Dear IRR News subscriber, Another dark chapter in Europe’s history is being written on the Aegean islands of Chios and Lesvos, and at the Evros delta, the natural border between Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. In our regular calendar on racism and resistance, we document a series of racist acts, including the burning down of centres
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Calendar of racism and resistance (26 February – 11 March 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migration rights 1 March: As the 3million, a group representing EU citizens in the UK, and other campaigners claim that vulnerable people are still ‘struggling to apply’ to the EU settlement scheme, and that
IRR News (12 – 26 February 2020)
Dear IRR News subscriber, Two issues, as reflected in our fortnightly calendar of current affairs, have dominated the news this week. The first is the introduction in the UK of a new Australian-style immigration points system; the second, the shooting dead of nine people, all from an immigrant background in the west German city of
Calendar of racism and resistance (12-26 February 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migration rights 11 February: Italy’s senate lifts League leader Matteo Salvini’s immunity from prosecution, ensuring he will face trial on charges of false imprisonment arising from the standoff last year when he prevented the
‘I’d rather be dead than poor’: knife crime in London
How can the Mayor of London’s approach to knife crime work, when the structural causes of knife crime are not being fully addressed? A review of recent government and GLA initiatives. The number of knife and gang-related homicides in London has surged since 2014. And young black men are overrepresented as victims and perpetrators of
IRR News (29 January – 12 February 2020)
Dear IRR News subscriber, On Tuesday, a charter-deportation flight to Jamaica carried passengers who had lived in the UK since early childhood – against a recommendation of the unpublished (but leaked) ‘Windrush: Lessons Learned’ review. Protesters against the deportation flight shut down Whitehall and over 170 MPs wrote asking the minister to reconsider the failure
Justice for the outsourced Hotel Ibis chambermaids
An eyewitness account of the ongoing struggles of the Gilets Noirs in Paris On 19th January, dozens of undocumented migrants filled the lobby of Hotel Ibis Paris Bastille Opera, just outside the centre of Paris, and declared an occupation. They were members of the Gilets Noirs, a collective of sans-papiers (so called ‘undocumented’ migrants, or those without the
Finding a voice: news from Europe’s frontline migrant struggles
Across Europe, humanitarian activists and undocumented people are organising collectively and speaking up for their rights, in the face of increased state repression. In Norway we see another example of this action being prosecuted even as the Government considers a one-off residence amnesty. For the last few years European citizens have been making headlines for
Like a prison: discussions with people inside Urban House Initial Accommodation Centre, Wakefield
‘We could take this place, which is like a prison, for three or four weeks but not for months and months’ – Barry, a businessman from the Middle East I was sitting in a café in the centre of Wakefield having a discussion (through an interpreter) over coffee, with a group of professional workers from
Calendar of racism and resistance (29 January – 12 February 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migration rights 4 February: Academics warn that the government’s message that the UK is ‘open to global talent’ is being undermined by aggressive and harsh treatment of colleagues seeking visas and settlement. (Guardian, 4