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Save the Children Refugee Activity Pack (PDF File - Right click and 'save target as' to download)
Recent Journalism
Daily Mirror Feature - 3rd March 2003
ASYLUM: THE TRUTH
Asylum stories and countering the myths
Article by Anne Karpf in The Guardian January 27, 2003 "A Punishing Schedule" - The government's new asylum rules will leave people destitute and penalise those it accepts as 'genuine'
Article about persecution of Roma people by Gary Younge in the Guardian 8th January 2003 "Shame of a continent" They are the forgotten people, persecuted throughout history, murdered in their hundreds of thousands by the Nazis, seen as second-class citizens in much of eastern Europe. And soon the countries that treat them worst will be our EU partners. Gary Younge investigates the plight of the Roma
Article by Raehka Prasad in The Guardian 8th January 2003 "Pressure points " New tighter Home Office rules could leave thousands of asylum seekers destitute with no access to state support. Public sector staff talk about the problems already faced by services - and the growing tensions
Article about the Garza family by Terri Judd in The Independent 16th November 2002
"Tormented by skinheads" - deported family faces bleak future.
Slovakian Asylum-seekers want a safe future for their children away from the anti-Gypsy hatred of their homeland
Article about attitudes to asylum seekers in Britain by Ann Karpf in the Guardian 8th June 2002 "We've been here before" Recent press reaction to asylum seekers arriving in Britain seems uniquely virulent. Surely this country gave a warm welcome in the past to refugees - such as those escaping the Nazis? Not so. Anne Karpf finds unpleasant parallels, then and now, and discovers how it feels to be the target of such hostility
Recent Guardian coverage of refugee issues - Refugees in Britain
(Some of these organisations have extensive lists of links on their web-pages so we are not attempting to replicate those.)
All Party Parliamentary Group on Roma Affairs
Proposed Mission to Slovakia in April 2003 - in association with Roma Rights and Access to Justice in Europe (RrAJE)
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
(EUMC) was established in 1997 by the European Union as an independent body to contribute to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism throughout Europe.
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
ECRE is an umbrella organisation of 74 refugee-assisting agencies in 31 countries working towards fair and humane policies for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees
National Assembly Against Racism
NCADC (National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns)
Briefing on The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Changes to the asylum system in the UK
Roma Rights and Access to Justice in Europe (RRAJE) Newsletter
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is an impartial humanitarian organisation mandated by the United Nations to lead and co-ordinate international action for the world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems. Based in Switzerland, UNHCR has two basic and closely related aims: to protect refugees and to seek ways to help them restart their lives in a normal environment.
North East Coalition For Asylum Rights (NECFAR)
Campaigning for positive rights for refugees and people seeking asylum.
Opposing deportations and removals.
NECFAR, BOX 69, CTU & UWRC,
119-121 Marton Road, Middlesborough TS1 2DU
email: teesvalley@refugee.org.uk
North of England Refugee Service
2 Jesmond Rd West, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4PQ
Tel: 0191 245 7311 Fax: 0191 245 7320
email: info@refugee.org.uk
Newcastle Refugee and Asylum Seekers Health Action Group
Health Visitor for Asylum Seekers,
2 Jesmond Road West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PQ
email: ssd@healthteam.freeserve.co.uk
West End Refugee Service (Newcastle)
Tel: 0191 273 7482 Fax: 0191 256 7862
email: wers@btinternet.com