Below is a link to a really nice and happy story to give you a smile at the end of your week.
It seemed truly miraculous and a really lovely life story not often heard in the news:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/asylum/reunited-two-year-old-son-they-thought-had-perished/20121026
Friday, 26 October 2012
Friday, 19 October 2012
What do you think?
Below is a link to an interesting article I was interested what our readers think:
http://en.ria.ru/world/20121019/176736839.html
Have a read and comment what you think?
Jess
- How important is langauge and terms when immigrants are discussed in the media?
- Will these terms every change?
- How do they influence stereotypes?
http://en.ria.ru/world/20121019/176736839.html
Have a read and comment what you think?
Jess
Friday, 5 October 2012
Blog waiting for new co-ordinator
This blog has been quiet for a while now. That's because our previous co-ordinator accepted a place on a Masters degree. I've had over 10 students interested in volunteering to take on various roles in press gang so normal service should be resumed shortly.
Peter Richardson, Director, LASSN
Peter Richardson, Director, LASSN
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
New One Planet Leeds Newsletter Available NOW!
Finally, and (just about) in time for Refugee Week, the latest Summer Edition of One Planet Leeds is ready for reading! We've got some paper copies to distribute, but we've also created a very web-friendly edition - even with an additional article - that we're publishing today.
ONE PLANET LEEDS - SUMMER EDITION, 2012
So have a look at the new edition and let us know what you think! There's also a very helpful guide to the different Refugee Week events happening over the next few days at the back of the newsletter.
ONE PLANET LEEDS - SUMMER EDITION, 2012
So have a look at the new edition and let us know what you think! There's also a very helpful guide to the different Refugee Week events happening over the next few days at the back of the newsletter.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Female Asylum Seekers Failed by the UKBA
Over the past few days, we've seen a huge amount of media coverage of Women for Refugee Women's brilliant report detailing the UKBA and Home Office's failure to support and protect women seeking asylum in the UK.
The reported revealed that 74% of women seeking asylum in the UK are refused at first decision, despite the fact that 50% of all female applicants were victims of rape, and another 50% have experienced arrest or imprisonment.
Of those who were refused asylum, two thirds were consequently made destitute. A further 56% of these individuals had to sleep rough, 16% experienced sexual violence and 18% were forced into unpaid labour for food or shelter.
The psychological impact of both detention and destitution is hard to ignore. Half of the women questioned for the report had thought about killing themselves whilst battling with our fickle asylum system.
This is not a UK specific phenomena; female asylum seekers all across the EU are faced with asylum systems that continually fail to acknowledge and protect their rights as weomne. In an article written today by Asylum Aid's Communications and Public Affairs Office, Russell Hargrave, the multiple discrepancies in asylum legislation across European countries were blamed for the EU's inability to provide sufficient support and sanctuary for women fleeing persecution:
Women for Refugee Women - 'Refused' (full report).
The Scotsman - 'Asylum 'needs to address rape issue' - 28/5/2012
Left Foot Forward - 'Poor standards persist across Europe for women seeking asylum' - 30/5/2012
Women's Hour, 28/5/2012 (interview withe a woman who was refused asylum in UK)
The reported revealed that 74% of women seeking asylum in the UK are refused at first decision, despite the fact that 50% of all female applicants were victims of rape, and another 50% have experienced arrest or imprisonment.
Of those who were refused asylum, two thirds were consequently made destitute. A further 56% of these individuals had to sleep rough, 16% experienced sexual violence and 18% were forced into unpaid labour for food or shelter.
The psychological impact of both detention and destitution is hard to ignore. Half of the women questioned for the report had thought about killing themselves whilst battling with our fickle asylum system.
This is not a UK specific phenomena; female asylum seekers all across the EU are faced with asylum systems that continually fail to acknowledge and protect their rights as weomne. In an article written today by Asylum Aid's Communications and Public Affairs Office, Russell Hargrave, the multiple discrepancies in asylum legislation across European countries were blamed for the EU's inability to provide sufficient support and sanctuary for women fleeing persecution:
Among the nine states researched - the UK, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Romania, Spain, and Sweden - there are glaring discrepancies in national asylum practice. The protection available to women in one state may be wholly absent across the border. Spain, for example, fails to recognise trafficking as a form of persecution.Neither is Forced Genital Mutilation (FGM) always recognised as persecution in France, Malta, and Romania.
On a strategic level, fewer than half the states have adopted gender guidelines so are missing a crucial tool for guiding asylum decision-makers on gender-related claims. One country, Romania, fails entirely to publish asylum statistics broken down by gender, despite legal obligations to do so.For more information about the report, see the following articles:
Women for Refugee Women - 'Refused' (full report).
The Scotsman - 'Asylum 'needs to address rape issue' - 28/5/2012
Left Foot Forward - 'Poor standards persist across Europe for women seeking asylum' - 30/5/2012
Women's Hour, 28/5/2012 (interview withe a woman who was refused asylum in UK)
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