This graphic account of the plight of the undocumented in Amsterdam first appeared on the web site Dreaming in Exile. Since 2012, a group of people from a number of countries have formed a group in Amsterdam called ‘We Are Here’. There are men and women, old and young. Some have been here for many years.
Theme: Education
African refugees under attack in Israel
A Human Rights Watch report, criticising Israel’s inhumane treatment of African asylum seekers, provides an opportunity to reflect on the extension of the Prevention of Infiltration Law, first used against Palestinians in 1954. In recent weeks, Israeli nationalists, including ministers from the far-right Jewish Home party, have marched through the streets of Tel Aviv, with
‘Hell on Earth’ – a new film on immigration detention
A compelling documentary by Standoff Films lays bare the horror of Campsfield immigration removal centre in Oxfordshire. When Injustice, Ken Fero’s pathbreaking 2001 documentary about black deaths in custody was recently re-shown on London’s South Bank, Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw was part of the post-screening panel. Bradshaw, describing his shock when he first watched
Calais/No Borders fundraiser
An evening of spoken word poetry and music to raise money and awareness in aid of the situation of migrants in Calais. SubrosA, 27 Lloyd Street South, Manchester M14 7HS Saturday 18 October 2014, 6pm Musicians: Beau Nafyde Kye Jones Music Navajo Hannah Slater and Keith Lythgoe Joe Yorke Related links No Borders Manchester See more
Stop the expansion of Campsfield
A public meeting on the proposed expansion to Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Oxfordshire. Monday 20 October 2014, 7.30pm Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB Speakers include: A former Campsfield detainee Kate Smart – Asylum Welcome Oxford Bill MacKeith – Campaign to Close Campsfield Related links Download a flyer (pdf file, 368kb) Campaign
Annual UFFC remembrance procession
The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) march calling for an end to deaths in custody. Saturday 25 October 2014 Assemble at 12pm at Trafalgar Square, London for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 136kb) Facebook event listing United
Institutional indifference – in life and death
The treatment of a homeless French man who died in immigration detention makes grim reading and shows up a callous system. On 26 September, nearly two years after the inquest, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) published a fatal incident report into the death on 6 December 2011 of an unnamed 40-year-old French man in
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 September-3 October)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting the key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees September: The ECtHR rules that conditions for migrants detained in a number of Greek police stations and immigration detention centres are so bad that they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, in two
Investigated or ignored? on Race & Class radio
The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. In the latest Race & Class radio show, focusing on the July-September 2014 issue, Harmit Athwal and Jon Burnett discuss the IRR’s recent report Investigated or ignored? on race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report. Their findings show that racial motivation is often still ignored, downplayed or not acknowledged by
Detention under parliamentary scrutiny
A meeting to launch the London community submission to the APPG on Refugees and Migration detention inquiry. Tuesday 7 October 2014, 6pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, London E2 0EF Speakers: John McDonnell – MP Lisa Matthews – Right to Remain Jerome Phelps – Detention Action RELATED LINKS Detention Action Right to Remain