/315098168561449/?ref=ts&fref=ts
We recommend you join and show your support.
---
Out of sight, out of mind: The heartlessness of the Home Secretary:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-allen/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-_2_b_2228818.html
The case of Roseline and the cases of families broken up by the new, draconian rules (background here : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/introduction.html ), as well as those of London Metropolitan students facing effective deportation ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19419395 ) are interlinked and expose the true inhumanity of the implementation of the system.
---
A petition in support of Roseline. Please sign!
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-transplant-patient-roseline-ak.html
---
In the context of this case, it is also worthwhile reading this report from the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, from November :
http://icinspector.independent.gov.uk/the-independent-chief-inspector-publishes-a-report-on-the-uk-border-agencys-handling-of-legacy-asylum-and-migration-cases/
'Inefficiency, poor customer service and a lack of security and data checks were identified as key failings in the way the UK Border Agency’s dealt with the legacy of unresolved asylum cases. The findings were published in the Independent Chief Inspector’s report on the handling of legacy asylum and migration cases. The Chief Inspector also raised concerns that his findings did not correlate with the information that was provided by the Agency to Parliament.'
[...]
'The flawed implementation of a policy change in July 2011, coupled with poor customer service, adversely affected a number of applicants. It led to lengthy and distressing delays for affected asylum applicants, including former unaccompanied asylum seeking children, whose cases should have been dealt with in a timely fashion.'
'Such was the inefficiency of this operation that at one point over 150 boxes of post, including correspondence from applicants, MPs and their legal representatives lay unopened in a room in Liverpool.'
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