Helen Laolu-Balogun and children, still here


Helen and her kids didn't fly on Monday due to intervention by her MP Linda Gilroy. A massive groundswell of support for the family to remain in the UK has been building up in Plymouth, their home town. Helen has now gone on hunger strike at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre.
Hunger strike for asylum mother: BBC
Scott Dann joins protest over deportation family: Herald Plymouth
MP to raise Nigerian family's plight at Westminster: Herald Plymouth
Students fight family deportation:BBC
4,000 Join group as students say 'please don't take our friends from us'



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Honorine Nzessie Tchoua and children, still here


"The family did not fly as expected, they were taken from their room prior to the flight time and the guards were later instructed that their flight was cancelled.They were taken back to detention.They are still in detention and seeking help to be released. We still don't have an idea on the husband whereabout. The family does not know where he is either. I think that the campaign must still go ahead to press for their immediate release."

Romain on behalf of Cameroon Support Network
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine90/Honorinne.html

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Comfort Adefowoju - Still here, fourth attempt failed owing to HO incompetence


Friends, human rights activists and concerned citizens braved torrential rain in Belfast last Monday in a last ditch attempt to prevent the deportation of Comfort Adefowoju, a Nigerian asylum seeker, and her young family.


Comfort, who was due to be removed last Monday by Virgin Nigeria, has lived in South Belfast since 2006. Her eight month old daughter, Sarah, was born here. The family have been in Yarl's Wood Removal Centre for the past seven weeks.

In a second protest to protect the family, speakers from all across the political spectrum came out in support of the campaign to release them from detention and return them to their Belfast community.

Speakers from her campaign, as well as Sinn Fein, the Alliance party and Mountpottinger Presbyterian Church called on the Home Office to reconsider their verdict, as well as speaking out about the plight of many asylum seekers seeking refuge in 'Fortress Europe'.

Comfort has successfully withstood four removal attempts and remains in Yarl's Wood.


From: Caitlín Nicíomhair


 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/newszine89/Comfort.html


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Sukula Family Anti-Deportation Campaign
University dreams of asylum seeker dashed
Flores Sukula, aged 21, who has lived in Bolton since 2001 when her family fled the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was given a place on a health studies degree at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). But she has had to decline her place because she is classed as an overseas student, which means she has to pay between £7,000 and £8,000 - more than the £3,150 a British resident would pay.
Bolton News, Thursday 24th January 2008
 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1992112.0.university_dreams_of_asylum_seeker_dashed.php

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Refugees need lessons for life
Having endured militia attacks, weeks in hiding, an escape to a cold, distant country, years of peripatetic near-destitution and most recently a Christmas in detention, Adesole Adefowoju now faces a new problem: boredom.
Financial Times, January 25 2008
 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5f41aca-cae8-11dc-a960-000077b07658.html



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The British have made matters worse, says Afghan President
Britain and Afghanistan fell out in spectacular fashion yesterday after President Karzai accused his British allies of bungling the military operation in Helmand and setting back prospects for the area by 18 months.
The Times,January 25, 2008
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3248318.ece



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Kenya: Opposition Officials Helped Plan Rift Valley Violence
- Human Rights Watch investigations indicate that, after Kenya's disputed elections, opposition party officials and local elders planned and organized ethnic-based violence in the Rift Valley, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks, targeting mostly Kikuyu and Kisii people in and around the town of Eldoret, could continue unless the government and opposition act to stop the violence, Human Rights Watch said.
Human Rights Watch, January 24, 2008
 http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/01/23/kenya17859.htm



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Challenges And Solutions: Undocumented Migrants And Failed Asylum Seekers

Saturday, 2 February 2008 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Praxis Community Projects
Pott Street
London E2 oEF
Near the Bethnal Green stop on the Central Line.
Also accessible using bus routes 8, 106, 253, 254, 309, 388, D3, and D6.


Presentation on the legacy asylum case resolution

Presentation on the ongoing campaign for a regularisation

Brainstorming sessions to discuss issues faced by undocumented migrants and those who work with them

Opportunity for migrants to network with support organisations, and for organisations to discuss best practices

Medecins du Monde medical clinic open for migrants who need medical advice

Please invite migrants or colleagues who may be interested in this event.


If you would like your organisation to be represented in the open session, reserve a table bye-mailing:  kathryn.dennler@praxis.org.uk.


For inquiries, contact Kathryn Dennler
020 7749 7615
 kathryn.dennler@praxis.org.uk





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Source for this Message:
Praxis
Human Rights Watch
The Times
Bolton News
Financial Times
Helen Laolu-Balogun Campaign
Comfort Adefowoju Campaign

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