News reviews 2007
Refugee Council news reviews from 2007.
- News review, 4 - 17 December Plans to stop refused asylum seekers using GP services widely criticised; UN announces aid plan for returning Iraqi refugees; Australia moves to end the 'Pacific Solution'; Restrictions on resettlement of Iraqi interpreters emerge; plus Paddington Bear is questioned over his immigration status!
- News review, 20 November - 3 December A review of his case grants asylum to a Burmese dissident; Use of wooden staves at an immigration removal centre criticised; Iraqi asylum claims up this quarter while some of those who fled to Syria start to return; final hearing of the Independent Asylum Commission; plus further news and comment.
- News review, 6 - 19 November The House of Lords rules that Darfuris can be deported to Khartoum, overturning a court of appeal decision; the UK is charged with not living up to its responsibility on Iraqi refugees; the Home Office fears privately-run detention centres may be covering-up allegations of assault; trade unions are to campaign for the right-to-work of asylum seekers; plus much more.
- News review, 23 October - 5 November This news review covers a three day refugee rights march in Yorkshire, a report on the need for free English lessons, loopholes which mean people are still being returned to Zimbabwe and the concerns of smaller refugee charities over funding sources drying up.
- News review, 9 - 22 October This week we report on the IAC hearings in Manchester and look at the latest on the refugee situation in Iraq and an update on Burmese refugees. We also look at detention and destitution in Scotland. The news review also reports on Emma Thompson piece in the Mirror and the Refugee Council’s new report on refugee integration.
- News review, 25 September - 8 October As Gordon Brown announces asylum and financial help for Iraqi interpreters, we look at other Iraqis who haven’t been so lucky. Also in this news review: British guards accused of assaulting deportees; deported Darfuris talk of subsequent torture; Asylum seekers and HIV; accusations of government hypocrisy on asylum and more.
- News review, 11 - 24 September The latest news review looks at ongoing developments in Iraq, where 2 million are now displaced internally as well as in neighbouring countries. It also looks at new evidence of the torture of deportees to Congo, refugee unemployment, the Independent Asylum Commission in Yorkshire, the Gatwick 'No Border' camp - plus coverage of the Refugee Council at the party conferences.
- News review, 14 August - 10 September The latest news review looks at the Liberal Democrat call for a selective amnesty for undocumented immigrants, amongst other immigration policies. It also highlights a new development over deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo, some recent asylum statistics, and criticisms of the fast-track asylum process.
- News reviews, January - August 2007 Archived news reviews dated January to August 2007.
