UK Indymedia - UK Migration Newswire Archive

Please sign my petition in support of my right to asylum

07-06-2007 21:23

Dear Friends,

Please sign my petition and spread it far and beyond.

My name is George Mwangi. I am a 31-year-old Kenyan male asylum seeker with a partner and 2-year-old daughter and my asylum case is pending reconsideration since 24th August 2006. My Home Office reference is M709238, and Port reference: SP/02/9080.

Thanks.

George Mwangi

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Refugee Week

07-06-2007 13:18

Celebrate Refugee Week in Sheffield 18-24 June

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BNP Gang Rape man admits affray

07-06-2007 13:17

A DAD who brutally attacked his next-door neighbours after they asked his teenage son to leave a barbecue is today exposed as a convicted gang rapist.
Bennett, 64, a former BNP activist, was convicted of the gang rape of two 17-year-old girls in 1976 and jailed for five years.

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Letter from women detainees at Yarlswood IRC

07-06-2007 10:33

... We are victims of torture, rape and ill treatment from our
countries having been forced by circumstances to flee our countries
of origin in search of safety and protection.

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Urgent Action Needed! - Demirci family Must Stay

07-06-2007 08:29

The Demirci family was detained on Monday 4th June, when they went in to sign at the Home Office. Halil and his wife, Songul, and their two children, Sezer and Donduzilan have been given a removal date for this Friday morning at 7:00am. Sezer, who is 12 years old, was attending Alexander Parade Primary School. He speaks English with a Scottish accent. Donduzilan, who is 5 years old, was born in Scotland. The family as we write are on their way to Tinsley House IRC.

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Joseph Kakembo Belongs on Teesside!

07-06-2007 08:26

Joseph is a Ugandan who fled to the UK 14 years ago. Since his first application for asylum in April 1993 he has been through a series of hearings, reviews, and appeals - each one preceded by months of anxious preparation and followed by weeks of waiting and hoping and worry.

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Rostock demonstration for global freedom of movement and equal rights for all.

05-06-2007 22:12

Arriving at the rally point the Police presence is unreal. Literally thousands of the fuckers. A group of communists are being kettled outside the entrance and the atmosphere is tense to say the least. The speeches are delayed because many of the speakers are held up outside while people are being searched. Then when the demo forms up hundreds of cops surround the start and block its passage. Behind them are water cannons. The crowd refused to provoked. Its the same deal as before. There are refugees present and noone is going to allow the Police to add deportations to their arrest quota.

After hours of negotiation the demo finally leaves with over 10,000 people on it. Outside the town centre it is stopped again because the streets are too narrow or something. Despite these pathetic excuses the crowd still refuse to react in a violent or confrontational manner.

10,000 is over ten times bigger than anything that Germany's Nazis have ever manged. They think that borders are a good idea...whose winning?

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Rostock No Borders. Moronic cops attack demo at the sight of pogrom.

05-06-2007 21:25

In 1992 Germany saw its first pogrom since the days of Hitler. A hostel in Lictenhagen used by refugees and immigrant workers was burnt to the ground by a gang of pissed up nazis as 3,000 local racists cheered them on. The 30 cops in attendance looked the other way and the event became an international scandal. It happened after a hysterical racist campaign by the conservative right and their tabloids (sound familiar?). Following the pogrom racist laws were passed and refugees rights were eroded.

Given the history of Lichtenhagen you would have thought that the cops might keep a low profile?

Yeah right...

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Rostock No Borders2. Foriegn Office Blockade.

05-06-2007 20:35

First port of call on the day of action against borders and immigrations controls was a blockade at the foriegn office.

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Memories haunt Palestinian refugees

05-06-2007 20:17

An old Arab adage says God blessed humans with the ability to forget their miseries, but for Palestinian refugees in Jordan bitter memories are part of everyday life.

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Rostock: rap against fortress Europe

04-06-2007 20:46

Thousands of people demonstrated against the Border Regime in Rostock this afternoon. There was a rally at a detention centre in the suburbs of Rosstock with speakers from the detention centre. What followed was a lively march into the centre of Rosstock, although the police didn't want the march to reach it's intended destination - the city's harbour, where the police provoked a surreal riot on Saturday.

The march organisers were apparently told by the police to follow an alternative route, but they refused and thousands of people made their own way to the harbour with the help of a sound system playing some banging tunes and an amazing political rap about Europe's border regime.

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G8 Migration Demo ends with RTS Streetrave

04-06-2007 20:41

Quick pics of today's march in rostock, which after being blocked by police for hours was dispanded by the organisers. As hundreds and hundreds of people and police flowed through the streets it really didn't seem like the demo had ended - then a sound system turned up to capture the crowd and lead them to the closing concert at the harbour...

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G8 Demo for Global Freedom of Movement - Rostock Pics

04-06-2007 20:32

Quick upload of pics from today's rally and march from the refugee detention centre. In the end the police stopped the march from entering the city centre - quite ironic given the nature of the issues people were protesting about...

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G8 protests in audio and pictures

04-06-2007 17:07

Large protests are taking place in Rostock, Germany, against the G8.

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Families in immigration detention February/March/April 2007

04-06-2007 11:17

Figures obtained by the Ntional C0alition of ANti Deportation Campaigns under the Freedom of Information Act

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Two released from Yarls' Wood//Continuing conflict that create refugees

04-06-2007 11:13

Uthayasooriyan family - still here!
Teresa Lau Manuel released from Yarl's Wood, But!!!

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Uthayasooriyan Family belong to Middlesbrough

01-06-2007 05:14

Please help stop the removal of the Uthayasooriyan family, Suntharalingam, Shanthini, and their two children, Anosha aged 8 and Anitha aged 4 (born in UK).

Detained on Tuesday 29th May they are due to be removed on Sri Lankan Airlines flight SL0506, departing 14:25 on Saturday 2nd June.

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Asylum seeker Peter Gichura case

30-05-2007 18:19

Asylum seeker Peter Gichura wins in court. He will be able to stay in the UK to prepare his disability discrimination test case "at least until October", following a hearing in the High Court on the 23d of May 2007. Claire Glasman, from WinVisible said: "A victory in his case would help establish rights and protections for all disabled people."

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G8 infoweek and more at rampART

30-05-2007 09:59

While the G8 summit takes place in Germany, the rampART will be hosting a series of G8 Info Nights with indymedia access point,presentations and discussions along with the latest news of what's going on at the protests. Each night will have a specific theme as well as screenings of the latest footage...

PLEASE DO GET INVOLVED

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Anti-deportation/anti-racist protest/stall, 16 June 2007, 12pm

29-05-2007 12:17

There will be another protest and campaign stall on Market Street in Manchester city centre from 12pm. All campaigns and organisations are invited. Defend all asylum seekers! No to deportation!