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UK Migration Newswire Archive

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PRESS REVIEW

30-06-2005 11:56

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT …
… Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers

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Campsfield demo on Saturday

29-06-2005 23:05

Demo to support the Zimbabwean hunger strikers and all detainees

Campsfield Detention Centre, Kidlington

Saturday 2nd July 12pm - 2pm

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Report on No One Is Illegal conference

28-06-2005 17:45

90-100 people attended the second No One Is Illegal conference in Manchester on 25/06/05. There were a mixture of people threatened with deportation, anti-racist activists and those people who, having won their own anti-deportation campaigns, had become activists for others.

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NO BORDER ACTION IN GREECE!

28-06-2005 17:12

No Border Action-Greece
Invite for No Border Actions against Borders 22-28 August 2005

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OXFORDSHIRE SHOWS SUPPORT FOR CAMPSFIELD DETAINEES

28-06-2005 17:10

Oxfordshire residents went to Campsfield House Removal Centre near Kidlington today to offer support for the detainees who are on hunger strike over conditions inside and are grieving the suicide of one Zimbabwean man yesterday morning. They will go there again tomorrow.

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Photos of demonstration at Campsfield

28-06-2005 16:36

The young man who died was called Ramazan Komluca, he was Kurdish.

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New Warning on Climate Change

28-06-2005 10:35

New Warning on Climate Change [from Prof. Bill McGuire, Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London’s] The UK could be transformed into a string of different islands due to climate change and rapidly rising sea levels, according to new research.

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In the Aftermath of Ethnic Cleansing

27-06-2005 22:14

Continued persecution of Roma, Ashkalis, Egyptians and others perceived as "Gypsies" in Kosovo

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Rethink policy of deporting failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers

27-06-2005 22:11

Officials in the Zimbabwe government have publicly said Britain is training spies, mercenaries and agents to destabilise the country and is sending them into Zimbabwe under the guise of returning failed asylum seekers.

On arrival the deportees are invariably met by Mugabe’s secret police, detained, tortured and interrogated. Some of the deportees have not been heard of since. Their families, both in Zimbabwe and in Britain, report that the last they heard of them was that they had been picked up by the secret police.

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make borders history poster

27-06-2005 20:59

Hi there, here's a bit of quick info about the Make Borders History day on Sunday 3rd of July. There's a pdf to print out. But for fuller information please check out the website. www.makebordershistory.org

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Chris Ntirandekura - request to stay

27-06-2005 15:54

This is a model letter to the Minister for Immigration requesting that Christian be allowed to stay.

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Medical update kurdish hungerstriker

25-06-2005 22:12

The hunger striker Zulkuf Murat Bora on 18/06/2005, 33rd day of his hunger strike was transfered into hospital. His condition is critical, since there is danger of irreversible physical damage.

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Political Asylum for the Kurdish fighter Zulkuf Murat BORA

25-06-2005 21:55

Bahoz has been on hunger strike since the 17th of May. The Greek Minister of Public Order promised to grant him asylum for one year due to “humanitarian reasons”, as long as he gave up his hunger strike and his right to claim political asylum. Bahoz has refused such “humanitarian” help from the State and continues his struggle for political asylum. Since the 19th of June he has stopped taking any sugar or salt in his water. As a result, he is now in the hospital in a very critical condition.

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Edinburgh-Solidarity Action with political asylum seekers Bahoz and Temiz

23-06-2005 18:16

Edinburgh-Solidarity Action with political asylum seekers Bahoz and Temiz//Greece

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Amnesty International slams migrant holding centres in Italy

23-06-2005 16:02

A new report by Amnesty International suggests migrants held in Italian holding centres are subject to abuse. The Berlusconi government has denied the organization access to the centres

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Detention policy: Change Your Mind

22-06-2005 09:37

But at what cost?
Unless Australians are satisfied with the cost of the policy and the devalued reputation that has blemished our human rights record, including locking up children and even our own citizenry in detention, then some people might say that it really didn't work at all.

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Qasim's possible release a 'worrying precedent': Labor

21-06-2005 00:27

Peter Qasim ... accused
Too right he's been there too long and now he has a mental problem. I guess that's one way to get to the truth aye laurie?

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New Amnesty Report on Detention Centres (20th june)

20-06-2005 09:56

UK: New Amnesty report calls on government to reveal annual asylum detention figures.

Amnesty also asserts that detaining children at Dungavel is unlawful.

A protest at Dungavel detention centre is planned during the G8 Summit for Tuesday 5th July.

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ON HUNGERSTRIKE. Against immigration detention and deportations.

19-06-2005 11:59

Mafungasei Maikokera, Patricia Mukandara and Esthery Murumbi have been on hungerstrike for two weeks now. The three women are from Zimbabwe and they are terrified to be sent back. The Archbishiop Pius Ncube has warned the British Government Zimbabweans face 'certain death' if returned to Zimbabwe. Mafungasei, Patricia and Esthery are also very upset with the conditons at Yarl's Wood IRC.
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