Invitation to 'Mass deportations, Mass resistance' public forum
Stop Deportation | 26.10.2009 22:16 | Migration
A public forum to build resistance against mass deportations organised by the Stop Deportation network
Saturday, 7th November 2009, 12-5pm @ the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
* 1,529: the number of people deported from the UK via charter flights
* £8,227,553: the amount spent on charter flight deportations in the financial year 2008-9
* Most frequent destinations: Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria
Mass deportation flights are a new and urgent challenge to all those working for the right to freedom of movement for all. Many deportees have tried to stop or escape from these flights, some even self-harming in desperation. Outside, protests and actions are being organised in the UK, Europe and the destination countries. More are needed!
* find out about the hidden reality of mass deportation flights
* legal and political challenges
* networking and building a UK-wide grassroots campaign against mass deportations
* strategies and tactics of resistance: protests, actions and more.
Stop Deportation
Homepage:
http://stopdeportation
Additions
Reminder & Venue Change
04.11.2009 14:11
The event will be held in Room V221 at the Vernon Square Campus of the School of Oriental and African Studies (Penton Rise, WC1X 9EW), close to King's Cross (map).
The event will run from 12-5pm. The day will combine plenary and participatory sessions to will explore legal and political challenges to mass deportation flights, as well as strategies and tactics of campaigning and taking actions against this relatively new development that allows the government to increase the rate of deportations of people who have fallen foul of its increasingly cynical immigration policy.
Come for registration and refreshments from 11:30am onwards.
Please let us know if you bring children.
Halal & Vegetarian food options.
Fully accessible venue.
Please get in touch if you require translation.
Please indicate attendance and direct questions by email to:
stopdeportation[at]riseup.net.
Stop Deportation
Homepage:
http://stopdeportation.net