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UK No Border Camp 2007 Newswire Archive

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Cancer victim deported to Ghana dies

20-03-2008 15:18

Ama Sumani, the Ghanaian woman who was deported despite undergoing treatment for terminal cancer, has died, friends said last night. The 39-year-old mother of two died on Wednesday afternoon in Korle Bu Hospital in Accra, Ghana. Friends had told her recently that £70,000 had been raised to get her the treatment and drugs that she so desperately needed.

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fbi's CJIS Must Be Removed From fbi Control !

15-03-2008 19:45


fbi seeks to intimidate (through CJIS) all who show NO "fbi respect".

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No Borders @ Hackney Social Centre

12-03-2008 13:29

No Borders Flyer
Full program + flyer!

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Average cost of a forced deportation: £11,000

12-03-2008 13:23

''We are committed to doubling our enforcement activity by 2010. This includes
increasing the number of removals.'' Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration

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Stop 'Ethnic Charter Flights'

10-03-2008 15:51

Mass deportation to Afghnistan by Hamburg International Airlines, 'Ethnic charter flight', under the Home Office operation 'Ravel' programme on Tuesday March 11th 2008 at 20:30hrs from the UK

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Protest to stop the removal of Guy Njike Wed 12th March Parlaiment Square

10-03-2008 15:17


Protest to stop the removal of Guy Njike back to Cameroon
NO DEPORTATIONS TO TORTURE!

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No Borders @ Hackney Social Centre

08-03-2008 17:34

An evening of talks, film and workshops by no borders activists, migrants and asylum seekers followed by cafe, bands and DJs.

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Shift Magazine Articles On line!

07-03-2008 17:24

Find all the articles from the latest Shift magazine online at www.shiftmag.co.uk.

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Iranian teenager faces death penalty after losing his asylum claim

06-03-2008 12:15

A gay teenager who sought sanctuary in Britain when his boyfriend was executed by the Iranian authorities now faces the same fate after losing his legal battle for asylum.

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it's official: cops are wankers!

05-03-2008 21:34

The court case against a No Borders activist arrested for saying 'wankers' was laughed out of court this week.

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Liberty wins permisson to seek public inquiry in Harmondsworth conditions

05-03-2008 11:46

Liberty has won permission to seek a public inquiry over the "shameful" conditions it says foreign nationals were held in at a west London immigration detention centre.
The human rights pressure group contends that vulnerable detainees were left in overcrowded, flooded cells without food or water while fires burned during a riot at Harmondsworth in November 2006.

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Vulnerable young woman faces deportation to Burundi tomorrow - urgent action ne

04-03-2008 15:06

Annociate Nimpagaritse from Sheffield is being held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and has "removal directions" for this Wednesday 5th March to Burundi. Please take urgent action now to help us get Annociate back to Sheffield where she belongs.

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Demonstrate Against Deportations to Cameroon

03-03-2008 14:58

This demonstration is a prompt response to recent killings in Cameroon orchestrated by the dictatorial regime of Paul Biya. The situation in Cameroon is not safe at all and is expected to become worse during the coming days.

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Harmondsworth disturbance, demand for a public inquiry hearing

29-02-2008 10:07

A demonstration will be held outside the Court of Appeal as it prepares to hear a case brought by Liberty asking for a judicial review of the government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the disturbance at Harmondsworth in November 2006.

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Around the Campaigns Friday 29th February 2008

29-02-2008 10:03

Saddiq Family Detained after Dawn Raid in Leeds
The Saddiq family are from Karachi in Pakistan. They fled to the UK in 2005 because Saleem suffered persecution due to active membership of a minority political party.

Helen & Alistair Itanje:
I really wish every body could understand that Millbank is a torture chamber, the conditions there are more inhuman than that of a detention centre. I really feel somebody have to do something to stop them from treating asylum seekers in the way that they do, I really do wish they could be exposed.
Editors note: There is a new Home Office scheme, 'Alternative to Detention' being piloted at Millbank induction centre, run by Migrant Helpline

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Demonstrate outside Kalyx HQ Friday 22 February 2008

20-02-2008 16:48

The Support the Harmondsworth 4 Campaign is holding a demonstration outside the offices of the company which runs Harmondsworth detention centre - Kalyx which is a subsidiary of Sodhexo.
* Friday 22 February 2008, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
* Sodhexo, 25 Chapel Street, London NW1 5DH

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Unlawful Detention

16-02-2008 10:24

An asylum seeker continues to languish in Britains (Guantanamo Bay) Harmondsworth Detention Centre for 8 months after been detained despite the facts that it is against Home Office published policy on detention, on parents enagaged in Child Contact Proceedings and Case law regarding eminent removal.

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Spain:More than 100 immigrant farm worker on strike

14-02-2008 13:39

More than 100 immigrant farmworkers, who are organised within the syndicate of
immigrant workers (SOI) are on strike for an unlimited period. Amongst other things they claim better working conditions and a regularisation of all "sin papeles".

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DR Congo: Monthly Human Rights Assessment: December 2007

13-02-2008 11:46

The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the DRC concluded an eight-day official visit to the country; FARDC and PNC elements were allegedly responsible for at least 7 arbitrary executions of civilians as well as several violations of the right to physical integrity, including 12 cases of rape of minors;

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Charly and Kiefer attachments

13-02-2008 11:39

Model letters to fax ASAP