UK Migration Newswire Archive
NoBorders - english version now available - videoclip
16-12-2006 13:47
Families in Immigration detention October 2006
15-12-2006 22:55
Released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000In October 2006 you asked how many families were in Immigration Detention in Dungavel, Tinsley House and Yarl's Wood? How many adults, how many children?
Newcastle Asylum Protests Continue Despite Police Intimidation.
15-12-2006 13:55
Hungerstrike in Campsfield
15-12-2006 10:23
Detainees held at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire, are understood to have been on hunger strike for 4 days now. 66 detainees, mainly Turkish and Kurdish, were logged as having skipped meals on Monday and are consuming only sugared water and coffee. They are protesting against the lack of information on how long their cases would take to be processed.
Recent detainees hungerstrikes: Families on Hungerstrike in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre | Hunger Strike in Colnbrook Detention Centre
Links: Campaign to Close Campsfield | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | UK NoBorders groups
Protest against Kalyx, Shut down Harmondsworth deportation centre, Mon 16:30
15-12-2006 00:35
Monday 4.30pm to 5.30pm. 25 Chapel Street NW1, Nearest tube Edgware Rd.
Some people are less equal than others
13-12-2006 21:50
I just saw this and I thought everybody should read it.Glasgow Dawn Raid Protest Last Sunday
13-12-2006 16:43
Last Sunday, 30 protesters gathered early at the gates of the Reporting Center at Brand St. The previous 2 Sundays had seen dawn raids against families in the Red Road and Kingsway areas of Glasgow. Despite one raid being thwarted, in the last fortnight 2 families and including 6 small children were torn from their communities.MEDIA RELEASE: Six hangings at Baxter detention centre
12-12-2006 14:47
"Reports from refugee advocates indicate that six people at the Baxter
detention centre have attempted to end their lives in separate
incidents over the last four days by hanging," WA Rights group Project SafeCom
said this morning.
"Some of them have also slashed themselves with broken glass and
mirrors."
Solidarity with Harmondsworth detainees demo report
11-12-2006 21:51
Haidi Giuliani and Antiracists occupy Migrant Detention Centre of Crotone and bl
11-12-2006 17:08
How New Labour is creating slave labour
11-12-2006 16:57
Whatever the merits of Tony Blair's recent retrospective apology for Britain's leading role in the slave trade it would be less hypocritical if his government was not developing a modern system of slavery and the reintroduction of sweated labour through the reshaping of immigration controls.Oakington protest
10-12-2006 14:21
Protest at Oakinton by detainees over foodGlasgow 6.02 AM SUNDAY 10th December, protestors on the gates
10-12-2006 12:10
More than 60 people are gathered at the gates of the UK Immigration Service at 200 Brand Street, Govan, Glasgow which holds the vehicle compound for immigration 'snatch squads'.The snatch squads are expected to carry out two dawn raids early this morning. Protestors are gathering between 530 am and 8:00 am to persuade the squads to stop terrorising Glasgow's long term asylum seeker community.
Asylum seekers protest treatment at detention centres
09-12-2006 10:44
Asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented workers seeking to remain in Britain last week staged a protest in response to their treatment at Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow, London.Justice for Cleaners: Stop Press. Victory number 2, events cancelled.
08-12-2006 18:22
The Fast for Justice by cleaners planned for next week has been cancelled due to a premature victory. Sounds like a pretty good reason!Leeds No Borders in Solidarity with Harmondsworth Detainees
08-12-2006 16:58
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Kalyx to pay Home Office £5 million for 'Contractual failures' at Harmondsworth
08-12-2006 12:35
It emerged on Wednesday that Kalyx who manage Harmondsworth IRC, which was wrecked in a riot last week, are to pay the Home Office £5,096,000 for 'contractual failures'.Full article | 1 addition | 6 comments
Cleaners Fast for Justice outside Royal Bank of Scotland. Call for Support
07-12-2006 13:33
John Reid on AI concerns over 'failed' refugees and benefits.
07-12-2006 12:32
Home Sec John Reid replies to an Amnesty Intl camapign letter regarding the removal of benefits from so-called failed asylum seekers.House of Lords Harmondsworth Debate
07-12-2006 12:20
Discussion in the House of Lords of the shocking report into Harmondsworth IRC, which sparked off a riot. Intriguing piece of info - the Home Office got £5M back from the folk who trun the Centre because of unspecified contractual failures.
