FMList members may be interested in the items below:
1) New report on people with disability and asylum support services
2 'Disabled asylum seekers ignored' ) from BBC News
3) 'Violence against refugees reaches new high ' an Independent
Newspaper story
1) New report on people with disability and asylum support services
"The presence of disabled people in refugee and asylum-seeking
communities in Britain is frequently overlooked and information about
their particular experiences is rarely available."
More details from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialcare/962.asp
Further commentary and free downloadable summary is available via the
British Refugee Council:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/sept2002/relea083.htm
2) A BBC Story titled 'Disabled asylums seekers ignored' is also
accessible via:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2262165.stm
3) Violence against refugees reaches new high
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=333720
With an earleir related story from 2001, titled 'Knifings and
knuckledusters: the problems of dispersal'
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=88611
Many thanks
Frank Corrigan
www.asylumsupport.info
www.aio.org.uk
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