An evening of music in support of Positive Action in Housing’s Lifeline project for destitute asylum seekers. Friday 1 November 2013, 7.30pm Eastwood Park Theatre, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6UG Artists include: Ustad Shahid Parvez Pandit Rajkumar Mishra RELATED LINKS Positive Action in Housing
Theme: Policing and criminal justice system
Mazloom
A play about a young Afghan refugee facing deportation, accompanied by music and spoken word from Seeds of Thought. Wednesday 25 September to Thursday 26 September 2013, 7.30-9.30pm Glad Cafe, 1006 Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 2HG Related links Mazloom
Stop Home Office campaign of hate
Demonstration outside UKBA offices against the Home Office’s anti-migrant poster campaign. Monday 9 September 2013, 4.30-6.30pm UKBA Office, Festival Court, 200 Brand Street, Govan, Glasgow G51 1DH Speakers: Robina Qureshi – Positive Action in Housing Margaret Woods – Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Related links Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Positive Action in Housing
Stand up for dignity
A protest for asylum seeker rights and an end to destitution. Saturday 29 June 2013, 12.30pm St Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4AA Related links Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees
G8: week of action
A week of action and events across the UK. Saturday 8 June – Saturday 15 June 2013 Locations across London Related links StopG8 Network StopG8 Network on Facebook StopG8 Network on Twitter Calendar of events
Scottish councillors join in condemnation of Gypsies and Travellers
Community councillors in Scotland have accused Gypsies and Travellers of self-segregation, claiming that the younger generations have a ‘chip on their shoulder’. Since September 2011, Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have been conducting ongoing inquiries into the ‘reality of Gypsy/Traveller lives’ as part of the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee. Starting from the position that
Human rights challenge to Glasgow evictions
As evictions from privatised asylum housing continue, important new legal challenges are being mounted in the courts. On Monday 28 January the latest round of the Glasgow evictions saga which began two years ago took place in the Glasgow Sheriff Court. At a hearing adjourned from October 2012, Scottish homelessness charity Ypeople (formerly the YMCA)
St Andrew’s day march
The annual St Andrew’s day anti-racism march and rally. Saturday 24 November 2012, 10.30am Assemble at Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1BA and march to the rally at Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Speakers include: Representatives from the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights Representatives from the Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Shamin
Celebrating literacy
An event to celebrate literacy with asylum seeking and refugee women. Tuesday 6 November 2012, 10am Scottish Refugee Council (SRC), 5 Cadogan Square, Glasgow G2 7PH Participants include: female SRC advice workers a solicitor from the Legal Services Agency Women’s Dept Glasgow Women’s Library Bridges Programme Refugee Women’s Strategy Group Related links Scottish Refugee Council
Glasgow: solidarity with asylum seekers facing eviction
Campaigners in Glasgow monitored court proceedings on 17 October, in solidarity with asylum seekers who could be evicted from their homes and forced into destitution. Just as groups are launching a campaign against G4S’ treatment of asylum seekers in the north of England, groups in Glasgow are taking up the cause of asylum seekers facing