Skip Navigation | HOME | UK Indymedia | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

manchester Indymedia

Anti Deportation - Support the Alam family

Sam | 31.12.2004 18:57 | Migration

On 29th December the Home Office agreed to review the case of the Alam Family who have lived in Manchester for the past two years with their two young children, the eldest of whom is settled at school here. The case is to be reviewed on January 10th and at this stage letters to the home secretary will help their case.

AKM Zahangir Alam is from Bangladesh and it is likely that he will be killed if he goes back there. The family have been threatened with deportation twice already and Mr Alam is currently detained at Tinsley House, separated from his wife and children.

Letters to MP’s Charles Clarke and Beverley Hughes could include the following information; that you know the family (if you do), they are settled here, that their older son is doing well at school and that you are concerned that someone could be deported from this country to face death.

A possible model letter follows:

Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke MP
Home Secretary
Home Office
50 Queen Anne’s Gate
London SW1H 9AT

And / or

Rt. Hon. Beverley Hughes MP
Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion
Home Office
50 Queen Anne’s Gate
London SW1H 9AT


Re: AKM Zahangir Alam: Home Office Ref. A1145038

Dear Charles Clarke / Beverley Hughes

I am writing in support of the Alam family who fled to the UK escaping persecution and threats to their lives in Bangladesh.

I know the family and they had become settled in Manchester. Unfortunately, since Mr Alam has been detained at Tinsley House, he has become separated from his wife and children who remain in Manchester. The family’s eldest son is doing well at his primary school here.

The family have already faced the emotional and physical upheaval of the imminent threat of deportation twice and it is unjust and inhuman to send this family back to face the likely death of Mr Alam, and this is why I am asking you to allow them to remain in the UK when their case is reviewed on January 10th 2005.

Yours Sincerely



For past posts on this campaign go to
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/303075.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/303074.html

Please forward this to other people you think might be able to write a letter of support.



Sam
- e-mail: snail@riseup.net

Download this article in pdf format >>

Email this article to someone >>

Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article >>

Comments

Hide the following comment

Letters for the Home Secretary

05.01.2005 16:00

Please could people sending letters send them to Charles Clark. This is because we have managed to get the Alam's MP to take up the case and the Home Secretary will be looking at it on the 10th of January. It is therefore vital that he personally recieves as many letters as possible about the family prior to this.

Thank you for all you support
The Alam Family Campaign

eleanor


Publish

Publish your news

Do you need help with publishing?

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Manchester Topics

Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

Manchester Actions 2010

Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands

Manchester Actions 2009

COP15 Climate Summit 2009
G20 London Summit
Guantánamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
University Occupations for Gaza

Manchester Actions 2008

2008 Days Of Action For Autonomous Spaces
Campaign against Carmel-Agrexco
Climate Camp 2008
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Smash EDO
Stop Sequani Animal Testing
Stop the BNP's Red White and Blue festival

Manchester Actions 2007

Climate Camp 2007
DSEi 2007
G8 Germany 2007
Mayday 2007
No Border Camp 2007

Manchester Actions 2006

April 2006 No Borders Days of Action
Art and Activism Caravan 2006
Climate Camp 2006
Faslane
French CPE uprising 2006
G8 Russia 2006
Lebanon War 2006
March 18 Anti War Protest
Mayday 2006
Oaxaca Uprising
Refugee Week 2006
Rossport Solidarity
SOCPA
Transnational Day of Action Against Migration Controls
WSF 2006

Manchester Actions 2005

DSEi 2005
G8 2005
WTO Hong Kong 2005

Manchester Actions 2004

European Social Forum
FBI Server Seizure
May Day 2004
Venezuela

Manchester Actions 2003

Bush 2003
DSEi 2003
Evian G8
May Day 2003
No War F15
Saloniki Prisoner Support
Thessaloniki EU
WSIS 2003

Languages

english

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech