Oxford Migration Newswire Archive

Transport available from Reading to 8th April NoBorders demo @ Harmondsworth Detention Centre:

Tickets are £13 (cheaper than public transport!) and are available by emailing ragecollective(AT)hotmail.co.uk (replace (AT) with @) or by phoning 07833 758317 (please leave a message)
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Migreurop, an association of individuals, NGOs and academics from different EU and North African countries, has published an updated version of the map on detention camps for foreigners in European and Mediterranean countries that it produced in July 2004. Read more >>

PROTECT DARFUR DEMO Friday 16/12/05
12 Noon Opposite Downing Street
Aegis Trust, Darfur Union - 200 Darfuri refused asylum seekers + Thousands of Brits (hopefully)
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demo this saturday!!!!! Read more >>

Demonstrate against the UK's detention of innocent people on your doorstep. Read more >>

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26 August 2005

Campsfield detainees on hunger strike and demonstrators protest at
imminent deportations to Iraq - 12 noon Saturday 27th August at Campsfield House, Kidlington, near Oxford Read more >>

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Global Solutions Limited (GSL) - criticised again by Anne Owers HMCIP

"We have now inspected 12 short-term holding centres: the first time these facilities have been exposed to independent scrutiny. Our inspections have identified some important shortcomings in the conditions and treatment of detainees held there." Read more >>

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Abusive policing mars demonstration of solidarity with Zimbabwean hunger strike. Read more >>

Demo to support the Zimbabwean hunger strikers and all detainees

Campsfield Detention Centre, Kidlington

Saturday 2nd July 12pm - 2pm Read more >>

Oxfordshire residents went to Campsfield House Removal Centre near Kidlington today to offer support for the detainees who are on hunger strike over conditions inside and are grieving the suicide of one Zimbabwean man yesterday morning. They will go there again tomorrow. Read more >>

The young man who died was called Ramazan Komluca, he was Kurdish. Read more >>

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Two films about detention centres for refugees, and
inspiring actions that have taken place outside and inside them across the world and in Oxford Read more >>

Demonstration at Campsfield Detention Centre for Refugees - come and show your support to the people inside! Read more >>

The Home Office have now ratcheted up the ante by re-introducing slavery through the form of 'voluntary service for people who have failed the Asylum System and needing subsistence and accommodation' with the assistance of the National YMCA Organisation.

Liverpool YMCA is going to be the first voluntary sector agency to collude with the Home Office in the immigration slavery scheme introduced by section 10 of the 2004 legislation.

While Liverpool is parading on its City Of Culture, 2008 Status (more like Culture of Capital, Here & Now), it would be worthwhile stating historical fact - Liverpool was home to the Slave Trade - and now in 2005, Liverpool could and may well become home to the New City Of Slavery.

The YMCA and the Home Office have called for a 'Closed Door' Meeting to be held at Liverpool City Councils Millenium House on Tuesday 24 May 2005 from 12:40 - 14:40hrs.

The aim of this meeting from what I can gather, is to 'embrace community dialogue' - through restricting the meeting to just a few (highly-paid & self-anointed) NGOs (whose own sources of revenue are probably paid for by the Home Office...)

The question is, can real community dialogue be achieved like this?

The meeting was posted on the SmartGroups Liverpool asylum seeker and refugee support group:

 http://www.smartgroups.com/message/viewdiscussion.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2609

----Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'

>> There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and
>> the Home Office about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40
>> at Millenium House in Liverpool.

As you can see this is the only outside knowledge of this meeting.

I contacted the Liverpool YMCA today which people believe to be the site of the Pilot Scheme, and the Office Administrator has denied any knowledge of the meeting, but said that, "if it's not Liverpool then it might be Chester which will do it."

If the meeting is being held within Council premises, can Trade Unionists based within Millenium House please make and take action with regards to this?

UNISON, and other Unions the call-out for you is here.

Individuals with a conscience, please make your views heard on this subject.

The following links are related to this meeting:

YMCA slave labour scheme

Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'

There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and the Home Office
about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40 at Millenium House in Liverpool.

 http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2602

IND has announced that YMCA England will be running a pilot exercise for Section 10 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act in Liverpool.

Word document:

 http://www.asylumpolicy.info/mayiapnews.doc

YMCA England Statement following meeting with Church Action on Poverty, Boaz Trust and Churches Commission on Racial Justice

Word document:

 http://www.asylumpolicy.info/ymcastatement.doc

It is important that no-one allows this 'Pilot' to get off the ground.

While the YMCA may or could agree to the scheme, it can only be made unworkable if YMCA Staff take a stand on this issue - strike action, refuse on moral grounds, refuse on Health & Safety issues (will the refugees be given proper H&S training?)

Or perhaps I could 'release' the person out, if I saw a refugee doing what I called anything like 'labour'?

Or maybe, the homeless people within the YMCAs will start "getting refugees to do their 'dirty-work'", or cause deep divisions within already dis-enfranchised communities?

If this doesn't happen here, it could happen near YOU.

Maybe meet up at The Egg, Tuesday 24/05, 11:30am?

Anyone into it?

Banners, drums, trumpets, anything to make a party & noise.

Can the 'Outside Media' meaning The Echo/BBC do something on it? Read more >>

Find out more about repression of innocent people on your doorstep. Read more >>

Campsfield demonstration and sponsored bike ride 30th of April, and meeting tuesday 3rd of May. Come along to the demo and show you disgust with the way asylum seekers are being treated, and get involved by coming along to the meeting! Read more >>

Sponsored Bike Ride - Oxford to Campsfield House Immigration Detention
centre

Start 11-15am April 30th 2005 Martyrs Memorial Oxford

Arrive 12pm Campsfield House
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