October 2007
Some stories
Iconic symbol - too negative!
IRR News has learnt that a university in the Midlands has stopped one of its student societies from using an iconic Black Power symbol on a poster advertising a Black History Month event at the university.
25 October 2007 (160 words)
Stop the Islamophobia of Europe
As the far-Right organisation Stop the Islamisation of Europe holds its first demonstration in London (to coincide with the US' 'Islamo-fascism' Awareness week) the IRR's European Race Bulletin argues that European countries' new security laws are removing Muslim communities from the protection of the ordinary rule of law and legitimising the Islamophobia of extreme-Right movements and parties across Europe.
25 October 2007 (343 words)
IRR News develops new 'learning the lessons' workshops
Practical workshops, learning from past struggles against racism, are being organised by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) for newly arrived refugee/asylum seeker and migrant groups.
18 October 2007 (189 words)
New report criticises age-assessment procedures for asylum-seeking children
Every year, thousands of individuals who arrive in the UK and claim asylum as separated children are age disputed and treated as adults. A new report, released by the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, examines the reasons why age is disputed, current policy and procedures for the assessment of age by local authorities, and the implications of age disputes for separated children seeking asylum in the UK.
18 October 2007 (430 words)
Building an anti-deportation campaign
A practical, political guide for those fighting to remain in this country has just been produced.
18 October 2007 (241 words)
IRR News listed for investigative journalism award
IRR News' original investigations into the incidence of suicide by asylum seekers was long-listed twice over for the Paul Foot award for campaigning journalism 2007.
18 October 2007 (202 words)
John Berger: truth-sayer in an age of lies
A. Sivanandan welcomes John Berger, who read from a work in progress From A to X (love letters written to a political prisoner serving a life sentence) at an event on 4 October, entitled Against the Great Defeat of the World, to mark thirty-five years since the conception of IRR's journal, Race & Class.
11 October 2007 (780 words)
Access to healthcare should be a right, not a fight
The government is currently considering charging failed asylum seekers and undocumented migrants for NHS primary health care.
4 October 2007 (260 words)