A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 9 May: A 26-year-old Syrian refugee is shot in the kidney and wounded by Slovakian border guards on the border between Slovakia and Hungary, near the town of Velky Meder. The woman is in a
The Institute of Race Relations, based in London’s Kings Cross, is giving away surplus duplicated material and invites people to take the chance of adding to their collections. You will be able to view and take away material from IRR’s ground floor (2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS) on Thursday 16 June, 2-7pm. Unfortunately material cannot be
An important conference on securing justice for young people with precarious citizenship is taking place in London on 1 June, organised by the Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington Law Centre in conjunction with Birkbeck College. What is precarious citizenship? Significant numbers of young people who are settled in the UK (estimated conservatively at
A conference on young people who are undocumented, separated and settled in the UK. Wednesday 1 June 2016, 9-5pm Birkbeck, University of London, Clore Lecture Theatre, Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7JL Related links Book here Download the full conference programme
A benefit evening of film, music and spoken word to support children of death in custody victims. Friday 10 June 2016, 6.30-11pm SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Related links Buy tickets here Facebook event listing
Nearly 300 people face criminal charges for aiding refugees in Denmark in September 2015, and the government continues to create a hostile environment by cracking down on migration. The rise in humanitarian and political initiatives in solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees that we have seen across Europe in the past year has been reflected
Below we interview a member of the Danish group MedMenneskeSmuglerne (‘With the Human Traffickers’), about the criminal charges of ‘human trafficking’ those who acted in solidarity with refugees now face. Reem Abu-Hayyeh (RAH): You are a part of a group called MedMenneskeSmuglerne based in Denmark. Could you please tell us a bit about the group? Reem El-Awwad
Fundraising evening with Rudimental’s Amir Amor, to raise money for Ourmala’s work supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Tuesday 21 June 2016, 5.30-9.30pm Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls, Elverton Street, London SW1P 2QW The evening will include: A yoga session Live music Talks Raffle Related links Ourmala Buy tickets here
A day conference on civil liberties, the state and the European Union. Saturday 25 June 2016, 9.45-5pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 Includes workshops and discussions on the refugee crisis in the Med and in the EU; mass surveillance; the EU’s crisis of legitimacy and accountability; the policing of protest and criminalisation
A day festival of zines, activism, talks, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, contemporary craft, comics, archives, alternatives and underground subcultures. Sunday 29 May 2016, 12-7pm Rich Mix London, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Facebook event listing DIY Cultures
