UK Migration Newswire Archive
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.THE WAR ON IMMIGRANTS
12-04-2006 12:18
THE US WAR AGAINST IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR EQUTY AND JUSTICEFundraising 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.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.
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.Asylum & Immigrations Protest at Communications House
10-04-2006 21:49
April 8 anti-deportation demo - detainee tell of beatings in Colnbrook
10-04-2006 21:07
April 8 anti-deportation demo - detainee via mobile phone speech
10-04-2006 20:18
April 8 anti-deportation demo - Ex-detainee and protestor speeches
10-04-2006 19:12
April 8 anti-deportation demo - Harmondsworth detention centre, short
10-04-2006 17:41
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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.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 meetings8-4-06 No Borders - Yarl's Wood detainee speech
10-04-2006 01:13
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.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 ColnbrookGLASGOW REFUGEE MARCH & RALLY (REPORT & PHOTOS)
09-04-2006 15:41
Successful, but marred by alleged racist action by police at historic Glasgow hall.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.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.March in Glasgow for the Right to Work
08-04-2006 19:48
No Borders Demonstration Harmondsworth Pictures
08-04-2006 19:26