Family with 4 children locked up at Yarl's Wood
Zaheer Ahmed, his wife Uzma Ahmed, who is pregnant and their four children Wajihi (13), Hassan (11), Taha (7) and Haifa (3) were detained early yesterday morning at their home in Cardiff, while the children were still in their. They are now at Yarlswood IRC and have been given removal directions for Qatar Airways flight QR012 from Heathrow to Doha and flight QR318 from Doha to Karachi on Saturday 2nd October at 15:05. http://bit.ly/b0sRZF
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New Removal Directions for Wanda Tete, 2 October 2010
Wanda Tete (Cardiff) Has been given new removal directions to DR Congo for Saturday, 2 October, on Ethiopian Airlines. More information to follow. Click here to read more about Wanda: http://bit.ly/aSlT45
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Mit Singh Chopra is a 19 year old Sikh man, from Afghanistan, and a student at Westminster Kingsway College. On Friday 24th September at 6am immigration police came into Mit Chopra’s home and took him into detention under threat of deportation. Mit’s family, support and connections are all here in London. It is urgent that the whole community – students, staff, neighbours, friends, community and all supporters – stand up, demonstrate, write letters, petition, and make it clear to the Home Office that Mit is a part of our community, he is our colleague, peer and friend, and that Mit Must Stay! Go to the Facebook page for info, model letters to the Home Secretary and more. http://bit.ly/90p9Ey
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Next stage in the legal fight for exiled journalist Charles Atangana
via NUJ
Charles Atangana, an NUJ member fighting deportation to Cameroon will appear before a judge at the High Court on the Strand in London on Thursday 7 October. Charles Atangana, who fled to the UK six years ago after being detained and beaten in his homeland, is seeking a judicial review into the decision to deport him. Journalists and other trade unionists are being urged to demonstrate outside the court in Charles’s support on Thursday 7 October. We will not know the time or court number until the day before but we are likely to hold the protest at 9.45am (but this may be subject to change). http://bit.ly/bzjLc4
for more campaign alerts and updates, see www.ncadc.org.uk/campaigns
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EUROPE
No Borders Camp, Brussels
Last Saturday 25th September marked the start of the No Border camp in Brussels. Yesterday, Thursday 30th September, there were over 700 people on site, and more are expected today. The camp concludes this Saturday with a demo through the centre of Brussels.
On Sunday 26th there was a demo outside the closed detention centre Steenokkerzeel near Brussels airport (report here: http://bxl.indymedia.org/articles/117). On Wednesday 29th, some No Border activists took part in the demonstration against austerity cuts organised by trade unions in the city while others protested outside Frontex, the European Border Agency (report here: http://bxl.indymedia.org/articles/155). Meanwhile there have been workshops, debates and concerts both on the camp and at various locations across the city, including at the squatted Gesu monastery in east Brussels which is occupied by 130 sans-papiers.
Up-to-date news on the camp can be found on Indymedia Brussels, http://bxl.indymedia.org
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Greece: Hundreds of migrants living amongst piles of rubbish and mud
United Nations video
http://ow.ly/2MPj8
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INTERNATIONAL
UNHCR calls upon states to recognize the needs of people persecuted over sexual orientation or gender identity
UNHCR, 1 October
UNHCR is revising its policies to protect people fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. This includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and intersex asylum seekers and refugees. We call upon states to support this commitment through improved understanding and recognition of the particular vulnerabilities of these groups. http://bit.ly/akvpB6
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DR Congo sexual violence victims speak to UN
BBC, 30 September
The UN panel will be hearing from victims of sexual attacks
Victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun telling a high-level UN panel about their experiences as part of efforts to improve treatment and support. The hearings began on Thursday in the troubled eastern region of South Kivu, and the panel will travel to provinces throughout the DRC. http://bbc.in/9dUMkO
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Zimbabwe: Country of Origin Information Report,
United Kingdom: Home Office, Country of Origin Information Report, Zimbabwe, 30 September 2010, available at: http://wp.me/pK4QN-ei
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Sri Lanka:
Information regarding the treatment of Muslims in Sri Lanka by society and the authorities.
Information regarding treatment of members of the Muslim National Congress (SLMC) political party
Researched and compiled by the Refugee Documentation Centre of Ireland on 22 September 2010 http://bit.ly/cEGvnn
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Nigeria: Information on the security situation in Delta state including terrorist activity and peace agreements,
Researched and compiled by the Refugee Documentation Centre of Ireland on 21 and 22 September 2010
available at: http://bit.ly/c0DE8T
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EVENTS
Demonstration outside the Iraqi Embassy:
London, Wednesday October 6th
12.30-13.30
at Iraqi Embassy
3 Elvaston Place
London SW7 5QH (just off Gloucester Road, two minutes north of Gloucester Road underground station)
In the last month more than one hundred Iraqi and Kurdish refugees have been deported to Baghdad. There is another mass deportation planned for the 6th October. We need to come together in support to put pressure on the Iraqi Government to stop accepting deportations. This demonstration will be covered in the Iraqi and Kurdish media so it is very important attendance is strong. If you cannot attend the demonstration please write to President Talabani from your organisation, union or political party or as an individual requesting the Iraqi Government stop accepting forcible deportations. Details and a model letter can be found at: http://bit.ly/buXKmp
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Action for Refugee and Migrant Rights
conference: Glasgow,
Saturday October 9th
10am – 2pm
at STUC
333 Woodlands Road,
Glasgow G3 6NG
A networking and action-planning event, bringing together a wide range of groups working for asylum and migrant rights. With discussion groups, workshops, information stands, food.
A programme of meetings and workshops will be published
soon at www.ncadc.org.uk/october9
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Understanding Immigration Bail and the Asylum Process
Saturday Oct 2nd from 11.30
Gateshead Civic Centre, Tyne & Wear
(Talks to start at 12)
Speakers – Adeline Trude (Bail for Immigration Detainees) and Frances Webber (Institute of Race Relations)
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How will refugee and migrant social entrepreneurs fit into 'Big Society'?
London, Wednesday October 6th
18.00 - 20.00
at MRCF, 2 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL
Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum (MRCF) is organising an event discussing the 'big society'. If you are a refugee or migrant social entrepreneur or work with these communities, this event is for you to have your say and plan for the future. http://bit.ly/dl9O2F
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