A new book on Brexit and freedom of movement raises more questions than answers. The corporate venue, the glitzy offices of Bloomberg LP’s European headquarters in the City of London, speaks of a lifestyle a million miles removed from lives now lived in Labour’s old working-class heartlands. But it was here, in a location that
South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) host their AGM and mark ten years of campaigning for asylum rights. Tuesday 9 May 2017, 6.30pm Quaker Meeting House, St James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Keynote speaker: Roger McKenzie -National Assistant General Secretary, UNISON and Black Lives Matter activist Related links Further details found here
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 6 April: A new immigration skills charge comes into force, requiring employers to pay a £1,000 annual levy for hiring certain skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area. It is feared the charge could
Migrants’ Rights Network hold a panel to discuss housing, employment and migrants’ rights in an age of austerity. Wednesday 19 April 2017, 6:30 – 8pm Senate Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Senate House Building, London WC1E 7HU The panel will explore the potential issues that Britain leaving the EU has for European citizens currently living here, as
The Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) launch their exhibition Love Is Not a Crime and celebrate their 10th anniversary. Thursday 13th April, 6-8pm People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Manchester M3 3ER Love Is Not a Crime runs from Friday 14 April 2017 to Sunday 25 June 2017 Related Links Eventbrite page
A play built around seventy long interviews with ‘leavers’ and ‘remainers’ about their feelings after the Brexit vote, inadvertently, provides insights into the immigration debate. The liberal consensus on immigration has broken down. That’s what Brexit has taught us, or at least that’s what the establishment tells us that Brexit has taught us. The Conservative
A picket of the Pitchford Inquiry to demand disclosure on political policing abuses in the UK. Wednesday 5 April 2017, 9-10am Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London WC2 Related links See further info here Police Spies Out of Lives
Aisha Maniar examines the UK government’s policy of carrying out language analysis tests on undocumented asylum claimants. Asylum Now According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a record 65.3 million people worldwide were displaced within and without borders in 2015. Although increasing slightly each year since 2010, after having fallen sharply in the first
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration March: Women for Refugee Women publish a report: The Way Ahead: An asylum system without detention, download it here (pdf file, 3mb). 2 March: The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) publish a report:
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 24 February: Following a legal challenge by the Refugee Council, the High Court rules that local authorities must support age-disputed asylum seekers as children. (EIN, 27 February 2017) 26 February: Irene Clennell, 52, is deported
