A new play based on Benjamin Zepheniah’s novel about a young refugee in the UK. Saturday 9 March to Saturday 30 March 2013, 7.45pm West Yorkshire Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP Also featuring The Big Question, a panel discussion on asylum, immigration and human rights. Saturday 16 March 2013, 5-6.30pm Speakers include:
Theme: Education
The new wasteland
It is poverty not migration that is changing the nature of Britain’s towns and cities. If you want to feel and smell austerity, go to Hatfield – in leafy Hertfordshire, with the rolling hills that EM Forster loved. It provides a microcosm of the changing social geography of Britain today.[1] Hatfield was, until the 1990s,
UKBA on trial
A public event to expose the mistreatment that asylum seekers face in the immigration system. Sunday 3 March 2013, 1pm University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1H 7H7 Related links Movement for Justice Movement for Justice on Facebook
Glasgow Girls impress
A new musical based on the story of the Glasgow Girls, who fought for the rights of asylum seeking children, is a masterpiece. The Glasgow Girls was the name given to a group of young girls who began campaigning after a school friend was arrested for deportation in a dawn raid. A campaign emerged at
The Doctors’ Orchestra
An evening of music, fundraising for Freedom from Torture. Monday 4 March 2013, 7.30pm Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ Programme: Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture Romeo & Juliet Berlioz – Harold in Italy Elgar – Enigma Variations RELATED LINKS Cadogan Hall Freedom from Torture
Facing up to racial violence
The IRR publishes a report today on how racial violence is shaping the UK. Racial violence: facing reality warns that attacks on BME individuals are actually spreading to new areas of the country, as under the impact of globalisation and austerity measures, populations swiftly change; and points to the potential dangers in ‘decanting’ those affected
Dublin refugee reception centre targeted
Since the start of the year, there have been at least four suspected racially motivated attacks on residents at the Balseskin reception centre for asylum seekers in the Finglas area of Dublin. The latest incidents occurred on 8-9 February. The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) has expressed concern about the institutional response to these attacks, stressing
Border film series
A series of films exploring the policing of national borders. Sunday 24 February to Sunday 21 July 2013 Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AL All films are on a Sunday and run from 2-4pm and include: 24 February 2013 – Performing the Border, Europlex, 1000 Voices and Surpriseville 17
Cardiff Migrant Solidarity training
A series of sessions aimed at training volunteers to help refugees and migrants living in South Wales. Sunday 10 February 2013, 3-6pm Hungy Planet Cafe, 142 Clifton Street, Cardiff CF24 1LY Workshops and discussions include: Understanding the asylum system The UKBA’s role Practical solidarity Legal situations of refugees and migrants Detainee support Ideas for future
Calais Migrant Solidarity training weekend
A weekend of workshops and discussions for Calais Migrant Solidarity. Saturday 23 February – Sunday 24 February 2013 SUMAC Nottingham, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX Including workshops and discussions on: Europe and the border regime A legal briefing CMS: practical solidarity projects in Calais UK asylum, detention and deportation