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The IRR’s second big book giveaway 

The Institute of Race Relations, based in London’s Kings Cross, is giving away surplus duplicated material and invites people to take the chance of adding to their collections.  You will be able to view and take away material from IRR’s ground floor (2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS) on Thursday 16 June, 2-7pm. Unfortunately material cannot be

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A call to action: supporting young people with precarious citizenship

An important conference on securing justice for young people with precarious citizenship is taking place in London on 1 June, organised by the Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington Law Centre in conjunction with Birkbeck College. What is precarious citizenship? Significant numbers of young people who are settled in the UK (estimated conservatively at

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Precarious Citizenship

A conference on young people who are undocumented, separated and settled in the UK. Wednesday 1 June 2016, 9-5pm Birkbeck, University of London, Clore Lecture Theatre, Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7JL Related links Book here  Download the full conference programme

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Denmark: creating a hostile environment

Nearly 300 people face criminal charges for aiding refugees in Denmark in September 2015, and the government continues to create a hostile environment by cracking down on migration. The rise in humanitarian and political initiatives in solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees that we have seen across Europe in the past year has been reflected

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Interview

Solidarity criminalised: an interview with Reem El-Awwad

Below we interview a member of the Danish group MedMenneskeSmuglerne (‘With the Human Traffickers’), about the criminal charges of ‘human trafficking’ those who acted in solidarity with refugees now face. Reem Abu-Hayyeh (RAH): You are a part of a group called MedMenneskeSmuglerne based in Denmark. Could you please tell us a bit about the group? Reem El-Awwad

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Statewatching Europe

A day conference on civil liberties, the state and the European Union. Saturday 25 June 2016, 9.45-5pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 Includes workshops and discussions on the refugee crisis in the Med and in the EU; mass surveillance; the EU’s crisis of legitimacy and accountability; the policing of protest and criminalisation

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Kent Refugee Help AGM

The annual general meeting of Kent Refugee Help which will examine the Immigration Act 2016 and the hostile environment. Saturday 11 June 2016, 11-3pm Red Cross, Bradbury House, 2 Lower Chantry Lane, Canterbury CT1 1UF Speakers include: Ambrose Musiyiwa – journalist, activist and poet David Herd – professor, activist and poet Related links Kent Refugee

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DIY Cultures 2016: Zines, Comics, Alternative Day Festival

A day festival of zines, activism, talks, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, contemporary craft, comics, archives, alternatives and underground subcultures. Sunday 29 May 2016, 12-7pm Rich Mix London, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Facebook event listing DIY Cultures

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Practical solidarity in the UK asylum and immigration system

Do you want to know more about how the UK asylum and immigration system works? Do you know newly-arrived asylum-seekers in the UK and want to know what you can do to support them? Tuesday 7 June 2016, 6-9pm Tuesday 14 June 2016, 6-9pm Sheffield This series of two workshops will examine: the different routes

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Grunwick film screening

A showing of ‘The Great Grunwick Strike 1976-1978: A History’ directed by Chris Thomas and introduced by Professor Mary Davis. Thursday 26 May 2016, 7pm Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU Related links Facebook event listing

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