Helen Hintjens, from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, reports from The Hague on the violent eviction of a refugee protest camp. …we are not people to be pitied, who need to be given shelter. We are demonstrators, who want to get our political message across, by staying visible to
A meeting to discuss MI5 practices. Friday 18 January 2013, 7pm Council Chamber, Camden Town Hall, Judd Steet, London WC1H 9JE Speakers: Saghir Hussain – CagePrisoners Sharhabeel Lone – KTCO Mohamed Nur – KTCO Kurdish Federation UK Tom Foot – Journalist George Binette – Camden UNISON Frances Webber – Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Is a human rights charity working too closely with the UK Border Agency (UKBA)? A recent HM Inspector of Prisons report into the privately-run Sandford House short-term holding facility states that: ‘Reliance’s detainee welfare forum minutes suggested that some diversity training by Citizens UK’ is ‘being rolled out.’[1] Citizens UK, when asked about this, told
A number of coalition measures will have potentially disastrous consequences for migrants and asylum seekers. First, there is pressure to get foreign offenders to leave. When a Romanian shoplifter was banished from the UK for a year, as part of his community sentence, the High Court quashed the order in December 2012, saying that exclusion
Two recent reports add fuel to growing demands to rethink indefinite immigration detention. On any given day between January and March 2012, 3,500 people were held in immigration detention, of whom over forty had been there for over two years: the equivalent of a four-year prison sentence, for being a refused asylum seeker, overstayer or
A. Sivanandan, known for his trenchant critiques of government ‘race’ policies, has broadly welcomed what Ed Miliband had to say last week. IRR News asks him why. What’s new about the Miliband speech? It seems to carry many of the same old themes – need to curtail immigration, need to integrate and so on. It
Asylum-seekers and migrants across Europe are determined to change the inhuman circumstances of their existence. In his new book Fortress Europe: dispatches from a gated continent, journalist Matthew Carr describes a protest in Lombardy in which five migrants climbed to the top of a crane above Brescia’s new light railway line. ‘For seventeen days they
A night of music, comedy and food in support of Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS). Thursday 13 December 2012, 6pm Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ Acts include: Mik Artistic’s Ego Trip Downdime Quasimodo RELATED LINKS PAFRAS Wharf Chambers
An evening with doctors, lawyers, campaigners and ex-detainees. Wednesday 5 December 2012, 6.45pm Andover Estate Community Centre, Andover Estate, Finsbury Park, London N7 7RY. RELATED LINKS Medical Justice
A screening of ‘How much further?’ a film about asylum seekers in Europe, to mark International Human Rights Day 2012. Monday 10 December 2012, 7.30pm Falls Community Council, 275-277 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6FD RELATED LINKS West Against Racism Network
