Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres
Two months after Nick Clegg told MPs the coalition would deliver on its pledge to end the controversial practice, Damian Green, the immigration minister, has revealed that the government only intended to "minimise" the number of child detainees.
Full story: The Guardian, Thursday 9 September 2010
 http://tinyurl.com/2bkpghj

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Child refugees harmed by 'cruel' detention system
More than half the children caught up in Britain's asylum system have suffered permanent psychological harm, one of the most extensive investigations into the treatment of refugee families has found. Of the 141 families and children interviewed in the study, 74 children were reported to have been psychologically harmed as a result of being detained. The report, State Sponsored Cruelty, claims that many of the children witnessed violence in detention centres or were seriously disturbed after dawn raids carried out by officers working for the UK Border Agency (UKBA).
Full article: Robert Verkaik, Indpendent, Thursday, 9 September 2010
 http://tinyurl.com/38caj2o

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Camus Mbou Tene at risk of deportation to Cameroon on Friday

34 years old Camus is currently being detained at Dover Detention Centre. Removal directions have been set for Friday 10 September 2010 to Cameroon on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 at 8:00pm from London Heathrow via Nairobi. Camus came to the UK in 2007 to study English. Meanwhile he applied for admission to University to take a Masters in Electrical Engineering. He applied for an extension of his visa but was refused. He took the matter to court and won. The Home Office then appealed against the decision but their appeal was denied. Even through the court ruled in his favour, the Home Office never actually issued the student visa. Meanwhile, Camus managed to get through some evidence from Cameroon that his life was at risk there.
For more information on how you can help Camus, go here . . . .

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Cardiff: Train the Trainer Seminar/Anti deportation workshop
Friday 17th September 2010
10:00 am to 3:00pm
City United Reformed Church
Windsor Place, Cardiff
Anti deportation workshop
Women Seeking Sanctuary Advocacy Group Wales (WSSAG) and No Borders South Wales, in association with National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns and Displaced People In Action (DPIA), are organizing an anti-deportation training workshop for people seeking sanctuary and their supporters.

Who can attend:
- Refugee Community Organisations
- Asylum Seeker Support Groups
- Asylum Seekers' Rights Campaigners
- Community Activists

To book a place please contact:
DPIA 029 2038 8389 or WSSAG 079 0256 2111

Lunch will be provided

Travel expenses will be paid to all asylum seekers and refugees with a valid ticket for public transport

Please contact us at  wssagwales@yahoo.co.uk

 http://wssagwales.org.uk/
Our members are women from all backgrounds who seek to create a self-led organisation to gain ownership of our own destiny.