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No Borders / NO2ID / Defy-ID protest against ID Cards for Foreign Nationals

Dave Page | 10.11.2008 19:03 | Migration | Social Struggles | Technology | Liverpool

THIS THURSDAY 13th November, there is a planning meeting in Liverpool for an action. 7pm at the Liverpool Social Centre, next to News From Nowhere bookshop, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY.

The action will take place on Tuesday 25th November, the first day on which foreign nationals will be interrogated and processed onto the Government's Database State. All groups opposed to identity cards, imposition of restrictions on foreign borders etc. are urged to attend.

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From 25th November, foreign nationals applying for or extending visas to study or marry in this country (students and spouses) will be required to apply for a "Biometric Visa". This is a mirror of the UK National Identity Card - not just a piece of plastic, but a comprehensive, biometric database record which will track you for life. More details at  http://www.no2id.net/news/pressRelease/release.php?name=Jacqui_Smith_bullying

This scheme is about picking on people who have every reason to comply with the Government, and forcing them into an unfair, useless control-freak system.

On the 25th, a number of groups from around the UK, including No Borders, NO2ID and Defy-ID, will be protesting at the 6 immigration centres around the UK - Glasgow, Cardiff, Sheffield, Liverpool, Croydon and Birmingham. On Thursday 13th November, there will be a meeting in Liverpool to discuss the action there, at the Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY - see  http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org/find.htm

We welcome all groups opposed to this scheme to join us.

Dave Page
- e-mail: manchester@no2id.net
- Homepage: http://manchester.no2id.net/

Additions

Article has been amended as follows

17.11.2008 12:51

The line "This scheme is not about preventing immigration or terrorism." has been removed from the article as this wording took an unintended political position on the issue of immigration & migrants (i.e. it implied immigration should be prevented).

(Also amended the sentence following which was "It is about picking on people who have every reason to comply with the Government, and forcing them into an unfair, useless control-freak system." from "It is... " to "This scheme ..." to make it make sense)

The comment thread below draws attention to and discusses the problem of the wording and contains statements by representatives of both No Borders and NO2ID

maria / Liverpool Indymedia
mail e-mail: nfnmaria@riseup.net

Comments

Display the following 38 comments

  1. point of clarification — Bristol No Borders
  2. liverpool demo 25th — manchester no-borders member
  3. Clarification of Clarification — Dave Page
  4. I don't think the article implies immigration is bad — anon
  5. Bloggers Unite for Refugees — Nicola
  6. Good to ask Questions — Good to Question!
  7. By resisting the repression of migrants, we defend the freedom of everyone. — No Borders South Wales
  8. No Borders speak sense — Wow
  9. Silent Majority Party — Silent Majority Party
  10. Where do No2ID refer to people as "illegal"? — anon
  11. Comment on Illegals — Eleanor
  12. NO2ID message toned down but still a problem — One of Nottingham Defy-ID
  13. Let's work in Solidarity to defeat ID cards — James Elsdon-Baker
  14. Hard to improve upon what James wrote — Dave Gould
  15. Using migration as a political football — DicP
  16. Rebuttal, not Racism — Dave Page
  17. Inaccurate allegations and not the place — Dave Gould
  18. doesn't matter — one of mcr no borders
  19. The meaning of Solidarity — One of Nottingham Defy-ID
  20. Dave, you need to understand... — one of no-borders
  21. ID or not ID? — anon
  22. no2id forum about no borders: — lol
  23. The Freedom Association... — JH
  24. claryfiying No2IDs stance on migration — steven durrant
  25. How did the meeting go last night? — Defying-ID
  26. Not Attending Protest To Stop ID Cards vs Use Of Language - What's The Priority? — MeltedWelly
  27. Language is essential — Overdocumented
  28. Some NO2ID affiliates are for the database state... — Defying-ID
  29. Proposal to amend this article (admin) & personal opinion — maria
  30. Language IS important and "undocumented migrant" will give the wrong impression — Dave Gould
  31. More about the language thing. — SD
  32. Baron von Lotsov — Baron von Lotsov
  33. "Winterval" — JH
  34. Splitting Hairs Causes Headaches — MeltedWelly
  35. You can't be neutral on a moving train — JH
  36. Not So Cunning Linguists — MeltedWelly
  37. Hijacking Political Issues — Baron von Lotsov
  38. Since when did having a coherent political outlook... — JH