Over the last week hundreds of Sudanese Asylum Seekers, including 8 from Nottingham, have been rounded up and moved to holding centres in the UK ready for deporatation. This MUST be resisted by anti-deportation activists. One of our friends, Mustapha, may have already been deported, although we are seeking firm information on this. He is [...]

Mohammed Abdulhadi Ali watched in terror as Janjaweed militiamen on butchered his relatives and neighbours and burned his village to the ground…..

A DIRECT action group claimed to have occupied an immigration centre today in protest at dawn raids on asylum seekers. The group, which said it is affiliated to the Unity organisation, claimed it has taken control of the centre in Brand Street, Cessnock, Glasgow over the early-morning raids and the detention of children. A Strathclyde [...]

Stop Deporting Nottingham People to the Congo The ‘Country Guidance Tribunal? on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Government will decide whether it is safe to send people back to DRC, has been moved to Thursday April 12th. Wednesday’s demo in the Square at 1.00 will still go ahead (see below) and we will [...]

Please come and demonstrate outside the Bridewell, between the Magistrates Court and the Family Court by the Canal near the railway station tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Saturday 24th March, for our detained Sudanese friends who were arrested when they signed at Loughborough reporting centre yesterday. At least 8 from this area have been detained [...]

Earlier this month hundreds of protesters gathered at demonstrations at the Asylum & Immigration Tribunal and Enforcement Units in Manchester, Glasgow and beyond. 8 further demonstrations around the UK will take place on Wednesday March 28th. The 8 Demos are in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leicester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Manchester, and now Leeds. Read more for details.

The ‘Central African Development Action’ (CADA) in Birmingham and the ‘Congo Support Project’ invite you to A Public Meeting on DR Congo Deportations On Saturday 24th March 2007 at 4.30pm to 7.30pm Against the Deportations of the Congolese People?..more

Of the three from Nottingham detained last week; Abdulhadi, Mustafa, Alcir …: IMPORTANT UPDATE: 3 April 07 – Late last night, UK immigration authorities halted the removal of Darfuri African survivor Mohammed Abdulhadi Ali. Read more …

Modern day ‘slavery’ and exploitation of migrants to Britain – with a Nottingham connection During the Abolition 200 events, at the same time as making it clear that slavery did not end in 1807 (not even British involvement in slave trading) it?s important to look at the issue of modern day conditions of some of [...]

From the BBC web site – 14 March 07: Seven staff and two inmates have been injured in a fire after a riot broke out at an immigration detention centre. Emergency services were called to deal with the incident at Campsfield detention centre near Kidlington, in Oxfordshire, early on Wednesday. more??