A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees 6 October: Corporate Watch reveals that NHS England has awarded G4S a series of contracts worth some £23 million to run medical facilities at four immigration removal centres in the UK. (Corporate Watch, 6
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting the key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees September: The ECtHR rules that conditions for migrants detained in a number of Greek police stations and immigration detention centres are so bad that they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, in two
A calendar of stories from the last week. Asylum seekers & refugees 27 August 2014: Medical Justice has published a report: Biased and Unjust: The Immigration Detention Complaints Process, you can download it here (pdf file, 6.4mb). 29 August: 44-year-old Wadih Chourey, who has Down’s syndrome, faces deportation to Lebanon after the Home Office refused
The Edge Fund, a group working for justice and equality, is calling for new applications to its fund. The Edge Fund is inviting new applications from individuals and grassroots groups, in order to support projects which are relevant to communities campaigning on discrimination and injustice. Grants will be given to groups and individuals working for
Below we list all deaths that have taken place in immigration removal and short-term holding centres since 1989; we also list those who have died shortly after release from immigration detention. There have been thirty-four deaths in immigration removal centres since 1989; three women and the rest men. Harmondsworth detention centre accounts for nine deaths; five
Anti-extremism frameworks, popular in policy and academic circles, are masking the multi-dimensional and pan-European nature of contemporary fascism and the role of the state. Not since the early 1990s, and the pogroms at Hoyerswerda and Rostock have Europe’s far-right movements posed such a tangible threat to the safety of racial and religious minorities. In truth,
An evening of music in support of Positive Action in Housing’s Lifeline project for destitute asylum seekers. Friday 1 November 2013, 7.30pm Eastwood Park Theatre, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6UG Artists include: Ustad Shahid Parvez Pandit Rajkumar Mishra RELATED LINKS Positive Action in Housing
A play about a young Afghan refugee facing deportation, accompanied by music and spoken word from Seeds of Thought. Wednesday 25 September to Thursday 26 September 2013, 7.30-9.30pm Glad Cafe, 1006 Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 2HG Related links Mazloom
Demonstration outside UKBA offices against the Home Office’s anti-migrant poster campaign. Monday 9 September 2013, 4.30-6.30pm UKBA Office, Festival Court, 200 Brand Street, Govan, Glasgow G51 1DH Speakers: Robina Qureshi – Positive Action in Housing Margaret Woods – Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Related links Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Positive Action in Housing
A protest for asylum seeker rights and an end to destitution. Saturday 29 June 2013, 12.30pm St Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4AA Related links Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees
