The numbers game around immigration statistics has turned into a bloody battle. In January, Polly Toynbee called the Coalition’s benefits campaign to stir up ‘prejudice against the poor'[1] a ‘bloody battle’. It had, she wrote, initiated a ‘clever marketing’ campaign ‘where slippery figures abound’ as part of a ‘virulent debate’ designed to stir up ‘a
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Haldane Society Human Rights Lectures 2012
Lawyers speak on cases and campaigning. Tuesday 7 February 2012, 6.30pm College of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE Speakers: Frances Webber – Institute of Race Relations Rheian Davies – DH Law LLP Related links Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Crimes of violence and honour
How can the law foster good race and community relations and at the same time ensure that the rights of all women are protected under human rights and equality law? Monday 6 February 2012, 6-8pm Doughty Street Chambers, 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS Speakers: Aileen McColgan – Kings College London Pragna Patel – Southhall
Solidarity demo for hunger strikers in the Ukraine
Demonstration in support of 58 Somali refugees on hunger striker in Lutsk Detention Centre, Ukraine. Monday 6 February 2012, 1.45pm The Ukranian Embassy, 60 Holland Park, London W11 3SJ Related links Border Monitoring Project Ukraine Barbed Wire Britain Migrants’ Rights Network
From reaction to revolution
A meeting to audit human rights violations and victories over the last ten years. Sunday 5 February 2012, 2-5pm Friends Meeting House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ Speakers: Massoud Shadjareh – Islamic Human Rights Commission Stephanie Harrison – human rights lawyer Sue Conlan – Peace & Progress Harmit Athwal – Institute of Race Relations Related links
NACCOM conference
The annual conference of NACCOM which works with destitute asylum seekers. Saturday 4 February 2012, 10-4pm Victoria Hall, 61 Eldon Street, Sheffield S1 4GX Workshops: In-depth housing workshop Preventing blockages in accommodation schemes Getting the message out Advocating the asylum process Related links NACCOM
No Borders Convergence
London No Borders, Goldsmiths students and other groups are organising a convergence in London between 13 and 18 February. The Convergence will draw together a plethora of experiences relating to restrictions on free movement and will provide a space for people to share skills and create strategies for further action. The Convergence has been set
G4S and asylum seekers’ housing
Below we reproduce a letter signed by academics in the Yorkshire region expressing concerns over the awarding of a housing contract to a private company. As researchers and university teachers in the fields of housing and immigration in the Yorkshire region we oppose the plans of the Coalition government, through the UK Border Agency (UKBA),
Joint enterprise, racism and BME communities
An interview with Gloria Morrison, Campaign Coordinator of JENGbA (Joint Enterprise – Not Guilty by Association) which is a prisoners’ support group made up of the friends and families of people convicted under the doctrine of joint enterprise. Liz Fekete: Since its launch in 2010, JENGbA has pointed out that the law on joint enterprise
Holocaust memorial day reception
A Holocaust memorial day reception. Tuesday 31 January 2012, 5-7pm NUT Headquarters, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD Related links NUT Holocaust memorial day