A demonstration outside Yarl’s Wood, demanding the end of immigration detention. Saturday 7 November 2015, 1.30pm Yarl’s Wood, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire MK44 1FD Related links Movement for Justice See details for the demo here
Theme: Education
Calendar of racism and resistance (9 – 22 October 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 7 October: Leaked EU plans reveal proposals to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers by threatening countries refusing to take back their migrants with withdrawals of aid, trade deals and visa arrangements. The documents show
Surround Dungavel #1
A demonstration outside Dungavel House immigration removal centre, protesting against immigration detention. Sunday 25 October 2015, 1-4pm Dungavel House, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland ML10 6RF A coach will leave Glasgow George Square at 11.30am. The journey to Dungavel House is one hour. More details on booking a coach ticket are avilable here. Related links We will rise
Food Not Borders film night
A free night of films and ‘food raiser’ hosted on the theme of migration and borders. Monday 2 November 2015, 6pm SOAS, Vernon Square Campus, London WC1X 9EW Provisional film list: Working Illegally Campsfield House Borders Accents The Invisibles No Lager Through the Wire Broken English Defining Border Imperialism Related links Facebook event listing Food Not
UFFC 2015 annual procession
The United Families and Friends Campaign annual remembrance procession for those that have died in state custody. Saturday 31 October 2015 Assemble at 1pm at Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN to march to Downing Street in a memorial procession Related links United Families and Friends Campaign United Families and Friends Campaign on Facebook Facebook event
An IRR discussion on the EU refugee crisis and the violence of the militarised border
To celebrate the publication of the second edition of journalist Matthew Carr’s Fortress Europe: Inside the War Against Immigration the IRR is hosting a discussion on ‘Border Wars’. Wednesday 11 November 2015, 6-8pm Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS A conversation between: Matthew Carr – writer and journalist Frances Webber – legal expert
Medical Justice: 10 Years Young Dinner Dance
The Medical Justice dinner dance to celebrate ten years. Wednesday 21 October 2015, 6pm-12am Nambucca, 596 Holloway Road, London N7 6LB Related links Medical Justice Download an invite here (pdf file, 321kb)
Migrant Voice media lab
A Migrant Voice media lab to meet and question media experts. Wednesday 28 October 2015, 3-8pm Migrant Voice, Collaboration House, 77-79 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4PW Mentors include: Tim Langford (director, writer and filmmaker) Mira Farhat (freelance writer, communications and media assistant) Victoria Briggs (writer and Communications Manager for a campaigning charity) Daniel Nelson (freelance
Calendar of racism and resistance (25 September – 8 October 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 24 September: Beyond Borders Tyneside protest at a Home Office regional centre in Newcastle following dawn raids on families in the area. (Chronicle Live, 24 September 2015) 26 September: A young Eritrean man is picked up
‘Hotspots’ for asylum applications: some things we urgently need to know
We republish here an article by Frances Webber published on 29 September on the EU Law Analysis blog. Through the mechanisms it is setting up for the relocation of refugees from Italy and Greece, the EU is trying to regain control of refugee movement in the EU. The tough screening process it is setting up