Demonstration against immigrants’ detention and deportations at Harmondsworth
Chiara for Freedom of Movement | 12.02.2005 22:17
DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DETENTION AND DEPORTATIONS.
Saturday 19th February 2005 : meet at 11.30 outside Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow Airport (Colnbrook is close by); alternatively, phone 07947 615341 for transport from London, or 01235 31568 from Oxford.
Bring: your banners, flying objects like kites, noise-making tools like pots and pans.
Saturday 19th February 2005 : meet at 11.30 outside Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow Airport (Colnbrook is close by); alternatively, phone 07947 615341 for transport from London, or 01235 31568 from Oxford.
Bring: your banners, flying objects like kites, noise-making tools like pots and pans.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Harmondsworth and Colnbrook are two of the worst examples of the government’s inhuman policies against migrants and asylum seekers.
People who are often escaping war, persecution and torture are detained without time limits and without having committed any crime, isolated from the outside by tall razor-wired fences. Those who resist deportation are subjected to beatings and other abuse.
If the draconian measures announced by Charles Clarke to clamp down on immigration will be introduced, immigrant detention could increase tenfold. Other measures will be compulsory fingerprinting of everyone applying for entry, ID cards ad electronic tagging. Asylum seekers will lose any right to remain, instead their cases will be reviewed every 5 years leaving them in permanent limbo. Their right to appeal will be further restricted, and more and more applicants will be fast-tracked and deported, often to countries where they are in danger for their lives.
Harmondsworth is the largest detention centre in the UK. It closed down temporarily in 2004 after an uprising following the suicide of a detainee, resulting in fires being lit inside the detention centre with great danger for the detainees (and an estimate damage of over £ 2,000,000). It has recently re-opened with an increased capacity of 551. It is run by Premier Detention Services (Sodexo).
Colnbrook is the newest detention centre in the UK. It is next to Harmondsworth , where the old Harmondsworth detention centre used to be. It has a capacity of 326 and a harsher regime, more prison-like (for instance detainees are locked in their cells at night). It is run by Premier Detention Services (Serco), which also run the small Queen’s Building detention centre inside Heathrow Airport.
The demonstration against detention and deportations @ Harmondsworth and Colnbrook is the firs of a series of events culminating in the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR MIGRANT’S RIGHTS on the 2nd April 2005.
Chiara for Freedom of Movement
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