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April 22, 2005
Refugee Council’s response to Tony Blair’s speech on asylum and immigration
In response to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s speech on asylum and immigration today Maeve…
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April 20, 2005
UN says Tory plans will boost flow of asylum seekers
Source: The Guardian (20 April 05)Authors: Patrick Wintour, Alan Travis and Nicholas Watt The…
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April 11, 2005
Britain could be contravening the Geneva convention by forcing asylum seekers to go home
Source: From The Observer (10 April 05)Authors: Jamie Doward and Sri Carmichael The planes…
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April 11, 2005
UNHCR Letter to MPS: ‘Asylum & Refugees Pre-election Talking Points’
Written by Anne Dawson-Shepherd, UNHCR Representative to the United Kingdom on 6 April 2005. Dear MP,…
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April 6, 2005
Desperately seeking a fair hearing
Source: Guardian Unlimited “At the root of the problem is an asylum system which still…
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April 1, 2005
UNHCR Press release: ‘UK must share, not shift asylum burden’
Released by UNHCR External Affairs on 08 April 2005 As campaigning for UK elections gets underway…
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March 23, 2005
Refugee Council responds to the Chief Inspector of Prisons report into short term holding centres
In response to the Chief Inspector of Prisons report into short term holding centres Maeve Sherlock,…
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March 23, 2005
Refugee Council responds to the Constitutional Affairs Committee’s report into funding for asylum and immigration appeals
In response to the Constitutional Affairs Committee’s report into changes to funding for asylum and immigration…
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March 21, 2005
My life as an immigrant
Date: 20 March 2005Source: The Observer Zenobia Biggs, 60, of Siddington, near MacclesfieldI…
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March 17, 2005
Refugee Council announces conference on the challenges, changes and choices facing refugee women
Solicitor General Harriet Harman MP is to speak at ‘Challenges, Changes, Choices’, a Refugee Council conference…
