Mothers detained in immigration centre hold 'naked' protest
A group of mothers held in the Yarl's Wood immigration centre have staged protests over the extended detention of children. They argue that locking up minors is cruel and say being kept in close confinement has caused outbreaks of viruses.

Many of the women, who have been awaiting deportation from the Bedford immigration removal centre for months, stood naked in a corridor and have gone on hunger strike in a bid to make their demands heard.
Full story: By Emily Dugan, Friday, The Indpendent, 11 April 2008
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mothers-detained-in-immigration-centre-hold-naked-protest-807802.html

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Memorial for Zarine Rentia
South Camden Community School are organising a memorial for Zarine Rentia on 2nd May at 2pm in South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, NWI 1RG.

It would be lovely if you were free and could attend. You would be most welcome.

Please let me know so that we can accommodate numbers.
Celine Barry /  celary50@yahoo.co.uk  http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/newszine89/Rentia.html

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Protest in support of asylum seeker Rose
Protesters staged a demonstration outside Government offices yesterday in support of an asylum seeker who is facing removal from the country. Rose Aboukha has lived in Newcastle for three years since fleeing her native Uganda, fearing for her safety. But she was detained on Monday morning in North Shields police station and members of Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) held a vigil outside.
Full story: Paul Loraine, The Journal April 10 2008
 http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/04/10/protest-in-support-of-asylum-seeker-rose-61634-20743519/

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Sylvanus Akhator Ogun, removed
Just an email to say Sylvanus Ogun (Bulletin Tue, 25 Mar 2008) was removed on Wednesday 26/3/08 and he is now back in Nigeria. However his partner Sabella will continue to fight for him to be back in UK as her husband.

Thanks to all who faxed letters of support.

Regards, Geraldine Agbor / ANSU UK
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Ex-chef 'sent home to die'
A former chef at a Newmarket Indian restaurant, who is in urgent need of a kidney transplant, is being condemned to death by a Home Office decision to deport him, a friend has claimed. Failed asylum seeker Tajel Uddin, who was arrested by immigration officers in front of diners at the Essence 2 restaurant in Park Lane, is currently undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds. But similar treatment and an eventual transplant would cost him between £20,000 and £30,000 in his native Bangladesh, where he has to pay for his treatment.
Full story: By Kelly Felstead, Newmarket Journal, Thursday 10th April 2008
 http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/Exchef-39sent-home-to-die39.3964921.jp

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54 Burmese migrants suffocate in packed lorry
A group of Myanmarese migrant workers, rescued from a cramped container, sit in a prison cell at a police station in Sooksamran district, Ranong province, south of Bangkok. Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Fifty-four illegal Burmese migrants being smuggled by traffickers in southern Thailand suffocated in the sweltering confines of a tiny seafood container lorry yesterday after the air-conditioning system failed.

Some of the 67 survivors told how they were 30 minutes into the journey to the resort island of Phuket, where they hoped to find work, when conditions became unbearably stifling.
Full Story: Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok, The Guardian, Friday April 11 2008
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/11/burma.thailand

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Source for this message:
Vera & Kenni campaign
Rentia Family Campaign
ANSU UK
The Guardian
Newmarket Journal
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