29-10-2006 16:31
if you can please come and show some solidarity for refugees in Calais who continue to live rough in the streets , woods and on the beaches in Calais ; they face the prospect of another winter and continuing harrassment and brutality of the French (and now 200 British) police
show solidarity with refugees in Calais the 4th anniversary of Sangattes closur
Demonstrate in Calais , on Tuesday the 14th of November 13.30 Quai de la moselleif you can please come and show some solidarity for refugees in Calais who continue to live rough in the streets , woods and on the beaches in Calais ; they face the prospect of another winter and continuing harrassment and brutality of the French (and now 200 British) police
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12-06-2006 15:16
FREE! ALL WELCOME!
You can download the poster for this event from the weblink
REFUGEES, THEY'RE WELCOME HERE! - BRIGHTON EVENT MONDAY 19TH JUNE
6.30pm-9pm Monday 19th June 2006 @ Community Base, 113 Queens Road, BrightonFREE! ALL WELCOME!
You can download the poster for this event from the weblink
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24-01-2006 01:22
Bereket Yohannes, a 26 year-old-man from Eritrea, was found hanged in the showers in Hamondsworth Immigration Removal Centre at around 5.25 last Thursday the 19th January 2006.
Vigil in memory of Bereket Yohannes
A vigil in memory of Bereket Yohannes will be held at 12 noon this coming Sunday 29th January outside Harmondsworth detention centre, on the A4 on the north edge of Heathrow Airport, west London.Bereket Yohannes, a 26 year-old-man from Eritrea, was found hanged in the showers in Hamondsworth Immigration Removal Centre at around 5.25 last Thursday the 19th January 2006.
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14-01-2006 17:31
A BRIGHTON campaign is taking part in a national march on the American Embassy to call for justice for British residents held in Guantanamo Bay, the US concentration camp in Cuba.
Brighton group to march on Grosvenor Square
A BRIGHTON campaign is taking part in a national march on the American Embassy to call for justice for British residents held in Guantanamo Bay, the US concentration camp in Cuba.
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13-01-2006 12:30
Any money raised will be going to CLEAR which provides services and advice for refugees living in Southampton, and to the Poppy Project which deals with the trafficking of women.
World Band Night
Student Action for Refugees are holding a World Band Night on the 16th Feb at Sobar.Any money raised will be going to CLEAR which provides services and advice for refugees living in Southampton, and to the Poppy Project which deals with the trafficking of women.
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22-11-2005 06:14
One of our sixth form students, Behnam, his mother and younger brother, also a student at the school, are under threat of deportation to Iran where he faces prison, torture and possible death.
TALENTED ART STUDENT UNDER THREAT OF DEPORTATION TO IRAN
One of our sixth form students, Behnam, his mother and younger brother, also a student at the school, are under threat of deportation to Iran where he faces prison, torture and possible death. [Full Story | 1 comment ]
28-10-2005 23:10
Here is a translation of the originally french call.
Noborder demo: anniversary of Sangatte closure
A demonstration has been called in Calais on the anniversary of the closure of the Sangatte refugee camp, for Saturday November 5th. It coincides with the Caravan against the Fence in Ceuta...Here is a translation of the originally french call.
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26-09-2005 22:49
Calais - Pas-de-Calais - France - Europe [9/2005]
Trois ans. Trois années bientôt que le camp de Sangatte a été fermé en grandes pompes médiatico-gouvernementale. Trois années qui sont passées vite, mais qui n'ont pas changé le bourbier calaisien. Terre de passage, le Calaisis, première porte vers l'Angleterre, connaît depuis maintenant une décennie l'arrivée de personnes migrantes, réfugiées et isolées. Très vite, avec ces personnes, sont réapparues des pratiques de contrôle policier qu'on pensait oubliées, car trop connotées historiquement, du moins en Europe et en France. Mais il a vite fallu se rendre à l'évidence que notre vocabulaire devait s'enrichir des mots "rafles", "traque", "chasse" ou "déportation".[Full Story ]
02-07-2005 15:52
Dover's Multicultural Festival Success
An eye witness's account of a splendid afternoon of solidarity with refugees.[Full Story ]
18-06-2005 13:10
Dover Memorial Stone Service for 58 Chinese
An eye witness reports on today's moving act of commemoration on Dover seafront[Full Story | 1 comment ]
16-06-2005 09:01
Dover Removal Centre Detainees 'Riot'
Source: Dover Express 16 June 2005 "Failed refugees clash on Western Heights" allegedly.[Full Story | 4 comments ]
15-06-2005 15:13
Dover-Sat.Memorial to 58 Chinese dead opens
A memorial to the 58 Chinese who died in a lorry at Dover will be unveiled on Sat.[Full Story | 2 comments ]
18-05-2005 15:52
Liverpool YMCA is going to be the first voluntary sector agency to collude with the Home Office in the immigration slavery scheme introduced by section 10 of the 2004 legislation.
While Liverpool is parading on its City Of Culture, 2008 Status (more like Culture of Capital, Here & Now), it would be worthwhile stating historical fact - Liverpool was home to the Slave Trade - and now in 2005, Liverpool could and may well become home to the New City Of Slavery.
The YMCA and the Home Office have called for a 'Closed Door' Meeting to be held at Liverpool City Councils Millenium House on Tuesday 24 May 2005 from 12:40 - 14:40hrs.
The aim of this meeting from what I can gather, is to 'embrace community dialogue' - through restricting the meeting to just a few (highly-paid & self-anointed) NGOs (whose own sources of revenue are probably paid for by the Home Office...)
The question is, can real community dialogue be achieved like this?
The meeting was posted on the SmartGroups Liverpool asylum seeker and refugee support group:
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/viewdiscussion.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2609
----Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'
>> There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and
>> the Home Office about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40
>> at Millenium House in Liverpool.
As you can see this is the only outside knowledge of this meeting.
I contacted the Liverpool YMCA today which people believe to be the site of the Pilot Scheme, and the Office Administrator has denied any knowledge of the meeting, but said that, "if it's not Liverpool then it might be Chester which will do it."
If the meeting is being held within Council premises, can Trade Unionists based within Millenium House please make and take action with regards to this?
UNISON, and other Unions the call-out for you is here.
Individuals with a conscience, please make your views heard on this subject.
The following links are related to this meeting:
YMCA slave labour scheme
Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'
There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and the Home Office
about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40 at Millenium House in Liverpool.
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2602
IND has announced that YMCA England will be running a pilot exercise for Section 10 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act in Liverpool.
Word document:
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/mayiapnews.doc
YMCA England Statement following meeting with Church Action on Poverty, Boaz Trust and Churches Commission on Racial Justice
Word document:
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/ymcastatement.doc
It is important that no-one allows this 'Pilot' to get off the ground.
While the YMCA may or could agree to the scheme, it can only be made unworkable if YMCA Staff take a stand on this issue - strike action, refuse on moral grounds, refuse on Health & Safety issues (will the refugees be given proper H&S training?)
Or perhaps I could 'release' the person out, if I saw a refugee doing what I called anything like 'labour'?
Or maybe, the homeless people within the YMCAs will start "getting refugees to do their 'dirty-work'", or cause deep divisions within already dis-enfranchised communities?
If this doesn't happen here, it could happen near YOU.
Maybe meet up at The Egg, Tuesday 24/05, 11:30am?
Anyone into it?
Banners, drums, trumpets, anything to make a party & noise.
Can the 'Outside Media' meaning The Echo/BBC do something on it?
City of Culture becomes City of Slavery with the help of the YMCA
The Home Office have now ratcheted up the ante by re-introducing slavery through the form of 'voluntary service for people who have failed the Asylum System and needing subsistence and accommodation' with the assistance of the National YMCA Organisation.Liverpool YMCA is going to be the first voluntary sector agency to collude with the Home Office in the immigration slavery scheme introduced by section 10 of the 2004 legislation.
While Liverpool is parading on its City Of Culture, 2008 Status (more like Culture of Capital, Here & Now), it would be worthwhile stating historical fact - Liverpool was home to the Slave Trade - and now in 2005, Liverpool could and may well become home to the New City Of Slavery.
The YMCA and the Home Office have called for a 'Closed Door' Meeting to be held at Liverpool City Councils Millenium House on Tuesday 24 May 2005 from 12:40 - 14:40hrs.
The aim of this meeting from what I can gather, is to 'embrace community dialogue' - through restricting the meeting to just a few (highly-paid & self-anointed) NGOs (whose own sources of revenue are probably paid for by the Home Office...)
The question is, can real community dialogue be achieved like this?
The meeting was posted on the SmartGroups Liverpool asylum seeker and refugee support group:
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/viewdiscussion.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2609 ----Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'
>> There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and
>> the Home Office about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40
>> at Millenium House in Liverpool.
As you can see this is the only outside knowledge of this meeting.
I contacted the Liverpool YMCA today which people believe to be the site of the Pilot Scheme, and the Office Administrator has denied any knowledge of the meeting, but said that, "if it's not Liverpool then it might be Chester which will do it."
If the meeting is being held within Council premises, can Trade Unionists based within Millenium House please make and take action with regards to this?
UNISON, and other Unions the call-out for you is here.
Individuals with a conscience, please make your views heard on this subject.
The following links are related to this meeting:
YMCA slave labour scheme
Section 4 Support - 'Voluntary Service'
There is a consultation meeting with the YMCA and the Home Office
about this on 24th May - 12.40 - 2.40 at Millenium House in Liverpool.
http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1256290&messageid=2602 IND has announced that YMCA England will be running a pilot exercise for Section 10 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act in Liverpool.
Word document:
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/mayiapnews.doc YMCA England Statement following meeting with Church Action on Poverty, Boaz Trust and Churches Commission on Racial Justice
Word document:
http://www.asylumpolicy.info/ymcastatement.doc It is important that no-one allows this 'Pilot' to get off the ground.
While the YMCA may or could agree to the scheme, it can only be made unworkable if YMCA Staff take a stand on this issue - strike action, refuse on moral grounds, refuse on Health & Safety issues (will the refugees be given proper H&S training?)
Or perhaps I could 'release' the person out, if I saw a refugee doing what I called anything like 'labour'?
Or maybe, the homeless people within the YMCAs will start "getting refugees to do their 'dirty-work'", or cause deep divisions within already dis-enfranchised communities?
If this doesn't happen here, it could happen near YOU.
Maybe meet up at The Egg, Tuesday 24/05, 11:30am?
Anyone into it?
Banners, drums, trumpets, anything to make a party & noise.
Can the 'Outside Media' meaning The Echo/BBC do something on it?
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24-04-2005 08:34
Open invitation to post-April 2nd meeting on Tuesday 26th April at Halkevi, Stok
Following the European day of action for migrant rights a meeting has been organised by the April 2nd Organising meeting at Halkevi, Stoke Newington to discuss future campaigns and the formation of an open network of activists[Full Story ]
18-04-2005 21:35
June 25: no one is illegal conference
On Saturday June 25, the no one is illegal manifesto group is organising a No One Is Illegal conference in Manchester. All invited.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
12-04-2005 20:46
We are not a bunch of self-interested in-bred racist fuckwits but he future of Britain.
http://www.toryscum.com/
conservative party/ tories/ tory party/ conservatives
Check out our latest Conservative website and help us get in by following the 'make your own conserative billboard' advice.We are not a bunch of self-interested in-bred racist fuckwits but he future of Britain.
http://www.toryscum.com/
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07-04-2005 23:03
A yatra style walk departing Jubilee Library, North Rd, 12noon to the Peace Statue in Brighton
SAVE OMAR DEGHAYES
Demonstration , Saturday April 9th, BrightonA yatra style walk departing Jubilee Library, North Rd, 12noon to the Peace Statue in Brighton
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04-04-2005 14:17
Canterbury April 3rd protest to defend asylum seekers
Around 50 people turned out on a sunny Sunday to demand the freedom of movement and the right to stay for everyone. The protesters were largely old Christian ladies and members of local migrant organisations. They held a vigil in front of the Cathedral.[Full Story | 1 comment ]