Important tools for anti-deportation campaigners

Information from the report below, is essential for campaigning for those being removed/deported from the UK

Failed States Index 2010

Top ten: Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Zimbabwe, DR Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Central African Republic, Guinea, Pakistan.

Failed state:  A state having 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.

Fund for Peace Failed States Index 2010
Published today Tuesday 22nd June, the 2010 Foreign Policy/Fund for Peace Failed States Index (FSI) once again places Somalia at No. 1 -- for the third year running. Afghanistan and Iraq have improved little in this year's rankings, despite the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops, once again making the top 10. The 2010 Failed States Index ranks 177 states according to 12 social, economic, political, and military indicators based on data from more than 90,000 publicly available sources. A listing of the 60 most vulnerable countries is featured in the July/August 2010 issue of Foreign Policy.

All 177 countries are available on The Fund for Peace website -- and an interactive database and explanatory Country Profiles are available year round as well.

Bad, Bad Boys: World's 23 Worst Dictators, the committee from hell

Somalia Is Ranked Number One For the Third Year in a Row

Postcard from hell, images from the worlds most failed states