Detained Mothers on Hunger Strike in Yarl's Wood

No Borders | 16.04.2008 11:00 | Migration | Repression

Seven mothers in the family unit in Yarl's Wood immigration prison are on hunger strike since Thursday, April 10th. They include two breast-feeding mothers. A protest involving up to 15 families started last Thursday, when a mother with her baby, who were to be taken to the airport, took refuge in the 'church' and refused to leave.

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from The Independent

17.04.2008 17:35

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mothers-detained-in-immigration-centre-hold-naked-protest-807802.html

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Mother moved to other detention centre

18.04.2008 12:17

Mercy Guobadia one of the Mothers who was on hunger strike has been moved to Tinsley House IRC, she has been given no reason for the transfer!

Mum goes on hunger strike over detention

Swansea Evening Post - 17 April 2008

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=161389& command=displayContent&sourceNode=161372&contentPK=20416911&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

John O (repost)

Burundian mother and child given new removal!

20.04.2008 21:25

The Burundian mother who took refuge in the church has been given new removal directions for Wednesday 23rd April. If you want to help and if you want updates please e-mail

asylum.soli.net@googlemail.com

Asylum Solidarity Network
mail e-mail: asylum.soli.net@googlemail.com

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church

17.04.2008 17:20

the 'church', not a church. there aren't many places of worship inside yarl's wood.

small correction

solidarity!!

18.04.2008 05:22

We should all support this, whilst bearing in mind that incarceration is becoming big business in the uk at the minute. It is not only these poor souls who languish in enforced institutional, bureaucratic boredom but hundreds of thousands in detention centres, prisons and institutes across the uk. One of the messages that can be taken from this is that for the government, out of sight is out of mind. As long as the 'security' companies who deal with such things turn a profit, who cares about a few human cattle? This seems to be the stance, surprise, surprise, of a society more and more geared toward the use of industrial methods of warehousing/controlling people in order to turn a profit. Down with the prisons! Down with the State! Down with Capitalism!

anarkystSolidarity

squirrels 13 - humans 3

18.04.2008 12:50

I just happened to notice there are 13 comments to an article about a mass killing of grey squirrels in Northumbria and 3 to the feature about the mothers hunger strike. Are squirrels more fashionable than babies? Just wondering what people's heads are at...

just wondering...

Media Bias

19.04.2008 00:45

Have you notice, how each and every time the media covers a story like that, the article ends with a statement taken stright from the company's PR handbook, ie "Families with children are detained only where absolutely necessary and for as short a period as possible and in designated accommodation."

always always it's the same format, the article starts with a short thing about the protest and ends with a statement that is shallow meaningless and supposedly makes everything OK, fuck that, there isn't going to be a fair press coverage for this issue because if there was we'd have open borders

Noman

Media

19.04.2008 20:59

In fact the media are supposed to give an 'unbiased' view, that is to quote both sides and the Home Office view as well...that's why all articles end with such idiotic comments. Everyone who is familiar with the issue knows that children and families are routinely detained, often for months on end.

well spotted

Brief update

25.04.2008 20:54

The Burundian mother and child won a last hour stop of the removal. The child is now in possession of a British passport, therefore he cannot be deported and the mother can choose whether to bring him to Burundi or not...however the future does not look rosy and the mother will have, with all probability, to travel to a country where her life is in danger and apply to re-enter the UK to join her son and her partner.
Wondering about the sanity of who makes such laws?

one

Shame on 'New' Labour!

04.05.2008 17:32

Reading these reports makes me feel truly ashamed to be British.

concerned citizen