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
The presentation of the findings of a local authority project on Roma education. Thursday 15 May 2014, 4.30-9pm Jack Carter Pavilion, Oakfield Playing Fields, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex IG6 2JL
A performance celebrating the launch of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Sunday 1 June 2014, 1-4pm Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Other performances over the month include: The Devouring, the Great Sadness – exhibition by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups Irish dance – St Josephs Catholic Primary School Poetry – by
A series of workshops in May 2014, tackling labour exploitation among refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Manchester – Tuesday 15 May 2014, 10-3pm Leeds – Tuesday 20 May 2014, 10-3pm London – Friday 23 may 2014, 9.30-2.30pm Related links Precarious Lives
A demonstration against the Spectator magazine’s use of racist language against Gypsies, Roma and Travellers. Wednesday 14th May 2014, 4.30-5.30pm The Spectator offices, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP Related links Download a flyer for the event here The Traveller Movement
A screening of ‘Po Po’, a film about the death of Jason McPherson in police custody, followed by a Q&A with his sister Samantha Patterson and director Ken Fero. Saturday 26 April 2014, 2.30pm The Tabernacle, 35 Powis Square, London W11 2AY Related links Migrant Media UFFC
The AGM of the Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees highlighting the rising number of deaths in immigration detention. Wednesday 14 May 2014, 6.15-8.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers include: Deborah Coles – Inquest Nigel Newcomen – Prison and Probation Ombudsman Related links Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees INQUEST
A conference on getting racism back on the agenda. Thursday 8 May 2014, 6-9pm Abbey Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3BU
As the family of Mark Duggan launch a judicial review of the inquest verdict, IRR News examines the wider context of the death. On 4 August 2011, Mark Duggan got out of a taxi on Ferry Lane in Tottenham and was shot dead by armed police: within hours, stories about a dramatic ‘shootout’, a ‘violent
The Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA) is marching for those ‘wrongly imprisoned’. Saturday 3 May 2014 London: assemble at 10am at Chelsea College of Art and Design, 16 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU Manchester: assemble 12pm at Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester M1 Related links View a flyer JENGbA JENGbA on Twitter JENGbA
