Edited from a report by activists who took part in the Shut Down the Camp! (Luk Lejren!) action on 25th October: “2-3000 participants went from Allerød train station, 30 km away from Copenhagen, to the biggest refugee camp in Denmark, Sandholm, to cut down the fence around the place. Before the day, local nazis and [...]

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 [...]

Following the cancellation order on his deportation and despite being unjustly incarcerated for over two weeks, Hicham Yezza has received news that he is to be transported to a fifth detention centre. He released this statement today from Colnbrook immigration removal centre saying, “I am [...] refusing to go. I am not a piece of [...]

Only days after a new campaign was launched, Nottingham & Notts Refugee Forum volunteer Jane Mary Mutetsi was today detained at the Bridewell police station in Nottingham. We will do everything in our power to prevent yet another attack on a vulnerable asylum seeker in Nottingham. We are thinking of you Jane Mary! For more [...]

Saturday April 5th 2008: Around 6.30 this morning ‘riot’ police were at Harmondsworth removal centre close to Heathrow airport, and detainees were taken away from the centre in vans. Around 30 detainees have been taken to unknown destinations, according to the news received by No Borders activists. From previous experience this looks like a typical [...]

Join us as we march on Sunday 28th October from the Home Office in Sheffield to the Detention Centre at Lindholme to protest against the treatment of asylum seekers in this country. Additional demonstrations in Sheffield and Doncaster during the weekend. Friday 26th 12 noon: Demonstrate @ Milton House, Home Office (Charter Row, Sheffield S1 [...]

7th August: A demonstration took place this lunchtime outside Lindholme Detention Centre, near Doncaster. From 11.30am to 1.45pm protestors showed solidarity with the people detained inside for no other crime than entering the UK seeking asylum from oppressive regimes at home. Read full report on this website, and another report with photos on Indymedia UK. [...]