Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Immigration

Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Immigrants

Asylum for Refugees is a gospel responsibility which sees Christ suffering in the distress of others and requires us to do something more than consider self interest.
The responsibility to offer refugees hospitality, solidarity and assistance lies first of all with the local Church... Her task takes on various forms: personal contact; defence of the rights of individuals and groups; the denunciation of the injustices that are at the root of this evil; action for the adoption of laws that will guarantee their effective protection; education against xenophobia; the creations of groups of volunteers and of emergency funds; pastoral care.
Refugees: A Challenge to Solidarity (1981), 26

2012

Destitution Animation Launch Starring A L Kennedy Refugee Survival Trust is launching a new animation which stars Scottish novelist and comedian A L Kennedy. The animation highlights the flaws in the asylum system. It tells the stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland who have been left hungry and homeless by problems, errors and delays in the asylum system. The launch event will last around an hour with a screening of the film, brief talks and time for people to have a drink and find out more about RST’S work. The event is free but places are limited so please email communications@rst.org.uk if you would like to attend. 6:30pm on Tuesday February 29th at Iglu, 2b Jamaica Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HH	Lies, damned lies and racism The numbers game around immigration statistics has turned into a bloody battle. There is a sense in which debates which solely contest the statistics of immigration miss many of the points of anti-racist campaigning. Behind the statistics, are unsavoury politics. The political polls are suggesting the Con-Dem Coalition is, thus far, successful in both creating and exploiting commonsense racism and xenophobia. Such a climate would, of course, encourage a new wave of dangerous extremist violence. In the short term, though, lies, damn lies and statistics seem to be a useful marketing strategy for the far-right populist party British Conservatives are becoming. Read the full article: By John Grayson, IRR, 9th February 2012 Read More...
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - January 2012 Seven actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and two improved in January 2012, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch Read More...	MPs attack private security guard immigration removals Private security guards employed to forcibly remove people from the UK have used racist language and inappropriate force. A report by MPs Commons' Home Affairs Committee said the UK Border Agency should challenge unacceptable behaviour by some of its contractor. "It is a matter for serious concern that contractors should use racist language among themselves," said the report. "That they were content to do so in front of not only UK Border Agency staff but also inspectors from HM Inspectorate of Prisons is shocking. It is possibly the result of a relationship between the Agency and its contractors which had become too cosy." BBC News Thursday 26th January 2012 Read More...
Child trafficking victims arriving UK bounced back to France Trafficked children arriving alone at Dover were sent straight back to France under a secret "gentleman's agreement" that was in force since at least 1995, an investigation by the children's commissioner for England has revealed. The report by Maggie Atkinson reveals that unaccompanied children who arrived clandestinely at Dover docks or through the Channel tunnel are often hungry, ill, exhausted and distressed, yet were returned to France within 24 hours if they did not immediately apply for asylum. The children, who arrived on the backs of lorries or in containers, included those being trafficked for exploitation as well as those fleeing war zones and persecution. Read More: Alan Travis, The Guardian, 17/01/12 Read More...	Immigration does not cause unemployment Study refutes claim that foreign nationals are depriving British-born workers of jobs. There is no link between rising immigration and rising unemployment, independent economists have found - contradicting persistent claims from anti-immigration activists and politicians that an influx of foreign nationals into the UK in recent years has led to more British-born workers on the dole. Ben Chu, Independent, 10/10/12 Read More...
Child asylum seekers win compensation for 13-month detention The Ay family, Kurdish asylum seekers from Turkey, were arrested and detained in Dungavel for 13 months in 2002, in contravention of UN Conventions to which the UK was a party. At the forefront of public protest in Scotland was Bishop John Mone, then President of the Justice and Peace Commission. Almost a decade later, the Home Office has settled a civil suit brought by the family with an out of court payment. Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - December 2011 Ten actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and one improved in December 2011, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch Read More...

2011

New asylum housing contracts The UK Border Agency has announced the 'preferred bidders' to provide accommodation for asylum seekers across the UK for the next 5 years. Public and voluntary sector providers have been completely replaced by the three big multinational companies, all active in the detention and deportation business. The preferred bidders, for Scotland are Serco Civil Government. Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - November 2011 Eight actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and four improved in November 2011, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch. Deteriorated Situations: Afghanistan, Burundi, DR Congo, Kosovo, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria Read More...
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Christmas toy appeal. The annual appeal for festive season gifts for asylum seeker children is as important as ever. Asylum seeker parents continue to have to cope with long-term enforced idleness and extreme poverty and children continue to be detained and deported in distressing circumstances in spite of Nick Clegg’s claims to the contrary. They are collecting new toys for presents for refugee children for festive season parties. Preferred last date for the Campaign to receive toys, Monday 12 December 2011. To help, or arrange delivery or uplift, phone 07870 286 632 or 07896 877 315, or Email; glascamref@gmail.com (leave a phone number)	Xenophobia in UK Politics The debates about lost cases, strong borders and foreign criminals seem to overlook that immigrants are human. Writing for the Institute for Race Relations on Nov 4, John Grayson maps the shift to the right taken by our political parties. He argues that ideas that once belonged to the BNP have been used by the Conservatives and the Labour party in an attempt to win votes. Read More...
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - October 2011 Deteriorated Situations: Kenya, Philippines, Somalia, Yemen Read More...	Legal aid cuts 'will force victims of human trafficking to claim asylum' Victims of human trafficking who end up in the UK could be forced to claim asylum to stay in the country, the general secretary of the Immigration Law Practitioners Group has warned. Alison Harvey said asylum claims would continue to be publicly funded under the legal aid bill, but other immigration cases would not, apart from those involving detention or questions of national security. Solicitors Journal, 25 October 2011 Read More...
Almost 700 Children Detained In Three Months In May 2010 the Government announced that it would end the immigration detention of children. But between May 2011 and the end of August 2011, 697 children were held at Greater London and South East ports. Almost one third were unaccompanied children. This could mean as many as 2,000 children are being detained each year. The Children's Society, 17 October 2011. Read More...	Government confirms, no work for those seeking asylum Asylum Procedures and Reception Conditions Directives. House of Commons / 13 Oct 2011 Read More...
Child detention: has the government broken its promise to end it? Article by Amelia Gentleman, Guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 October 2011 "After promising last year to end child detention in failed asylum cases – and closing the notorious Yarl's Wood unit – the government opened a smart new centre for deportees. But isn't this still detention?" Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - September 2011 8 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in September 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...
"In Nick Clegg’s fantasy world, child detention in the UK has ended" "Among the many things that Liberal Democrats can be proud of when squaring up to their critics, Clegg told delegates, was that child detention has “ended”. Michael Moore, the Lib Dem Secretary of State for Scotland, was a little more circumspect. Borrowing - perhaps inadvertently - from Star Trek, he declared: “We have ended child detention as we know it.” .... While Moore, Brake and Clegg may be able to spot the difference in the child detention we knew, can anyone else? Read More...	The Real Deal for Asylum Seekers - it is necessary to point out the facts In response to a previous article on complaining to the media, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) were asked to provide ammunition in the form of exactly what asylum seekers do get whilst waiting for a decision. there are so many incidences of tabloids reporting asylum seekers of living in the lap of luxury and costing a huge amount to accommodate, it is necessary to point out the facts. JCWI 15th September 2011 Read More...
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - August 2011 5 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in August 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...	Is a new asylum facility simply child detention under another name? A children's charity has come under fire for its role supporting families held while awaiting deportation. Rosie Scammell, Guardian. Tuesday 23 August 2011 T Read More...
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - July 2011 8 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in July 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...	'Amazing' new play on women in detention opens at Fringe A new play which tells the story of hunger strikes by a group of asylum-seeking women held at Yarl’s Wood detention centre opens at the Edinburgh Fringe this week Read More...
Justice for asylum seekers 60 years on Letters to the Guardian on the 60th anniversary of the signing of the refugee convention. Wednesday 27 July Read More...	Britain is still no refuge for refugees Despite Nick Clegg's promises, child detention never quite went away and is now making a comeback When the government announced last year that it would end the detention of children for immigration purposes, it felt as if a ray of sunshine had broken into a debate that had become increasingly dark and cruel. Natasha Walter guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 27 July 2011 Read More...
Courage: 60 Years of the UN Refugee Convention A new short film made to mark the anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention The film was made in early 2011 by six men and women from across the world - who all came to Scotland seeking safety. They created the film with the assistance of Media Co-op and Scottish Refugee Council. Courage was launched on Monday, June 20 as part of Refugee Week. Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - June 2011 7 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in June 2011, according to the latest issue of CrisisWatch. Read More...
Immigration detainees held for 'excessively long' periods - watchdog Guardian 17 June 2011 Ministers have been warned by an official immigration watchdog of the "excessively long" periods, including cases of more than three years, that detainees are being held at Europe's largest removal centre. A "snapshot" taken last December showed that 35 detainees at Harmondsworth removal centre, near Heathrow airport, had been waiting more than 12 months to be deported, including seven who had been waiting more than two years. Harmondsworth's officially appointed independent monitoring board (IMB) said one man had been held in detention for three years and seven months at a cost of £110 a night. The bill is already more than £144,000. Read More...	End child detention now The Refugee Council supports Outcry! and is calling on the Government to urgently end child detention and put children's welfare at the heart of asylum policy. There is no practical reason why the detention of children should not be stopped today. Tell your MP that child detention must end today
Lobby your MP for permission to work for Asylum Seekers The Refugee Council is calling for people who’ve waited more than six months for a decision on their asylum claim, and people who’ve been refused asylum but are unable to leave the UK through no fault of their own, to be allowed to work to support themselves. To get involved, email campaigns@refugeecouncil.org.uk with the name of your MP, or just your postcode if you’re unsure who your MP is. We’ll tell you if your MP has signed the declaration and if they haven’t, we’ll give you all the information you need to go and see them in person to discuss the campaign. A face-to-face meeting with your MP is a powerful way of showing your support for people who’ve come to the UK to escape war, torture and persecution.	African migrants are drowning in the Mediterranean European Governments: "Their silence and passivity are difficult to accept. When preventing migrants from coming has become more important than saving lives, something has gone dramatically wrong." Read More...
Mass deportation to Iraq - detainees hunger strike At least 70 Iraqi refugees have been rounded up in the UK over the last few weeks, as the UK government plans a controversial mass deportation charter flight to Baghdad. Officials from the Iraqi government are currently visiting detainees to confirm their identities so that they can be deported, as part of an agreement between the two governments. The majority of the detainees have refused to meet with the officials in protest at their role in the deportations. Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - May 2011 7 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in May 2011, according to the latest issue of CrisisWatch. Read More...
Immigration and Asylum statistics, first quarter 2011 Published 26 May 2011, at the Home Office website The number of applications for asylum, excluding dependants, was 11 per cent higher in Q1 2011 (4,845) compared with Q1 2010 (4,355). This represents the first quarter since Q2 2009 for which the number of applications is higher than the quarter a year earlier. Read More...	UNISON Sounds Alarm Bells Over Cuts To Child Asylum Support, UK Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary has written to the Acting Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), warning over the dangers of cutting funds paid to councils for caring and supporting unaccompanied child asylum seekers. Cuts of up to 15%* to some local authorities are set to create a two tier system, with child asylum seekers receiving significantly worse care. Read More...
Britain declines to 'share the burden' of refugees. Theresa May stressed that Britain would not accept migrants fleeing Libya and Tunisia as divisions opened within the European Union over how The Home Secretary is resisting calls from Italy, which has borne the brunt of thousands of refugees crossing the Mediterranean, for other EU countries to "share the burden" of accommodating the new arrivals. Britain is offering to help the Italian government cope with the refugees, but insisting none will be given shelter in the UK. By Nigel Morris, Deputy Political Editor, Independent, Friday, 13 May 2011 Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - April 2011 11 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in April 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...
50,000 civilians flee Somalia in first quarter double from a year earlier 50,000 civilians flee Somalia in first quarter, double from a year earlier The UN refugee agency said Friday that an increasing number of Somali civilians were fleeing their country amid the deteriorating security situation, with 50,000 arriving in neighbouring countries in the first quarter of this year compared to 23,000 in the same period in 2010. UNHCR 29 April 2011 Read More...	Immigration officials have turned HIV patients into prisoners, claims hospital Guardian 29/04/11 "HIV patients at a London hospital have in effect been imprisoned following a move by immigration officials to secure the sexual health unit, NHS consultants claim. ... HIV specialist Ben Holden, a consultant at the hospital, said: "The unit is now a prison for us all. Our windows only open two inches but UKBA have installed chunky locks on them. We were told they would bring removable window restraints but these are permanent. No detainee has ever absconded or attempted to abscond. As doctors we believe that to keep immigration detainees restrained or locked in is discriminatory. I don't want to be part of a process that treats people in a less than human way." ...Emma Ginn, co-ordinator of the charity Medical Justice – which recently published Detained and Denied, a report cataloguing examples of poor medical treatment for HIV-positive detainees – said: "Along with the potentially lethal medical abuse they suffer in detention centres detainees are suffering sub-human conditions in hospital." Read More...
Warning over 'degrading' Heathrow child detentions Children are being held overnight in "degrading" conditions at Heathrow Airport, a watchdog has warned. The airport independent monitoring board (IMB) said facilities at the airport were "wholly unsuitable". "The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has again failed in its duty to treat everyone in its care in Heathrow holding rooms with decency," the watchdog's report said. BBC News, 18 April 2011 Read More...	JRS fear government cuts will have drastic effect on asylum seekers The Home Office has cut advice and reception services for newly arrived asylum seekers by more than 60% . Br Stephen Power from Jesuit Refugee Services fears this will have a very detremental effect on the lives of some very vulnerable people. Read More...
Detaining children is not a necessary evil, despite the Coalition's approach The announcement by the Coalition Government back in May 2010 that it would be ending the detention of children for immigration purposes was widely welcomed. Finally the wealth of accumulated evidence on the gap between policy and practice in decisions to detain, and on the negative impacts of detention on children’s mental and physical well-being was being taken into account. Or so it seemed. Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - March 2011 10 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in March 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...
Asylum questions at Westminster A round-up of some recent parliamentary questions on asylum issues Read More...	Zimbabwe asylum returns to resume UKBA, 14 March 2011 Britain will resume enforcing the return of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe, the Government has said. The move comes after asylum judges ruled there was no evidence that those being returned would generally be at risk of harm. (The Press Association) Read More...
2011 is the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention The international treaty which guarantees refugees’ rights. British lawyers played a crucial role in drafting the Convention and the UK was one of the first countries to sign. The Refugee Convention has saved countless lives and no country has ever withdrawn from it. To mark this anniversary, we’re asking 10,000 people to join with us in speaking up for a great British tradition – refugee protection – by signing the pledge Read More...	Glasgow Asylum Housing in Crisis Again The Herald March 7 THE future for hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow has been thrown into fresh doubt after claims a new contract to support and house them is on the brink of collapse. Read More...
New report: '21 Months - Destitution and the Asylum System' Now available to download at the Glasgow Destitution Network website 21 Months Destitution and the asylum system. later is a follow-up to the Refugee Survival Trust and Red Cross joint research, 21 Days later, published in January 2009. The 21 days referring to the time period from refusal of asylum claim to support ending, and the report explored the causes and extent of destitution experienced by asylum claimants and refugees in Scotland based on analysis of more than five years worth of data Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - February 2011 Popular revolt continued to convulse the Arab world in February. The rapid spread and escalation of unrest underlined the magnitude of events, but their pace makes the direction of change uncertain. Nine actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in February 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...
UK Asylum Statistics: 2010 The number of applications for asylum, excluding dependants, was 27 per cent lower in 2010 (17,790) compared with 2009 (24,485). Read More...	Charities Call for End to 400-mile Trek for Asylum Seekers Asylum seekers should have the right to lodge their claims for asylum in Scotland according to a report issued on Friday, 25 February. The report, 21 Months Later, produced by the British Red Cross and the Refugee Survival Trust (RST), highlights the plight of people who currently have to travel from Scotland to Croydon, in South London, to register their claims – with no financial support from the government Read More...
Don’t let cuts devastate refugee services Contact your MP We need your help today to stop cuts to vital services for refugees. Act now: Tell your MP that the dramatic cuts to refugee advice services must be stopped Read More...	New centres 'to detain child asylum seekers' The Independent, Jonathan Brown, 4 February 2011 The Coalition is accused of watering down its promise to end the detention of child asylum seekers by setting up new centres to detain families refusing to leave the UK Read More...
Refugee services to take a heavy hit due to 62% Government funding cuts Guardian, Amelia Hill, 1 February 2011 The Refugee Council is to have its government funding cut by almost 62% with cuts to frontline services beginning "almost immediately" and fully implemented in three months' time. Read More...	Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - January 2011 Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and two improved in January 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Read More...
Damien Green apologises over asylum seeker letter UK immigration minister Damien Green has again apologised for the "inappropriateness" of a letter sent to asylum seekers in Glasgow in November. Read More...	Scotland has opportunity to set example for welcoming refugees says human rights leader Shami Chakrabarti Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights organisation Liberty, called on Scots to ‘set an example of welcome’ to refugees from across the world today Read More...

2010

Home affairs select committee to scrutinise use of restraint after deported man's fatal collapse MPs to grill borders chief and security firm over Jimmy Mubenga death. Guardian, 19th October. Read More...	UK asylum applications drop compared to last year There was a 23.6% fall in the number of people who sought asylum in the UK between May and July, compared to the same period last year, figures show. Read More...
Guardian : "This was state-sponsored cruelty last year. It still is" Nick Clegg's passionate attack on the detention of children in immigration centres is not reflected by his government in action. Read More...	"State Sponsored Cruelty": Children in Immigration Detention A report by Medical Justice, 9 September 2010 Read More...
Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres Immigration minister Damian Green announces intention to 'minimise' detention of children rather than end practice. Read More...

2007

Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2007 marks 200 years since the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire. Read More...

Diary (Asylum & Refugees)

29/02/2012 18:30	Destitution Animation Launch Starring A L Kennedy
22/09/2012	International Migrants Day

Resources

27/05/2011
Immigration and Asylum statistics, first quarter 2011

Published 26 May 2011, at the Home Office website
The number of applications for asylum, excluding dependants, was 11 per cent higher in Q1 2011 (4,845) compared with Q1 2010 (4,355). This represents the first quarter since Q2 2009 for which the number of applications is higher than the quarter a year earlier.

26/05/2011
'Last resort or first resort? Immigration detention of children in the UK.'

A new report on detention of children by BID and The Children's Society
The report is based on detailed research into the cases of 82 families with 143 children who were detained during 2009, and uses data from 82 clients' case files, interviews with 30 family members and 27 legal representatives, and full Home Office files for 10 families.

02/05/2011
Back to Basics: The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and ‘Alternatives to Detention’

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, April 2011
The widespread and growing use of immigration detention has come under considerable scrutiny in recent years on pragmatic (practical and functional) as well as human rights/legal grounds. This study articulates the current state of international law governing detention and its alternatives, and provides a critical overview of existing and possible alternatives to detention (A2Ds) options drawn from empirical research. Research visits were conducted to five countries, namely Australia, Belgium, Canada, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.

01/04/2011
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - March 2011

10 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in March 2011, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch.

23/03/2011
Detained & Denied: The clinical care of immigration detainees living with HIV

A new report by medical Justice

Image: New report: '21 Months - Destitution and the Asylum System'

02/03/2011
New report: '21 Months - Destitution and the Asylum System'

Now available to download at the Glasgow Destitution Network website
21 Months Destitution and the asylum system. later is a follow-up to the Refugee Survival Trust and Red Cross joint research, 21 Days later, published in January 2009. The 21 days referring to the time period from refusal of asylum claim to support ending, and the report explored the causes and extent of destitution experienced by asylum claimants and refugees in Scotland based on analysis of more than five years worth of data

08/02/2011
New research report: Coping with Destitution

Survival and livelihood strategies of refused asylum seekers living in the UK
Oxfam warns of a hidden crisis on the streets of Britain, as thousands of refused asylum seekers face destitution. The new report uncovers how the hundreds of thousands of refused asylum seekers currently living in the UK, with no access to legitimate means of securing a livelihood, survive on a day-to-day and longer-term basis.

01/11/2010
Azure Card - Joint Report 2010

Two independent reports on this card were published in 2010. Both come up with many of the same conclussions.
This joint report by the Scottish Refugee Council, the Refugee Council, the Welsh Refugee Council, and the North of England Refugee Service criticises the Azure payment card, which leaves many living in hunger and deprivation.

Image: Azure Card Report - Glasgow Citizens for Sanctuary

01/09/2010
Azure Card Report - Glasgow Citizens for Sanctuary

Two independent reports on this card were published in 2010. Both come up with many of the same conclussions.
A Glasgow Citizens for Sanctury monitoring report on the introduction of the Azure payment card.

Image: Review into ending the Detention of Children for Immigration Purposes

28/07/2010
Review into ending the Detention of Children for Immigration Purposes

Submission from the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church in Scotland. June 2010

05/12/2009
Self-Harm in Immigration Detention: January 2007 to December 2007

Obtained through a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request, the statistics show that in this period every 2.3 days a detainee self-harmed requiring medical treatment. The previous year 157 detainees were hospitalized after self-harming, 1,517 were put on 'Formal Self-Harm at Risk'

05/12/2009
Families in Immigration Detention - January 2007 to December 2007

Image: The Detention of Children in the Immigration System

24/11/2009
The Detention of Children in the Immigration System

House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

Image: Short thematic report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons

01/08/2009
Short thematic report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Detainee escorts and removals: A thematic review

Image: 10 Ways for Citizens to Save Sanctuary

12/06/2009
10 Ways for Citizens to Save Sanctuary

CITIZENS for Sanctuary have published a colourful and exciting new resource for campaigners. It is very easy to read, with simple things anyone with and ounce of humanity can do.

Image: Justice & Peace Scotland Handbook

21/05/2009
Justice & Peace Scotland Handbook

31/12/2008
Independent Asylum Committee Final Report

Deserving Dignity is the third and final report of the Independent Asylum Commission. It builds on the previous publications 'Safe Return and Saving Sanctuary', all of which are downloadable. If you are interested in joining one of the Regional Action Teams to take forward the findings of and recommendations of the Commission, please contact them.