The Birmingham launch of a new report: ‘Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism’. Thursday 28 April 2016, 7pm The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Birmingham B6 4UU Speakers include: Patrick Williams Becky Clarke Related links Event details Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Geography: Midlands
Anti-Semitism – thought or deed?
Significantly, but without much fanfare, an expanded definition of anti-Semitism entered the UK’s policy arena this April. An article by Eric Pickles, former secretary of state for communities and local government, chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel and, since September 2015, UK special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, entitled ‘A definition of antisemitism’ introduced the
Calendar of racism and resistance (25 March – 7 April 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 March: Caritas Europa publishes: Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection. Download the report here. 15 March: Refugee Rights publishes a report: The Long Wait: Filling the data gaps
Interpreting services within immigration removal centres
The lack of trained interpreters inside immigration detention exacerbates fear, mistrust and depression and has contributed to a number of deaths. The Stephen Shaw Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons in Britain’s immigration detention estate, published in January 2016, is the latest in a long line of reports that make recommendations to
Discrimination law update
A discrimination law update organised by the Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity in collaboration with the University of Northampton. Monday 11 April 2016, 6-8pm Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET Speakers include: Robin Allen QC – Head of Cloisters barristers’ Professor Muriel Robison – University of Edinburgh Related links See further details here
Calendar of racism and resistance (11 – 24 March 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 3 March: Home Secretary Theresa May wins the right to deport refused asylum seekers to Afghanistan after the Court of Appeal overturns an injunction imposed following concerns that the country was too dangerous. (Bureau of Investigative Journalism,
The IRR’s big book giveaway
The Institute of Race Relations, based in London’s Kings Cross, is giving away surplus duplicated material and invites individuals and specialist libraries and archives 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
Calendar of racism and resistance (26 February – 10 March 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum 25 February: Home Office statistics reveal that the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children has increased by over 50 per cent in the last year, with 3,043 children seeking asylum in 2015, compared with 1,945 in 2014.
Sites of Confinement: Confines, Control and Resistance at the Border
A day conference focused on the sites of confinement regarding migration, race, racism and physical, social and spatial bordering control. Thursday 17 March 2016, 9-6pm Campus Luigi Einaudi, University of Turin, Lungo Dora Siena 100/A-10154, Turin, Italy Speakers include: Antigone Association Monish Bhatia Victoria Canning Valeria Ferraris Evgenia Iliadou Simone Santorso Alvise Sbraccia No Borders
Calendar of racism and resistance (12 – 25 February 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 February: Protests occur across Greece against the construction of registration and screening centres, or hotspots, for migrants. In Kos, after three days of protests, residents blockade an army camp earmarked for conversion into a migrant