A benefit gig by Yorkshire-based band, Fusion, as part of PAFRAS’ tenth anniversary celebrations. Friday 4 October 2013, 7.30pm The New Headingly Club, 56 St Michaels Road, Leeds LS6 3BG Live performance: Fusion RELATED LINKS Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Download a flyer here.
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PAFRAS benefit concert
A benefit gig as part of PAFRAS’ tenth anniversary celebrations. Saturday 7 September 2013, 7pm Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ Event includes: Bands Food Raffle RELATED LINKS Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Wharf Chambers
Support the G4S rooftop occupiers
A demonstration to support campaigners charged after occupying the roof of G4S’ headquarters. Friday 16 August 2013, 9.30am Horsham magistrates court, Hurst Road, Horsham RH12 2ET RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here Stop G4S Facebook event listing Stop G4S on Facebook Stop G4S on Twitter
PAFRAS benefit gig
An evening of folk music to raise money for Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS). Friday 12 July 2013, 7.30pm HEART, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3HN Featuring Robin Fishwick and Friends The Occasionals Rory Scammell Related links PAFRAS
Reflections on the politics of asylum justice
A talk on legal struggles for asylum seeker and refugee rights. Monday 1 July 2013, 6pm National Centre for Early Music, St Margarets Church, Walmgate, Percy’s Lane, York YO1 9TL Speaker: Frances Webber – author of Borderline Justice Related links Refugee Action York National Centre for Early Music Borderline Justice: the fight for refugee and
Precarious lives
The launch of a report about refugees and asylum seekers’ experiences of forced labour in England. Tuesday 2 July 2013, 3-5pm Hurley House, 1 Dewsbury Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS11 5DQ RELATED LINKS Precarious lives
Public law and judicial review: north conference
A conference on challenges facing legal services for lawyers, advisers, advocates, campaigning organisations and legal services in public bodies. Thursday 11 July 2013, 9.30am BPP Law School, St James’ Building, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6FQ Specialist seminars include: Public law and the voluntary sector Inquests and public law Destitution: rights and remedies Environmental challenges Funding
Mazloom: a play
A tour of a play about a young refugee, alone in London, who is threatened with deportation to Afghanistan. Newcastle Tuesday 25 June 2013, 8pm Star & Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2NP Canterbury Wednesday 26 June 2013, 7pm Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB Leicester Friday 28 June
G8: week of action
A week of action and events across the UK. Saturday 8 June – Saturday 15 June 2013 Locations across London Related links StopG8 Network StopG8 Network on Facebook StopG8 Network on Twitter Calendar of events
The fear that stalks asylum seekers from the Russian Federation
EU countries are accused of leaving asylum seekers from the Russian Federation vulnerable to the repressive reach of the Russian state. In the early hours of 17 January 2013, 36-year-old Aleksandr Dolmatov, a Russian engineer, was found dead at a Rotterdam deportation centre. Dolmatov, an activist linked to the opposition Other Russia movement, fled Russia