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01 December 1994

United Kingdom: cruel inhuman or degrading treatment during forcible deportation. Amnesty International July 1994. 15pp. Describes in detail four cases in which cruel and dangerous restraint methods were allegedly used on deportees (excluding the fatal case of Joy Gardner in July 1993 and the recent case of Elizabeth Blanchard see In brief). Also draws attention to the increasing use of private security firms in deportations.

Europe: the need for minimum standards in asylum procedures, Amnesty International EU Association Brussels June 1994. 28 pp. Describes the ways in which western European countries play with refugees' lives by cutting corners on procedural safeguards and sets out minimum requirements for protection.

Out and out: UK immigration law and the homosexual. Mungo Bovey

Immigration & Nationality law and practice Vol 8 no 2 1994 pp 61-63.

Will Fortress Europe lower its drawbridge? Bernard Misrahi. Chartist July/August 1994 pp18-19. Article on JCWI conference Immigration policy in the European Union after Maastricht last May.

Campsfield Monitor Issue 2 June 1994. Second issue of the Monitor includes articles on the hunger strike and the policing of the recent demonstration outside the immigration detention centre. Available from Box C 111 Magdalen Road Oxford OX4 1RQ.