http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/5809 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/58363 Parents of an Iraqi man who died trying to enter Britain in 2001 are appealing to the British public to raise £3,100 to send home his body. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57884 Lawyers and campaigners for refugees say that they are seeing increasing numbers of cases where women and children asylum seekers are being picked up for deportation before their legal options have been exhausted. Home Office guidelines state that asylum seekers should "not be removed from the UK while there is outstanding legal action". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57651 The Home Office has published Integration Matters, a draft document for consultation on its strategy on refugee integration in England. This new strategy builds on policies set out in Full and equal citizens (2002) and forms part of the work of the government and other public bodies in promoting race relations and community cohesion. The government is inviting responses on the document. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57261 A Ukrainian aged 31 was found hanged in Harmondsworth detention centre on 19 July. His death sparked a night of disturbances at the centre and has led to all of the detainees being transferred to prisons and other detention centres. At least 10 asylum seekers and foreign nationals have died by their own hand in detention or prison since 2000. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57126 Asylum seekers in Scotland who have been selected to take part in trials for electronic tagging will be tracked by satellite and mobile phone technology. They will be phoned twice a day and asked questions in their mother tongue. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57042 The Home Office has promised a full investigation after the discovery of a hanged detainee led to a "serious disturbance" overnight at the country's largest immigration removal centre. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56985 Shahin Porfohe, 24, an Iranian asylum seeker, has been told he has been refused asylum. Shahin, who earlier sewed up his eyes, ears and mouth, faces the death penalty in Iran for having a homosexual affair. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56935 Welcome, a 20-minute film telling the story of three asylum seekers who have faced eviction in Glasgow has been released by the Camcorder Guerillas collective. Hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow have already been evicted and more are being thrown out onto the streets every week. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56843 The Home Office is now targeting public transport systems as part of a crackdown on illegal immigrants with a reported "high degree of success". Immigration officers are accompanying British Transport Police stationed at ticket barriers at London Underground stations. Passengers who come through the gates without the correct ticket can be questioned on their immigration status. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56621 Claims that Britain is facing a "tidal wave" of immigrants have been dismissed as a "myth" by an influential committee of MPs. In a wide-ranging report, the cross-party Commons International Development Committee said that migrants coming to the UK benefited the country and should not be treated as a "problem". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56439 Britain is extremely generous to asylum seekers, Home Office permanent secretary John Gieve told the Commons' Public Accounts Committee yesterday. He was explaining why the number of asylum applications was so high in Britain compared with other countries. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56337 MPs, trade unionists, business organisations and political activists are launching a new group to defend Britain's migrants and make the case for more legal migration. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56266 With the UN Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery due to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, next week, campaigners are calling for special attention to the "migration and trafficking nexus". Despite a growing demand for migrant labour, governments are making immigration policies more restrictive, with migrants increasingly vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56155 The Home Office has said it will continue to send failed asylum seekers back to Mogadishu against advice from the Somali government and the United Nations. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56073 Up to 23,000 Bulgarians and Romanians who came to Britain in the last two years on a controversial visa scheme for the self-employed are being told to provide evidence that they have set up businesses or face being sent home, the home secretary announced on 17 June.