With the passing of the EU ‘returns directive’ last week (see also http://www.outrageousdirective.org/ ), it is encouraging to report on two actions, one in Belgium and one in Denmark that defy state treatment of would-be refugees and migrant workers. DENMARK: Stop the Deportations ( http://www.stopudvisningerne.blogspot.com/ ) is a network that has emerged in Copenhagen as [...]

A moving video which speaks for more action: Independent video of the demo – interviews, speechs, march in the rain, support from students & co-workers, phone call with Hich in detention centre, etc. Hich on mobile phone: “thank you … and hopefully we can all join in another demonstration to celebrate my release … you [...]

*THURSDAY 19 JUNE – PUBLIC MEETING: Refugees in a Global Era. Speaker: Phil Marfleet. Venue: The Square Centre, Alfred Street North. Time: 7pm. ALL WELCOME.*SATURDAY 21ST JUNE – FUNDRAISING EVENT: International food tasting eventVenue: The Vine Community Centre, Bobbersmill Rd, Hyson Green. Time: 7-10pm. Tickets: £20*SUNDAY 22 JUNE: ?They Don?t Want to Learn English?. Come [...]

By coincidence the bail hearings of two high-profile Nottingham detainees both took place today via video links from Dover citadel (for Hicham Yezza) and Campsfield in Oxfordshire (for Amdani Juma). These hearings were to allow them to be released from detention while they fight their respective immigration cases. Latest news – after 31 days inside [...]

A protest NO DEPORTATIONS TO ZIMBABWE has been called by the Nottingham Zimbabwe Community Network on Friday 27th June at 4pm in Nottingham Old Market Square. Come and join it! Read an Indymedia report following the showing of Zimbabwe film FLAME at the Sumac Centre on 18th June. Also find more NZCN news on the [...]

LATEST NEWS 19 June (BBC Oxfordshire): 7 detainees escape from Campsfield overnight. Information about the most recent riot on June 14th by those who are sick of being detained, can be found on Indymedia (Migration section): http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401100.html Those of us on the outside show our solidarity with those who are locked up for no other [...]

Nottingham No Borders is sad and angry ? very angry – to have to report the death of Masivi Olido. We are proud to have demonstrated side by side with him for the rights of asylum seekers and to raise awareness in Nottingham of the situation faced by Congolese people that the British state is [...]

The official launch of Refugee Week takes place on Saturday but we are kicking off early on FRIDAY 13TH JUNE with a public meeting, food and live music at the SUMAC Centre in Forest Fields. Small World Kitchen and No Borders present an evening of discussion, traditional African vegan food and live music from Ngoma, [...]

Invitation to a Radical History Discussion – open meeting:Resistance in the UK’s Detention Centres in the Last DecadeDate & Time: Tuesday 24 June 2008, 7 pm.Venue: T&G, Transport House, 128 Theobald’s Road, London, WC1X 8TN Map. Also in London on Monday 16th June, details on http://www.outrageousdirective.org/Demonstrate at 12 noon outside the London office of the [...]

Amdani Juma’s deportation flight to Burundi via Nairobi on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 was cancelled at zero hour on Tuesday June 10th as an application for an judicial review, accepted by the High Court, was finally acknowledged. No thanks to the Home Office who could have ended his misery by discretion without forcing him to [...]