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Upsurge in asylum seekers in industrialized world a myth

12-04-2010 07:03

"The notion that there is a flood of asylum seekers into richer countries is a myth, despite what some populists claim, our data shows that the numbers have remained stable." UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres

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Breakfast with the Police @ Africa House

10-04-2010 13:29

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Africa House was raided by a combined force of CRS, PAF and Police Nationale. About 25 migrants were arrested.

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Bath Bomb #29 Out Now

09-04-2010 13:11

Bath's monthly radical freesheet is out now, chronicling the rise and falling on its feet of Bath's Black Cat social centre, Border Agency harrassment, property questioning, Mayday plots, Tesco encroachment, and the usual...

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no border camp brussels: your help wanted

06-04-2010 12:47

A no border camp want to gather people who support the demands of no border and who want to gather to debate, inform, protest, view documentary’s and party.

The no border movement struggles against the European and Belgian migracy policy, for freedom of movement and settlement and for the abolition of borders

This event wil attract hundreds , maybe thousands of people , from Belgium as well as other countries. And to get things organized different workgroups have been established who take care of the practical organization, including one workgroup on medical teams.

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Serco goverment services attacked

06-04-2010 11:31

A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Serco government services building in Nottingham on Saturday at 4am.

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No Borders Paris: Day of Mass Action for Free Movement

04-04-2010 22:08

A transnational day of action for freedom of movement is in the pipeline. The event will take place in Paris on 15th May, target soon to be announced....

See the (translated) callout, below, book the date in your diary, start forming your affinity groups, and check the blog for updates.

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Anti-Fascist Demo in Dudley

03-04-2010 22:58

Anti Fascist Protesters in Dudley.
DUDLEY SAYS .... NO TO RACISM !

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Chagos Islanders Need Our Solidarity

02-04-2010 20:11

Charlezia - an Islander...but will she ever see home again
Behind yesterday's seemingly positive declaration of the Chagos Islands as a "Marine Reserve" by the UK government lies a sinister not-very- well- hidden agenda...

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Calais solidarity Demo UKBA Brighton

01-04-2010 21:01

Brighton CMS held demo outside the UKBA offices yesterday in Brighton, in solidarity with migrants in Calais and beyond.

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Rome immigration prison set on fire by detainees

31-03-2010 00:37

«Total chaos!» At midnight on 30th March, this text message was sent from one of the detainees inside Ponte Galeria, the immigration prison in Rome, Italy. An hour prior to the text, a riot inside the detention centre had started: mattresses were burnt and two huge fires reached the infirmary. Some of the detainees were on the roof, while others broke three or four doors and reached the outer fence. The detention centre was soon full of riot police. Gunshots were heard around 1.20am.

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Bomb in Athens kills 1, injures 2

29-03-2010 09:28

Bomb in bin in Athens kills young Afghani boy, injures his mother and sister.

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Immigrants in Italy - victims of murder and violence

26-03-2010 00:15

In the photo, young Abdul Salam Guibre, known as Abba, victim of racial hatred
It is no coincidence that the anti-immigrant, anti-Roma policies are put forward as policies for legality, security and against social and urban decay. It is a media strategy which also prevents the news getting out of Italy about the climate of racism that is now present on all levels of society. And this is one of the tasks our group has taken upon itself: to stop a curtain of silence and disinformation falling on the tragedy of racial violence and abuse.

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Activists disrupt 'policing the borders' conference

24-03-2010 21:30

A high-profile conference about 'policing' the UK borders on Tuesday was disrupted by campaigners protesting against a 'fortress Europe'. Activists from No Borders London [1] stormed the Cavendish conference centre in central London with banners, leaflets and cameras. They then started to shout 'No borders, no nations, stop deportations' until the 20 or so attendees left and the event was cancelled.

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UKIP not welcome in Romsey

24-03-2010 17:36

say no to mass racism
UKIP billboard improved by local people

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Sodexo's Lake side Cafe targeted

24-03-2010 12:41

On Sunday night the doors of Sodexo's Lakeside Cafe were locked and windows covered with graffiti. Sodexo are amongst those who profiteer from the boarder regime and industrial prison complex.

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Sanctuary for Ali Hili - Action alert: Iraqi LGBT need your help

24-03-2010 10:24

The UK government through its Border Agency has decided not to give priority to the asylum application of Iraqi, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) leader Ali Hili, in exile in London. The application has been outstanding for nearly three years and while it is outstanding, Ali cannot travel.

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London Living Wage Launch in Oxford St

22-03-2010 12:53

London Citizens, a grass roots charity working for social, economic and environmental justice that has led the campaign for a London Living Wage for workers launched this campaign into the retail sector on Saturday 20/03/2010 with a demonstration on Oxford St. Photos Copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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Second attempt to remove Mireille Mbimbo

22-03-2010 06:03

Mireille Mbimbo a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a resident of Bradford, is currently being held at Yarls Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Thursday 25th March @ 19.00 on Kenya Airways flight KQ101, from London Heathrow to Nairobi for onward transit on flight KQ554 to Kinshasa.

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Second attempt to remove Patrick Masengo

22-03-2010 06:02

Patrick Masengo, a national of DR Congo and resident of Rotherham, currently detained in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre, is due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday 24th March @ 19.00 hrs on Kenyan Airways Flight KQ101 to Nairobi and onwards to DR Congo.