A man's a man for a' that, say 'Friends of Refugees Ayrshire'

Demonstrate 1.30pm
Sunday 26th January
Dungavel Removal/Detention Centre
Strathaven
South Lanarkshire ML10 6RF

     Friends of Refugees Ayrshire will be proclaiming the sentiments of Burn's Poetry outside Dungavel Removal/Detention Centre on Sunday 26th January at 1.30.

     The Group who support refugees and oppose the Government's Asylum and Immigration legislation have been holding regular vigils and demonstrations outside the detention centre since it opened.

     A spokesperson for the group Graeme Cumming said," Throughout Scotland, on that weekend, thousands will be proclaiming,

"it's coming yet, for a' that
that man to man the world o'er
shall brithers be an a' that. "
                                                     Robert Burns, 1759-1796

     Yet children and adults are being locked up and deported whose only wish is to be left in peace but who have had to flee there own country to find it. The Government have demonised Refugees and have brought in the most racist and repressive immigration laws ever seen in this country. We intend to show those who are incarcerated in Dungavel that there is an opposition to their persecution, and that there are "Brithers and sisters" in Scotland."

     The group will welcome anyone to come with them on the day and to be involved in there other activities. They meet on the second Monday of the month in Woodlands Centre Kilwinning Rd. Irvine

If you can't be there send a message of solidarity to be read out at the demo c/o:

'Friends of Refugees Ayrshire'
info@frea.org.uk

Scottish MPs Demand End to Child Detention in Dungavel
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/letters/news27/scott.html

Ay Family need your help urgently!
(Fury as asylum-seekers family detained for six months in Dungavel Removal/detention Centre)
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/letters/news27/ayfamily.html

*Lines from, 'For a' that and a' that', by Robert Burns, 1759-1796
http://www.robertburns.org/works/496.shtml

'Friends of Refugees Ayrshire'
       Scotland as a nation has been forged over the centuries by the arrival on these shores of people from all parts of the globe and from many different backgrounds.     
    Each of them brought a small part of their country and enriched the character and distinctive identity of the tartan patchwork nation we know today.
      Engrained in these characteristics are world renowned qualities of Hospitality, Tolerance, and Commitment to Social Justice with an outward looking attitude to our fellow citizens on this small planet of ours.
      In Ayrshire, where the legacy of internationally recognised figures of the stature of Robert Burns and Keir Hardie are steeped in our local history, we find it unacceptable that a Refugee Detention Centre will operate on our doorstep at Dungavel near Strathaven.
      Responding to this organisation has been formed, named, "Friends of the refugees from Ayrshire" ( FReA), committed to opposing the policy of detention of refugees, contrary to the spirit of the 1951 'U.N Convention of Refugees'
      We urge you to support this campaign and join together in seeking the abolition of IMPRISONMENT (Detention) of refugees in our country and express your support also for people already detained at Dungavel and other prisons in Scotland.

'Friends of Refugees Ayrshire'

Enquiries/further information
info@frea.org.uk