Immigration - new material (48)
01 June 2000
Control of immigration: statistics United Kingdom, second half and year 1999, Keith Jackson and Rod McGregor. Statistical Bulletin Issue 11/00 (Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate) 22.6.00, ISSN 1358-510X, pp29. Among other statistics this bulletin includes acceptance rates for settlement (by nationality, legal category), numbers of illegal entries and deportations, www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm; publication.rds@ homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Roma Rights European Roma Rights Centre, no 1, 2000, pp86. This issue focuses on women's rights and a "variety of excellent authors have weighed in on this often misunderstood, often contested issue". Includes a roundtable discussion on the role of women in Romani society, and articles on female power in Muslim Romani rituals, domestic violence and forced sterilisation of Romani women in former Czechoslovakia. Also includes sections on advocacy, legal defence cases, a special Kosovo update and useful "snapshots from around Europe". Available from ERRC, 1386 Budapest 62, P.O. Box 906/93, Hungary; Tel 0036-1-428-2351; Fax 0036-1428-2356; 100263.1130@compuserve.com; http://errc.org
InExile Refugee Council, June 2000, pp29. Finding a lack in the asylum debate regarding why people are forced to migrate, this issue looks at flight reasons. It compiles information on human rights abuses around the world. In its now regular feature "disperse!", there are news items from across the UK, many of them reporting on racist attacks and far-right activities focusing on asylum hostels. The editorial considers the UK's "routine use of detention" as a human rights abuse which has been consistently criticised by the UNHCR. Available from: Beatrice Baided, 3 Bondway, London SW8 IS]; Tel 0044-20-7820-3042.
Migrations Europe. Centre d'information et d'etudes sur les migrations internationales, vol 12 nos 69-70, (May-August) 2000, ppl74. This issue which deals with several aspects of
"integration" and the attitudes of different religious bodies in relation to the French (and Turkish) state's lay tradition. Other topics include immigration and nationality laws in Greece, nineteenth century slavery in Brazil, the regularisation of "sans-papiers" in Belgium and an outline of the potential development of a French-style Islam.
African refugees needs analysis. African Refugee Network, October 1999, pp31. This "needs analysis" concentrates on African refugees in Ireland and covers four areas: integration into Irish society, including experience of personal and institutional racism, education and training, accommodation and health. Based on interviews with 40 refugees, the research found discrimination in all areas. Around 87% of those interviewed had experienced racism, their legal status was as a rule insecure and the interviewees were found to suffer from anxiety and fear. The report stresses the importance of the right to work, legal aid, more support mechanisms and demands "strictly enforced anti-racist legislation" as a requirement for the well-being of refugees and asylumseekers in Ireland. Includes useful statistics on refugees in Ireland and a critique of the 1999 Immigration Bill. Available from: ARN, 90 Meath Street, Dublin 8, Ireland; tel. 00353-1-473-4523; fax 00353-1454-0745; arn@yahoo.com.
Kriminalisierung im Grenzregime (Criminalisation on the borders). Off limits, 1/2000, pp48. This issue concentrates on criminalisation methods around the border areas of Europe. It includes articles on the role of the German Federal Border Guards (BGS) in criminalising refugees and migrants, the death of seven clandestine migrants who died during a BGS car chase in 1999 and racism in the German courts. Also considers the border regime at Dover and other European shores. Available from: offlimits, Hospitalstr 109, 22767 Hamburg, Germany; Tel: 0049-40-38614016; Redaktion@offlimits.de, www.offlimits.de.
Newsletter. National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, Issue 19 (J