The anti-immigrant British National Party aim to hold their annual ‘Red, white & blue festival’ for the second time in the East Midlands this summer. It was held in Kimberley in 2007, and the local council allowed it to go ahead in spite of intense local opposition by residents. A campaign has been launched to stop this taking place again: http://nobnpfestival.wordpress.com/
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* Report from the No Borders network gathering in Manchester 16-17 February 08 * GEO protest, Reading – 22 February 08 * No Borders South Wales picket Home Office in Cardiff – 12 February 08 * Harmondsworth 4 acquitted ! – 22 February 2008 * No Borders activist found guilty – 28 January 2008 * Bristol No Borders prevent dawn raids, again – 12 February 2008
Well the Home Office ‘Border & Immigration Agency’ struck again and deported a young Mauritian last week. They did the dirty when they invited him for interview in London (Croydon’s immigration HQ), then picked him up the night before in the accommodation they’d provided. Detention then deportation quickly followed. All we can say (apart from b@st$%ds) is good luck K, and hopefully see you again soon! Continue reading Mauritian deported after Home Office dirty trick→
And again, following the last one (8th Feb) the Sumac Centre is hosting a tasty Friday night ‘Small World Kitchen’ where you can have a meal and a chin wag, courtesy of NNRF Women’s group. It’s on February 22nd and it starts 7.30pm. See earlier posts (below) for full details including directions. Continue reading Small world kitchen on Friday 22nd February @ Sumac→
NO BORDERS BENEFIT March 1st, Rampart Social Centre
Celebrate the struggle for social spaces and for freedom of movement with another NoBorders benefit party at March 1st, refreshments, films, info stall, and – of course – music, featuring DJ Shorty, xt.rats’s & more
15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA , near Whitechapel, off Commercial Rd.
Details and map from London No Borders: http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/
CONFERENCE AGAINST IMMIGRATION CONTROL, 29th March 2008, SCHOOL FOR AFRICAN AND ORIENTAL STUDIES
GOWER STREET, LONDON WC1. Registration from 10.30am. Read more about the conference at http://29thmarch.org.uk Continue reading Two events in London in March 2008→
Oops. It seems like someone in the Home Off ice forgot to pay the phone bill because Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s FAX number has apparently just became defunct. Or maybe she just doesn’t like receiving thousands of messages in support of asylum seekers or occasional photocopies of No Borders supporters’ arses. Continue reading Home Secretary’s FAX number ‘cut off’→
After the first successful and tasty event in December, traditional African Vegan Food will again be provided by the Women’s Group of the Nottingham & Notts Refugee Forum, on Friday 11th January, starting around 7.30pm at the Sumac Centre, Forest Fields. Come and try it!
Small World Kitchen is now to be a regular event, and will also take place on Friday 25th January at the Sumac Centre.
Also at the Sumac Centre, starting this week, you can experience a repeat exhibition of artwork created by Nottingham’s refugees and asylum seekers. The original exhibition was part of an arts project Putting Down Roots, exploring refugees’ and asylum seekers’ relationship to the land and agriculture. Other Putting Down Roots events included a picnic and art workshops comprising visual art, sculpture and drumming at St Ann?s allotment in Nottingham, in partnership with Ecoworks. Continue reading Small World Kitchen – repeat events on Friday 11 & 25 Jan at Sumac Centre→
Following Amdami Juma’s asylum & immigration tribunal hearing on 28th November, he has now received the result from the Home Office, and we are unhappy to report that his appeal against the decision to deny Indefinite Leave to Remain has not been successful, despite him having made his home in Nottingham as a refugee for nearly 5 years, and after huge support from the local community in Nottingham and elsewhere.
For freedom of movement, Against nationhood and prevention of migration by nation states, Welcoming asylum seekers and migrant workers, Against capitalist exploitation
