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LSE: Student Action for Refugees (STAR)
Welcome to LSE's Student Action for Refugees (STAR) blog. STAR is a national network of students working to support and defend the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers in the UK and abroad. We created this blog as a space to share information and spread the word about refugee news and events. Please post to it often -- film screenings, research resources, volunteer opportunities, etc. Thank you for your interest and support! (Feel free to e-mail us at Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk)
10 November, 2005
Please feel free to post refugee-related events, volunteer opportunities, programme ideas, etc. here. Warm thanks for your participation!
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- Name: LSE STAR Committee
- Location: London, United Kingdom
A national network started by students in 1994, Student Action for Refugees (STAR) is an independent, innovative and practical organisation with no religious or political affiliations.
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Hey guys, I hope that you are finding this blog as useful as I am. If you follow this link you will find an interesting and varied collection of news articles and features that the BBC has gathered about immigration, asylum, and refugees. Please post any interesting articles that you read in other sources as I would love to read them also.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2001/destination_uk/default.stm
Some facts about detention in the UK:
[Migreurop] UK detention up 52% since last year
From John O (NCADC)
UK detention up *52%
[Home Office use of detention continues to rise sharply. Compared with the same period last year the use of detention has risen 52% and is nearing its capacity of 2,755 units in the detention estate. Home Office figures do not include persons detained in police cells.
*At the same point in time last year there were 1,460 persons detained.]
Persons recorded as being in detention in UK solely under Immigration Act powers as at 24 September 2005:
Total Detainees 2,220
of whom asylum seekers 1,695
Length in detention
6 months to less than 1 year
Total 140
of whom asylum seekers 95
1 year or more
Total 55
of whom asylum seekers 40
By Nationality
Nigeria
total 235
of whom asylum seekers 125
Jamaica
total 220
of whom asylum seekers 115
Turkey
total 165
of whom asylum seekers 155
Pakistan
total 160
of whom asylum seekers 130
India
total 110
of whom asylum seekers 75
Afghanistan
total 105
of whom asylum seekers 105
China
total 90
of whom asylum seekers 855
Help DEFEND 2005-2006 STAR budget on Thursday 1 December @ 1pm in Old Theatre at the Annual SU Budget Meeting. No word on whether any society will try to STEAL money from STAR, but would be fantastic to have a high turn out of STAR members in case our budget is ATTACKED!
If you have any budget related questions, please contact STAR Treasurer, Melanie Black @ m.black@lse.ac.uk.
Hope to See you there!!
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