Church Occupation ( with support from the Revd Andy Byng), to help Iraqi Kurds who are losing their homes, and opposing new legislation that will deny any help to thousands of refugees.

11.00am - 2.00pm

    Speakers from the Iraqi & Kurdish communities

There are 6,000 Iraqi Kurds who have lost their asylum claims in the UK & therefore their housing & financial support: they are not allowed to work, yet the Government cannot return them to Iraq. Also, from the 8th January, an estimated 700 new arrivals each week will be denied any support whatsoever & no right to work while their asylum claims are being considered (can take up to 2 years). 

Join the occupation to protest against this inhumane *act & to show solidarity with our sisters & brothers who have fled persecution merely to seek a safe refuge

Bring blankets, sleeping bags, camp beds, flasks of soup, etc to highlight the poverty facing people seeking asylum in the UK.

If you can't be there, send a message of 'Solidarity' to be read out at the occupation.

email: teesvalley@refugee.org.uk

Organized by:

North East Coalition For Asylum Rights (NECFAR)

Chair: Cllr Kath Sainsbury; Treasurer: Cllr Kath Robertson; Secretary: Pete Widlinski

Campaigning for positive rights for refugees and people seeking asylum opposing deportations and removals.

Enquiries/further information:

email: teesvalley@refugee.org.uk

*Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act, in particular sections, 55 & 57