A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 5 October: The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) calls for evidence on how the Home Office ensures it acts in the ‘best interests’ of unaccompanied asylum seeking children. (ICIBI press release, 5 October 2017)
In the second of a series, campaigner John Grayson examines the asylum markets for private companies involved in providing services under the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. Who benefits from the system of direct provision? Who benefits from placing so many obstacles in people’s lives and imposing limits on the potential
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) recommendation that Katie Hopkins be allowed to speak in schools, as long as alternative views are presented, is dangerous and potentially misleading, says Bill Bolloten. Last month the journalist Katie Hopkins announced a series of school talks for 14 to 16-year-olds, which she has branded the ‘Stand Strong
The launch of a report detailing the experiences of migrants coming to live in London and Leicester. Thursday 16 November 2017, 6.30pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Speakers include: Dr Melanie Cooke – Senior Teaching Fellow in ESOL and Applied Linguistics, King’s College Rockhaya Sylla – Freedom from Torture Dr Leah Bassel – Principal Investigator
Events in Leeds and London to mark the 20th anniversary of the Runnymede Trust report on Islamophobia, published in 1997. Leeds: Thursday 9 November 2017, 6.30-9pm Carriage works Theatre, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD Speakers include: Professor S. Sayyid (professor of social theory and decolonial thought at the University of Leeds); Baroness Saeeda Warsi (author of The Enemy Within:
The Traveller Movement’s National Annual Conference. Friday 24 November 2017, 9.30-4pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Speakers include: David Lammy MP Cathy Ashley – Family Rights Group Fr John Chadwick – Margaret Clitheroe Trust Dr Carol Homden – Corams Guy Shennan – British Social Workers Association Andrea Simon – End Violence
How, asks the October 2017 issue of Race & Class, are societies attempting to corral non-white surplus populations, especially when they resist their racialisation? A. Naomi Paik, an expert on US imperialism and incarceration, examines the ways in which the current US cities’ sanctuary movement (for new migrants) opposes the Trump regime and how it
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 21 September: From January, banks and building societies will be required to carry out quarterly immigration status checks on all current account holders, not just on applicants for new accounts, according to Home Office proposals
A report from Just Yorkshire exposes the dangers of the government’s Prevent agenda. ‘I have seen the positive work of Prevent, which has stopped people from being radicalised or going abroad. It’s a fantastic tool and it’s here to stay’. That was Metropolitan Police Commander Dean Haydon’s response when asked in August this year by
A celebration of the activism and scholarship of Barbara Harlow, who passed away in January. Friday 27 October – Saturday 28 October 2017 University of Texas at Austin, USA An interdisciplinary conference, which is envisaged as an enlarged version of Barbara’s signature Sequels event. For the full schedule and list of participants, and to register, please visit the conference website. Related
