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Another Hunger Strike at Haslar Immigration
Removal Centre
Monday 12th May to Friday 16th May 2003
Message from Brighton NoBorders group
Asylum seekers from around the world detained
at Haslar Immigration Removal Centre are planning to go on hunger strike
for five days next week. They will be refusing food from Monday 12th May
to Friday 16th May 2003.
This follows the hunger strike 12 days
ago (22nd to 24th April) when detainees refused food for three days.
Despite the detainees sending letters
to the Home Office listing a number of grievances which have been outstanding
for a very long time, none of the grievances have been addressed and still
remain unresolved.
Detainees continue to complain about:
* Bad food, poor choice and often not properly
cooked
* No adequate medical service
* Detainees not kept informed of their
situation
* Hygienic equipment which is of poor quality
and often broken
* Canteen facilities poor
* Only 50p a day pocket money
* Psychological conditions and other circumstances
of Haslar such as an environment which resembles prison conditions
* Haslar staff are rude and rarely assist
detainees with access to Home Office immigration officials on site.
What you can do:
The detainees would like you on Monday
morning 12th May to Fax/write direct to the Governor of Haslar, Mel Jones,
and ask him to address the issues raised by the detainees and send a copy
to the Home Secretary.
Governor: Mel Jones
Haslar Immigration Removal Centre
2 Dolphin Way
Gosport
Hants PO12 2AW
Fax 02392 604001
Home Secretary
David Blunkett
Home Office
50 Queen Annes Gate
London SW1H 9AT
Fax: 020 7273 3965
Enquiries/further information:
Brighton
NoBorders group
Background:
Haslar, theres too much to tell, here are a few pages many more on NCADC
website.
Haslar
- a place of no return ... The
Haslar Centre's sole purpose is to hold
asylum seekers pending their removal.
It is a place of no return. ...
Asylum
Seekers on Hunger Strike at Haslar Removal Centre.
Detainees at
Haslar Removal Centre, have begun a hunger strike, after another
...
"Detention
kills" - Vigil in memory of Mikhail Bodnarchuk
... Following the tragic
suicide of Mikhail at Haslar removal/detention prison on the
31st of January 2003 there will be a vigil of remembrance outside the
centre. ...
Inspection
of five Immigration Service custodial establishments
... Haslar - Lindholme
- Campsfield House - Tynsley House - Oakington. ... At
Haslar the physical environment was unsafe and unsatisfactory.
...
Asylum
Seekers under threat of assault by riot squads
Update: Haslar,
Monday September 10th: ... =====.
Haslar Detention/prison,
Hunger Strike and refusal to return to dormitories. ...
My
Life is Hanging on a Cobweb Thread
... There is no time limit
to my imprisonment in Haslar detention/prison, yet I was
not sent here by any UK court. Convicted criminals have more rights than
me. ...
An
asylum seeker from Tanzania writes:
... agree to be deported.
I was told that I was going to be taken to Haslar.
They did not say that Haslar
was a prison. First, they took ...
Asylum
Seekers 'Hunger Strike' Smashed by MUFTI Squads
... Still news of the decision
quickly reached asylum seekers detained at, Campsfield
and Harmondsworth detention centres, Haslar, Lindholme and Rochester
Detention ...
Source
for this page: Brighton
NoBorders group
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