Counterfeit Asylum: The Gift of Gender in Confinement

“In the last half-century, the so-called `strong passport’ so-called democracies have turned the application for asylum into a criminal justice procedure…”
Talk at Queen Mary University. 05 April 2011 – Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
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CorporateWatch Briefing on Immigration Prison

Forward to Report
“The government’s decision to end child detention for immigration purposes in 2010 was the result of long years of campaigning by dedicated grassroots activists, as well as detainee support groups, NGOs and mainstream media. The end of this cruel and inhumane practice has, however, served to somehow legitimise the detention of adults. Fewer people now appear to have the political will to argue that immigration detention should be stopped altogether…”
CorporateWatch Article.

Australian Police Use Tear Gas on Demonstrating Asylum Seekers

Article in The Australian.

Barnardo’s Legitimise the Continued Detention of Children

The children’s charity Barnardo’s is legitimising the continued use of detention for children by agreeing to provide welfare services at a “pre-departure accommodation” centre the government plans to open in Pease Pottage near Crawley in Sussex.
Full LondonNoBorders Article.

Demo at Mid Sussex Planning Meeting, 24/03/1

Protest against Arora’s plans to convert a school into a “pre-departure accommodation centre”.
9am outside Mid Sussex Council planning meeting at the Council Chamber, Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1SS.
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Greek Hungerstrike Ends With Victory

The six week hunger strike by the 300 migrants and refugees living in Greece has ended with several concessions won from the Greek government.
Welcome To Europe Article.
BBC Article.

Freedom Not Frontex

09.Mar.11 – The dynamic of the Arab spring is emanating into the entire world. The movements of revolt in the Maghreb encourage and give hope, not only because despotic regimes that have been believed invincible were chased away. Although the direction of further developments remain open it is obvious that the domino effect of the Tunisian jasmine revolution swiftly brought back the old insight that history is driven from below. The struggles are directed against the day-to-day poverty as well as against general oppression, they are as much about better living conditions as they are about dignity, in short: “bread and roses”.
Full NoBorder.org Article.