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UK Migration Newswire Archive

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Barcelona :: noticias del encierro de l*s inmigrantes

06-06-2004 05:46

translation please :)

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No Border Camp in Imatra, Finland 9.-16.7.2004

05-06-2004 19:21

Imatra is a small town with a population of 30 000 in eastern Finland, right next to the Russian border. Just beyond this division of the world's second biggest poverty gap (right after the border of Mexico and US) is another small town called Svetogorsk with population of only 15 000. The close proximity of the border has an effect on the local communities on both sides in a very concrete way.

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Close Campsfield Demo

30-05-2004 16:50

On the 29th of may there was a demo for the closure of Campsfield "house". The name disguises the true nature of the place, which over the past ten years since it was built,has been detaining asylum seekers who have committed no crime. In the current political climate evermore hostile toward asylum seekers there are plans to expand the structure to "accomodate" even more than the current maximum of 200.

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Poetry Evening from Student Action for Refugees (This Friday, 28th May)

27-05-2004 08:44

STAR POETRY READING: Displacement, Identity, Asylum Issues
Date: Friday, Week 5 (28 May)
Time: 7:30 - 9:00
Venue: Long Room New College
FREE ENTRY

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no one is illegal - meeting in manchester

25-05-2004 23:36

In autumn 2003, a "no one is illegal" manifesto was published in the uk. The group which wrote it is keen to discuss it with other noborder/no one is illegal groups and invites people for a meeting in Manchester on July 24th. More about the project on their noii website.

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England Needs You Now !

25-05-2004 16:37

England Needs You Now To Rid Ourselves of Wankers Like The BNP and The English Democrats

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Refugee Film Festival 15 - 17 June

24-05-2004 18:51

Refugee Film Festival 15 - 17 June

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Annual BRS/CCC Bicester to Campsfield Bike Ride - 29th May

24-05-2004 09:14

Please join in or sponsor the 3rd Bicester Refugee Support / Campaign to Close Campsfield Annual Bike Ride, Saturday 29 May 2004

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Salaam Berlin - film screening May 27th

24-05-2004 08:47

The Oxford University Anthropological Society presents:

SALAAM BERLIN
A Film by Judith Albrecht (Free University Berlin) Thursday, 27th May, 6pm

Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, 61 Banbury Road

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Refugee suicides in Glasgow

21-05-2004 08:44

GLASGOW ASYLUM SEEKER SUICIDES

3 asylum suicides in one year in Scotland - how many others are there we don’t know about?

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Cruel asylum system blamed for suicide in Glasgow

19-05-2004 09:05

Full enquiry demanded into suspected suicide of asylum seeker in Glasgow NASS flat

Positive Action in Housing is calling for a full enquiry into the death of a 27 year old man, understood to be an asylum seeker, who was found dead today (Tuesday 18 May) around 3.00pm at an address used to house refugees seeking asylum in the UK.

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TAZ Noborder rivesaltes2004

10-05-2004 09:12

A call in relation to the organization of the NO BORDER TAZ at Rivesaltes, near Perpignan in French Catalonia 2004

from august 20th to the 29th

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South Korea - Sky Fighters

07-05-2004 06:26

Myeong-dong Sit-in Struggle Collective's (MSSC) - migrant workers here, now striking since 175 days - latest report.

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Deported Woman Tells of Torture in Britain

06-05-2004 08:56

A middle-aged woman with facial injuries and her six-year-old daughter were yesterday admitted to a city hospital after being deported from Britain.
Ms Bernice Wairimu Kamau had a swollen neck and cheeks, and wore a bandage on either arm following injuries she says were caused by British officials.
source: The Nation (Nairobi), May 5, 2004 Odhiambo Orlale, Nairobi
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200405050287.html

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Hunger strike refugees evicted in Glasgow

05-05-2004 14:29

Three Iranian Kurdish asylum seekers who recently came close to death in a hunger strike in protest at their treatment and the unjust UK asylum system, have today been evicted from their flat. Although they cannot return to Iran, they now have no entitlement to housing or financial support.

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Flight TE453 29th April from Gatwick to Vilnius

05-05-2004 08:10

After boarding a Lithuania Airlines aircraft to photograph celebrations marking the country's entry into the EU, I was absolutely appalled to find 3 Lithuanian women being deported in shackles, along with 3 terrified unaccompanied children. UK Immigration officials had one child in a neck lock, and one woman in an arm lock - all were screaming in fear and pain

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Foreign Nationals in Cambridge

04-05-2004 10:58

Earlier this morning I was sat in the foyer of Cambridge Parkside police station when my gaze fell upon a notice on the wall regarding `Reporting to the Police...'

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US deserters claim refugee status in Canada, 30 years on...

02-05-2004 07:22

I wonder how many refugees there are here from Greece? conscripts fleeing conscription.
During Nam Sweden was a big haven for several thousand (i think) Yank conscripts.

Two American soldiers have deserted, claiming asylum in Canada rather than serve in Iraq. They argue that the war is illegal under international law

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Dublin: No Borders Action

01-05-2004 19:16

No Borders March

Mayday in Dublin started with a No Borders demonstration. Around 100 people demonstrated through town

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NoBorder Dublin Action

01-05-2004 12:23

About 100 people took the streets of dublin today to protest about the EU's immigration policy, and in favour of open borders.
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