UK Indymedia - UK Migration Newswire Archive

Calais: Africa House due for eviciton Urgent support needed

06-06-2010 13:34

Africa House is expected to be demolished and the final eviction could be NEXT Wednesday 9th June… we are organizing to defend the squat and the people who live in it, and more activists are are needed.

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Demo against deportation in Parliament Sq

05-06-2010 21:17

A small demonstration was today held in Parliament Square, London, calling for an end to the forcible deportation of migrants, the closure of all immigration detention centres, freedom of movement and equal rights for all. The protest was part of the Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine and was attended by different groups that form the Stop Deportation Network.

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Africa house raided

04-06-2010 16:09

Today at 8:00am local time a large migrant squat in Calais got raided

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One day in Calais- a personal account

04-06-2010 15:27

This is my own account of one day spent in Calais.
To get a bigger picture, look at the Calais Migrant Solidarity site.

http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/

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Around the Campaigns Friday 4th June 2010

04-06-2010 07:04

Immigration: Detention of Children
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply, and I welcome her to her new high ministerial office and wish her well for the future. When does she expect to be able to end child detention for immigration purposes? Does she not agree that it would be a signal success for the new Government if there could be an early announcement that ended the practice? Is there any chance of her being able to do that sensibly before the House rises for the Summer Recess?
House of Lords / 2 Jun 2010 : Column 252

http://tinyurl.com/3586xt5

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Deportation travel agents awarded 'deportation profiteer of the year' title

03-06-2010 16:42

A travel agents contracted by the UK Border Agency to arrange the forcible deportation of migrants has been awarded the title of 'Deportation Profiteer of the Year'. [1]

Campaigners from the Stop Deportation Network today presented Carlson Wagonlit Travel with the award at its main offices in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. [2]

In April 2010, CWT won a government contract to book seats on scheduled and chartered flights for immigration detainees due for deportation. The global booking agency, which specialises in business travel management, has been used by the UKBA to do what campaigners described as a "dirty business" since 2004. In the financial year 2004-5, the contract was worth almost £23million. [3]

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UKBA D-Locked

03-06-2010 12:03

The UK Border Agency offices in Derby were d-locked last night. And a written message was left.

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Mass demo against deportations in Parliament Sq this Saturday

03-06-2010 00:41

Demonstration against deportations in Parliament Square, London, this Saturday, 5th June, 2-4pm.
See callout below.

Followed by a solidarity evening with Kurdish and Iraqi refugees, organised by the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees @ the Ringcross Community Centre (60 Lough Rd, N7 6RH) from 6-11pm.

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Africa house eviction demo

02-06-2010 19:09

Brighton demonstration against the proposed eviction and demolition of 'Africa House' in Calais.

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Defend Africa House - Urgent callout!

02-06-2010 18:12

Please come to Calais - it looks like the squat sheltering many migrants is going to be evicted shortly.

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Against Deportation in Cardiff

02-06-2010 08:33

These banners appeared this morning in the centre of Cardiff.

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Protest against deportation at Becket House reporting centre, London

01-06-2010 20:16

As part of the Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine, a protest was today held at Becket House, one of London's two main immigration reporting centres near London Bridge. The demo was called by No Borders London and supported by other groups, including Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees and Stop Deportation. A similar was held earlier in the day at Communications House, London's other main reporting centre in Old Street (see here).

After displaying their banners and placards in the rain, shouting anti-deportation and anti-detention slogans via a loudspeaker and leafleting passers-by, the protesters then walked round the back into the secure compound, where they stayed for a short while among snatch squad vans, until they were 'asked' to leave by the security guards.

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Protest against deportation at Communications House reporting centre, London

01-06-2010 20:07

As part of the Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine, and despite the bad weather conditions, a picket was today held at Communications House, one of London's two main immigration reporting centres on Old Street. The demo was called by Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and supported by other groups, including No Borders London and Stop Deportation. A similar demo was held later in the day at Becket House, London's other main reporting centre near London Bridge (see here).

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Save Refugee and Migrant Justice Campaign

01-06-2010 07:39

Lawyers Defending Human Rights

http://refugee-migrant-justice.org.uk/?page_id=1206

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EDL Plots August Race Riot in Bradford

29-05-2010 14:48

The violent fascist EDL have confirmed they plan to inflict Bradford with Britain's deadliest-ever race riot in late August. Having cancelled an earlier visit to the multicultural rubble-strewn wreck of a city, the racist street-fighting army of football hooligans and hardcore white supremacists will invade Bradford, unleashing a pandemonium of ultra violence with chisels, bottles, knives and petrol bombs.

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Protest at G4S AGM: Stop Detaining Children and Families Now!

28-05-2010 18:04

Despite the government's pledge to end immigration detention of children and families, G4S continues to lock up innocent children in Tinsley House, near Gatwick Airport. Today students from SOAS Detainee Support protested against this abhorrent practice, and confronted chief executive, Nick Buckles, who earns more than £4000 per day, while continuing to be complicit in harming children's health and well-being, while they are in G4S's 'care.'

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Announced inspection of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre

26-05-2010 07:16

[Two new wings built to Category B prison standards will open in June, bringing Harmondsworth back to full capacity, and will be the largest immigration detention centre in Europe]

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Save Courage Idiagbonya from deportation!

25-05-2010 13:47

[There is another Charter Flight to Nigeria this Thursday. Nigeria lacks the capacity to establish and maintain political institutions, secure their population from violent conflict, control their territories and meet the basic needs of their population. Is in free fall to becoming a failed state; 22nd in 'Fund for Peace' Failed States Index in 2006 it plummeted to 15th in 2009 a 32% decrease in living/human rights conditions in 3 years.]

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Most illegal migrants likely to be white

24-05-2010 22:35

If there is uncontrolled immigration, it is because the immigration authorities know that the people wants it. And it's not because of cheap labour, or silly conspiracy theories about undermining British culture. It is because of racial solidarity among white people.

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Things to do in the Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine

24-05-2010 20:36

The European Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine (1st-6th June), called by Stop Deportation (see callout at

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/04/449165.html), is just a week away. Here are a few things to do during the week. The list only includes activities in London and the South East of England. Other regions and countries may be organising their own activities.