Protest in Solihull against the imposition of ID cards on Migrants

Birmingham Noborders | 24.11.2008 19:42 | Migration | Birmingham

Birmingham Noborders will be holding a demonstration on November 25th from 12:30pm in Solihull against the imposition of ID cards on Non-Eu students and marriage visa holders.

The protest will be happening at the UK Border Agency centre where student and marriage visa applicants will have to go to have their photograph and fingerprints taken. The location is Dominion Court, 41 Station Road, Solihull, Birmingham, B91 3RT:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=414876&y=279599&z=0&sv=B91+3RT&st=2&pc=B91+3RT&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

multiplying the borders

This is not the first time foreign nationals or migrants have been used as guinea pigs to test a law or technology. Examples include the Asylum Registration Cards (ARC), which is a similar card that asylum seekers have been required to carry since 2002. Once migrants have been used as a 'road test' for the widely opposed ID scheme, the government will start on the rest of us. From 2010 on, the government predicts that one million cards will be handed out every year.

For more background information on how this 'drip drip' approach to imposing biometric ID cards relates to migration management and the Home Office’s points system read:

http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3147

http://nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com/2008/11/defy-id-cards-no-one-is-illegal.html

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