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UK: Public spending cuts savage asylum dispersal system

Dispersal policies are polarising city councils, with some having their contracts terminated and others abdicating their responsibilities to house asylum seekers.

Published
28 January 2011
From
Institute of Race Relations
UK health services
UK: HPA launches online resource to help GPs and nurses care for migrant patients

The Migrant Health Guide is intended to be a "one stop shop" for information to support GPs and nurses in assessing and treating migrant patients, in recognition of the fact that these patients sometimes have health needs which are more complex than those of UK born patients.

Published
26 January 2011
From
Health Protection Agency
Immigration
A major blow to the Dublin System: Returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human Rights

"This judgment is a major blow to the Dublin system. The assumption that all EU Member States respect fundamental rights and that it is therefore safe to automatically transfer asylum seekers between EU countries no longer stands."

Published
24 January 2011
From
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
Immigration
Agencies sign accord to improve access to HIV services for migrants

A new cooperation agreement has been signed by the UN agency dealing with HIV and AIDS, (UNAIDS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to improve access to HIV services for migrants. UNAIDS and IOM sign agreement The agreement seeks to

Published
21 January 2011
From
United Nations Radio
Immigration
Immigration and asylum policy in the UK: the Coalition Government’s plans

A briefing paper summarized recent government statements about its intentions for immigration and asylum policy, and specific changes that it had already introduced. Many of the government's proposals (particularly those aimed at minimizing abuse) are in a similar vein to measures adopted by Labour in the run-up to the 2010 general election: those on numerical limits for economic migrants, and for a border police force, are notable differences.

Published
20 January 2011
From
House of Commons Library briefing paper
UK health services
UK: Access to Primary Health Care for migrants is a right worth defending

As the NHS faces up to the realities of the Government cuts, calls to restrict further migrants’ access to free NHS services, are growing. This is not something new, but the evidence suggests that excluding migrants would actually increase costs, leave all of us at greater risk of ill health, and undermine the integrity of the NHS.

Published
17 January 2011
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Immigration
France: minimal abuse of free healthcare for undocumented migrants; reforms will undermine public health

A French government enquiry has been unable to substantiate allegations by right-wing politicians that an increase in spending on free healthcare for undocumented migrants is

Published
12 January 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Immigration
A cashless life for UK asylum seekers

Campaign and support groups are stepping up their lobbying against the Azure card - a cashless payment system for asylum seekers - which leaves thousands in extreme poverty.

Published
23 December 2010
From
Institute of Race Relations
Immigration
Immigration lawyers set out arguments against UK legal aid cuts

Under the proposals there will be no more Legal Aid for immigration cases (other than asylum, getting people out of detention and national security cases). This means no Legal Aid for people seeking leave to remain for health related reasons, no matter how poor they are.

Published
16 December 2010
From
Institute of Race Relations
Immigration
UNDP report: Grim prospects for departed HIV positive migrants in South Asia

The United Nations Development Programme today launched a report that for the first time examines the linkages between migration and HIV in South Asia. The publication illustrates a general absence of support services and treatment for HIV for migrants in all South Asian countries, and points to large gaps in the HIV response. 

Published
30 November 2010
From
UNDP
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