Present at the meeting, which was held at the newly occupied Cottage Social Centre, were failed asylum seekers, most of whom had been in detention and experienced unsuccessful deportation attempts, who are wishing to run a public campaign. Present also were activists from the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC), Birmingham Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC), Birmingham NoBorders and the Cottage Social Centre Collective.

After a brief introduction on how to run a public campaign, stories of suffering in Britain's shameful detention centres and throughout the border regime were told, as well as stories of previous and potential campaigns to resist deportation. Each individual or family was then linked to one or more activists to help them run their campaign.

The group will be meeting at the Cottage Social Centre every 2 weeks on Sundays. All supporters of the right of all people to stay in the places they choose and those disgusted at the inhumane and racist government policies are welcome.