"I have never welcomed the weakening of family ties by politics or pressure" - Nelson Mandela.
"He who travels for love finds a thousand miles no longer than one" - Japanese proverb.
"Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence." - Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
"When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change". -
David Cameron.

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Today's links

BBC News quoted Grayling as saying: "We are changing the system so it cannot be used anymore as a cheap delaying tactic."

http://www.ein.org.uk/news/grayling-announce-judicial-review-changes-today

http://www.freemovement.org.uk/ says : 'Thought it was being scrapped because it was so expensive? '

Chris Grayling's attack on judicial reviews is itself 'meritless' :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/23/chris-grayling-judicial-reviews

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7486 signatures!

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/theresa-may-don-t-force-me-to-give-birth-without-my-husband
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A YOUNG asylum seeker is fighting for her life after trying to kill herself days before she was due to be deported.

May Brown, who fled her home country in 2009 and now lives in Weymouth with her British husband, feared she would be murdered if she was sent back to Nigeria.

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10372431.Deportation_threat_student_fights_for_life_after_suicide_attempt/
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Dutch Court asks Court of Justice to rule on the limits of verification of the sexual orientation of asylum seekers.

http://europeanlawblog.eu/?p=1720
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Nepal: 'I was 14 when I was sold'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22250772
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North Korea: Defectors adjust to life abroad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22209894
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Interesting banking blog.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog

By the author of 'Bankers: An anthropological study' :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/14/bankers-anthropological-study-joris-luyendijk
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https://twitter.com/MBEGriffiths tweets :
‘What does Europe want from us?’ The shocking experiences of migrants detained for months in Greece.
http://livewire.amnesty.org/2013/04/23/what-does-europe-want-from-us-migrants-detained-for-months-on-end-in-greece/


https://twitter.com/19pst tweets :
St George's Day. Typically English saint: mixed heritage, born abroad, complex loyalties..

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