UK Indymedia - UK Migration Newswire Archive

TUC supports formal investigation into migrant worker underclass

28-04-2007 12:10

Following the BBC exposé of licensed gangmasters Focus Staff Limited, the TUC has today (Thursday) called for a thorough investigation into all the agencies and labour suppliers involved.

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Save ESOL demo in Hackney

27-04-2007 18:08

Please come to the demo in Hackney tomorrow to defend free ESOL

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UK majority favours ‘pathway into citizenship’ for illegal immigrants

25-04-2007 22:59

Two out of three (66%) British people believe undocumented migrants who have been in the UK for more than four years and who work and pay taxes should be allowed to stay and not be called illegal. Two-thirds (67%) also believe asylum seekers should be allowed to work.
The findings come in an ORB poll commissioned by Strangers into Citizens, a broad-based campaign by the country’s largest alliance of civic institutions, the Citizen Organising Foundation.

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March and Rally for Migrants' and Refugees' Rights. May 7th Bank Holiday

25-04-2007 22:54

MARCH AND RALLY FOR MIGRANTS' & REFUGEES' RIGHTS

7TH MAY BANK HOLIDAY

ASSEMBLE 11AM OUTSIDE WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL NEAR VICTORIA STATION, LONDON

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Sadie Graham Shoots Straight

25-04-2007 01:40

British far right politician Sadie Graham shows the real agenda of the British National Party.

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Mayday Party

24-04-2007 20:30

1st May 07
A benefit for migrants' and refugees' rights;
regualrisation for all & an end to detention and deportation

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Hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium !!

24-04-2007 18:36

*Belgium: 37 people on hunger strike in (the detention center) 127 since last
Wednesday morning, 19 April 2007!*
*6 people managed to escape from the closed centre of Vottem on Thursday*

CRER - Coordination pour la regularisation et la libre circulation des
personnes (Coordination for the legalisation and the free movement of
people)

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Have a heart for the people seeking asylum:

24-04-2007 13:42

On Saturday 21st April 2007 there was a NO BORDERS protest against an asylum seekers prison that is planned to be built by the Home Office in Gatwick.
My own views on this state of affairs follows:

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URGENT ACTION: Glasgow Family Detained

23-04-2007 14:03

16 year old Zahid Ahmed (on the right in the photo below) had been studying hard for his Physics exam this afternoon at the All Saints School in Springburn as part of his Standard Grades, but it is unlikely he will be able to take it.

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Anti Gatwick detention centre demo

22-04-2007 20:11

Anti Gatwick detention centre demo.

Pictures to come.

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Speak Out For ESOL

22-04-2007 16:48

On Saturday 21st April, almost three hundred people assembled on Sheffield's Devonshire Green and marched through the city centre to hear speakers from many organisations at Barkers Pool. These people were demonstrating their rejection of the Government proposals to cut the provisions of free ESOL classes.

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Urgent Appeal - Help halt the deportation of Jack Ikegwu

22-04-2007 11:49

Following the protest against the new proposed Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), No Borders London put out this urgent appeal to halt the deportation of 18-year-old Nigerian-born Jack Monday Ikegwu.

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21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

21-04-2007 23:27

Today saw activists march in Crawley, near Gatwick airport, London, UK, to oppose the proposed new immigration detention centre.

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Pics: Stop New Gatwick Detention Centre Demo

21-04-2007 23:09

The sun was shining today in Crawley, West Sussex, when over 100 people took part in a demonstration trough the town centre. The protest was called by the NoBorders network to show opposition to the planned building of a new migrants detention centre near Gatwick airport. The new prison for refugees and asylum seekers aims to 'accommodate' 400 detainees when it gets built. Here there are some photos of de demo:

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Gay Nigerian No Borders Activist Faces Imminent Removal - Urgent Support Needed

20-04-2007 21:53

Gay Nigerian activist and asylum seeker Jack Monday Ikegwu faces imminent removal to Nigeria. There is a warrant for his arrest on the basis of his sexuality. His life is in danger. Urgent support is required to stop the removal and enable his solicitors to lodge a fresh claim.

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World Music Concert, May 6th 2007

19-04-2007 21:40

World Music Concert, May 6th 2007; 4 pm to 9 pm at the YMCA, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham

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Protest Against DRC Deportations in Solihull

18-04-2007 18:26

Over 200 people protested on Thursday, 12 April, at Sandford House, the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, near Birmingham, against forced mass-deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Police served a section 14 of the public order act on protesters on the morning of the protest. Section 14 restricted the protest to only 30 people, who were penned-in behind a hedge next to the car park of Sandford House. Organisers were expecting around 400 people to attend the protest.

Protesters escaped the confines of the pen by stepping through a hole in the hedge. They then proceeded to occupy Homer Road where police arrested a person sitting in the road. Another demonstrator went to ask what was happening and got punched in the face by Officer P. Dutton (3792) before also being arrested.

Just as police managed to push people back onto the pavement, another coach load of protesters spilled onto the street shouting "liberez! liberez!" and the road was occupied for another two hours. Police then attempted to confine people in their pen again, but protesters refused to leave and re-ocupied the road once more in an amazing show of solidarity until their friends were released.

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Public meetings 'against detention centres' in Brighton

18-04-2007 09:24

Discussion and information about what you can do to stop the new Gatwick
detention centre being built and info about detention centres and the asylum system in the UK.

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May 5th: Mayday 2007

15-04-2007 13:02

Nottingham's Mayday march and International Music Festival, 2007.

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Fascists leafletting in Todmorden

14-04-2007 10:42

Fascist skinheads are currently leafleting Todmorden.
On a door to door basis.
Help need to stop them.