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Friday, April 18, 2008

Still Human Still Here: Mini Lobby of Parliament - Wednesday 14th May 2008

After a fantastic year of campaigning to end the destitution of refused asylum seekers a ‘mini lobby’ of Parliament by STAR and Amnesty members from across the UK will take place on Wednesday the 14th of May.

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Posted by Natasha King on 18/04/2008 at 12:17 PM
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Monday, March 03, 2008

RefugeeMap launched

STARs new interactive online resource for young people is starting to pick up speed. RefugeeMap – which was laucnhed earlier this spring – provides easily accessible information about refugees and volunteering for young people, but best of all, it is built by volunteers, for volunteers.

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Posted by Anita Davies on 03/03/2008 at 01:34 PM
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Campaigns Consultation Begins!

Thursday the 24th of April marked the beginning of STAR’s one month campaign consultation period; a chance for the National Support Office to get as much feedback as possible from student network on the 3 potential campaigns for 2008/09.

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Posted by Celia Turley on 30/04/2008 at 01:27 PM
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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 human 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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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

125+ sleep on the streets of Oxford for Action Day 2008.

Jenny Allsop from Oxford STAR details her experiences of a memorable Action Day 2008.

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Posted by Russell Brooks on 12/03/2008 at 03:47 PM
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Friday, March 07, 2008

Action Day 2008 - The Final Report!

Thanks to all your incredible efforts Action Day 2008 was quite simply, the best yet!

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Posted by Natasha King on 07/03/2008 at 12:15 PM
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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Action Day is today!

Today is the highly anticipated Action Day 2008 and looks like being our best Action Day ever! Find out more about what individual groups across the country have got planned for today….

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Posted by Natasha King on 06/03/2008 at 12:13 PM
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Why are we campaigning about the destitution of refused asylum seekers?

With so many campaign actions by the STAR network at the moment, particularly with Action Day just round the corner, here is a reminder of why are we campaigning in support of the Still Human Still Here campaign.

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Posted by Natasha King on 18/02/2008 at 12:10 PM
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