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Demo against deportation in Parliament Sq

Stop Deportation | 05.06.2010 21:17 | Migration

A small demonstration was today held in Parliament Square, London, calling for an end to the forcible deportation of migrants, the closure of all immigration detention centres, freedom of movement and equal rights for all. The protest was part of the Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine and was attended by different groups that form the Stop Deportation Network.

demo against deportation in Parliament Sq, 03-06-2010
demo against deportation in Parliament Sq, 03-06-2010

banners and placards
banners and placards

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a Dutch singer from the Democracy Village
a Dutch singer from the Democracy Village

A speaker from the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees
A speaker from the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees

A speaker from Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!
A speaker from Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!

A speaker from No Borders / No One Is Illegal
A speaker from No Borders / No One Is Illegal

ex-detainee describing his interview by Iraqi officials in detention for deport
ex-detainee describing his interview by Iraqi officials in detention for deport

between two pinks
between two pinks

some protesters then joined the SOAS march
some protesters then joined the SOAS march


It was unfortunate that the demo clashed with two bigger ones: a Stop the War march against the Israeli flotilla massacre, and another against the detention of children organised by the SOAS Detainee Support Group. Many protesters from Parliament Square went on to joint one or both of these.

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Bollocks

06.06.2010 08:33

Common sense talks crap. Migrants are not the cause of all our problems, the deficit has nothing to do with asylum seekers, it's the bankers and the Eaton educated ruling class that caused the crises and now they now expect us to pay for it. They WANT you to blame immigrants, so that you don't blame the government. I don't know what planet you live on but I live in London and I've seen so many beautiful people deported over the last 3 years, I just found out today that a good friend was deported a few hours ago, so I can't let this ignorant comment go. Immigration raids are happening in workplaces, especially places where people unionise, they are a way of controlling and 'disciplining' workers who dare to speak out. Immigration controls are a way of controlling ALL of us.

Economic opportunists? They are the British companies who plunder (naturally rich) Latin America and Africa, steeling natural resources, abusing human rights and leaving these continents so poor that people are forced to leave their countries and come to the UK. Did british soldiers need a visa to invade iraq?????

La Chola (nunca te olvidaremos danielcito)

Well said! (Bollocks)

06.06.2010 11:51

That was obvioulsy an answer to a racist comment that has been hidden. Well said! And I would add: even if people migrate for economic reasons, or to 'better themselves', so what? Any person with the 'correct' papers would be praised for wanting to better themselves, have a career and all that crap, so what's different with migrants? This is pure racism if I ever saw any. Besides, nobody but nobody would need to migrate for economic reason if the colonialists and imperialists did not pillage other countries' resources. Or WTF should some anyone migrate from immensely rich continents such as Africa or Asia to a rainy island in the North where there is hardly anything? - or there was hardly anything before they took the wealth of other nations. Ignorant racists fuck off!

noimmigrationcontrols