UK Indymedia - UK Migration Newswire Archive

FREE Benefit Gigs Taunton: No Borders / Renata Zelazna / Antifascist

18-07-2010 15:25

FREE BENEFIT GIGS @ ROADHOUSE, TAUNTON
29th July: No Borders Bristol w/ Some Sort of Threat, Olive Anne, Rat Bandits & Dane Howells
19th August: Free Renata Zelazna w/ Distortion UK + Support
6th October: Russian Antifascists w/ BrainDead + Support

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Demonstrate at Communications House IRC Tue 27 July 5-6pm

18-07-2010 10:28

No to deportations! Defend asylum seekers and migrant workers!

Join the protest at Communications House on Tuesday 27 July 5-6pm

Outside the UK Immigration Service, Communications House
210 Old Street, London EC1V 9BR (nearest tube: Old Street)

Called by London FIGHT RACISM! FIGHT IMPERIALISM! ALL WELCOME

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Human Rights

17-07-2010 08:41

The author will read “Human Rights” and other poems, accompanied by gypsy guitar, during the 2010 Rototom Sunsplash festival (

http://www.rototomsunsplash.com/ ), an evening dedicated to the antiracist event “Vivere nella diversità” (Living Diversity).

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Launch of the Campaign Against the Deportion of Odette Sefuko

14-07-2010 22:45

Attached is a recording of the launch of the Campaign Against Deportion of Odette Sefuko (CADOS) recorded in Sheffield on 14th July 2010, between the introduction and the discussion there was a screening of The Greatest Silence,

http://thegreatestsilence.org/ .

Odette Sefuko fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) via Uganda in fear of her life five years ago and came to England to claim asylum. The Home Office have rejected her claim, (now being reviewed by the European Court). The Home Office refuse to accept Odette is Congolese, despite reputable evidence (see below). They want to send her back to Uganda, a place where she might face imprisonment, torture or maybe death.

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EDL Fascists Hijack GMTV Burkha Ban Poll

14-07-2010 14:50

The insiduously racist EDL have successfully used social networking site to hoodwink GMTV, distorting public opinion to make it appear that almost everybody in the United Kingdom wants a racist version of fashion police to patrol the streets harrassing the devout minority of Muslim who wear the religious facial garment.

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Flim screening and launch of the campaign against the deportion of Odette Sefuko

12-07-2010 08:37

Wednesday, 14th July 2010 at 6:45pm, Garden Room, St Mary’s Church & Community Centre, Sheffield.

Screening of “The Greatest Silence” – rape in the Congo, current situation for women in the DRC. (NB this film shows graphic footage which you may find distressing, 18+ yrs only)

Followed by…launch of Odette Sefuko’s campaign against deportation.

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Italy pays, Libya deports and tortures

09-07-2010 21:49

Another “success” in the “war on illegal migrants”: Against all international Conventions the Italian government keeps refusing refugees from Eritrea and deporting them back to Libya, whose detention centres are notoriously famous for the constant violations of human rights.

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"Why do you choose to be a homosexual when it is illegal in your country?"

09-07-2010 20:35

Ya Basta Media is an experiment in creating an alternative media collective, in the form of a blog, working on a range of issues. Please join in if you like what you see.

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Defend Africa House - No Borders Gig - July 16th - Birmingham

09-07-2010 15:34

Live Music - DJ's - Vegan Food

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Shift Magazine Call-Out for Articles for September issue

09-07-2010 15:31

Shift Magazine are asking for abstracts for potential articles for the next issue. These articles should be focused around the issue of borders and the emerging European political and security project.

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Kala Tara: the Asian Youth Movement and the fight against fascism in the 1970s

05-07-2010 18:03

A film screening to open the Ideas for Freedom 2010 event.

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Metro's cage rattled by spoof

04-07-2010 02:25

The Metro has obtained a High Court injunction against "all persons responsible for the publication and/or distribution" of a Metro spoof paper that was distributed by campaigners at London tube stations on Friday morning. But since the spoof was produced and distributed anonymously, the injunction seems to have been served upon the wrong people, in what appears to be a guilty-by-association verdict.

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[Video] Report of the blocade of the new detention center in Belgium

03-07-2010 11:59

The 25th of june 2010, 60 activists was bloking the new detention center in construction in Steenokkerzeel near Brussels, Belgium.

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Climate Justice? Climate Refugee? Capitalism, Nationalism and Migration

02-07-2010 11:21

The term ‘climate refugee’ is used by more and more activists to connect environmental and anti-racist politics. Here, STEPH DAVIES argues that the term isn’t as unproblematic as it seems.

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Metro targeted by anti-racist spoof

02-07-2010 11:02

London commuters were this morning surprised to find that their usual Metro paper was a bit thinner, yet more interesting and engaging, than usual.

Tens of thousands of copies of a spoof newspaper that looked very similar to the free daily were distributed at 20 busy tube stations around the capital during rush hour. Thousands more were distributed in other cities around the country.

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Switzerland: Video on Undocumented Occupation

30-06-2010 21:37

On 26 June, about 300 migrants and solidarity activists occupied a park right besides the seat of the Swiss government in Bern. They've been protesting against Switzerland's inhuman asylum and migration policy and demand the collective regularisation of the country's undocumented migrants.

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Breaking Borders: Friday 9th July

30-06-2010 09:08

Live Music and Arts Night -

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Around the Campaigns Wednesday 30th June 2010

30-06-2010 07:40

Saman Akbarirad
Great News! Saman's deportation cancelled Monday morning. NCADC received a call from Saman's partner saying that he had been pulled from the flight. She would like to thank all those who have supported the campaign. However, they are still deeply concerned as they do not have legal representation. If anyone could support Saman in this way please email

ncadc@ncadc.org.uk. Saman Akbarirad is being held at Harmondsworth. Saman fled Iran after being imprisoned and tortured for political activities.
Read more here . . . .

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Italy: Mobilisations against Centres of Identification and Expulsion of Migrants

28-06-2010 17:33

Demos, protests and direct action for the closure of CIE's in Italy

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Oppose The EDL in Liverpool this Wednesday Lunchtime

28-06-2010 16:03

The neo-Nazi EDL will hijacking the armed forces day at lunchtime in Liverpool on Wednesday the 30th of June 2010. In all previous army hijackings, the fascists have boasted how they have faced no opposition when latching onto army events. This time, the EDL must be made to realise that Liverpool has a proud working class anti-fascist tradition.