30-09-2006 01:37
Asylum Seeker documentary - Ahlam's Story
Ahlam Souidi speaks frankly about her time as an asylum seeker in Maryhill, Glasgow. Her family are at the moment threatened with deportation back to a country, Algeria, where they face grave danger.
27-09-2006 15:50
UNITY - the union of asylum seekers in Scotland is calling for everyone to come to George Square at midday on Saturday 7th October to call for better treatment for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
Rally for asylum seekers - Glasgow 07.10.06
UNITY - the union of asylum seekers in Scotland is calling for everyone to come to George Square at midday on Saturday 7th October to call for better treatment for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
24-09-2006 22:03
"Voluntary Removal Notices": The New Dawn Raids?
Forced removal of "failed" asylum seekers was in the headlines again last week when a couple sought sanctuary in a Glasgow church. It comes as a wave of "Voluntary Removal Notices" where people, mostly vulnerable families, are asked to report to Glasgow airport and deport themselves.
19-09-2006 16:10
Let this rabbit live in Scotland in Peace!
If the following wasn't true, it would be unbelievable!
Bugs Bunny Belongs to Glasgow
Bugs Bunny Belongs to GlasgowLet this rabbit live in Scotland in Peace!
If the following wasn't true, it would be unbelievable!
15-09-2006 15:36
Solidarity protest outside Glasgow Immigration Centre tomorrow
Support asylum seeker families who have to report at the Glasgow Immigration centre at Festival Court, Brand Street (near to the Cessnock Underground station) Families are required to report here weekly or monthly and can be detained without warning and taken to detention centres. Thanks to weekly protests earlier this year, families reporting on Saturdays now only have to report once a month. Tommorrow is when the families are due to report in September.
07-09-2006 10:15
NO Fortress Europe
This is an appeal to join the campaign against Fortress Europe. It is a possibility to express your opinion against the legislation soon to be discussed in the European Parliament. How many times do you get to influence EU legislation? Please see the website: www.no-fortress-europe.eu and join the 1600 people who have already signed. Please also circulate the petition. Thank you.
21-08-2006 14:18
After capturing and detaining him at Brand Street, the Home Office are attempting to separate Glasgow resident Evariste from his wife and children. Please take action to prevent this. Come along to a Unity demonstration outside the Home Office, Brand St, Glasgow, on Wednesday 23rd August at 12.00pm to support Evariste and his family.
Keep the Mutamba Family Together
After capturing and detaining him at Brand Street, the Home Office are attempting to separate Glasgow resident Evariste from his wife and children. Please take action to prevent this. Come along to a Unity demonstration outside the Home Office, Brand St, Glasgow, on Wednesday 23rd August at 12.00pm to support Evariste and his family.
16-08-2006 18:09
Urgent Appeal on Behalf of the Doldur Family
Please help ensure that this family don't get removed before their Judicial Review is heard.
02-08-2006 13:51
The Kurdish Temal family from Turkey returned to Glasgow last week after being dawn raided by an Immigration Enforcement team and the police. Thank you to everyone who helped get this family back to Glasgow.
VIctory! Temal family return home to Glasgow
The Kurdish Temal family from Turkey returned to Glasgow last week after being dawn raided by an Immigration Enforcement team and the police. Thank you to everyone who helped get this family back to Glasgow.
16-07-2006 15:55
Come to the monthly UNITY protest outside the Home Office Immigration Centre, Brand Street, Glasgow
Asylum Seeker UNITY protest 22.07.06
Come to the monthly UNITY protest outside the Home Office Immigration Centre, Brand Street, Glasgow
12-07-2006 14:12
URGENT ACTION: Dawn Raid in Glasgow
Young family abducted in Glasgow this morning are en route to England and deportation.Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
25-06-2006 18:01
Glasgow rendition flights vigil
A vigil has taken place this weekend at Glasgow Airport to highlight "extraordinary rendition" flights.Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
22-06-2006 18:48
Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) organised a demo outside North Shields Reporting Centre. There were also demos outside reporting centres in Leeds, London and Manchester.
No to Deportation! No to detention!
Noise Demonstration in Support of Asylum Seekers 22nd June
Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) organised a demo outside North Shields Reporting Centre. There were also demos outside reporting centres in Leeds, London and Manchester. No to Deportation! No to detention!
08-06-2006 17:04
Home Office thug Reid strikes again! - Support urgently needed!
A 23-year-old man of Thai ethnicity was seized in a dawn raid on his flat in Lerwick, Shetland on Tuesday. The Home Office want to deport him to Thailand - where he has no family, can't speak the language, and faces imprisonment or conscription on arrival.
31-05-2006 02:05
Asylum seekers stage successful Glasgow protest
Over 100 asylum seekers and their supporters gathered on saturday 27th of May in the city centre of Glasgow to highlight the ongoing racist attacks which are being carried out by the Labour government, demanding the right to work and an immediate end to dawn raids.Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
17-05-2006 13:02
HELP STOP THIS DEPORTATION
The government is trying to deport a Chilean exile who has lived in Scotland for years and years, to try and cover up its asylum fiasco.
10-05-2006 23:30
Website set up to release Ernesto Leal
A website has been set up by Ernesto Leal's family giving information about the campaign to release Ernesto, who is facing deportation to Chile after moving with his family to Scotland 30 years ago.
11-04-2006 03:42
Using prearranged phone networks, they aim to erect human barricades in front of flats and houses to prevent officials gaining access and set up watches to alert people who fear being taken into detention.
Glasgow - direct action group UNITY goes public!
Hundreds of asylum seekers are planning a campaign of direct action to prevent immigration officers removing people who are threatened with deportation.Using prearranged phone networks, they aim to erect human barricades in front of flats and houses to prevent officials gaining access and set up watches to alert people who fear being taken into detention.
09-04-2006 16:41
GLASGOW REFUGEE MARCH & RALLY (REPORT & PHOTOS)
Successful, but marred by alleged racist action by police at historic Glasgow hall.
08-04-2006 20:48
Around 300 asylum seekers, refugees, sans-papiers and their supporters marched across Glasgow this afternoon calling for the Right to Work and an End to Deportations. As part of the international day of action against deportation, they went from the Home Office Reporting Centre in Ibrox to a rally in the Carnival Arts Centre in town.
March in Glasgow for the Right to Work
Around 300 asylum seekers, refugees, sans-papiers and their supporters marched across Glasgow this afternoon calling for the Right to Work and an End to Deportations. As part of the international day of action against deportation, they went from the Home Office Reporting Centre in Ibrox to a rally in the Carnival Arts Centre in town.
