Nearly 300 people face criminal charges for aiding refugees in Denmark in September 2015, and the government continues to create a hostile environment by cracking down on migration. The rise in humanitarian and political initiatives in solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees that we have seen across Europe in the past year has been reflected
Below we interview a member of the Danish group MedMenneskeSmuglerne (‘With the Human Traffickers’), about the criminal charges of ‘human trafficking’ those who acted in solidarity with refugees now face. Reem Abu-Hayyeh (RAH): You are a part of a group called MedMenneskeSmuglerne based in Denmark. Could you please tell us a bit about the group? Reem El-Awwad
Fundraising evening with Rudimental’s Amir Amor, to raise money for Ourmala’s work supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Tuesday 21 June 2016, 5.30-9.30pm Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls, Elverton Street, London SW1P 2QW The evening will include: A yoga session Live music Talks Raffle Related links Ourmala Buy tickets here
A day conference on civil liberties, the state and the European Union. Saturday 25 June 2016, 9.45-5pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 Includes workshops and discussions on the refugee crisis in the Med and in the EU; mass surveillance; the EU’s crisis of legitimacy and accountability; the policing of protest and criminalisation
The annual general meeting of Kent Refugee Help which will examine the Immigration Act 2016 and the hostile environment. Saturday 11 June 2016, 11-3pm Red Cross, Bradbury House, 2 Lower Chantry Lane, Canterbury CT1 1UF Speakers include: Ambrose Musiyiwa – journalist, activist and poet David Herd – professor, activist and poet Related links Kent Refugee
A day festival of zines, activism, talks, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, contemporary craft, comics, archives, alternatives and underground subcultures. Sunday 29 May 2016, 12-7pm Rich Mix London, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Facebook event listing DIY Cultures
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
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
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
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
