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
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
A benefit evening of film, music and spoken word to support children of death in custody victims. Friday 10 June 2016, 6.30-11pm SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Related links Buy tickets here Facebook event listing
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
Fundraising evening with Rudimental’s Amir Amor, to raise money for Ourmala’s work supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Tuesday 21 June 2016, 5.30-9.30pm Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls, Elverton Street, London SW1P 2QW The evening will include: A yoga session Live music Talks Raffle Related links Ourmala Buy tickets here
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
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
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
Two recent reviews of immigration detention offer a contrast in their approach to the fundamental injustice of immigration detention and in their usefulness to campaigners. It has been four months since the publication of two key reviews of immigration detention: the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons undertaken by former Prisons and Probation
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 20 April: The Home Office announces that a new process for resettling unaccompanied asylum seeking children will commence in July. (Guardian, 21 April 2016) 21 April: The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman publishes: Independent investigation into
