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"Vanstone was warned that Afghans repatriated from Nauru may be killed"

30-12-2003 02:11

Refugee groups began lobbying Senator Vanstone and the Liberal Government after they were made aware of a flight leaving Nauru on 1 December to return
23 Afghan asylum seekers ‘voluntarily’ home to Afghanistan.(1)

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NEURO -- networking europe / makeworlds gathering

29-12-2003 23:19

radical theory and tech gathering for europe in germoney

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Noborder DAY OF ACTION 31 January 2004

22-12-2003 11:45

Sans papiers, migrants and refugees as well as supporters are calling for a European day of action on January 31, 2004.

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stand up for Asylum seekers

15-12-2003 15:43

Join in the event spread the word and stand up for asylum seekers on the 8th of Jan.

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Close surveillance of Campsfield protest

05-12-2003 19:08

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On Saturday 29 November, over 200 people from all over the country gathered for a demonstration outside Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre, the scene of frequent protests, hunger strikes and a riot, to mark its 10th anniversary.

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No One Is Illegal Stop Deprotations

05-12-2003 16:53

RACIST IMMIGRATION SWEEP AND DEPORTATIONS OUTSIDE OF LONDON TUBE STATION:
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL


Yesterday at 3pm in central London, outside of Victoria tube station
something happened which I have not seen before. Almost 40 police officers
and immigration services officers standing in a massive line, with
sniffing dogs detaining, searching, and stopping people. At first I was
not sure about what I had seen, but as soon as I realized the only people
who were being stopped were people of colour, especially Arabs, and South
Asians it was either about stopping asylum seekers or "terrorists".

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Photes from campsfeald demo

30-11-2003 11:21

a good demo

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Campsfield Banner Snag!!

29-11-2003 01:01

After the police told the organisers of the Campsfield 10th anniversary protests that the planned demonstration couldn’t go round the back of the detention centre where detainees can come out into a yard and hear the demonstration, three banners mysteriously appeared snagged high on the perimeter fence last night. Stating ‘No One is Illegal’, ‘No Deportations’ and ‘No Detentions’, these banners were clearly visible to detainees inside providing a much needed morale boost for the asylum seekers, who quite often spend more than a year locked up with no trial and no charge waiting for their applications to be considered.

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Refugees – Practical Solidarity: A workshop for Action in Glasgow

25-11-2003 12:01

Refugees – Practical Solidarity: A workshop for Action

Saturday 13th December 2003 at 2:00pm
The Annexe, 9a Stewartville St, Partick, Glasgow

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Poster/flyer for Woomera film screening

23-11-2003 22:32

Here are PDFs of the poster/flyer for the screening of "Woomera 2002" on 30 November.

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Campsfield demo this saturday

23-11-2003 22:17

Razor wire at back of Campsfield immigration prison
Big demo at Campsfield immigration prison on Saturday November 29, 12-2pm outside Campsfield main gates, 3pm in Broad St Oxford, bike ride to Campsfield from St Giles 10am, coaches from Oxford, Birminghma, london,etc. Rhythms of Resistance, Oxford samba band, Bill Morris, ex-detainees. 10th anniversary of opening; Campsfield not to be closed but expanded.

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Asylum children maybe forced into care

23-11-2003 10:08

UK prepares to adopt extreme legislation concerning the separation of refugee families, hoping to force more of them into 'Voluntary return' to their countries of origin. Being a foreigner myself, I was wondering what should civil society do against these draconian measures taken against alien families. ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/Refugees_in_Britain/Story/0,2763,1091539,00.html)

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Migrant Voices

18-11-2003 14:44

Migrant Voices
Migrant Voices, which is a production by Banner Theatre based on real life experiences of Iraqi Kurds. Is being preformed this evening (18th November 2003) at the Workstation, Paternoster Row, Sheffield, at 7pm. There are further dates planned around the country.

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Oxford Palestine wall

13-11-2003 14:06

It happened in oxford and is continuing in Palestine all the time

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Video of albright border visit

02-11-2003 23:14

Video
It isent finished yet... but good anuf to whatch so thought I would post it anyway (:

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Drowned Out: screening by the Oxford Narmada Campaign

28-10-2003 12:15

This Thursday, the Oxford Narmada campaign will screen 'Drowned Out', an
award-winning documentary that follows one of India's largest grassroots struggles
since Independence.

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Asylum seeker sent home is killed

27-10-2003 20:38

Jon Snow claimed on this evening's news that Britain would never reject an asylum claim knowing that there was a chance that the asylum seeker would be killed when sent home. It would be good to be able to challenge this.

Monday 27 October 2003

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Liverpool Sleep Out In Solidarity with Asylum Seekers

17-10-2003 23:01


We are planning to hold a “Sleep Out in Solidarity” on or around November 1st to highlight the plight of asylum seekers left homeless and starving, either because their application for asylum has failed, but their country of origin is too dangerous to deport them to, or because the Home Office does not accept that they made their claim at the first opportunity (Section 55 of the Immigration and Nationality Act)

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In Defence of Refugees in Turkey

17-10-2003 14:39

Open Letter to all human & civil and refugee organizations

For joining our Campaign please write to UNHCR in Geneva and Ankara and copy to us, or sign this petition:

 http://www.petitiononline.com/IFIRANK/petition.html

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call: WSIS? WE SEIZE!

16-10-2003 22:27

In December, the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will take place in Geneva. The call: "Wsis? We seize!" adresses artists, grassroots, media and community groups to create a platform for actions and debates. Preparations are well under way.