Do you want to know more about how the UK asylum and immigration system works? Do you know newly-arrived asylum-seekers in the UK and want to know what you can do to support them? Tuesday 7 June 2016, 6-9pm Tuesday 14 June 2016, 6-9pm Sheffield This series of two workshops will examine: the different routes
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Grunwick film screening
A showing of ‘The Great Grunwick Strike 1976-1978: A History’ directed by Chris Thomas and introduced by Professor Mary Davis. Thursday 26 May 2016, 7pm Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU Related links Facebook event listing
Immigration detention: a tale of two reviews
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Two recent reviews of immigration detention offer a contrast in their approach to the fundamental injustice of immigration detention and in their usefulness to campaigners. It has been four months since the publication of two key reviews of immigration detention: the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons undertaken by former Prisons and Probation
The populist Right and the crisis of democracy
A panel discussion analysing conservatism and the rise of the populist Right in the US and Europe. Monday 6 June 2016, 6.15-8pm Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, Kings Cross Road, London WC1X 9HS Speakers: Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims Are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism and the domestic war on terror (Verso, 2014). David Edgar, playwright, political
Calendar of racism and resistance (22 April – 5 May 2016)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 20 April: The Home Office announces that a new process for resettling unaccompanied asylum seeking children will commence in July. (Guardian, 21 April 2016) 21 April: The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman publishes: Independent investigation into
Fighting immigration raids in London
Hear accounts from those fighting against raids and discuss resistance. Sunday 15 May 2016, 6-11pm The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Anti Raids Network View a flyer here
One year on: anniversary of the death of Sheku Bayoh
A commemoration event for Sheku Bayoh on the first anniversary of his death in police custody. Saturday 8 May 2016, 2-7pm Templehall Community Centre, Beauly Place, Kirkcaldy KY2 6EX Related links Justice for Sheku Bayoh
SYMAAG AGM
The annual general meeting of the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG). Thursday 12 May 2016, 7-9pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James’ Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Related links South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG)
JENGbA march on Downing Street
A march on Downing Street demanding that the government deal with outstanding joint enterprise cases or launch a special inquiry. Monday 16 May 2016, 2pm Meet at London Victora Station, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1V 1JU Related links Facebook event listing Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA)
Roma Are Equal demonstration
A demonstration on Romani Resistance Day, delivering a petition to the Bulgarian embassy calling for justice for Mitko Yonkov, a Romani boy beaten by a neo-Nazi in Bulgaria. Monday 16 May 2016, 12pm Bulgarian embassy, 186-188 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5HL Related links Facebook event Sign a petition calling for justice for Mitko Yonkov here Roma