An event in memory of David Oluwale, his life and death in the city of Leeds. Wednesday 23 January 2013, 6-7.30pm Memorial Garden, Water Lane, close to Leeds Bridge, Leeds LS11 5BW Line-up includes: New writings by Leeds Baggage Handlers & Rommi Smith and Leeds Young Authors & Khadijah Ibrahiim Accompanied by film, animation, food
Theme: Health
Capita wrongly telling people to leave the UK
Outsourcing of enforcement role causes confusion and distress as many are wrongly targeted. In the second and third weeks of December 2012, as businesses wound down for Christmas and MPs went home, thousands of migrants, including students, workers and investors, received text messages or emails telling them they had no lawful leave to be in
Protest vigil: stop deaths in police custody
Below we publish an edited version of an article that appeared in the Slough Times on a demonstration that took place at the end of December. On a dark and cold winter evening protesters campaigning for justice for the two men who died in Thames Valley Police’s custody held a peaceful vigil outside Slough police.
Cardiff Migrant Solidarity training
A series of sessions aimed at helping new volunteers understand the asylum process and how to help refugees and migrants living in South Wales. Saturday 12 January 2013, 3-6pm Cardiff
Revealing the impact of immigration detention
Two recent reports add fuel to growing demands to rethink indefinite immigration detention. On any given day between January and March 2012, 3,500 people were held in immigration detention, of whom over forty had been there for over two years: the equivalent of a four-year prison sentence, for being a refused asylum seeker, overstayer or
Vigil for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah & Philmore Mills
A joint candlelit vigil for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah and Philmore Mills who both died after being arrested and restrained by police. Thursday 27 December 2012, 5-7:30pm Slough Police Station, Windsor Road, Slough Berkshire SL1 2HH The family of Philmore Mills will be marking the first anniversary of their father’s death in Wexham Park Hospital on
Miliband’s progress?
A. Sivanandan, known for his trenchant critiques of government ‘race’ policies, has broadly welcomed what Ed Miliband had to say last week. IRR News asks him why. What’s new about the Miliband speech? It seems to carry many of the same old themes – need to curtail immigration, need to integrate and so on. It
From despair comes resistance
Asylum-seekers and migrants across Europe are determined to change the inhuman circumstances of their existence. In his new book Fortress Europe: dispatches from a gated continent, journalist Matthew Carr describes a protest in Lombardy in which five migrants climbed to the top of a crane above Brescia’s new light railway line. ‘For seventeen days they
Spotlight on racial violence: October-December 2012
An overview of racist attacks and convictions over the last three months. Earlier this week, Kick it Out chair Herman Ouseley resigned from the Football Association (FA), describing the authorities’ efforts to fight racism in football in 2012 as ‘wasted in hypocrisy’. Lord Ouseley spoke of an ‘establishment [that] seemed to be looking after its
Edge Fund launch party
A launch party for the Edge Fund, which aims to support community groups fighting for justice. Saturday 15 December 2012, 7-11pm Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS Featuring a line up of music, performance poetry and more. Related links Edge Fund For more information, see the event’s Facebook page.