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V06 : Villawood Detention Centre Easter 2006 : April 14-17

12-04-2006 18:58

Activists from across Australia will converge on Villawood Detention Centre in SW Sydney to collectively voice our opposition to the Howard government's treatment of refugees.

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THE WAR ON IMMIGRANTS

12-04-2006 12:18

THE US WAR AGAINST IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR EQUTY AND JUSTICE

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Fundraising dinner for NCADC Sunday 16th April

11-04-2006 18:54

On Sunday 16th April there will be a fundraising dinner in support of the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC). The Dinner (3 courses!) will be at the Basement on Lever Street (Manchester City Centre) and will start at 7pm. There will also be Live acoustic music from the Waverton Collective (beautiful folky stuff)and entertainment from Chloe Poems. Suggested donation for this event is £8 and all proceeds will go to NCADC.

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Glasgow - direct action group UNITY goes public!

11-04-2006 02:42

Hundreds of asylum seekers are planning a campaign of direct action to prevent immigration officers removing people who are threatened with deportation.
Using prearranged phone networks, they aim to erect human barricades in front of flats and houses to prevent officials gaining access and set up watches to alert people who fear being taken into detention.

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100 Migrants in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre on Hunger Strike

10-04-2006 22:25

Press Release on updated situation in Colnbrook. Includes the text written and signed by 97 hunger-strikers.

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Asylum & Immigrations Protest at Communications House

10-04-2006 21:49

All African Women's Group and other organisations protest outside Communications House, London on Monday April 10 in solidarity with international actions for immigration and asylum rights, and against detention.

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April 8 anti-deportation demo - detainee tell of beatings in Colnbrook

10-04-2006 21:07

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Another detainee via mobile phone informs the demonstration detainees are being locked up and beaten.

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A Personal Account of the No Borders Demo at Harmondsworth Detention Centre

10-04-2006 12:43

Here there is my personal account of Saturday's demonstration outside the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres. Some photos will follow afterwards.

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COLNBROOK HUNGERSTRIKE - SOLIDARITY NEEDED

10-04-2006 09:51

Report of the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook demonstrations, an update about the urgent situation in Colnbrook & info about visiting and future meetings

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8-4-06 No Borders - Yarl's Wood detainee speech

10-04-2006 01:13

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Ugandan Refugee and Yarl's Wood detainee Sekindi speaks out at the No Borders demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre.

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The War on Immigrants

09-04-2006 21:01

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Once that was true, but no longer. Emma Lazarus’ beautiful and memorable words we’ve all heard many times and know well are fading into memory.

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Resistance and Repression At Colnbrook Immigration Prison

09-04-2006 17:17

Following the No Borders demo outside of Harmondsworth & Colnbrook Immigration Prisions- detainees in Colnbrook are continuing to refuse food. A number of men have been singled out for repression by the management including Michael Etim, the leading pastor of the Christain congregation within Colnbrook

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GLASGOW REFUGEE MARCH & RALLY (REPORT & PHOTOS)

09-04-2006 15:41

Successful, but marred by alleged racist action by police at historic Glasgow hall.

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Drummin' up da fences at Harmondsworth

09-04-2006 12:41

Activists drum on the fences of Colnbrook in solidarity with detainees inside, whilst aggressive police throw their weight around.

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Report on Demonstration outside Harmondsworth/Colnbrook Detention Prisons

08-04-2006 20:14

On Saturday 8th April, over 250 protestors successfully voiced their refusal of the UK’s racist, repressive detention and deportation system for asylum seekers with a demonstration outside Harmondsworth & Colnbrook Detention Centres near Heathrow.

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March in Glasgow for the Right to Work

08-04-2006 19:48

March gets going along Paisley Road West
Around 300 asylum seekers, refugees, sans-papiers and their supporters marched across Glasgow this afternoon calling for the Right to Work and an End to Deportations. As part of the international day of action against deportation, they went from the Home Office Reporting Centre in Ibrox to a rally in the Carnival Arts Centre in town.

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No Borders Demonstration Harmondsworth Pictures

08-04-2006 19:26

Band prepare to play. Colnbrook Detention Centre in background
Pictures from the No Borders demonstration outside Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Detention Centres in west London on Sat April 8, 2006.