Immigration - new material (53)
01 May 2001
Mugak no 14 (January/March) 2001, Centro de Estudios y Documentacion sobre el racismo y la xenofobia, pp59 [700 Ptas].
This issue looks at the recent struggle by sans-papiers, conducted through demonstrations, lock-ins and opposition to the new Aliens' Law (Ley de Extranjeria). This marks a shift from previous initiatives, largely conducted by local people or groups of "legal" immigrants, and led to the establishment of a "Papers for All" platform (Papers per a tothom), and to increased cooperation between different migrant groups. Details of the protests, demands and negotiations with government, including the agreements which were made, are reported. The magazine also includes criticism of the Spanish government's immigration agreement with Ecuador, continuing deaths in the Strait of Gibraltar, and racist discourse voiced by politicians, particularly Heriberto Barrera, a PSOE representative in the Andalusian regional parliament. Available from: Mugak, Pena y Goni, 13-1 20002 San Sebastian.
Migrations Societe vol 13 no 74 (March-April) 2001, CIEMI [60 Fr].
Issue dealing with the position and social mobility of young French women of Algerian origin as well as developments in European immigration following the Nice summit. Looks at the new French visa policy, regularisation in southern European countries, the consequences on central Europe of a new EC migration policy, the composition of the Chinese community in Paris and the German policy towards Aussiedlers. Available from: Centre d'information et d'etudes sur les migrations internationales, 46, rue de Montreuil - 75011 Paris, France.
Migrations Societe vol 13 no 75-76 (May-August) 2001, CIEMI [60 Fr].
Includes a dossier on a meeting on "Integration in relation to discrimination and exclusion" in Cergy-Pontoise university which includes discussion on the issues of citizenship, family rights, discrimination, family strategies in schooling, racial discrimination, immigrants' participation in trade unions and housing. Includes articles on Italian immigration in Alsace-Lorraine until the first world war, and on mosques as part of public space in France.
Infodienst des Bayerischen Flüchtlingsrates, No 79 (May?June) 2001, DM5, pp38.
This "information service" by the Bavarian Refugee Council includes legal updates on asylum issues in Germany, as well as regular campaign updates and press cuttings. Pro Asyl has started a nationwide campaign for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, refugees threatened with deportation are informed about how to stop their deportation "at the last minute", while country reports in this issue concentrate on Angola, Syria and Turkey. Available from: Bayerischer Flüchtlingsrat e.V., Valleystr. 42, 81371 Munich, Tel: 0049?89?762234, Fax: 0049?89?762236, e?mail:bfr@IBU.DE.
Kurdistan Report no 30 (winter) 2000, pp93 [£2.80].
This Report looks at how the arrest of Ocalan may turn into a "Trojan Horse" for Turkey, due to increased international visibility of the Kurdish struggle. An open letter from the Kurdistan National Congress to President Ahmed Necdet Sezer gives an historical overview of the Kurdish problem, and documents abuse and highlights issues which need to be resolved. Also includes discussions, both at a national and EU level, on possible developments, an update on the situation of Ocalan and his appeal to the ECHR, an interview with Baroness Sarah Ludford, a report released by the Human Rights Association of Turkey for the first half of 2000 concerning human rights violations and an analysis of German asylum policy towards the Kurds. There is a round-up of developments in Britain (Angel Heights 7, a stabbing in Hull, Kurdish Women Action Against Honour Killings meeting), extended coverage of the controversy surrounding the highly contentious Ilisu dam, and of developments in Iraqi Kurdistan, particularly with regards to Turkish policy. Available from: Kurdistan Solidarity Committee<