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Refugee and Asylum Seekers Internet
Links
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
www.amnesty.org.uk/scotland
GLASGOW ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) www.glasgowesol.co.uk
FRIENDS OF THE REFUGEES AYRSHIRE www.frea.org.uk
SCOTTISH REFUGEE COUNCIL www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
Informative websiteproviding advice to refugees and asylum seekers
with examples of their personal experiences in Scotland. COMMITTEE
TO DEFEND ASYLUM SEEKERS
www.defend-asylum.org
Website with information on current campaigns and how to get involved
SCOTTISH ASYLUM SEEKER CONSORTIUM www.asylumscotland.org.uk
Briefings on policy, with press cuttings and statistics from a Scottish
perspective.
NATIONAL COALITION OF ANTI-DEPORTATION CAMPAIGNS www.ncadc.org.uk
Press cuttings and regularly updated information on deportation
cases in the UK.
ASYLUM SUPPORT
www.asylumsupport.info
Focuses on all matters that concern people seeking asylum, together
with a directory of hundreds of online resources relating to: asylum
and refugees, conflict, country data, court cases, deportation,
detention, discrimination, funding, gender, government, human rights,
human trafficking, law, media, migration, policy and studies.
POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING www.paih.org
Information and advice for refugees, asylum seekers and minority
ethnic groups on equal opportunities, with particular reference
to housing and community issues.
UNITED AGAINST RACISM www.unitedagainstracism.org
A European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support
of asylum seekers.
ASYLUMPOLICY.INFO www.asylumpolicy.info
An indispensable source of up-to-date news and information about
refugee issues in the UK and the wider world. Essential reading
for all researchers and practitioners with an interest in asylum
policy.
REFUGEE SURVIVAL TRUST www.rst.org.uk
This organisation gives small grants to asylum seekers living
in extreme poverty. NATIONAL ASYLUM SUPPORT SERVICE www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/default.asp?PageId=89
Part of the Home Office, this provides full information on Government
asylum policy
CLOSE DUNGAVEL NOW www.closedungavelnow.com
This site is for anyone who wants to give assistance - direct or
indirect - to innocent regugees who are imprisoned or in danger
of being imprisoned inside Dungavel Detention Centre, without crime,
trial or time limit. The site is also for those wishing to assist
refugees made 'absolutely destitue' under the Asylum & Immigration
Act 1999.
ASYLUM AID www.asylumaid.org.uk
Free legal advice for asylum seekers. Campaigns for fair treatment
in the UK
REFUGEE LEGAL CENTRE www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk
Provides help, advice and information to asylum seekers,
with offices in Dover, London and Leeds.
JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS www.jcwi.org.uk
JCWI is an independent national voluntary organisation, campaigning
for justice and combating racism in immigration and asylum law and
policy. Provides free advice and casewrok, training courses and
a range of publications.
BARBED WIRE BRITAIN www.barbedwirebritain.org.uk
The Barbed wire network wants to stop the shame of over 1,800 people,
nearly all of them asylum seekers, locked upin detention camps and
prisions in Britain, without trial and without time limit and with
no automatic right to bail.
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL www.noii.org.uk
The No One Is Illegal Group (UK), established in September 2003
to campaign for the total abolition of all immigration controls.
OXFAM CUT CONFLICT CAMPAIGN www.oxfam.org.uk/campaign/cutconflict/asylum/intro.htm
Part of Oxfam's commitment to reducing human suffering as a result
of conflict, this section of the website focuses on the issues and
myths of asylum seekers in the UK.
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