UK Migration Newswire Archive
Refugee campaigning update
12-01-2006 13:16
The city's refugee campaign group is developing more and more ideas for action.asylum death
12-01-2006 07:41
An asylum seeker killed himself so that his teenage son would not be deported.Mohammad Arrian dusk protest
12-01-2006 01:23
Mohammed Arrian Protest
07-01-2006 21:46
Demo Against the Deportation of Mohammed Arrian
07-01-2006 17:23
Demonstration for passports in Calais
07-01-2006 14:43
Here are two translated texts relating to the demo that took place in Calais on Wednesday 4th January which could be an important first step in recognising the misery that the borders erected in our name inflict on the victims of global politicsThe first is the call before and the second a report in the national newspaper 'Liberation' the following day
Iranian refugee on hungerstrike reaches critical stage
05-01-2006 21:44
Mehdi Hooshyar sought refuge in the Netherlands in 1999. He was a student activist in Iran and has converted to chirsitianity after leaving Iran. Dutch government wants to send him back. He has been on hungerstrike since November 27th.Glasgow Asylum Seeker Detained
04-01-2006 14:33
A Glasgow Asylum Seeker was detained this morning and taken to the Brand Street Immigration Centre.Mohammad Arrian Deportation - Star article
03-01-2006 18:45
Here is today's Sheffield Star report of Arrian's plight.Documentary: Latitude 36
03-01-2006 14:41
A documentary and fiction about the south European border
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Mohammed Arrian fights deportation
01-01-2006 19:05
Mohammed Arrian is to be deported to Afghanistan in two weeks time. This is despite the fact that all the rest of his family are happily settled in Sheffield and all have indefinate leave to remain in this country. The Home Office are even refusing to talk to Richard Caborn, his MP about the situation.Going hungry for Christmas / UK detention
26-12-2005 15:29
No new hungerstrikes I'm aware of in immigration removal centres, but a number of detainees has refused to eat on Christmas day because the food was 'just the usual rubbish'.BBC immigration lies
23-12-2005 11:23
Marxist analysis of BBC ruling class propaganda for the free movement of labourFull article | 1 addition | 1 comment
The PCS, the Immigration 'Service' and the Scottish Protests
22-12-2005 01:02
The following statement was issued, by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) executive committee, on 24 November 2005 with regard to the on-going protests against the dawn raids aimed at refugees in Scotland. Bear in mind when reading it, that this is the only union in Britain which has an absolute majority of socialists - mostly members of the SP and SWP - on its executive committeeHome Office admits a "mistake"
20-12-2005 19:47
I wouldn't normally do a cut and paste but get this!No Solution for Migrants Left to Die in Desert
20-12-2005 15:58
Lesbian hunger-striker ends 33-day fast
20-12-2005 11:57
Zimbabwean still fighting for release from detention - A Zimbabwean lesbian protesting against her detention without trial in a Bedfordshire asylum centre has ended her 33-day hunger strike.Kong Yee Sai Mau (No to WTO): The Battle of Hong Kong
19-12-2005 22:15
Sat Dec 17, Hong Kong—It’s 1:30 am in Hong Kong. We have just returned to the house after being in the Hong Kong streets all afternoon and evening in the most intense street battle that we have ever seen. We are taking turns showering the teargas and pepper spray off as we write this up. Farmers, workers, women’s organizations, fisher folk, Hong Kong youth, migrants and other movement people from Korea, across Asia and around the world marched on, broke through several police lines to less than a block from the site of the WTO conference center and laid siege to it until we were dispersed with teargas and mass arrests tonight.Sheffield Anti-Iraq Deportations Protest
17-12-2005 18:19
Pictures of Glasgow No Borders Blockades
16-12-2005 18:04
