Asylum Update 11th February 2010
11 February 2010
Research
Time well-spent: The importance of the one-to-one relationship between advice workers and their clients is a report by the Council on Social Action, with contributions from Refugee and Migrant Justice.
Surveying Hard to Reach Groups – final report by the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust (NWMHFT) on behalf of NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney (NHS GYW).
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has published a report on The Nature and Extent of Human Trafficking in Northern Ireland
Fast and fair? is a new report from the parliamentary ombudsman reviewing complaints against the UK Borders Agency over the last three years. See Guardian coverage.
Exploring older women's citizenship: understanding the impact of migration in later life by Joanne Cook reports on research conducted with black Caribbean, Irish, Chinese and Somali older women migrants in Sheffield, as part of the Older Women's Lives and Voices Study.
You Can't Put Me In A Box: Super-diversity and the end of identity politics in Britain a paper by Simon Fanshawe and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah published by ippr.
No voice, little choice. The Somali housing emergency in north and east London a report by Mohamed Aden Hassan, Hannah Lewis and Sue Luke, published by Karin Housing Association. See RAL summary.
The National Coalition of Deportation Campaigns has published data on levels of self-harm in immigration detention in 2009.
New UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Ethiopia
Law and Policy
Reforming Asylum Support – response to the UKBA consultation from the Local Government Association (LGA), the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). See also response by the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Eurasylum interview: Climate change and migration: impacts and policy responses part of a special series on ”the future of migration: building capacities for change” by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Eurasylum.
Amnesty International has launched a new strategy aimed at ending female genital mutilation.
News
Female detainees have been involved in a large scale hunger strike at Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre. Asylum Seekers and Refugees Female detainees have been involved in a large scale hunger strike at Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre. See press coverage
Events
Monday 15 February conference: Shedding the Single Tier: The New Immigration Appeals System 2010 Speakers include Mark Ockelton, Deputy President of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
Saturday 20 February 2010: From Destitution to Empowerment: an EU agenda for change - a day conference on the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK and Europe. Organised by Jesuit Refugee Service.
Thursday 25 February 2010, Birmingham: Addressing high levels of unemployment of migrants who are Third-Country Nationals national seminar by the IMPACT project (Integrating Migrants through the Provision of Adaptability and Competence Training)