Skip to content or view screen version

Mass demo against deportations in Parliament Sq this Saturday

Stop Deportation | 03.06.2010 00:41 | Migration

Demonstration against deportations in Parliament Square, London, this Saturday, 5th June, 2-4pm.
See callout below.

Followed by a solidarity evening with Kurdish and Iraqi refugees, organised by the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees @ the Ringcross Community Centre (60 Lough Rd, N7 6RH) from 6-11pm.

We are a network of different organisations who stand together against the immigration policies the last government introduced and the new government has pledged to continue. We have lost friends and families to detention and forcible deportation. Our members have been beaten and tortured in detention centres. Their immigration status has been used as a weapon against them when they have fought for a decent wage. They have been killed, kidnapped and disappeared when they have been deported back to countries where their human rights have not been respected.

We are demonstrating outside parliament to say that no one is illegal and to call for an end to forcible deportation policy, the closure of all
detention centres, freedom of movement and equal rights for all.

Groups attending include: International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Kurdish and Turkish Community Centre, Kurdistan National Congress,
International Organisation of Iranian Refugees (No Border), Coalition to Stop Deportations to Iraq, London Coalition Against Poverty, Campaign Against Immigration Controls, Cameroon Support Network, South Asia Solidarity Group...

If you/your group would like to get involved, please contact stopdeportation[at-]riseup.net.

This demonstration is part of the European Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine.

Stop Deportation
- Homepage: http://stopdeportation.net

Comments

Hide the following 2 comments

timing?

03.06.2010 09:16

Hi,
This action - and the whole week of stuff you've been doing - sounds really good. I did join in earlier this week :-) However, although I appreciate you organised this demo long before the Israelis decided to attack the flotilla, is there any chance of rescheduling the timing (not the date) of the demo - maybe earlier - as I'm sure many people will want to attend both demos? Essentially, the issues are related - freedom of movement in a world with false boundaries and borders. Both issues are important and I'm sure I'm not the only person who would like to attend both.
Thank you.

A+


Where will you demonstrate?

03.06.2010 10:46

The square is full of tents from the 'democracy village'.

anon