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Uthayakumar family urgent help needed

07-09-2007 15:48

Sri Lankan family to be forcibly removed on Sunday
The family are suspected by the Sri Lankan government of connections
to the LTTE (Tamil Tigers), and would be in extreme danger if
deported.

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What will happen to Pegah now?

07-09-2007 15:39

Unfortunately it is easy to read the minds of Gordon Brown and
Jacqui Smith in this moment. They are angry because the problem
of the arbitrary and unjust deportations has come to light.
I hope I'm wrong, but the history of persecution generally repeats
a pattern. I believe the UK Government is once again studying
a way to refuse Pegah asylum...

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Sehabden Family urgent help needed

07-09-2007 15:38

Umer deported, Najunnissa & Abdullah, still in the UK but facing removal this Sunday

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Death of ex-detainee 'Constructively deported' to Iraq

07-09-2007 15:09

We have had the very bad news that one of our ex-clients, Solyman
Rashed, has been killed by a car bomb in Kirkuk, after accepting
voluntary return. Our press release is below.

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UK Bangladeshis robbed via 'First Solution' still haven't got their money!

07-09-2007 10:06

We are continuing to the put these Open Questions to Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Galloway because it was his involvement [including his speech on the subject in the House of Commons on 18 July 2007] 'to help the victims' that was used by a number of elements to implement their diversion away from the shoulders of the perpetrators.

We are also doing so because we have not had any response from the offices of G Galloway or answers from anyone that has been claimed by the 'Respect' 'coalition ' to be 'campaigning for the victims'

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Guantánamo: UK refuses to prevent return of Ahmed Belbacha to torture in Algeria

05-09-2007 21:50

A letter from the British government explains, but does not justify the government’s refusal to prevent the return of Guantánamo detainee and British resident Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria, where he faces the risk of torture.

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Putting Down Roots exhibtion

05-09-2007 13:13

'Putting Down Roots' is an arts project exploring our relationship with the land & sharing refugees stories of agricultural backgrounds. Prints, photography and film produced through workshops on allotments will be on display, along with stories of land left behind.

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Sehabden Family Need Urgent Help

05-09-2007 10:16

Currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, the family are due to be forcibly removed this evening Wednesday 5th September 2007 on Sri Lankan Airlines Flight UL504 from Heathrow To Sri Lanka at 21.45hrs.

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Protest at Dawn Raid on Tyneside 05.09.07

05-09-2007 09:05

Video
This morning a Sri Lankan family was snatched by immigration from their home in Benwell, Newcastle. They have been active with TCAR standing up for the rights of all against the Home Office. TCAR members mobilised through the Pledge of Resistance to protest against the dawn raid, but regular cops were already on the scene and prevented other members of TCAR from even entering the street.

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No Border Camp Meeting VI

05-09-2007 08:49

The camp is coming closer. :)

We invite all people who want to get be involved /are involved allready
to another meeting to plan the camp:

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What the case of Pegah Emambakhsh teaches us

04-09-2007 23:12

The case of Pegah Emambakhsh has revealed that Europe has abandoned a long time ago the road of the respect for human rights. The fear for the fight between the different culture and the suspiciousness towards the others has slowly sunk our civilisation in a cultural and social swamp. People see enemies everywhere. The values of the freedom have been replaced from those - ambiguous and dangerous - of the security.

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Lewisham '77

04-09-2007 21:42

A series of events to mark the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Lewisham

Where were you on Saturday 13th August 1977?

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Leafleting in Soli-hell

04-09-2007 16:49

Leafleting at Sanford House, Solihull
A couple of Birmingham NoBorders activists did some lealfeting today at the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, West Midlands. An 'advice leaflet' and another about Sandford House were handed out to asylum seekers who are forced to go there to 'sign on' every week or every month, along with some literature about the upcoming Gatwich No Border Camp. Copies of the leaflet exposing Sandford House and what really goes on there were also given out to the public in town, many of whom seemed to not give a toss about migrants and their mistreatment at the hands of immigration authorities.

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Families in Immigration Detention July 2007

04-09-2007 14:07


Freedom of Information Act 2000. You asked:

In July 2007 how many families were in Immigration Detention in
Dungavel, Tinsley House and Yarl's Wood? How many adults and how many
children?

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Trial in Agrigento: No to the criminalisation of solidarity

03-09-2007 11:35

Since August 22, 2007, seven Tunisian fishermen have been on trial in Agrigento (Sicily), accused of “assisting illegal immigration”. They risk up to 15 years imprisonment. Prosecuted as human traffickers, what they did was in fact just their basic duty of solidarity: on August 8, near the island of Lampedusa, they picked up 44 passengers from a boat in distress at sea and brought them to the harbour.
Without their intervention the shipwrecked people - including two pregnant women and two children - would propably have suffered the same fate as the thousands of migrants and refugees who in the last years have drowned while trying to reach the European coasts.

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Compassion needed for legals in the USA

02-09-2007 23:07

We at www.expatsvoice.org urge any expat currently living or wishes to live in the USA support our efforst for a compassionate visa an amendment to the CSPA as not all children are protected.

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The attempt to deport Learco Chindamo

01-09-2007 15:19

Learco Chindamo was 15 years old when he killed headmaster Philip Lawrence outside his London school in 1995. He was sentenced to be “detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure”—the formal judgment pronounced in the most serious juvenile cases as an alternative to handing down a life sentence to a child. He can be considered for parole after serving a tariff (minimum) of 12 years detention, which expires in January 2008 when Chindamo will be 27.

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no borders 'Freedom of Movement' workshop- Cardiff, 1/9/07

31-08-2007 18:36

An afternoon of workshops and discussion about the history of Britain's immigration laws with practical tools for thinking, acting and living in a world without borders

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Bristol No Borders upcoming events

31-08-2007 15:30

no borders, no nations, stop deportations

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No Borders Camp, Manchester local meeting Monday 3rd Sep

31-08-2007 14:17

Meeting - Manchester, Monday 3 September 7pm, Sand Bar