A session to improve skills in writing, blogging, social media, photography and video making with free professional practical support and mentoring from experts. Tuesday 9 September 2014, 3-8pm Migrant Voice, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QT Are you working on a new article? Writing a blog? Taking photo that tells a story? Producing a short
Theme: Health
Surround Harmondsworth #4
Demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre. Saturday 13 September 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth detention centre, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Related links Facebook event listing Movement for Justice
Major accountability gap within Europe’s far Right deradicalisation programme exposed
In a timely report published today, the IRR cautions against the importation to the UK of Scandinavian-style Exit programmes for dealing with far-right extremists. It was one of the big news stories of October 2013 and something of a coup for ‘counter-radicalisation’, when Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll quit the EDL – and think-tank Quilliam
Helen Bamber 1925-2014
With the passing on 21 August of Helen Bamber, we have lost a unique healer and campaigner against human cruelty. As a barrister specialising in asylum and human rights, I got to know her first in her role of expert medical witness, testifying at asylum appeals to the truth of the suffering of my clients,
Still being driven to desperate measures
At the weekend, a group of stowaways were found at Tilbury Docks desperately trying to escape a container they had been sealed into. By the time it was opened, one of the migrants, 40-year-old Meet Singh Kapoor was already dead. Thirty-four migrants, Sikhs from Afghanistan, were found in the container, ten men, nine women and
Justice for Michael Brown!
A demonstration to show solidarity with the family of Michael Brown, and the Ferguson demonstrators. Wednesday 27 August 2014, 5.30pm US Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 2LQ Related links Stand Up To Racism
Enforced poverty amongst asylum seekers and refugees
Nicky Road reviews a publication on refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. A new Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) Working Paper has been published which analyses the link between poverty and refugees and asylum seekers in the UK from the 1980s to the present. Focusing on three main groups: asylum seekers; refugees; and
The battles of Calais
Matt Carr reflects on the complicity of Britain and France in the horrific situation for migrants in Calais. For millions of British tourists, Calais is a gateway for continental driving holidays and the pleasures of the Summer. For others it’s a city of designer shops, of the massive Euroshopping mall Cité Europe, where the Daily Mail and P&O
Young rebels with a cause
A new film, ‘Young Rebels’, on the history of the Southall Youth Movement (SYM) is a must-see. The young men of the 1960s and ‘70s who were involved in transforming Southall into what it is today are now Asian elders, old enough to be respectfully addressed as ‘Uncle-ji’. And here in interviews they speak frankly
Deaths in custody families demonstrate against CPS inaction
This week, families and campaigners gathered outside the London offices of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in protest at its ‘inaction’ over deaths in custody cases. A number of families told of their experiences. Saqib Deshmukh spoke on behalf of the family of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah who are awaiting a decision at the end of