Asylum Update August 20th 2009
20 August 2009
Research
Health care for refused asylum seekers: evidence over ideology by E. Pool; H. Preston et all, in Lancet London, Vol 374, No 9688.
Psychological distress amongst immigration detainees: A cross-sectional questionnaire study by K.Robjant; I.Robbins, V. Senior. In British Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 48, Part 3.
Asylum Procedures: Report on Policies and Practices in IGC States edited by Geraldine Wong, Published by the Inter-governmental Consultation on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC)
Transnational Judicial Dialogue, Harmonization and the Common European Asylum System by Dr Hélène Lambert in International and Comparative Law Quarterly Vol 58, part 3.
Two articles in the International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, Vol 5, No 1:
- Community Activism and Empowerment of Turkish-Speaking Migrant Women in London by Eleni Hatzidimitriadou and Sakine Gülfem Çakir.
- Culturally Competent Health Promotion: The Potential of Participatory Video for Empowering Migrant and Minority Ethnic Communities by Lai Fong Chiu.
Integration: Building a life in the UK is a Refugee Council Conference Report. See also the conference recommendations
Policy and Law
A recent Court of Appeal decision has determined that fresh claims are covered by the Reception Directive, which means asylum seekers in that position are able to apply for permission to work after twelve months. This ruling is being challenged by the Home Secretary at the House of Lords.
See Refugee Council briefing to expand on this and more court decisions affecting asylum seeker's entitlement to work and UKBA reception condition guidelines
UK Border Agency Consultation on the Oversight of the Immigration Advice Sector has now closed.
See responses by Refugee Council and Asylum Support Partnership
UNHCR has published new guidelines to assist asylum decision-making on the international protection needs of asylum seekers from Afghanistan
Events
Wednesday 10th September, 2.30pm - 4.30pm: Second Refugee Oral and Community History Discussion Forum, by the Refugee Stories Project. To attend RSVP to Frohar Poya
Saturday 12th September, 12-3 pm: Forum on Citizenship at Praxis. Free attendance. For information contact Jamima Kanlungan
Tuesday 15th September, 6:00pm -10:30pm: Myths and realities 1: Migration and Integration. British Library Conference Centre
Resources
New guidance to help improve housing services for refugees and migrants by the Chartered Institute for Housing (CIH) and the Housing Associations' Charitable Trust (HACT)