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    May 19, 2003 in Asylum and refugees

    Asylum seekers
    win human rights battle with government
    A high court judge has ruled that the human rights
    of three asylum seekers were breached when they were forced to
    sleep rough for days after being refused support by the National
    Asylum Support System, writes Clare
    Jerrom.
    Aug 1, 2003
    Plans
    surface to cut health services for those whose claims have
    failed
    Asylum seekers living in the UK more than a year
    after their applications have been rejected will no longer be
    entitled to non-urgent NHS treatment, under plans published by the
    Department of Health this week.
    Jul 31, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Directors
    doubt age judgement accuracy
    The Association of Directors of Social Services has
    warned of the difficulties in determining the age of asylum seekers
    after the High Court ruled that fairer investigations into age
    should be carried out by councils.
    Jul 24, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Extent of
    unmet need revealed
    More than a quarter of refugee and asylum-seeking
    children have significant unmet mental health needs, research
    published this week reveals.
    Jul 24, 2003 (Magazine) 
    First port
    of call
    The government’s first induction centre for asylum
    seekers has been operational for a year and a half. Anabel Unity
    Sale gained exclusive access to the centre and finds out what help
    and advice is provided as asylum seekers wait to be dispersed.
    Jul 24, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Give us the
    whole truth
    Immigration minister Beverley Hughes has conceded
    that the National Asylum Support Service, responsible for
    supporting and dispersing asylum seekers, has failed to “establish
    a clear strategy to provide purpose, direction and governance of
    its activities.” That’s Home Office-speak for “the whole thing’s a
    bit of a shambles” – a fact that those who deal with Nass have
    known for some time.
    Jul 24, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Review says
    asylum support service is failing in purpose and
    direction
    The government has failed to make public details of
    a critical review of the National Asylum Support Service, a move
    that only underlines its importance, Amy Taylor writes
    Jul 24, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Support for
    young who arrive alone
    Baaf Adoption and Fostering is to develop an
    information and advice service for unaccompanied asylum seeker
    children and young people in foster care.
    Jul 24, 2003 (Magazine) 
    ‘Community
    worries must be addressed’
    The government’s failure to address local concerns
    about the resettlement of asylum seekers is contributing to ill
    feeling and hostility, a new report suggests.
    Jul 17, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Policies
    worsen health of those with HIV, say Lords and MPs
    A “complete lack” of communication between the Home
    Office, the National Asylum Support Service and social services
    departments could result in the health of asylum seekers who are
    HIV positive deteriorating, a parliamentary report warned last
    week.
    Jul 17, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Poll reveals
    targets for public prejudice
    Asylum seekers, refugees, travellers and Roma
    people are the groups the public is most prejudiced against,
    according to a major new survey of public attitudes.
    Jul 17, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Councils must
    check age of asylum seekers
    A high court judge has ruled that local authorities
    must make a proper investigation into the age of young
    unaccompanied asylum seekers and not just go on the way they
    look.
    Jul 15, 2003
    Attitude
    problem
    The UK’s twitching suburban curtains hide a
    suspicious and misinformed people. So it’s time the media began to
    recognise the positive contribution made to this country by asylum
    seekers, writes Melissa Benn.
    Jul 10, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Child
    detentions ‘must be reviewed’
    Liberal Democrat MSP Robert Brown last week urged
    he Home Office to “review its policy” on detaining the children of
    asylum seekers, backing Community Care’s campaign aim to stop this
    practice.
    Jul 10, 2003 (Magazine) 
    The long
    walk to freedom
    For too long women asylum seekers and refugees have
    been invisible, locked away from British society through fear or
    abuse. But change is on the way as services recognise the
    contribution these women can make, reports Janet
    Snell.
    Jul 8, 2003
    New
    doctors’ contract to boost investment in asylum
    services
    Primary care services for refugees and asylum
    seekers will receive a boost following the overwhelming vote by the
    UK’s GPs in favour of a new contract, the government has
    predicted, writes Craig Kenny.
    Jul 3, 2003

    Wrexham
    riots lead to call for change
    Housing policy should be changed and greater
    support offered to refugees living in Wrexham after riots on a
    council estate there.
    Jul 3, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Delegates
    attack media over asylum
    Media coverage of asylum seekers came under attack
    from trade unionists last week as Unison delegates at their annual
    conference denounced newspaper reports linking refugees with
    criminality and abuses of the benefits system.
    Jun 26, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Housing body
    reveals extent of exploitation by private landlords
    The Chartered Institute of Housing is urging the
    government to examine why some housing agencies are unwilling or
    unable to provide accommodation to asylum seekers and
    refugees.
    Jun 26, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Story
    tellers
    Refugees often need to tell their painful stories
    through other people. But trained and trusted interpreters are in
    short supply, with potentially disastrous conseqeunces for asylum
    applicants. Natalie Valios reports.
    Jun 26, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Integrate or
    isolate
    As the government prepares another refugee
    integration strategy, Anabel Unity Sale looks at how the
    integration of new arrivals could be smoothed by a more inclusive
    approach to asylum seekers.
    Jun 19, 2003 (Magazine) 
    Sheffield
    united
    The asylum seekers team in Sheffield combines
    housing and social work expertise with a media-savvy approach to
    making its case for a compassionate attitude to refugees. Graham
    Hopkins reports.
    Jun 19, 2003 (Magazine) 

    Community Care
    calls on Tory leader to apologise for “inflammatory” language on
    asylum
    Community Care has written to Conservative leader
    Iain Duncan Smith urging him to apologise publicly for the
    “pejorative” language used by his MPs when referring to
    asylum seekers and refugees, writes Derren
    Hayes.
    Jun 18, 2003

    Processing
    system is ‘catastrophic’
    Immigration minister Beverley Hughes has admitted
    that the asylum system has been catastrophic in recent years and
    that the government’s inability to deal with the backlog of asylum
    applications in the UK has been attracting asylum seekers to the
    country.
    May 15, 2003

    Government
    told to reduce detention of child asylum seekers
    An influential group of MPs has told the government
    child asylum seekers should only be detained for short periods,
    writes Clare Jerrom.
    May 12, 2003

    Government
    claims rise of quarter in asylum seeker removals
    The government claims nearly a quarter more asylum
    seekers were removed from Britain in the last year compared to
    2001-02.

    May 8, 2003

    ‘Appeals
    system needs reform’
    Asylum and refugee organisations have urged the
    government to reform the asylum appeals process in evidence
    presented to MPs.

    May 1, 2003

    First
    forcible return of Afghan refugees
    About 20 failed Afghan asylum seekers were forcibly
    repatriated this week by the government despite concerns from
    refugee organisations that the country remains unsafe.
    May 1, 2003

    Kurds lose
    fight for harassment pay-out
    A family of asylum seekers who were racially
    harassed after being dispersed from London to a Glasgow housing
    estate have failed to win damages from the Home Office.

    Apr 24, 2003

    news
    analysis of damning inspection reports on removal
    centres
    Critical inspections of removal and reception
    centres have fuelled fears about the government’s strategy on
    asylum seekers, writes Sally Gillen.

    Apr 18, 2003 
    Long
    detention causes child trauma
    Children of asylum-seeking families who are
    detained in removal centres experience physical, mental and social
    harm, according to a new report by the charity Bail for Immigration
    Detainees.
    Apr 17, 2003
    Inspectors
    criticise five immigration centres for providing poor
    services
    Immigration centres housing unsuccessful asylum
    seekers are failing to provide appropriate mental health care for
    detainees or adequate services for children.

    Apr 10, 2003 

    Services
    fail detained asylum seekers
    Immigration centres housing unsuccessful asylum
    seekers are failing to provide appropriate mental health care for
    detainees or adequate services for children, according to the chief
    inspector of prisons, writes Anabel Unity
    Sale.
    Apr 8, 2003
    Fund set
    to toughen grant procedures
    The Community Fund has agreed to tighten up its
    grant-making procedures, following the publication of a National
    Audit Office review into its grant to an organisation for asylum
    seekers.

    Apr 3, 2003

    Asylum seeker
    with AIDS loses court fight to halt dispersal.
    A asylum seeker with Aids lost her High Court bid
    to stay in London this week, after she claimed that to be moved 200
    miles away under the dispersal scheme would be a breach of her
    human rights,writes Clare Jerrom.
    Apr 3, 2003
    Blunkett’s
    ‘zones of protection’ attacked
    Refugee campaigners have hit out at proposals by
    home secretary David Blunkett to develop “zones of protection” for
    asylum seekers outside the UK.
    Apr 3, 2003 

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