A two day conference to initiate an inclusive debate on migration, examine public attitudes and media representations of migrants and raise alternative voices and messages. Friday, 6 June 2014, 12pm-7pm – Saturday, 7 June 2014, 9am-2pm Amnesty International, the Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Speakers include: Philippe Legrain Harriet
Theme: Violence and harassment
Dignity for asylum seekers solidarity march
A solidarity march to raise awareness about issues facing asylum seekers. Leaves Bristol Thursday, 29 May 2014 Arrive in Cardiff Monday, 2 June 2014 RELATED LINKS More details of the route and stop-over points, here Dignity for Asylum Seekers
Second joint enterprise inquiry to examine impact on BME communities
The House of Commons Justice Committee is set to hold a further inquiry into joint enterprise. Since 2010 the prisoners’ support group JENGbA (Joint Enterprise – Not Guilty by Association) has been campaigning to reform the legal doctrine of joint enterprise, also known as common purpose. Joint enterprise allows for individuals who ‘knowingly assisted or
The fading red line: Barnardo’s role in the detention and removal of children
Barnardo’s reflection on its first two years at Cedars ‘pre-departure accommodation’ raises once again the problem of NGOs working to a state agenda. When, in the wake of the coalition’s ‘abolition’ of child detention in 2010, Barnardo’s announced its participation in the Home Office’s new ‘family-friendly pre-departure accommodation’ to be managed by G4S, it ignited
March for justice for Kingsley Burrell
A march and demonstration for Kingsley Burrell, on the third anniversary of his death in custody. Saturday 31 May 2014 1pm – leaves Holyhead School, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 0HN 2.30pm – arrive at Lloyd House, Police Headquarters, Colmore Circus, Birmingham B4 6NQ 2.30-4pm – rally with speakers RELATED LINKS See the Facebook page
Rally against racism
A Movement Against Xenophobia meeting on countering anti-immigrant discourses in the UK. Monday 19 May 2014, 7pm Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London WC1 6QA Speakers include: Natalie Bennett – Green Party Tommy Tomescu – Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination Jasna Badzak – former UKIP Press Officer Shreya Paudel – International Students Officer, NUS
Deaths in immigration detention: 1989-2017
Below we list all deaths that have taken place in immigration removal and short-term holding centres since 1989; we also list those who have died shortly after release from immigration detention. There have been thirty-four deaths in immigration removal centres since 1989; three women and the rest men. Harmondsworth detention centre accounts for nine deaths; five
Exile from the CIS: when persecution crosses borders
A parliamentary seminar to launch a new publication on the plight of political dissidents and refugees also drew attention to Europe’s complicity, via asylum policy and extradition requests, in repression in the Commonwealth of Independent States. A new publication by the Foreign Policy Centre, Shelter from the Storm? The asylum, refugee and extradition situation facing
The Muslims are Coming!
Saleh Mamon reviews The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror, by Arun Kundnani. In this remarkably ambitious work, Arun Kundnani attempts to address two key issues: why Islam is considered the root of terrorism and how Muslim citizenship is becoming conditional on abandoning belief. Kundnani’s thorough investigation leads him to
The plight of unaccompanied asylum seeking children
Nicky Road examines three recent reports documenting the treatment of young asylum seekers in the UK. The Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s (OCC) recently published report, What’s going to happen tomorrow? Unaccompanied children refused the right to asylum, investigates what happens to unaccompanied children after they reach the age of 18. Up until they are