For the sixteenth year, families and friends of those that have died in custody marched on Downing Street at the weekend. Behind the banner of the United Families and Friends Campaign, new families were walking in the procession including the family members of Rubel Ahmed, who died in Morton Hall immigration removal centre earlier this
A national mobilisation against detention outside Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres. Saturday 8 November 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth detention centre, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Related links Movement for Justice Facebook event listing
There is more to the Tories’ proposals on human rights and free movement than mere electioneering. The October 2014 Conservative party conference was dominated by justice minister Chris Grayling’s announcement that a future Conservative government will repeal the Human Rights Act, replace it with a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, and ignore unwelcome rulings
A briefing and planning meeting to examine the effects of the Home Office ‘pilot’ scheme for immigration checks by landlords. Wednesday 12 November 2014, 4.30-6pm DLA Piper UK LLP, Victoria House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B2 4DL Related links Register online via Eventbrite Movement Against Xenophobia website Movement Against Xenophobia Facebook group Movement Against Xenophobia on
A debate on ‘Immigration and the 2015 General Election’ and a private view of the Black Chronicles exhibition. Wednesday 12 November 2014, 6.30-9pm Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA Speakers include: Peter Herbert – Society of Black Lawyers Ratna Lachman – JUST West Yorkshire Don Flynn – Migrants’ Rights Network Tim Wigmore – New Statesman Related
Next week, on Monday 3 November, the trial of three G4S officers accused of the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga will begin. Jimmy Mubenga died on 12 October 2010 on board a plane at Heathrow airport during his deportation to Angola. He was initially held at Brook House, which is also operated by G4S, and then
A public meeting on community organising around immigration raids. Thursday 13 November 2014, 6-8pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 0EF Related links Find more details of the event, here Anti-Raids Network Right to Remain
Migrant Voice is holding a free media training session for migrants on the theme of ‘detention’. Tuesday 4 November 2014, 3-8pm Lighthouse West London, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QT Speakers include: Marianne Powell Nishit Morsawala Please note that it is necessary to book a place for this event. Related links Download further details of the event, here (word
A Race & Class discussion on the co-option dilemma for charities and voluntary organisations in asylum and immigration policing. Thursday 27 November 2014, 6-8pm Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS Speakers: Imogen Tyler (Lancaster University) and author of Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain Frances Webber (Vice chair,
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees 6 October: Corporate Watch reveals that NHS England has awarded G4S a series of contracts worth some £23 million to run medical facilities at four immigration removal centres in the UK. (Corporate Watch, 6
