A ‘masterclass’ on the use of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests as a research method. Wednesday 4 December 2013, 1pm Seminar Room 10, Rendall Building, Bedford Street South, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA Speakers: Harmit Athwal – Institute of Race Relations Graham Smith – Information Commissioner’s Office David Whyte – University of Liverpool Stuart
Theme: Education
Systematic Greek border abuses exposed
‘Pushed back’, the new report by migrant and refugee rights group ProAsyl, exposes the systematic abuses and human rights violations of the Greek border control regime. Greece’s abject failure to comply with international and European legal standards regarding the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees is a well-known and well-documented issue in the EU. However,
May plans to make British citizens stateless
Is Theresa May’s threat to make British citizens stateless just an expression of frustration at the recent Supreme Court decision, or does she really intend to do it? Press reports that Theresa May plans to change citizenship law to allow her to remove British nationality from anyone who, in her view, does not deserve it,
Redbridge Equalities and Community Council AGM
The AGM of the Redbridge Equalities and Community Council with a talk on the work of the IRR. Thursday 28 November 2013, 7.30pm Gants Hill United Reformed Church, 39 Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex IG2 6UH Speaker: Harmit Athwal – Editor, IRR News RELATED LINKS Redbridge Equalities and Community Council
Legal workshop on the asylum system
A free legal workshop on asylum law, policy and support. Thursday 21 November 2013, 12pm 3 North Church Street, Butetown, Cardiff CF10 5HB Workshop covers: Asylum refusal, advice on financial support and more RELATED LINKS Women Seeking Sanctuary Advocacy Group Wales Rights of Women
Roma voices: heard at last?
A report of a parliamentary meeting on the Roma experience of flight from the Czech Republic and settlement in the UK. Czech National Day – 28 October – was marked in 2013, as for many years past, by neo-Nazi parties openly marching and terrorising Roma districts of rundown former industrial cities of the Czech Republic,
Twenty years too long!
A series of events in Oxford to mark the twentieth anniversary of Campsfield House immigration removal centre. Saturday 30 November 2013, 12pm Campsfield House, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 1RE RELATED LINKS Campaign to Close Campsfield View a flyer here
‘Collective expulsion’ report launch
The launch of a new report, Collective expulsion: the case against Britain’s mass deportation charter flights. Wednesday 20 November 2013, 7pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Including: Report launch Workshop with legal practitioners and campaigners RELATED LINKS Corporate Watch Stop Deportation
Fifteenth annual UFFC remembrance procession
The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) marched on Downing Street last weekend, as it has done for the last fifteen years, to mark the deaths of loved ones in the custody of the state. The annual remembrance procession was led by the families of those including Ricky Bishop, Mark Duggan, Demetre Fraser, Joy Gardner,
Asylum matters
A talk from Paul Stone followed by a discussion with the IRR’s Frances Webber on the law and the UK asylum system. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 6-8.30pm DLA Piper, Princes Square, Leeds LS1 4BY Related links Manuel Bravo Project