Iloba Family: Hopeful smiles from behind the barbed wire fence
From behind the 20ft walls of Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre, there is not much view of the outside world. For the Iloba family who, after five years in the UK, were bundled into the back of a van to be deported, there is also little to view for the future. Betty Iloba and her children, Toby (18), Saskia (17), and Emmanuel (14), spoke of how they were sent to the UK by their policeman father, who feared for their lives, just months before he himself was killed.
http://tinyurl.com/Ilobafamily
From behind the 20ft walls of Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre, there is not much view of the outside world. For the Iloba family who, after five years in the UK, were bundled into the back of a van to be deported, there is also little to view for the future. Betty Iloba and her children, Toby (18), Saskia (17), and Emmanuel (14), spoke of how they were sent to the UK by their policeman father, who feared for their lives, just months before he himself was killed.
http://tinyurl.com/Ilobafamily 
11 year battle ends in victory, John Okello is Here to Stay
"After 11 years waiting including twice being detained without trial John Okello finally got indefinite leave to remain on 17th April 2009. He now has a flat of his own and a place at London Metropolitan University to study politics and international relations. Thank you to all who wrote in his support when he was nearly deported to Uganda."
Chris Gwyntopher
Friends of John Okello
http://tinyurl.com/FriendsofJohnOkello
Important tools for Anti-Deportation campaigners
'Fund for Peace' Failed States Index 2009
A 'Failed/failing' State, has any or all of the following: a government but very little or no governance, endemic corruption, profiteering by ruling elites, very poor Human Rights, the government cannot/will not protect the population from others or itself, massive internal conflict, forced internal/external displacement, institutionalised political exclusion of significant numbers of the population, progressive deterioration of welfare infrastructure (hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses) not adequate to meet health, needs, progressive economic decline of the country as a whole as measured by per capita income, debt, severe child mortality rates, poverty levels, business failures, and other economic measures.
Fund for Peace have published their Failed States Index for 2009. These statistics are good campaigning material and comparisons should be made to previous years (data available 2006 to 2009).
Cameroon 36th in 2006 is 26th in 2009, Nigeria 22nd in 2006 is 15th in 2009 which means Cameroon a 28% and Nigeria a 32% decrease in living/human rights conditions in 3 years.
Movement of place in top 20 'upwards' does not mean things have got better, just that conditions in other countries have got worse. DR Congo 2nd in 2006 overtaken by Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, in 2009. All five countries have suffered severe deterioration in Human Rights, social and economic conditions since 2006.
Failed States Index 2009 / top 20
Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, CAR, Guinea, Pakistan, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Burma, Nigeria, Ethiopia, North Korea, Yeomen, Bangladesh, East Timor:
http://tinyurl.com/failedStates2009
Failed States Index 2008 / top 20
Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, Iraq, DR Congo, Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire, Pakistan, CAR, Guinea, Bangladesh, Burma, Haiti, North Korea, Uganda, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Sri Lanka:
http://tinyurl.com/failedStates2008
Failed State Indicators (Full breakdown in attachment)
1. Mounting Demographic Pressures
2. Massive Movement of Refugees or Internally Displaced Persons creating Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
3. Legacy of Vengeance-Seeking Group Grievance or Group Paranoia
4. Chronic and Sustained Human Flight
5. Uneven Economic Development along Group Lines
6. Sharp and/or Severe Economic Decline
7. Criminalization and/or Delegitimization of the State
8. Progressive Deterioration of Public Services
9. Suspension or Arbitrary Application of the Rule of Law and Widespread Violation of Human Rights
10. Security Apparatus Operates as a "State Within a State"
11. Rise of Factionalized Elites
12. Intervention of Other States or External Political Actors
"After 11 years waiting including twice being detained without trial John Okello finally got indefinite leave to remain on 17th April 2009. He now has a flat of his own and a place at London Metropolitan University to study politics and international relations. Thank you to all who wrote in his support when he was nearly deported to Uganda."
Chris Gwyntopher
Friends of John Okello
http://tinyurl.com/FriendsofJohnOkello Important tools for Anti-Deportation campaigners
'Fund for Peace' Failed States Index 2009
A 'Failed/failing' State, has any or all of the following: a government but very little or no governance, endemic corruption, profiteering by ruling elites, very poor Human Rights, the government cannot/will not protect the population from others or itself, massive internal conflict, forced internal/external displacement, institutionalised political exclusion of significant numbers of the population, progressive deterioration of welfare infrastructure (hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses) not adequate to meet health, needs, progressive economic decline of the country as a whole as measured by per capita income, debt, severe child mortality rates, poverty levels, business failures, and other economic measures.
Fund for Peace have published their Failed States Index for 2009. These statistics are good campaigning material and comparisons should be made to previous years (data available 2006 to 2009).
Cameroon 36th in 2006 is 26th in 2009, Nigeria 22nd in 2006 is 15th in 2009 which means Cameroon a 28% and Nigeria a 32% decrease in living/human rights conditions in 3 years.
Movement of place in top 20 'upwards' does not mean things have got better, just that conditions in other countries have got worse. DR Congo 2nd in 2006 overtaken by Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, in 2009. All five countries have suffered severe deterioration in Human Rights, social and economic conditions since 2006.
Failed States Index 2009 / top 20
Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, CAR, Guinea, Pakistan, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Burma, Nigeria, Ethiopia, North Korea, Yeomen, Bangladesh, East Timor:
http://tinyurl.com/failedStates2009 Failed States Index 2008 / top 20
Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, Iraq, DR Congo, Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire, Pakistan, CAR, Guinea, Bangladesh, Burma, Haiti, North Korea, Uganda, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Sri Lanka:
http://tinyurl.com/failedStates2008 Failed State Indicators (Full breakdown in attachment)
1. Mounting Demographic Pressures
2. Massive Movement of Refugees or Internally Displaced Persons creating Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
3. Legacy of Vengeance-Seeking Group Grievance or Group Paranoia
4. Chronic and Sustained Human Flight
5. Uneven Economic Development along Group Lines
6. Sharp and/or Severe Economic Decline
7. Criminalization and/or Delegitimization of the State
8. Progressive Deterioration of Public Services
9. Suspension or Arbitrary Application of the Rule of Law and Widespread Violation of Human Rights
10. Security Apparatus Operates as a "State Within a State"
11. Rise of Factionalized Elites
12. Intervention of Other States or External Political Actors
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