A demonstration to mark 18 years since the opening of Campsfield House removal centre. Saturday 26 November 2011, 12-2pm Campsfield House removal centre main gates, Langford Lane, Kidlington OX5 1RE Speakers include former detainee and migrant worker. Bring music, placards and banners. After the demo there will be a Barbed Wire Britain Network get-together at
Theme: Education
Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum AGM
The Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum annual general meeting, celebrating the organisation’s achievements over the year. Thursday 24 November 2011, 6pm MCRF Resource Centre, 2 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL Related links Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum
No dawn raids protest
A protest against the recommencement of dawn raids in Glasgow. Monday 21 November 2011, from 10am Festival Court, Brand Street, Glasgow G51 1DH Related links Unity Centre Glasgow Facebook event: Protest Dawn Raids & Child Detention Download a flyer (pdf file, 72kb)
Student Action for Refugees national conference
STAR’s annual national student conference on campaigning for asylum seekers and refugees. Saturday-Sunday 19-20 November 2011 Freedom from Torture, 111 Isledon Road, Islington, London N7 7JW The conference includes: Speakers Workshops A ‘Question Time’ panel Poster displays An exhibition of photographs from refugee women Related links Student Action for Refugees
Anti-deportation campaign training
A free anti-deportation campaign training session. Friday 18 November 2011, 10-4pm The Space Project, 37-38 Mabgate Green, Leeds Training includes an up-to-date briefing on the asylum and immigration system, as it exists today, as well as in-depth training on the key aspects of running anti-deportation campaigns. Related links The Space Project National Coalition of Anti-Deportation
Seminar on unlawful detention
A seminar for psychiatrists and psychologists on preparing medico-legal reports in unlawful detention cases. Wednesday 16 November 2011, 6pm Central London, venue to be confirmed Seminar led by: Jed Pennington – Bhatt Murphy Solicitors Hamish Arnott – Bhatt Murphy Solicitors Related links Medical Justice Bhatt Murphy Solicitors
Woven Gold
A performance by the Woven Gold group – who are all clients of the Helen Bamber Foundation. Saturday 12 November 2011, from 6.45pm St Ethelburga’s, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG Woven Gold is made up of refugees escaping persecution who have come together in the last four years. With professional UK musicians who donate their
Dialogue for destitution
An event to create home-grown solutions to the destitution of asylum seekers. Saturday 22 October 2011, 1-11pm Pearce Institute, Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow G51 3UU The event includes: Arts workshops Information stalls Food Film screenings Musical entertainment Related links Pearce Institute
Jimmy Mubenga remembered
Last week, over fifty campaigners joined the family and friends of Jimmy Mubenga in a vigil on the first anniversary of his death. Jimmy died on 12 October 2010, after being restrained by private security guards from the company G4S on a BA flight at Heathrow airport during a deportation attempt to Angola. Jimmy’s wife,
Supreme Court dashes marriage rule
The Supreme Court has condemned the raising of the minimum age of entry for spouses and partners to 21 as a ‘sledgehammer’. The Home Office protested that the sole purpose of the November 2008 changes – which raised the minimum age of entry to join spouses and partners settled in the UK from 18 to