UK Indymedia - UK Migration Newswire Archive

4,000 Congolese asylum seekers to be deported soon

27-06-2007 17:28

Random deportation of Congolese nationals from abroad: After the announcement made by the Netherlands, nearly 4,000 Congolese nationals will soon be deported from Great Britain for 'illegal stay'.

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Protest to Spanish authorities on the inhumane killing of Osamuyiwa Aikpitanhi

27-06-2007 14:35

On the 9th of June 2007 Osamuyia Aikpitanhi, a 23 year Nigerian, was killed by spanish police officers during a forced deportation. A Protest Note will be delivered to Spanish embassies around the globe at NOON on FRIDAY 29th of June 2007.

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U-turn on care threat to failed asylum seekers' children

26-06-2007 10:41

The Home Office has abandoned its threat to take into care the
children of failed asylum seekers who refuse to leave the country.
The climbdown follows a pilot scheme involving 116 families facing
deportation, which showed that the policy of threatening to withdraw
all welfare support had proved a flop.

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'Justice for Refugees and Asylum Seekers' Rally in Birmingham

23-06-2007 23:06

A few hundred people turned up today, at the end of Refugee Week, for a rally in Birmingham organised by the Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) to highlight the bitter realities suffered by refugees and asylum seekers in Britain and to protest against the Home Office's war on them. The event, which took place outside the Council House in Victoria Square, saw polemic speeches by members of migrant communities and groups, as well as Nottingham Zimbabwean band Ngoma, who played African Roots and Reggae "songs of freedom" throughout the afternoon.

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Vigil, party and sleep-out in solidarity with refugees in Birmingham

23-06-2007 00:24

As part of Refugee Week, the Birmingham Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) organised a candlelit vigil today to remember asylum seekers who took their own lives and protest against the government's racist policies. After reading out the 40+ victims' sad stories and some short speeches, there was some nice African, Kurdish and Iranian live music. Food Not Bombs also served some nice food. Many people then stayed over for the annual Refugee Sleep-out to highlight the problem of destitution that many asylum seekers suffer from. The event was sponsored by Celebrating Sanctuary and supported by many groups and organisations, including the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns and Birmingham NoBorders.

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No Borders event @ Area 10 Destination

22-06-2007 16:08

We are having a noborders film + talk
at the event on Saturday evening, we'll be there from 8pm.

Films : Harmodsworth No borders demos 2007 and 2006 , London, Scoltland and more...
No Borders activists and ex-detainees speaking.

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Brum protest against Home Office attacks on refugees - 23 June

21-06-2007 23:58

JUSTICE FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS! AMNESTY FOR ALL! NO DEPORTATIONS!

BIRMINGHAM PROTEST AGAINST HOME OFFICE ATTACKS ON ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES

Saturday 23 June 2007, 12 noon until 2.30pm
Outside Birmingham Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham.

The protest is organised by the Birmingham Anti Racist Campaign (ARC) along with members of many of Birmingham’s migrant communities and the organisations supporting them.

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Birmingham Refugee Sleep-out: Remember the dead, justice for the living

21-06-2007 23:50

On Friday, 22nd June, as part of Refugee Week and the national ‘Still Human Still Here’ campaign, the Birmingham Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) will be protesting against British government treatment of asylum seekers and remembering those who have died while seeking asylum here. The protest has been organised by the Birmingham Anti Racist Campaign (ARC) and sponsored by Celebrating Sanctuary, the organisers of Refugee Week.

SLEEPOUT IN SOLIDARITY WITH DESTITIUTE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
5.00PM, Friday 22 nd JUNE, St. Philip’s Cathedral Churchyard Square, Colmore Row, Birmingham.

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Interesting Open Borders public meeting in Nottingham - short report

21-06-2007 12:16

'The Case for Open Borders' - A Refugee Week event speaker.
Teresa Hayter (member of the Close Campsfield Campaign and an author of the No One is Illegal Manifesto) gave a thought provoking talk to a well-attended meeting at the Refugee Forum's Square Centre on the evening of 19th June.
A short report written by one of the people who went to the meeting, and links to more info about Open Borders, can be read on the No Borders Nottingham website.

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Demonstration Saturday June 23rd

21-06-2007 09:37

Please come to the Leeds No Borders demonstration this Saturday, 12-2 at Dortmund Square ('the man with the barrel', just next to where Allders used to be/St Johns Centre).

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BNP's Turkish Delight

20-06-2007 09:56

Hypocrisy of a BNP candidate from Yorkshire ups ship and moves to Muslim Turkey

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Anti-deportation/anti-racist protest/stall, 7 July 2007, 12pm

18-06-2007 14:52

There will be another protest and campaign stall outside Longsight Market from 12pm. All campaigns and organisations are invited. Defend all asylum seekers! No to deportation!

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Greece, Athens: Shocking video from tortures of immigrants inside police station

16-06-2007 10:04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCc7xc8hxDQ&NR=1

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Conditions worsen at UK asylum-seeker detention centres

14-06-2007 14:09

Britain’s Immigration Removal Centres have become notorious due to the desperate conditions facing immigrants and asylum-seekers detained there.

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The Right to Stay/ Refugee week, London

13-06-2007 16:11

Film evening+ asylum seekers and migrants speaking about their experiences.

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Sleepouts across Britain, to highlight destitution of people refused asylum

13-06-2007 10:21

As part of the Still Human Still Here campaign to change the Government policy of making people refused asylum destitute, 17 events have been organised across Britain. Centred on Friday 22 June.

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Burning of Margaret Hodge Effigy

12-06-2007 17:20

In an extra ordinary art performance artist Mark McGowan is to burn an effigy of Margaret Hodge, the Minister of State for Industry and the Regions at the Department of Trade and Industry. In a protest over her comments saying that established British families should be given priority over economic migrants for council housing.

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Public meeting to organise Gatwick Area No Border Camp

12-06-2007 09:18

Invitation for a public meeting to organise the Gatwick area No Border camp.

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DAWN RAID in Glasgow this morning

12-06-2007 08:42

This morning at 7.00am the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Team and Strathclyde Police arrested a family at 10 Red Road Court in what was the first dawn raid in Glasgow since the Waku family were taken in March earlier this year.

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G8 night in London tonight

08-06-2007 15:33

Films and feedback from the G8 in Germany, followed by benefit for the Gatwick No Borders Camp (Sept 07), feat. Headjam, Innocent Kidd and DubNeg