A meeting on rape and sexual assault in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre. Tuesday 1 October 2013, 3pm Crossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, London NW5 2DX RELATED LINKS Black Women’s Rape Action Project Women Against Rape
Theme: Education
Release XIV
A benefit gig for SOAS Detainee Support Group. Saturday 28 September 2013, 9.30pm Brixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH Artists include: Harare Z the People Colin Samurai RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here SOAS Detainee Support Group
Operation Nexus fears not allayed
A recent meeting with Met police failed to reassure migrant rights groups and activists that Operation Nexus is not harmful. Operation Nexus, launched a year ago as a collaboration between the Metropolitan police and the UK Border Agency was designed to clear foreign criminals off the streets of London and send them home. Immigration officers
90 degree citizen exhibition
The opening event of an exhibition of work by visual artists whose experiences include life as refugees in the UK. Thursday 10 October 2013, 6-8pm Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL In conversation: Artists and curators Live music from Emmanuela Yogolelo RELATED LINKS Virtual Migrants Street Level Photoworks Manchester Museum GM Immigration Aid Unit
Stop sponging off migrants!
A demonstration to highlight how little tax the company that owns the ‘Daily Express’ pays in the UK and to protest against its demonisation of migrants. Monday 23 September 2013, 5.30pm 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN
City of migrants
A fundraising party for Haringey Migrant Support Centre’s first birthday. Friday 27 September 2013, 8pm-1am North London Community House, 22 Moorefield Road, London N17 6PY Lineup includes: The Shop Floor Sessions Z the People Colin Samurai The Klezbians The SOAS Ceilidh Band Related links Download a flyer here Haringey Migrant Support Centre
PAFRAS fundraiser
A benefit gig by Yorkshire-based band, Fusion, as part of PAFRAS’ tenth anniversary celebrations. Friday 4 October 2013, 7.30pm The New Headingly Club, 56 St Michaels Road, Leeds LS6 3BG Live performance: Fusion RELATED LINKS Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Download a flyer here.
Supporting immigrants in London
A public meeting to support refugee and migrant activists and other interested individuals following on from the government’s ‘go home’ campaign. Thursday 19 September 2013, 6-9pm Southall Day Centre, Milap Branch, Shackleton Road, (off Lady Margaret Road) Southall, Middlesex UB1 2QH The meeting includes: An update on what has happened Explanations of the rights of those
G4S occupation activists acquitted
At the end of August, at Horsham Magistrates’ court, two campaigners were acquitted of aggravated trespass – an eight-hour occupation of the roof of the G4S Surrey HQ in July 2012. Chris Osmond and Shiar Youssef, from No Borders and the Boycott Israel Network, occupied the roof of the G4S HQ in leafy Surrey to
Mazloom
A play about a young Afghan refugee facing deportation, accompanied by music and spoken word from Seeds of Thought. Wednesday 25 September to Thursday 26 September 2013, 7.30-9.30pm Glad Cafe, 1006 Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 2HG Related links Mazloom