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Hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium !!

24-04-2007 18:36 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

*Belgium: 37 people on hunger strike in (the detention center) 127 since last
Wednesday morning, 19 April 2007!*
*6 people managed to escape from the closed centre of Vottem on Thursday*

CRER - Coordination pour la regularisation et la libre circulation des
personnes (Coordination for the legalisation and the free movement of
people)

Speak Out For ESOL

On Saturday 21st April, almost three hundred people assembled on Sheffield's Devonshire Green and marched through the city centre to hear speakers from many organisations at Barkers Pool. These people were demonstrating their rejection of the Government proposals to cut the provisions of free ESOL classes.

Urgent Appeal - Help halt the deportation of Jack Ikegwu

Following the protest against the new proposed Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), No Borders London put out this urgent appeal to halt the deportation of 18-year-old Nigerian-born Jack Monday Ikegwu.

21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

Today saw activists march in Crawley, near Gatwick airport, London, UK, to oppose the proposed new immigration detention centre.

Over 250 DR Congolese on Anti-Deportation demo in Birmingham

More than 250 DR Congolese turned out for the Anti-Deportation demo in Birmingham on Thursday 12 April

Protest against deportations to DRC

12-04-2007 22:41 | Migration | London | World

Today, at 12pm protestors gathered outside the Home Office on Marsham Street in London to protest the deportations of people to Democratic Republic of Congo.

Opening Action Prison Boats Zaandam, NL

09-04-2007 14:43 | Migration | World

Just before the official opening of the new detention boats in Zaandam, The Netherlands, around 90 activists made a start opening the fences with bold cutters. The ministry of justice plans to take in use this month the 300 two-person cells for detention of 'illegal migrants'. The barbed wire and 150 meters of fencing were dismantled with bold cutters, spanners and wire cutters.

AUSTRALIA: Villawood detainee hospitalised after hunger strike

04-04-2007 22:11 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Refugee Action Coalition says 35 asylum seekers are taking part, but a spokeswoman for the department says she only knows of eight asylum seekers.

Nottingham (and Leicester) demos against deportations to Congo

28-03-2007 20:36 | Anti-militarism | Migration | Social Struggles | World

Today in seven UK cities including Nottingham and Leicester, the Congolese community and their supporters held demonstrations to focus attention on government plans to categorise the 'Democratic' Republic of Congo as a 'safe' country to return people who have been fleeing the violence to the UK in search of security. In Nottingham people rallied and marched, highlighting that the Congolese who have already been deported face a very uncertain fate.

Mark McGowan Aaron Barschak to Burn Effigy of MP Liam Byrne in Birmingham

BURNING OF LIAM BYRNE EFFIGY

In an extra ordinary art performance artist Mark McGowan and the comedian Aaron Barschak are to burn an effigy of Liam Byrne the Minister of State for Immigration and MP for Hodge Hill, Birmingham, in a protest against the deportation of asylum seekers to area's such as the Congo, Zimbabwe, Darfur, Iran and Afghanistan, to name but a few. The event is to take place this Saturday 31st March at 12.30am in Birmingham New Street at the junction with Needless Alley, just outside Starbucks.

"Hitler no longer to be an honorary citizen of Bad Doberan"

Gipfelsoli Infogroup: Right-wing globalization critique must be rejected

Formally, Adolf Hitler is still an honorary citizen of Bad Doberan. He was elevated to this status by town officials in 1932.. Prior to the NSDAP coming to power here, Bad Doberan had been the first municipality to grant Hitler this title.

Heiligendamm, where this year's G8 summit will be convened, belongs to the administrative district of Bad Doberan. The two towns are connected by the Lindenallee (Lime Tree Avenue), which Hitler once praised as "the most beautiful of Germany". The Dammchaussee ('Dam Road'), the road leading into the Lindenallee, was subsequently renamed 'Adolf-Hitler-Strasse' (Adolf Hitler Street).

PHOTOS - National demonstration in Bologna the 3rd of March 007

04-03-2007 11:56 | Migration | World

Towards the repeal of Bossi-Fini Law. First step: the closure of all detention centres.

Howard Government intent on Refoulement of Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

26-02-2007 21:45 | Analysis | Migration | Social Struggles | World

85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers were rescued by the HMAS Success last week and taken to the new high security detention facility on Christmas Island. Pamela Curr, from the Melbourne based Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, said "The Australian government must now abide by its signature to the Convention on Refugees and access these peoples claims fairly. They must not be transported to Nauru so that Australia can avoid giving them access to legal advice and refugee processing."

"Camp Howard" - Australia's very own Guantanamo Bay on Christmas Island - Feb 20

25-02-2007 00:35 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The completion date for this $364 million dollar Guantanamo-style detention complex is mid-2007...

Secret deals with Indonesia/Australia over Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

24-02-2007 21:44 | Analysis | Migration | Repression | World

February 24, 2007 - Saturday, 24 February 2007: A secret deal is being struck between the Australian and Indonesian government to return 85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers back to Indonesia and then to Sri Lanka - without processing their Inernationally recognised human rights to claim asylum. Refugee advocacy groups had called on the Government to bring the asylum seekers to mainland Australia or provide access to lawyers for advice on their rights...

UK To Ban Non-English Speaking Immigrants?

22-02-2007 10:00 | Anti-racism | Culture | Migration | World

An official British Government agency chose to mark UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day and its theme of ‘harmonious environment for all languages’ by questioning whether non-English speaking immigrants should be admitted to the country.

Blatant discrimination? Children, Asylum and Hillingdon Home Office apparatchiks

How the Home Office's planned 'reforms' for children who claim asylum alone is already being implemented by the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Violation of migrants’ human rights in Morocco an “accident”

29-01-2007 19:29 | Globalisation | Migration | Repression | World

Violation of migrants’ human rights in Morocco an “accident” says Commission official. The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held an exchange of views on the situation of migrants in Morocco on Monday, 22nd January.

Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration

26-01-2007 09:51 | Migration | Other Press | Repression | World

Author and radio host Deepa Fernandes joins us to talk about her new book, “Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration.” Fernandes documents the hidden human struggles behind the immigration debate and exposes how big business has been a driving force in setting immigration policy.

US occupation turns 3.7 million Iraqis into refugees

24-01-2007 17:01 | Iraq | Migration | Terror War | World

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported this month that the US invasion and occupation of Iraq has forced one out of every eight Iraqis to flee their homes—more than 3.7 million people. The agency described the refugee crisis caused by the Iraq war as the worst in the Middle East since the ethnic cleansing that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. The Zionist military and paramilitary death squads drove an estimated 711,000 Palestinian Arabs from their land.

World Migration Newswire Archive

Hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium !!

Speak Out For ESOL

Urgent Appeal - Help halt the deportation of Jack Ikegwu

21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

Over 250 DR Congolese on Anti-Deportation demo in Birmingham

Protest against deportations to DRC

Opening Action Prison Boats Zaandam, NL

AUSTRALIA: Villawood detainee hospitalised after hunger strike

Nottingham (and Leicester) demos against deportations to Congo

Mark McGowan Aaron Barschak to Burn Effigy of MP Liam Byrne in Birmingham

"Hitler no longer to be an honorary citizen of Bad Doberan"

PHOTOS - National demonstration in Bologna the 3rd of March 007

Howard Government intent on Refoulement of Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

"Camp Howard" - Australia's very own Guantanamo Bay on Christmas Island - Feb 20

Secret deals with Indonesia/Australia over Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

UK To Ban Non-English Speaking Immigrants?

Blatant discrimination? Children, Asylum and Hillingdon Home Office apparatchiks

Violation of migrants’ human rights in Morocco an “accident”

Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration

US occupation turns 3.7 million Iraqis into refugees

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