Next weekend Sheffield will witness a Convergence of activists campaigning against the many faces of G4S. The Convergence has been called by organisations campaigning against the activities of G4S and aims to plan how to build a more effective Stop G4S campaign. Supported and endorsed by the Boycott Israel Network, Corporate Watch, Dundee Trades Council,
CARIS Haringey’s AGM with discussion, presentations and an overview of the organisation’s work. Monday 24 September 2012, 6.30pm St Ann’s Church Hall, Avenue Road, Tottenham, London N15 5JH Speakers: Jon Burnett – Institute of Race Relations David Lammy – MP Fr Luke Miller – Archdeacon of Hampstead RELATED LINKS Christian Action and Response in Society
A conference examining the experiences of separated children seeking asylum and the challenges faced by professionals supporting them. Wednesday 19 September 2012, 9.30-4.30 Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Square, London NW3 5BA Speakers: Dr Maggie Atkinson – Children’s Commissioner, England Judith Dennis – Refugee Council Gillian Hughes – Tavistock Centre Zubier Yazdani – Deighton Pierce Glynn
The Medical Justice annual review and a discussion on deaths in immigration detention. Wednesday 5 September 2012, 6pm (doors open 5.30pm) Community Hall, Athlone Street, London NW5 4LL Speakers include: Emma Mlotshwa (Medical Justice Coordinator) on campaigning to prevent further injury and death Ex-detainee on the experience of being locked in when fellow detainees died Dr
A report on ‘apathetic children’ in Sweden is important for UK asylum campaigners for the light it sheds on a condition so far unrecognised here. This useful report from Sweden throws light on the authorities’ treatment of children in asylum-seeking families who have developed severe depressive devitalisation (‘apathetic children’). The children become extremely distressed and
A vigil to mark the two-month anniversary of the death of Philmore Mills who died in Wexham Park hospital after being restrained by Thames Valley police. Friday 2 March 2012, 7-8.30pm Slough Police Station, Windsor Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 2HH Related links View a map Justice for Philmore Mills View the Facebook events listing Read
A conference to highlight experiences in providing migrant communities with health services. Friday 23 September 2011, 9.30-5pm Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London E15 1BX Speakers include: Dr Ike Anya – Consultant in Public Health Medicine Dr Yusef Azad – Director of Policy and Campaigns at the NAT Dr Kambiz Boomla – Clinical Senior Lecturer
The treatment by Home Office decision-makers and immigration judges of expert medical reports comes under scrutiny and is found wanting in a new report from Freedom from Torture. This report, Body of evidence: treatment of medico-legal reports for survivors of torture in the UK asylum tribunal, documents the common ways in which expert medical reports
Medical Justice, the charity that assists detainees access healthcare in detention, has once again published compelling research about the treatment of people within immigration removal centres. In its latest report, Detained and Denied: The clinical care of immigration detainees living with HIV, Medical Justice provides a thorough analysis of the inhuman way in which people
We reproduce below an article* by leading health experts on the struggles that migrants have in accessing primary healthcare. Download the article here (pdf file, 284kb). Related links Download the article here (pdf file, 284kb) Migrants’ Rights Network Project London Doctors of the World Pierce Glynn solicitors
