Asylum

Human rights and UK immigration & asylum policy.
A series of clips documenting a workshop at the Westminster International Law and Theory Centre (http://www.wmin.ac.uk/law/page-661) attended by some of the most active academics and practitioneres in the field who shared their past and present experiences of the immigration and asylum system (both national and regipnal) and presented their ongoing work on various projects.

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A series of clips documenting a workshop at the Westminster International Law and Theory Centre (http://www.wmin.ac.uk/law/page-661) attended by some of the most active academics and practitioneres in the field who shared their past and present experiences of the immigration and asylum system (both national and regipnal) and presented their ongoing work on various projects.

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A series of clips documenting a workshop at the Westminster International Law and Theory Centre (http://www.wmin.ac.uk/law/page-661) attended by some of the most active academics and practitioneres in the field who shared their past and present experiences of the immigration and asylum system (both national and regipnal) and presented their ongoing work on various projects.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres speaks about the need to protect the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the United States, including those detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The keynote speech was delivered during the 10th Annual Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards, a benefit for Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center, on June 19, 2009, in Chicago, IL.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres speaks about the need to protect the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the United States, including those detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The keynote speech was delivered during the 10th Annual Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards, a benefit for Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center, on June 19, 2009, in Chicago, IL.

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The UNHCR needs greater support …..at least some of the 78 Sri Lankans aboard the Oceanic Viking have been in Indonesia for years and have already been granted refugee status, it seems, on the basis of the limited information available, that the UNHCR system needs more international support for placing refugees…..

‘The Australian’ has argued consistently for an increase in the numbers of refugees admitted to this country via the established resettlement process. In regional forums we should be pushing for other nations to increase their intakes, too, just as nations are being asked to be responsible global citizens on climate change. Those assessed as refugees should not have to languish for years….. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/ 0,25197,26290738-16741,00.html

INDONESIA is not a refugee ‘dumping ground’ – An Indonesian provincial governor refused Tuesday to allow an Australian customs vessel to unload 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, saying Indonesia is not a “dumping ground” for refugees. Opposition to the arrival of the migrants came as Australia stressed it was not trying to push asylum-seekers back onto Indonesia, the main transit country for migrants hoping to reach Australia by boat…..

Indonesia agreed to take the Sri Lankans on humanitarian grounds after the Australian navy rescued them off the Indonesian island of Sumatra last week. But the governor of Riau Islands province, where the migrants are expected to be housed in a detention centre while their refugee claims are processed, said they were Australia’s problem….. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7X8CS3?OpenDocument

The United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is an international convention that defines who is a refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the key legal document in defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of states. The 1967 Protocol removed geographical and temporal restrictions…. http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49da0e466.html

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In Indonesia, it is common to wait two to three years to be determined as a refugee, but with little prospect of third country resettlement, the report, by Australian lawyer and refugee advocate Jessie Taylor, says.

Less than 1 per cent of the world’s refugees were resettled in third countries in 2008….. Ms Taylor visited 11 places of detention in Indonesia in July, and interviewed 250 people. ”Beatings usually occur after escapes from detention facilities, as a ‘punishment’ of remaining detainees for the escape of others,” the report continues.

Among the 2000 people held in prisons, detention centres and compounds across the country, there are refugees once granted temporary protection in Australia, the report says. http://www.theage.com.au/national/asylum-seekers-beaten-in-indonesia-20091103-hva8.html

http://www.actnow.com.au/Stories/Jessie_Taylor_wants_to_clean_up_detention_centers.aspx

Sub-Regional Operations Profile – East Asia and the Pacific – In INDONESIA, the authorities are cooperating with UNHCR in preparation for the country’s accession to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol….. http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e487af6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Oceanic_Viking

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Herer’s a trailer of Nick Broomfield’s short film for Amnesty International on the issue of destitute refused asylum seekers in the UK. Amnesty is campaigning to end the scandal of destitution of refused asylum seekers. Watch the entire documentary and take action at http://www.amnesty.org.uk/asylum

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Herer’s a trailer of Nick Broomfield’s short film for Amnesty International on the issue of destitute refused asylum seekers in the UK. Amnesty is campaigning to end the scandal of destitution of refused asylum seekers. Watch the entire documentary and take action at http://www.amnesty.org.uk/asylum

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Clement is a trade unionist from Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa. He is seeking political asylum in the U.S. and needs your help.

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Clement is a trade unionist from Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa. He is seeking political asylum in the U.S. and needs your help.

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