Across The Border Line
Five actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in August 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s latest bulletin CrisisWatch 85
Deteriorated Situations: Bahrain, Kashmir, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Ireland, Somalia
Bahrain: Ongoing security crackdown ahead of 23 Oct parliamentary elections; 230 people reported arrested, including Shiite opposition leader Abduljalil al-Singace, charged 30 Aug with attempting to overthrow govt; govt said detainees arrested for security and terrorism violations, not for expressing dissident political views. Arrests fuelled almost daily sectarian clashes between security forces and Shiite …
Five actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in August 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s latest bulletin CrisisWatch 85
Deteriorated Situations: Bahrain, Kashmir, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Ireland, Somalia
Bahrain: Ongoing security crackdown ahead of 23 Oct parliamentary elections; 230 people reported arrested, including Shiite opposition leader Abduljalil al-Singace, charged 30 Aug with attempting to overthrow govt; govt said detainees arrested for security and terrorism violations, not for expressing dissident political views. Arrests fuelled almost daily sectarian clashes between security forces and Shiite …
Control Of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom, April/May/June 2010
Key points:
Removals down 14%
Detention down 15%
Asylum applications down 28%
115 Children entered detention, 140 left, 50% of these children (70) were returned to their communities
6,130 people left detention, 3,935 were removed, 2,195 returned to their communities.
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Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom – Second Quarter 2010
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Removals and voluntary departures
In Q2 2010, 14,130 persons were removed or departed voluntarily from the UK, 14 per cent lower than in Q2 2009 (16,345).
There …
Mother and Children required to deport themselves
Mildred Okpara and her two young children and baby are still in their Sheffield accommodation. They have received a letter from UKBA to report to Heathrow airport on Thursday the 2nd September.
Kirklees Refugee Forum are supporting a campaign to keep the family in Sheffield and would like your presence (if possible) in Sheffield this Friday.
Join the protest outside the Home Office UK Border Agency
Keep the Okpara family safe in Sheffield!
Come and join us on the demonstration and bring as many people as possible. Please …
Justice for Rabar Hamad - Say no to his deportation 01/09/10
Rabar Hamad, was captured last Friday and is now in Colnbrook IRC. And due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday 1st September 2010 by Charter Flight.
We are a group of staff at Breeze Hill School in Oldham, fighting to prevent the deportation of Rabar Hamd to Iraq. Rabar came to our school a year ago. He was incorrectly, in our opinion, age assessed as 18 on arrival in the UK and after almost a year reassessed medically …
The redesigned UK passport, now featuring strengthened security features and iconic images from across the nation, was unveiled today by Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service Sarah Rapson.
The new 10 year passport will be issued from October, with pages of the passport containing well-known UK scenes, including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula, Ben Nevis and the Giant’s Causeway.
The use of these images, recreated through special printing techniques, is just one of a number of enhanced security features contained in the passport, which will give UK …
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