>>I have just read with dismay that Barnardo's will be acting as service provider for the new family detention centre at Pease Pottage, Sussex.
It may have been repackaged as “pre-departure accommodation”, but however you try to spin this, it is effectively a prison for containing families. Families who will then be returned to countries from which they have fled, often in fear for their lives or having suffered violence & in some cases torture.
Shame on you Barnado's for even considering taking part in this vile business. The way we treat refugees in this country is appalling, and now the government are buying the services of 'charities' to make it seem less brutal.
I have donated to Barnardo's in the past, but I will never do so again.
We would therefore ask people to write to
info@barnardos.org.uk and to make a separate complaint to complaints@rednoseday.com, since the latter are funding Barnardos, who probably haven't advertised their involvement in the practice of child detention.
And if Barnardos doesn't back off with its involvement in the new detention centre in Pease Pottage we intend to picket the shops of these hypocrites until they understand the meaning of ethical behaviour.
It may have been repackaged as “pre-departure accommodation”, but however you try to spin this, it is effectively a prison for containing families. Families who will then be returned to countries from which they have fled, often in fear for their lives or having suffered violence & in some cases torture.
Shame on you Barnado's for even considering taking part in this vile business. The way we treat refugees in this country is appalling, and now the government are buying the services of 'charities' to make it seem less brutal.
I have donated to Barnardo's in the past, but I will never do so again.
We would therefore ask people to write to
info@barnardos.org.uk and to make a separate complaint to complaints@rednoseday.com, since the latter are funding Barnardos, who probably haven't advertised their involvement in the practice of child detention. And if Barnardos doesn't back off with its involvement in the new detention centre in Pease Pottage we intend to picket the shops of these hypocrites until they understand the meaning of ethical behaviour.
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15.03.2011 18:06
Kidz
Think about it!
15.03.2011 20:36
Is that so :
Why Barnardo’s is providing support for families at new pre-departure accommodation
Surely whilst these places sadly exist, it is far better for a charity like Barnardos to be involved with them than say G4S, etc ?
Barnardos will at least be able to treat these people as the vulnerable humans they are, rather than some minimum wage security thug who doesn't care about their welfare.
I honestly think you've got the wrong end of the stick here - good luck to Barnardos and well done to them for wishing to show compassion to these poor families; it'll probably be the only compassion they've been shown throughout their experiences here in the UK.
Please consider the alternatives for these desperate people, before launching a campaign to stop Barnardos being involved!
Oh and I have no connection to Barnardos other than donating to them when I can afford to.
Dave
barnardo's... the friendly face of child abuse
15.03.2011 23:14
while the australian and british governments have more recently apologised for this policy, that continued up to 1967, i'm not sure if barnardo's have ever issued a statement apologising for their complicity in this abuse.
a timeline of child removal to colonies, and barnardo's involvement in this can be found here:
no borderer
Big Society
16.03.2011 13:46
Rob