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	<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk</link>
	<description>Alliance of Filipino Organisations</description>
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		<title>Do you have points?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Public Forum on the Points Based System (Tiers 2 and 4) If you are in the UK on a student (Tier 4) or work permit visa (Tier 2), you need to be aware and understand the recent changes in immigration law. Since November 2008, the UK Border Agency have been implementing new policies concerning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2010/do-you-have-points/</link>
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		<title>Crisis in care homes as new staffing rules loom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[31 March 2010 Mary Bowers, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7081849.ece Beneath the sash window of a care home in Wimbledon, lit by a shaft of spring sunlight, Lady Cicely Mayhew sits in the leather chair she occupies most days. Now 86, she reminisces about her adventures as the first female British diplomat, and her childhood growing up in Kenya, Tanzania [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2010/crisis-in-care-homes-as-new-staffing-rules-loom/</link>
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		<title>Pinoy senior carers in UK to file for judicial review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo credit: Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN 16 March 2010 Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN,http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration/03/16/10/pinoy-senior-carers-uk-file-judicial-review LONDON &#8211; It is time to extend compassion and care to Filipinos who came to the UK to care for Britain’s elderly. This is just one of the goals of Kanlungan, a non-profit, charitable institution, in taking cudgels for embattled senior carers who were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2010/pinoy-senior-carers-in-uk-to-file-for-judicial-review/</link>
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		<title>Workshop on deskilling of health care professionals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please see the video output of the successful workshop/seminar by Kanlungan, in cooperation with Sondra Cuban of the University of Lancaster, in October &#8211; November 2009, held at Praxis. Workshop on Deskilling of Health Care Professionals by Kanlungan]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2010/workshop-on-deskilling-of-health-care-professionals/</link>
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		<title>Vote for Migrants&#8217; Rights website launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vote for Migrants Rights! is a joint project of Kanlungan,  Migrante UK and CHRP-UK, that aims to highlight pertinent issues and aspirations of Filipino migrants in the UK and their families that they want to put forward this Philippine election season. The project aims to gather issues and opinions from different Filipino migrant community organisations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2010/vote-for-migrants-rights-website-launch/</link>
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		<title>Call to Senior Care Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling all care workers with gaps in your visa! When the government changed the work permit requirements for senior care workers in 2007-2008, many care workers lost their right to extend their visa. A campaign was launched by Kanlungan and other organisations against these changes and the Home Office responded by offering concessions to those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2009/call-senior-care-workers/</link>
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		<title>Typhoon Ondoy Relief Fund &#8211; a thank you to all who donated!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Appeal for Financial Support for Victims of Philippine Typhoon Kestana (aka Ondoy) Kanlungan would like to thank all donors to the Typhoon Ondoy Relief Fund. We have gathered a total of £798.13 which will be forwarded to Citizens&#8217; Disaster Response Center (CDRC). For the complete list of donors, click here. Citizens&#8217; Disaster Response Center (CDRC) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2009/typhoon-ondoy-relief-fund/</link>
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		<title>Are you a former health care professional who feels deskilled and wants a change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Training: “Advocacy Based Approaches to the Deskilling of Migrant Health Professionals” Saturday 31st October  11 a.m.  – 5.00 p.m. @ Praxis (community centre) Pott Street, London E2 0EF Tel: 020 7729 7985   Buses: 8, 106, 254 and 388  Underground: Bethnal Green Station  (Central Line) Are you a former health care professional who feels deskilled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2009/are-you-a-former-health-care-professional-who-feels-deskilled-and-wants-a-change/</link>
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		<title>Overseas Filipino Workers in UK gear up for protest on Arroyo visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 September 2009 Overseas Filipino Workers in UK gear up for protest on Arroyo visit: - Protect the rights of senior care workers in the UK - End Arroyo&#8217;s labour-export policy Migrante UK will stage a picket protest on Friday, 18 September 2009 in front of the Riverbank Plaza Hotel at 3:15pm, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2009/overseas-filipino-workers-in-uk-gear-up-for-protest-on-arroyo-visit/</link>
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		<title>Kanlungan forum round-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Citizenship Act Kanlungan’s public forum on Citizenship Act last Saturday 12 September 2009 had a good turnout. With over 50 people in attendance, the venue was packed with guests who were keen to learn about the new act on Naturalisation and Immigration. Mr. Steve Symonds of ILPA gave a concise yet clear sharing on naturalisation provisions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kanlungan.org.uk/2009/kanlungan-forum-round-up/</link>
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