Liverpool Migration Newswire Archive

03-11-2011 03:00

King Eze Onuigbo's deportation Cancelled for now--Please help stop his detention

Mr King Eze Onuigbo’s removal Nigeria for Tuesday 1st November 2011 was cancelled but he is still in detention at Colnbrook. Many thanks to you all who supported in this hour of need. Read more >>

15-04-2011 18:24 | 1 comment

Olga Novoselova released from Yarl’s Wood!

We are delighted to announce that at approximately 5 pm on 12 April 2011, domestic violence survivor Olga Novoselova was released from a period of three months’ detention at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.

Olga has now been reuinted with her family in Bootle, Merseyside where she is continuing her fight against the threat of deportation. A big thankyou to all those who supported Olga during her detention!

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03-03-2011 21:54 | 4 comments

Being treated as a criminal as first sight !!

I was held at the UK Border in Heathrow airport. I was interviewed as to my intention to visit Liverpool. I was to be present at the birth of my second child with my partner and mother of our 1st daughter. They did not believe me. I was denied entry. The Officer that interviewed me thought that Liverpool was a shithole of a city and didn't like it. Perhaps that was the reason I was denied entry. I do have an appeal pending of an unmarried partner application as well. Read more >>

25-01-2011 20:42

Olga Noveselova must stay!

Olga Novoselova, a prominent member of the Russian-speaking community in Merseyside, has been arrested for an alleged breach of UK immigration law and is currently being held at the Borders Agency detention centre at Yarlswood. Please support her.

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28-06-2010 16:03 | 9 comments

Oppose The EDL in Liverpool this Wednesday Lunchtime

The neo-Nazi EDL will hijacking the armed forces day at lunchtime in Liverpool on Wednesday the 30th of June 2010. In all previous army hijackings, the fascists have boasted how they have faced no opposition when latching onto army events. This time, the EDL must be made to realise that Liverpool has a proud working class anti-fascist tradition. Read more >>

28-12-2009 11:46 | 1 addition

White Christmas operation in Coccaglio 2009

Christmas 2009
The ''White Christmas'' operation in Coccaglio, aiming the expulsion of all ''illegals'' in the town, is not only a sign of utter racism and xenophobia, it also reveals the inhuman Italian asylumpolicy, which has hardened this year
Therefore it is of great importance to undertake action against as well the White Christmas operation as Italian asylumpolicy in general Read more >>

02-12-2009 16:37

Ride Bikes, Have fun, Support MCDAS, Give kids presents...awesome.

A treasurehunt on bicycles to support Manchester Commitee to Defend Asylum Seekers. The riders, in pairs, will be following a set route and buying and collecting presents that will then be donated to MCDAS Chidren's Christmas Party. Read more >>

05-08-2009 11:20 | 2 comments

No Justice for North West 10

The plight of a group of Pakistani men detained following raids across the North West last Easter – and against whom all terror charges have since been dropped – has taken another twist when they were refused bail last week.

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19-06-2009 11:27

North West barrio at Calais No Borders Camp

After our info events in Manchester and Hebden Bridge, about 20 people from the Manchester area will travel to the No Borders Camp in Calais next week. A minibus will leave early on Monday 22 June (there are still seats available) and others will make their own way there.

THERE ARE STILL SEATS AVAILABLE - GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT A LIFT Read more >>

14-06-2009 07:37 | 1 comment

Stop The Deportation Of Laureine Tchaupo & Her Children demo monday

EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT OFFICES,GALLOWGATE, Newcastle upon Tyne (OPP ST JAMES PARK METRO STATION)

Monday 15th June 2009

10AM – 12PM Read more >>

24-04-2009 17:04 | 1 comment

Manchester Mayday demo - 4th May

The G20 protests in the City of London were, in many ways, a massively mediatized spectacle. The real challenge is to show our opposition to the status quo at the local level of our everyday lives. This is why we are inviting you to join us on the Manchester Mayday demonstration, on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May.

Assemble 12noon @ All Saints Park to march to Castlefields.
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15-03-2009 14:24

"Abolish All Immigration Prisons" - full demo callout

Here is the full callout for the Manchester anti-detention demo on Saturday. Meet 12noon @Town Hall, bring bike or train fare to airport. Other protests take place in Bedford and Edinburgh.

For the Manchester demo, there's also a facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56366873873

and a youtube callout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKmd0V53J48&feature=channel Read more >>

04-03-2009 00:41 | 3 comments

No Borders activists dump jumpers on council leader

On Tuesday evening, activists from Manchester No Borders interrupted a high-profile panel discussion with the leader of Manchester city council, Sir Richard Leese. They dumped 100 jumpers in front of the panellists of the event entitled ‘The Right to the City’, held in the Town Hall, in a protest against immigration detention.
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12-01-2009 07:19

Friends of Deare Hamanajam

Deare Hamanajam a Liverpool/Iraqi Kurd (8 years residency in the city) is currently detained in Colnbrook IRC and has been served with *open ended removal directions and told that he will be removed by a 'specially chartered flight' to KRG/Iraq. Read more >>

18-12-2008 13:24

wrexham /forced deportation

this morning Read more >>

07-12-2008 17:55

City of Shame: new Manchester detention centre

The Home Office has re-opened the immigration detention centre at Manchester airport on Friday. In fact, Borders and Immigration minister Phil Woolas (the one with the pie in the face) was there personally to “unveil” the immigration prison. As if it was something to celebrate! Read more >>

26-11-2008 13:38

Liverpool anti-ID picket: No One Is Illegal

20 students and No Borders/anti-ID campaigners from Manchester made their way to Liverpool on 25th November, the day that the government introduced ID cards for non-EU nationals living in the UK. There they joined a group of 30 Merseyside activists outside Reliance House to protest at the introduction of compulsory ID cards for international students and non-EU spouses on that day. Read more >>

25-11-2008 19:58 | 1 comment

Liverpool demo against ID cards - some photos

Around 30 people, including many students, took part in a demonstration against ID cards in Liverpool today outside the UK Border Agency's offices and short-term immigration prison in Reliance House on Water Street. Foreign students are among those first affected; from today they have to attend the UK Border Agency's offices to be interrogated, photographed and fingerprinted if they wish to renew study visas. Read more >>

20-11-2008 16:08

Liverpool 25th November: Defy ID cards - No One is Illegal

On 25th November, the government will begin introducing ID cards for non-EU nationals living in the UK. We invite all opponents of social control to join us at a protest in Liverpool outside Reliance House (the Border Agency’s offices and a short-term immigration prison) at 12 noon on that day. Reliance House is one of the six centres in the UK for ID cards processing. Other groups campaigning against ID cards on that day are Manchester NO2ID and Liverpool Defy ID and we hope to see Merseyside No Borders activists there as well.

We will travel there as a group, meet at 9am on the steps of the Student Union of Manchester University, Oxford Road. We will try to get everyone into minibuses leaving from there or take the train together from Oxford Road station (£6.20 return with railcard) if there are too many of us.
In Liverpool, assemble in Exchange Flats at 11am and then move around the corner to Reliance House, 20 Water Street, L2 8XU, for the protest from noon to 1pm.
Map:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=334008&y=390449&z=0&sv=L2+8XU&st=2&pc=L2+8XU&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf Read more >>

16-11-2008 12:04

G20 leaders told to back off by Filipino workers

Filipino Workers to heads of G20: Creating a better world order is no more your business
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12-11-2008 13:48

Oppose the IOM in Liverpool

On Thursday 20th November from 12 noon – 2pm the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are hosting an information / networking meeting at their offices in Liverpool (The Corn Exchange, Fenwick Street, Liverpool, L2 7QL – Reception on the 5th floor).

They see this as an opportunity to promote the IOM's "voluntary" return programmes for asylum seekers and refugees who are pushed to return to their "home country".

Tell all refugee organisations and asylum seekers what the IOM is really about, or complain at their offices directly (0151 225 0156).
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10-11-2008 19:03 | 1 addition | 38 comments

No Borders / NO2ID / Defy-ID protest against ID Cards for Foreign Nationals

THIS THURSDAY 13th November, there is a planning meeting in Liverpool for an action. 7pm at the Liverpool Social Centre, next to News From Nowhere bookshop, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY.

The action will take place on Tuesday 25th November, the first day on which foreign nationals will be interrogated and processed onto the Government's Database State. All groups opposed to identity cards, imposition of restrictions on foreign borders etc. are urged to attend. Read more >>

06-10-2008 21:39

Liverpool Defy-ID / NO2ID Meeting, Thursday 9th October

Liverpool Defy-ID are holding a meeting this Thursday (9th October) at 7pm at
Next To Nowhere, the Liverpool Social Centre at 96 Bold Street, L1 4HY -

http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org/find.htm
Read more >>

18-08-2008 15:31 | 9 comments

No Borders activities against Labour Party Conference

On the 20th September the Labour Party Conference will return to Manchester. To coincide with this there will be a demo organised by Stop The War and a counter conference organised by The Convention of the Left. Manchester No Borders will be hosting a number of events including a block on the demo, workshops, a tour of Manchesters immigration system and a punk and poetry evening. Read more >>

13-08-2008 17:21

Iranian refugee hanging Emergency demo Sat 16 Aug 2008, 12pm

There will be a demo in Manchester on 16 August, in response to the death of an Iranian refugee who hanged himself on 5 August after being evicted from his home by the racist British Home Office. Read more >>

17-06-2008 21:17

New Nerve magazine to be launched Sat 28th June

The latest edition of Nerve - Liverpool's radical culture and social issues magazine - is about to hit the streets, and will be available free from all the usual stockists (but especially News From Nowhere). The focus of this issue is migration. Read more >>

28-05-2008 14:57

Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival, June 16–22 2008

Films telling powerful stories of those who have fled across continents and made new lives for themselves will be shown at the Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival in Manchester and Liverpool. Read more >>

23-05-2008 16:41

Anti-racism Public meeting - 31 May 2008, 1.00pm

What is the link between defending asylum seekers and the struggle against racism? Should the asylum issue be a charitable or political issue? Come and hear the experiences of a speaker from TCAR in the north east.

Help us build for the TCAR regional northern anti-racist conference in Newcastle on 21 June 2008.

Contact us if you want to speak. All speakers welcome. Everyone is welcome. Read more >>

06-05-2008 17:59

Speak-out against Labour's racism!!! Sat 10 May 2008, 12pm, Manchester

On Saturday 10 May 2008, from 12pm, there will be an Open-mic session in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester city centre in which everyone can speak-out without censorship against the racist policies and degrading and inhuman treatment of asylum seekers refugees and immigrants by this racist Labour government!

All groups and individuals are welcome Read more >>