Category: Asylum seeker
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Tory peer ‘regrets’ anti-immigration rhetoric
BBC Lord Timothy Kirkhope was immigration minister for two years until 1997 before his role as an MEP representing Yorkshire and the Humber A former immigration minister has said he “regrets” the former Conservative government’s Stop The Boats rhetoric which he believes was used to inflame this summer’s riots. A banner emblazoned with the slogan,…
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Islamic Centre Head Leaves Germany After Deportation Order
By AFP – Agence France Presse September 11, 2024 Order Reprints Print Article Text size The former head of an Islamic centre in Germany banned for its alleged links to extremist groups has left the country after being served with a deportation order, local authorities said Wednesday. Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, who was the head of…
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Refugee festival will be city’s ‘most diverse yet’
Refugee festival will be city’s ‘most diverse yet’ Cath Muldowney Bradford has been a ‘city of sanctuary’ since 2010 A festival which celebrates Bradford’s migrant and refugee communities will be “the most diverse so far” when it returns in the autumn, organisers have said. Tickets for the Intercultured Festival, which takes place from 21 October…
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Germany: Deadly knife attack in Solingen sparks anti-immigration vitriol
Last Friday’s deadly knife attack in the German city of Solingen has caused an outburst of anti-immigration sentiment among German politicians. At a street fair in honour of Solingen’s 650th birthday last Friday, a refugee with suspected ties to the Islamic State (IS) group went on a knife rampage, killing three people and wounding eight…
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Pakistan: At least 9 policemen killed in robbery attack
The incident took place in the southern Pakistani district of Rahim Yar Khan By Reuters Top Stories Published: Fri 23 Aug 2024, 8:02 AM Robbers armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a police convoy in Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine officers and wounding others, the police and interior ministry said. The incident…
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North-south divide persists in top A-level results in England
Summary Live Reporting Edited by Malu Cursino If you’ve received results today, there’s plenty to think aboutpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time Malu CursinoLive reporter We’re going to wrap up our question and answer session here – scroll down for lots of useful information from our panel of experts. As career and clearing advisers have…
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The UK’s far-right riots: How anti-Muslim hate became normalised
Everyone has seen the footage. Attacks on mosques. The burning of asylum seeker hotels. Gangs of men throwing rocks at homes in Muslim communities. Thugs in Middlesbrough checkpointing to see if drivers are white (or not). A child in Belfast singing racial slurs as she walked down the street holding her mother’s hand. From Liverpool…
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How Do Legal Aid Cuts in England and Wales Impact LGBTQ+ People Seeking Asylum? Perspectives from Providers and Directly Affected People – Springer
The situation for people seeking asylum in England and Wales has raised significant alarm. Cuts to legal aid in the early 2000s, coupled with substantial restrictions on legal aid provisions made through the 2012 Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment Offenders Act (LASPO, 2012), have made it extremely challenging for people seeking asylum to access legal…
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Affective Vernaculars of Diasporic Belonging – Springer
References Ahmed, S. (2004a). The cultural politics of emotion. Edinburgh University Press. Google Scholar Anderson, B. (2016). Encountering affect: Capacities, apparatuses, conditions. Routledge. Google Scholar Asquith, L., & Vellinga, M. (Eds.). (2005). Vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century: Theory, education and practice. Routledge. Google Scholar Back, L. (2016). Moving sounds, controlled Borders: Asylum and the…
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“It Could Have Been Us”: media frames and the coverage of Ukrainian, Afghan and Syrian refugee crises – Springer
Since February 2022, the forced displacement of refugees from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion has brought increased media and public attention to migration policy, humanitarian assistance, and concepts of solidarity, responsibility, and hospitality. It has also raised important questions about the alleged bias of contemporary media in reporting on the different refugee crises. A growing body…
