UK Migration Newswire Archive
Detention of children ends but is the proposed alternative humane?
06-08-2010 08:02
Families with all legal rights exhausted to be given two weeks to leave the UK voluntarilyIf they don't
Children/parents will be forcibly removed from their homes and taken directly to the airport to board the plane.
UKBA will likely ask for a heavy police presence should the family try and build up any form of community protest on the day of removal. UKBA concerned that if they fail to remove family on the day, significant public order problems may occur at any future attempts.
In the event of parents of family resisting on the day, family could be separated, children possibly taken into care, whilst police/immigration officials deal with parents.
Any last minute legal challenges processed through the legal system expediently.
The document at many points, stresses the strength of community resistance, from people in the street, teachers, NGOs, MPs, voluntary groups, faith groups, charitable organisations and the media
( The briefing paper reprinted below has been leaked to the media)
Campsfield House Detianees on Hunger Strike
03-08-2010 12:41
Solidarity Demonstration tonight, 3rd August, 6pm @ Campsfield HouseManchester Antifascist Alliance (MAFA) news, events and actions.
30-07-2010 16:23
MAFA continues the fight against fascism through the summer and beyond.Calais update
28-07-2010 16:33
Plenty of activists are currently on the ground in Calais, which has enabled us to effectively intervene in a number of raids. We have also been distributing supplies such as tents and sleeping bags, doing water runs, and cooking large vegan meals with the migrants as one of the charities is on holiday. Here is an update of yesterday's events.Global wave to stop this deportation!
27-07-2010 19:20
A Bolivian widow and her two British raised children have had their application for residency rejected and are now being threatened with imminent deportation. Let's have a massive global wave of solidarity and stop this deportation! We are asking everyone to sign the petition and then resend this message to all your contacts in London, the rest of the UK and around the world.UKBA detention capacity @ 26th July 2010
26-07-2010 07:12
Harmondsworth IRC, managed by GEO Group UK, is now back to full capacity after being partially made uninhabitable by frustrated detainees in November 2006.(Formally known as 'Wackenhut Corrections Corporation'. GEO Group has been accused of gross civil rights violations relating to adequate access to food and medical care, especially at its USA Northwest Detention Center, including unlawful interrogations and coercing inmates to sign paperwork they would otherwise not be inclined to. Source 'Wikipedia'. GEO's worldwide operations include the management/ownership of 63 prisons/Immigration Removal Centres and residential treatment facilities with a capacity of 61,500 beds)
As of today there are a total of 3,436 bed spaces, in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) and Short Term Holding Facilities (STHFs).
A sizable number of prison bed spaces are occupied by persons off the end of criminal sentences (have reached their release date) and continue to be detained as immigration offenders, awaiting deportation or transfer to a detention centre. UKBA no longer release the numbers of those held in prison as immigration offenders.
Eight IRCs and 4 STHFs are owned/managed or managed by private corporations, three IRCs managed by the Prison Service.
Campsfield House IRC GEO Group Bed spaces: 216 male detainees
Harmondsworth IRC GEO Group Bed spaces 615 male detainees
Yarl's Wood IRC Serco Bed spaces 405 Female detainees
Colnbrook IRC Serco Bed spaces 383 male detainees ( STHC 40 beds male/female)
Brook House IRC G4S Bed spaces 426 male detainees
Oakington IRC G4S Bed spaces 408 male detainees
Dungavel House G4S Bed spaces 190 Mixed, male, female
Tinsley House G4S Bed spaces 146 Male Detainees
Dover IRC HM Prison Service Bed spaces 316 male detainees
Haslar IRC HM Prison Service Bed spaces 160 male detainees
Lindholme IRC HM Prison Service Bed spaces 112 male detainees
Manchester STHF G4S Bed spaces 32
Queens Buildings (Heathrow) STHF G4S Bed spaces 15
Harwich STHF Abbey Security Ltd Bed spaces 12
Dover Harbour STHF Dover Harbour Board Bed spaces 20
Addresses/phone/fax/visiting times for all the above can be found here:
http://www.freemovement.org.uk/Resources/addresses.html (Editors note, data has been taken from UKBA/Private management web sites)
Bristol No Borders Benefit: Some Sort of Threat / Olive Anne + More - Taunton
25-07-2010 17:47
http://bristolnoborders.wordpress.com/ ACOUSTIC NIGHT @ ROADHOUSE, TAUNTON
THURSDAY 29TH JULY
Skinheads support No Borders
24-07-2010 12:32
Sheffield Indy Radio Show #2 - Deportations, The EDL and Divide and Rule
24-07-2010 08:52
The second Sheffield Indy Radio Show, features a discussion about the recent EDL confrontation at a Sheffield Indymedia meeting, the campaigns to oppose the deportations of two women from Sheffield, Odette Sefuko and Lem Lem Hussein Abdu, a listing of upcoming events from Alt-Sheff, news about the BP gulf oil spill via Democracy Now. If you missed it the first Sheffield Indy Radio Show came out on 17th June 2010.
Migration Is Not A Crime - Free Calais Migrant Benefit Gig
24-07-2010 01:01
Call for Contributions: Anarchist Reflections on Migration, Population and Clima
23-07-2010 20:34
A callout for contributions for articles that examine anarchist reflections on migration, population and climate change. Interested in articles that are open and accessible from all parts of the anarchist and activist spectrum.
Important notice for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) who have been refus
22-07-2010 09:19
You can now ask UKBA for your case to be reviewed in light of the judgement of the Supreme Court in HJ (Iran) & HJ (Cameroon).[ HJ (Iran) & HJ (Cameroon) may also be beneficial to religious minorities who have been refused asylum on the grounds that they could relocate. You will need to check with a reliable solicitor/case worker. ]
Asylum Seekers [ HJ (Iran) & HJ (Cameroon) ]
House of Lords / 21 July 2010 : Column WA216
http://tinyurl.com/Column-WA215 Lord Avebury to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will issue an asylum policy instruction following the judgment of the Supreme Court in HJ (Iran) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and HJ (Cameroon) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; and whether they will review decisions by the UK Border Agency which may be incompatible with that judgment.[HL1207]
Baroness Neville-Jones: Asylum decision-makers were instructed to apply the new test contained in the judgment immediately after the judgment was published. They have also been asked to review, in the light of the new test, cases in which a decision has already been made but in which appeal rights have not yet been exhausted.
There will not be an automatic review of cases where appeal rights have been exhausted but individuals are able to ask for their case to be reviewed in light of the new judgment.
An asylum policy instruction will be published within the next few months. This will reflect the judgment and we will develop better training to promote understanding of sexual orientation and identity issues in order to help decision-makers to decide on the basis of the best available information and knowledge.
Summery of the Judgement can be accessed below:
http://www.freemovement.org.uk/Media-2/HJIranandHTCameroon.html
Yarl's Wood family unit to close
22-07-2010 02:34
Family unit in Yarl's Wood detention centre for those deemed unlawful immigrants to closeRefugee graffiti
21-07-2010 14:37
Freemovement - Say No to Removals/Deportations
21-07-2010 12:03
Important Information for Refugees granted leave to remain for 5 years in 2005From 30 August 2010, those granted refugee leave or humanitarian protection in 2005 for 5 years will start to come to the end of their 5 years leave.
They will need as a matter of urgency to renew their application for indefinite leave to remain.
Someone who does not do so before his/her 5 years leave expires may suffer several problems - including losing any entitlement to work or receive benefits, or that any application for indefinite leave to remain is dealt with more restrictively, could also lead to their status being revoked and removal from the UK.
The UK Border Agency has published information about making applications for indefinite leave to remain for these people. See:
Refugees and those with humanitarian protection - route to settlement
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/asylum/outcomes/successfulapplications/leavetoremain/ Plus
For information on how to apply for indefinite leave to remain before your leave expires, you should go to:
Completing application form SET (Protection Route)
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/settlement/applicationtypes/completing_set_protection_route/ Full article | 2 additions | 2 comments
Stop the Deportation of Lem Lem Hussein Abdu
20-07-2010 20:57
Stop the Deportation of Lem Lem Hussein Abdu
19-07-2010 18:29
Demonstration for Lem Lem Hussein Abdu's right to stayTuesday 20th 3-5pm outside Vulcan House UKBA HQ, 2 Millsands S3 8DT (over the road from Howell's by the river)
Story in Star tonight
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Last-minute-bid-against-deportation.6426651.jp
Petition: Stop the deportation of this family
19-07-2010 01:27
As the Home Office sinks to knew depths of cruelty, threatening a Bolivian widow and her two British raised children with deportation, we ask all who read this to show your solidarity and sign the petition against their removal.