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Lewisham ’77: success or failure?

Thirty years ago, over five thousand protestors took to the streets to prevent a march of five hundred National Front supporters, protected by five thousand police, from getting through Lewisham, south London. The decision by the National Front (NF) to hold a march through Lewisham in August 1977 divided the opposition as to tactics, like

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Gatwick No Border Camp

Next week, campaigners will begin three days of action and campaigning at a protest camp near Brook House, a new removal centre for asylum seekers at Gatwick airport. Organisers say: ‘The camp, the first of its kind in the UK, will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences, with numerous workshops, panels and other

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The cost of detaining asylum seekers in Australia

The impact of the Australian experience of detaining all asylum seekers in centres – the ‘Pacific Solution’ – has many parallels with what is happening in the UK. Below we reproduce the press release issued by Oxfam and A Just Australia on their new report, A Price Too High: The cost of Australia’s approach to

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New report criticises ‘fast track’ asylum claims

A new report released by Bail for Immigration Detainees shows that women asylum seekers are set up to fail if their case is decided when they are in detention. Since May 2005, the Home Office has detained over 800 women in order to ‘fast track’ their claims for asylum. The report Refusal factory – women’s

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Home Office removes Iraqis surreptitiously

On the three previous occasions in which military flights have been used to remove Iraqis from the UK, the Home Office has faced severe criticism. Now, it appears, small numbers of Iraqis are being quietly removed on other flights which are less open to public scrutiny. IRR News has learned that two or three Iraqis

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Gypsies and Travellers and the equalities debate

The equalities world is in a state of flux, with a wide-ranging debate triggered by the Discrimination Law Review and questions about the future of multiculturalism. Two campaigners for Travellers’ rights highlight the possible implications for Gypsies and Travellers. Gypsies and Travellers have been described as one of the most marginalised minorities in society, as

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Slavery museum opens in Liverpool

An International Museum of Slavery will open in Liverpool this week to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade – the first national museum in the world to deal with transatlantic slavery and its legacies. It will open on 23 August, Slavery Remembrance Day 2007, a day that commemorates the uprising

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What you can do

Possible actions on the proposed deportation charter flight to DR Congo. If any DR Congo refused asylum seekers are detained and given removal directions, it is suggested they seek legal advice immediately. It might be possible for each individual case to be challenged by way of further representations to the Home Office on the basis

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Another deportation charter flight to DR Congo

In recent weeks, asylum seekers from DR Congo have been served with removal directions for a specially chartered flight on 30 August. Others have been given removal directions for 20 August. The DR Congo Country Guidance case The charter flight is taking place just weeks before the ‘BK’ case, which is a Country Guidance case

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Protest statement against DRC deportations launched

Following the recent disappearance of Lufu Ndombasi after he was deported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, anti-deportation campaigners have launched a petition to stop a Home Office charter flight to Kinshasa in August. The statement reads: ‘We protest in the strongest possible terms at the plans to deport failed asylum seekers en bloc to

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