Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has launched a CrowdJustice campaign aimed at securing funding for their Separated Families project. Each year, BID helps reunite around 100 families who have been separated by immigration detention. Every year, the government detains over 30,000 people for immigration purposes, routinely separating mothers and fathers from their children. According to
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A meeting to discuss Brexit and its impact on Black, Asian and minority communities organised by the Monitoring Group. Saturday 9 July 2016, 1.30-4.30pm Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Speakers include: Akala Suresh Grover – The Monitoring Group Professor Gus John – Gus John Associates Peter Herbert – Society of Black Lawyers Liz Fekete –
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The IRR publishes its submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, including Islamophobia. You can read the submission here. Related links Read the IRR’s submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism IRR News: Anti-Semitism – thought or deed?
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and immigration 5 June: Doctors in Switzerland criticise the government’s physical examinations of young unaccompanied asylum seekers to determine their age. The tests involve, in addition to checks for bone and tooth age, young boys and girls
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Below we reproduce the IRR submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, including Islamophobia. 1. Introduction: The intense publicity in the run-up to the formation of this independent inquiry ensures that its findings will also be subject to intense public scrutiny. Despite the seriousness of the accusations levelled
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Frontex plays a key role in screening of new arrivals on Europe’s southern borders, with its interpreters often deciding nationality. Aisha Maniar shows the inappropriateness of this role, given Frontex’ quasi-military role in policing the borders. External borders It will take much more than vigilante Bulgarian ‘migrant hunters’ to protect the borders of Fortress Europe
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A Communities and Sanctuary-Seekers Together (CAST) event for Refugee Week. Saturday 25 June 2016, 7.30-10.30pm Westcliff United Reform Church, King’s Road/Leigh Road, Westcliff SS0 8PP Featuring: Anna Mudeka Mbira music from Zimbabwe Bheki Gumboot dancer Original drama & dance created by University Centre Southend Related links View a flyer here Communities and Sanctuary-Seekers Together (CAST)
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Migrant Voice and Tangled Routes are co-hosting a storytelling workshop. Tuesday 12 July 2016, 6-9pm Migrant Voice, Collaboration House, 77-79 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4PW Migrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees will have the opportunity to share stories about their past (I have), present (I am), and future (I will) and incorporate the storytelling medium that best
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Lawyers are seeking support to launch a much-needed legal centre in Lesbos for those detained in refugee camps on the Island. Lesbos sits at the apex of the ‘refugee crisis’ that has been described as the ‘worst since the Second World War’. Over 200,000 people entered Europe by sea between January and June this year, and,
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A national demonstration to call for #JusticeOrElse for Kingsley Burrell. Saturday 9 July 2016, 1-4.30pm Assemble at Handsworth Cemetery, Oxhill Road, Birmingham B21 8JT to march into the city centre. Speakers include: Kedisha Burrell-Brown – Justice 4 Kingsley Burrell Desmond Jaddoo – Justice 4 Kingsley Burrell Marcia Rigg – Sean Rigg Justice & Change Shaun Hall – Justice 4
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