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Refugee News

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Asylum Dialogues – the brand new play from Actors for Human Rights

Launched during Refugee Week with performances in Bristol, Derby, Liverpool and London, Asylum Dialogues is a newly scripted production by Sonja Linden, performed by Actors for Human Rights (previously Actors for Refugees) in conjunction with Refugee Action.

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Posted by Natasha King on 03/07/2008 at 01:59 PM
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

United Nations in Trafalgar Square

It was notable timing: the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) conference – held on 18th June took place two days before World Refugee Day and within Refugee Week. Celia, campaigns intern at STAR, was there to witness an open debate held as part of the conference, hosted by the Canadian High Commission, with support from the Department for International Development (DfID) and the discussion chaired by Channel Four News’s Jon Snow.

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Posted by Natasha King on 01/07/2008 at 01:24 PM
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Saving Sanctuary: The IAC launches its first report of conclusions and reccommendations

The first of three reports of conclusions and recommendations by the Independent Asylum Commission (IAC) was launched last Tuesday at 19 Princelet Street in London’s East End.

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Posted by Natasha King on 28/05/2008 at 09:33 AM
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

New Judgment Rules Denial of Healthcare Unlawful

Rules banning refused asylum seekers from accessing free NHS care have been deemed unlawful by the High Court.

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Posted by Natasha King on 15/04/2008 at 01:54 PM
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Monday, April 14, 2008

People power puts citizenship on the mayoral agenda

Wednesday 9th April saw 2,500 Londoners from across the capital fill the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster in a unique event to hold the London Mayoral candidates to account.

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Posted by Natasha King on 14/04/2008 at 12:26 PM
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Friday, April 04, 2008

An asylum system that “falls seriously below the standards of a humane and civilised society”.

An independent and impartial review of the UK’s asylum system has concluded that two years on from the then Home Secretary John Reid’s infamous speech, the UK’s asylum system is still ‘not fit for purpose’.

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Posted by Natasha King on 04/04/2008 at 04:19 PM
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Access to healthcare for refused asylum seekers

The Government is currently considering charging refused asylum seekers and undocumented migrants for NHS primary health care, effectively denying thousands of vulnerable migrants access to healthcare entirely. And a campaign is developing to oppose these changes.

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Posted by Natasha King on 24/01/2008 at 01:53 PM
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Friday, October 12, 2007

STAR joins Parliament Square Darfur Rally

On October 4th STAR’s Chief Executive Katherine Blaker joined a number of other high profile speakers in Parliament Square, to call on the Home Office to stop sending Darfuri victims of ethnic cleansing back to Khartoum.

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Posted by Natasha King on 12/10/2007 at 01:51 PM
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Scottish Parliament Get Positive About Refugees

Top marks to the Scottish Parliament for showing their support for refugees and asylum seekers! A very encouraging debate was held by the Scottish Parliament last week that showed a commitment to both child protection and the integration of asylum seekers into Scotland.

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Posted by Natasha King on 13/09/2007 at 01:48 PM
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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Save ESOL: Latest

The fight is not over and the Save ESOL campaign continues to grow.

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Posted by Natasha King on 28/07/2007 at 01:46 PM
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