A MRN and RAMFEL public meeting to discuss the new wave of immigration enforcement. Friday 12 December 2014, 1.15-4pm Farringdon Room, St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ Speakers include: • Don Flynn & Ruth Grove-White – Migrants’ Rights Network • Rita Chadha – RAMFEL • Sue Lukes – Migration, Equalities and Service Provision Specialist • Barbara Cohen –
Geography: South-East England
Media training session
Migrant Voice is holding a free media training session for migrants. Tuesday 2 December 2014, 3-8pm Migrant Voice, Lighthouse West London, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QT Speakers include: Niki Anastasopoulou – news and documentary producer Daniel Nelson – Oneworld.net Henri-Pierre Koubaka – Radio journalist Related links Migrant Voice Migrant Voice on Facebook Migrant Voice on Twitter
Close Campsfield demonstration
A demonstration calling for the closure of Campsfield House immigration removal centre. Saturday 29 November 2014 Assemble at Exeter Hall car park, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 1AB, 10:30am Demonstration at Campsfield House main gates, Langford Lane, Kidlington OX5 1RE, 12pm Related links Find more information about the event here Campaign to Close Campsfield Read an IRR News
Return to Nicaragua
The Marc Karlin Archive with Open City Docs are holding a series of film screenings and talks on Nicaragua and the Sandinista revolution. 21 – 23 November 2014 University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Related links Find more event details here Book tickets here Marc Karlin Archive Open City Docs
Don’t let them drown
A weekly protest calling on the government to support search and rescue operations for migrants travelling across the Mediterranean Sea. Thursday 20 November 2014, 12:30pm Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF Related links Movement Against Xenophobia Read an IRR News special issue: Taking a stand for human dignity
‘A Man Standing’
A play written by former prisoner, Jean-Marc Mahy, about his experiences in solitary confinement. Friday 21 November 2014, 7.30pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 55 KB) Watch a preview Interview with Jean Marc Mahy An extract from A Man Standing Book tickets Facebook event
Sixteen years of marching
For the sixteenth year, families and friends of those that have died in custody marched on Downing Street at the weekend. Behind the banner of the United Families and Friends Campaign, new families were walking in the procession including the family members of Rubel Ahmed, who died in Morton Hall immigration removal centre earlier this
Surround Harmondsworth #5
A national mobilisation against detention outside Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres. Saturday 8 November 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth detention centre, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Related links Movement for Justice Facebook event listing
Justice 4 Leon Briggs
A demonstration on the one-year anniversary of the death of Leon Briggs in the custody of Luton police Tuesday 4 November 2014, 6pm Luton police station, Buxton Road, Luton LU1 1SD Related links Justice 4 Leon Briggs Facebook event listing
Trial of three G4S officers to begin
Next week, on Monday 3 November, the trial of three G4S officers accused of the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga will begin. Jimmy Mubenga died on 12 October 2010 on board a plane at Heathrow airport during his deportation to Angola. He was initially held at Brook House, which is also operated by G4S, and then