London Migration Newswire Archive

30-11-2006 15:10 | 2 additions

Urgent: Yarl's Wood Quarantined

Asylum seekers at Yarl's Wood have claimed today that Yarl's Wood IRC is quarantined and that visitors are not being allowed in due to the dangerous health conditions there. Read more >>

30-11-2006 10:26

Solidarity with the Harmondsworth detainees! Demonstrate at Communications House

The brave actions of the detainees at Harmondsworth Immigration Detention Centre, have publicised the disgusting conditions and treatment they face far wider than could ever have been achieved simply by the publication of the Chief Inspector of Prisons’ report criticising the immigration prison.
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29-11-2006 00:54 | 13 additions

Riot in Harmondsworth

A riot started around 9 pm in B wing and seems to have spread to all wings. Some detainees have been beaten up. There are reports of fires being lit everywhere. Detainees have been locked up in their rooms in some parts of the centre. In others they are stll rioting.
I have news now (00.50) they are now taking the detanees out of the building. Read more >>

28-11-2006 23:55

Stop deportation and detention of Ethiopian asylum seekers

Kinijit's support organisation KSOUK in the UK has staged a demonstration today in front of the Minister for Immigration, Marsham Street. They are challenging the decision of the British government to detain and deport asylum seekers from Ethiopia.
Between 50 and 60 people took part, mostly Ethiopian refugees and their supporters.
Members fo the opposition face being imprisoned and tortured if deported back to Ethiopia.
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28-11-2006 15:08

Goldman Sachs Headquarters Occupied by Cleaners Union

Today at 12pm around 25 cleaners and supporters went into the lobby of Goldman Sachs Headquarters, despite attempts by security to kick them out. They were protesting at the treatment of cleaners by ISS, which is partially owned by Goldman Sachs, and demanded a deal with the TGWU. Read more >>

28-11-2006 11:10 | 1 addition

Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre - 'Not fit for Purpose'

Anne Owers HM Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) has published today a report on Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), the UK's largest immigration removal centre, stating that it was not performing satisfactorily against ANY of the Inspectorate's tests of a healthy custodial environment and that poor relationships between custody officers and detainees were "worse than had been seen at any other detention centre" and was "Undoubtedly the poorest report" issued by HMIP of any IRC to date.
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27-11-2006 17:23

Support Mercy Murua and Peter Gichura, disabled activists at risk of deportation

Dear friends
We ask you to take action and speak out in support of Mercy Murua and Peter Gichura, two disabled activists who face almost certain persecution and death if they are deported back to Kenya. Ms, Murua is in WinVisible, and Mr, Gichura takes part in our joint activities, including the "Claim the Buses" transport action day by wheelchair users, organised by Transport for All in August 2006. Read more >>

27-11-2006 14:28

ISS Justice for Cleaners Call for Support

Cleaners need help to tackle big multinational company. Read more >>

25-11-2006 20:26

Misjudging rape

Adjudicators (now known as immigration judges) flout international law and even their own guidelines when they consider the asylum claims of women and girls seeking safety and protection from rape. Read more >>

24-11-2006 16:59

Voices From Detention

Barbed Wire Britain, a network to end refugee and migrant detention, has produced a second volume of testimonies from immigration detainees, Voices From Detention II.

Amidst the political and media clamour about how many asylum seekers have been or need be deported, the voices of the system's victims are necessarily stifled. Would-be refugees are mere statistics, objects in a disgusting Dutch auction as to which political brand can wash whitest. And this why such a collection is an important tool in the struggle for rights and justice.

The volume is a collection of accounts by detainees in Tinsley House, Campsfield House, Rochester (HMP), Liverpool (HMP), Belmarsh (HMP), Lindholme, Harmondsworth, Yarlswood, Dungavel, Dover and Haslar. These are people for whom the unthinkable has happened. They have been imprisoned in the UK without charge, without conviction, without time limit. They have been imprisoned by the UK government, which boasts its democratic institutions.

22-11-2006 16:22

Asylum Statistics: Q3 2006

The Home Office has released its "asylum statistics" for the 3rd quarter of 2006 (July, August and September). Below is a summary of the main points. Read more >>

14-11-2006 15:38

CALL FOR ACTION: MIGRANT WORKERS DEMAND JUSTICE

HELP REQUIRED FOR GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST ISS

This is the big push forward to demand Justice for Cleaners: an international campaign for the right of cleaners to organise within ISS - one of the worlds biggest multinational Cleaning Companies.
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13-11-2006 09:16

READ ALL ABOUT IT – UK-Portuguese newspaper launched in Thetford, Norfolk

Thetford based charity launches the first Portuguese newspaper to be fully edited and produced in the UK, hoping to reach the 500,000+ Portuguese nationals in the UK. Distributing in 600 places, mainly focussing on East Anglia and London. From an idea by META, a Keystone Equalities project. Read more >>

13-11-2006 00:12 | 1 addition

Indymedia-film about Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

These days a new indymedia-film concerning the situation of palestinian refugees in Lebanon was released. Read more >>

12-11-2006 00:20

Last ditch attempt to stop deportation of young lesbian

A last ditch attempt to stop Faridah Kenyini being deported is being organised by Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR). We are asking people to take phone/fax action and if you live in the Heathrow area, to leaflet at the airport on Monday afternoon. Read more >>

05-11-2006 14:37

Detainee Support Training Day

No Borders London Detainee Support Group are holding a training day on Saturday 11th November @ LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, 12noon - 5pm. Read more >>

31-10-2006 10:13

Communications House demo - Tuesday 7 November

FIGHT RACIST LAWS! DEFEND ASYLUM SEEKERS/ MIGRANTS. Read more >>

30-10-2006 15:12

Demonstrate for Freedom of Movement

monthly picket of Communications House migrant reporting centre Saturday 4th November 1-3pm organised by No Borders London Read more >>

29-10-2006 16:31 | 1 addition

show solidarity with refugees in Calais the 4th anniversary of Sangattes closur

Demonstrate in Calais , on Tuesday the 14th of November 13.30 Quai de la moselle
if you can please come and show some solidarity for refugees in Calais who continue to live rough in the streets , woods and on the beaches in Calais ; they face the prospect of another winter and continuing harrassment and brutality of the French (and now 200 British) police Read more >>

26-10-2006 11:11

International Action Day "Free Erdogan"

Switzerland wants to send political refugees back to turkey, where they will face torture and death. We want to stop this and ask for international help. Read more >>