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  • 19 May 2010
    Concerns expressed over announcement of end to child detention

    Following the news of an end to child detention in Dungavel, a Scottish group have said this may just mean a transfer of the practice to England.

  • 27 Apr 2010
    Silenced voices: urgent action on asylum

    As the election campaign rumbles on, one voice is invariably missing whenever asylum and immigration comes up: the voice of asylum seekers. Anselme Noumbiwa is destined to be deported to Cameroon tomorrow morning. He will be forcibly removed, handcuffed and taken, restrained by the sheer force of at least two immigration officials, on a charter flight to return to mortal danger and torture. You can do something about this.

  • 26 Apr 2010
    Great ignored? Tories are only major party failing to make manifesto reference to asylum

    A quick analysis of the various positions of the parties contained in their manifestos on asylum finds Labour making a very bland reference and the Conservatives making no reference at all (the 'Great Ignored'?). This is despite the Tory manifesto running to over 100 pages. The other parties do better with the exception of Plaid, who also make no mention, and UKIP whose policy is based largely on detention. The Lib Dems promise to let asylum seekers work and end the detention of children, and the Greens promise to end destitution - all policies strongly supported by the churches.

  • 25 Mar 2010
    UKIP and the BNP - What's the difference?

    UKIP is generally treated as respectable and fairly mainstream, while the BNP is demonised. But is there really much difference between them? I decided to compare their policies and found that they were even more similar than I expected.

  • 13 Jan 2009
    Broaden the Geneva Convention on Refugees
  • 28 Nov 2008
    Sentamu attacks Woolas' comments on asylum

    The Archbishop of York has joined other church leaders and criticised recent comments by Government minister Phil Woolas. Dr John Sentamu said recent comments by Mr Woolas were wrong.

  • 19 Nov 2008
    Immigration Minister has the wrong target on asylum

    Immigration Minister Phil Woolas should be publicly investigating his own government's bias against asylum seekers rather than attacking charities, human rights groups and lawyers for giving vulnerable people support, says the religion and society think tank Ekklesia.

  • 1 Nov 2008
    Scottish church says government listening, as asylum distress goes on

    A Church of Scotland official has welcomed the British government's response to its concerns about the Dungavel asylum detention centre, but churches remain deeply disturbed by the official treatment of those seeking refuge in the UK.

  • 30 Sep 2008
    Christian protest camp outside Westminster begins

    Two Christian campaigners from Manchester have begun a 2-week protest camp outside the Houses of Parliament to call on MPs to help change UK policies that are making refused asylum seekers destitute.

  • 29 Jul 2008
    UK government grants asylum to Nigerian gay Christian activist

    Davis MacIyalla, director of the lesbian and gay rights group Changing Attitude Nigeria, has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. Mr Davis has been subject to a range of attacks and death threats for his Christian work.