UK Indymedia - UK Migration Newswire Archive

Arrested for swearing- pics of the infamous arrest at no borders camp

30-09-2007 18:05

10:30am; Saturday 22nd Sept; Crawley; before the No Borders International demo: somebody looking for breakfast dared to swear/cough in the vicinity of a police officer...

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Demo- in Solidarity with Miriam Rose and Persecuted Saving Iceland Activists

29-09-2007 21:48

1PM Tuesday 2nd October, Icelandic Embassy meet at Sloane Square
Come and show Solidarity with Miriam Rose, a Saving Iceland activist from the UK facing deportation from Iceland where she lives for being: "a threat to public order and security and fundamental societal values" also to show solidarity with Olafur Pall Siggurdson an Icelandic activist being framed for "Obstructing a Police Vehicle" following an attempt to run him over by a senior policeman.

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Support migrant arrested during no borders demo at Lunar House, Croydon

28-09-2007 12:14

The distressed asylum seeker who was arrested as protesters gathered outside the Border and Immigration Agency headquarters last Friday, remains on remand at Croydon’s HMP Highdown. Please support him by: providing a bail address, attending court, writing to him.

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Deportation Alert! Icelandic State Cracks Down on Saving Iceland Activists

28-09-2007 11:53

The Icelandic State has hounded and harassed Saving Iceland activists since the network was formed in 2004. In the latest episode of this sordid saga; Miriam Rose, an activist from the UK who lives in Iceland is threatened with deportation for being: "a threat to 'public order and security' and 'fundamental societal values'. She has only ever been convicted of 'Disobeying Police Orders' contrary to the draconian 'Police Acts' for which she has served a short prison sentence; in solitary confinement in a men's prison.

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Unions responsible for harsh conditions facing temporary agency workers

27-09-2007 18:09

Tony Woodley, leader of the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G), used a column in the Guardian this week to set out his union’s campaign over the plight of temporary agency workers.

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Wanker

27-09-2007 14:49

A protestor arrested by this wanker, for allegedly saying wanker, on the street, to her friend on the way to a protest. The reasoning given was that children might have hear it, she did not shout it, she just said it to her friend, possibly about the cop, who only proved her right by arresting her.
What a wanker!

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Policing the No Border Camp

27-09-2007 13:25

There was nothing all that unusual about the policing of the Gatwick No Border Camp last week: intimidation and harassment, spin and lies, unlawful arrests.. all too familiar to those who've been around enough to realise that the police are not only about stopping crime and fighting terrorism. But it is always worth knowing the details of exactly what happened, how and why.

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Banner theatre - autumn tour

27-09-2007 13:08

BANNER THEATRE is touring its new multimedia documentary theatre production
"They get free mobiles . . . don't they?" busting the media-generated myths
about refugees and asylum seekers. See below for the tour schedule.

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Demonstrate at Communications House Tue 2 October

27-09-2007 11:17

Show solidarity with asylum seekers.
Protest against reporting and detention centres!
Demonstrate outside the UK Immigration Service
Communications House
210 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BR
(nearest tube – Old Street )

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No deportations to DRCongo

25-09-2007 15:07

These are links to interviews done by Friction TV at the demonstration on 21 September outside the Country Guidance Tribunal into DRC.

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Calling all No Border campers from London!

25-09-2007 09:33

Come along to the London No Borders on Thursday!

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Just doing your job, officer

24-09-2007 19:38

Taking part in the NoBorders camp near Gatwick, this short piece reflects on two assaults, one robbery and a security alert all witnessed within the space of two short, but exciting hours as a trainee Legal Observer for the camp's action in Crawley town centre, raising awareness. Forget being a special copper, try legal observing. It's far better, and you get to choose your own notebook.

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Strategy meeting for those up for acting against detention profiteers

24-09-2007 18:15

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It's official - swearing's illegal!

24-09-2007 15:33

How an activist got arrested for swearing in Crawley.

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Report: Tyneside March in Solidarity Against Immigration Prisons

24-09-2007 00:05

On 22nd September Tyneside Community Action for Refugees organised a march from the West End to the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, in solidarity with the international day of actions against immigration prions called by the No Borders network, which in Britain centred on a march against the building of another detention centre near Gatwick airport.

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actions against detention boats in the Netherlands

23-09-2007 12:31

Thursday evening All Included had a workshop at the noborder camp on actions against detention centres in the Netherlands.

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Crawley town centre to Tinsley House IRC 15 more pics

23-09-2007 06:29

Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre at Gatwick, was the first purpose-built detention centre in the UK. It was opened in 1996 and has a capacity of 135 people, including families and children, with 11,000 detainees going through it each year.

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More pics of the No Border march

23-09-2007 00:10

As part of the Gatwick No Border Camp, about 500 people from across the UK marched from Crawley, West Sussex, to Gatwick in a 'transnational day of action against immigration prisons'. They were protesting in particular against a new detention centre that is being built at Gatwick Airport, which is due to open in 2008.

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No Border campaigners march to Gatwick despite heavy policing

22-09-2007 22:48

For the first time in its 11-year history, Tinsley House immigration detention centre at Gatwick Airport today saw a lively, though short rally in the afternoon. As part of the Gatwick No Border Camp, about 500 people from across the UK marched from Crawley, West Sussex, to Gatwick in a 'transnational day of action against immigration prisons'. They were protesting in particular against a new detention centre that is being built at Gatwick Airport, which is due to open in 2008.

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Pics Saturday No Borders demo in Crawley.

22-09-2007 20:36

Here there are some shots of the Transnational No Borders Day of Action demonstration in Crawley.

See report of the demonstration here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/381738.html