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
Theme: Violence and harassment
NCADC conference and AGM
The National Coalition for Anti-Deportation Campaigns conference and 18th annual general meeting. Saturday 5 October 2013, 10.30-5pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 0EF Related links NCADC
Two public events in October at the IRR
In October 2013, the IRR will be holding two public events at its Kings Cross office. The first, on Thursday 3 October, ‘Bad news for refugees’, is a conversation between Greg Philo and Frances Webber, on media coverage and government policy on asylum issues. Greg Philo is the Research Director of the Glasgow Media Group
Bad news for refugees
A conversation between Greg Philo and Frances Webber on media coverage and government policy. Greg Philo is the Research Director of the Glasgow Media Group and author of Bad News for Refugees and Frances Webber is a retired human rights barrister and author of Borderline Justice: the Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights. Thursday 3
Policing immigration through the NHS
Below we reproduce a submission to a current government consultation by Frances Webber, a retired immigration barrister. Response to consultation document ‘Controlling immigration – regulating migrant access to health services in the UK’. I am responding as a recently retired barrister specialising since the early 1980s in immigration casework. I do not believe that a
The lobbying bill: a minefield for anti-racist groups
Legislation currently going through parliament which was supposed to address parliamentary corruption scandals may end up gagging community groups, including anti-racists, instead. In the wake of a rash of corruption scandals which revealed the ubiquity and dominance of corporate interests at Westminster,[1] the government was forced to take action to regulate corporate lobbying. It used
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
PAFRAS benefit concert
A benefit gig as part of PAFRAS’ tenth anniversary celebrations. Saturday 7 September 2013, 7pm Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ Event includes: Bands Food Raffle RELATED LINKS Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Wharf Chambers
Who will be next?
Below we reproduce a call from Ladislav Balaz (Chair of Europe Roma International) for protests across Europe following attacks on the Roma in the Czech Republic. We are calling for a protest next week outside the Czech Embassy in London in response to the spate of neo-Nazi pogroms organised recently against Roma through the Czech
Roma solidarity demonstration
A demonstration against anti-Roma racism, called by Europe Roma International. Tuesday 3 September 2013, 3pm Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY RELATED LINKS Europe Roma International