In this newsletter: Deportation news Jackie Nanyonjo dies in Uganda as result of injuries inflicted during forced removal from UK New network monitors deportee abuses Ministers admit trying to forcibly remove tens of thousands of people Anti-deportation campaigns: ‘What kind of country do you want this to be?’ Protests for Migrant Justice (Europe) Afghan refugees hold protest placards outside a Bonn court “This is our battleground”: How a new refugee movement is challenging Germany’s racist asylum laws Refugee Protesters Tour Through Germany Bologna: “Siamo tutti clandestini”. Migrants demonstrate against racism and exploitation Legal news UKBA to be scrapped EU (Afghanistan): Read the full article…

NCADC sends out email newsletters once a week, sometimes a little more often. You can subscribe here. You can also keep up to date via twitter and facebook. In this week’s newsletter: Home Secretary attacks “revolting” judges UKBA policies under attack - dispersal puts pregnant women at risk use of force on children - UKBA backs down mental health in detention - legal victory against Home Office housing profiteering - G4S report deportation “reserves” - UKBA defies parliament Campaign updates Legal news: update on Zimbabwe country guidance Youth action for the rights of migrants Parliament: update on deporting unaccompanied children to Afghanistan Read the full article…

Hornela: the campaign that might have been Guardianship scheme helps lone young asylum seekers rebuild their lives Asylum seeker housing managed by for-profit prison guards? Why not Campaign updates News round up Europe: Border fence. Map of asylum centres International: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan Legal Updates: Fast Track. Detention. Marriages NoBorders Convergence To subscribe to NCADC news by email, see here Hornela: the campaign that might have been On 1st February we sent out an urgent campaign alert for Hornela Finda, the young woman from Angola who arrived five years ago as an unaccompanied child, who was refused protection and was Read the full article…

January The year began with cracks appearing in the government’s plan to dramatically reduce immigration by 2015 and reports of violence towards detainees by UKBA. Evidence mounts against aim to slash immigration by 2015 Migrants’ Rights Network, 26 January 2011 This week, government ministers seemed to shy away from supporting its increasingly doomed objective of reducing immigration to the ‘tens of thousands’ by 2015. Meanwhile, a new Centre Forum report into the points based system could offer useful material towards an alternative approach. —- Deportee claims security staff held him down until he ‘could not breathe’ Guardian, Diane Taylor and Read the full article…

To subscribe to NCADC news by email, go to www.ncadc.org.uk/news In this newsletter: Victims of Trafficking are victims of crime, not criminals; Doctors of the World - Health is Not A Luxury campaign; Was failed asylum seeker allowed to stay in the UK because he goes to the gym?; Other news; Legal Updates; Parliament; Upcoming events; Victims of Trafficking are victims of crime, not criminals Eaves’ Poppy Project has launched a campaign to end the detention and punishment of victims of trafficking in the UK. Every day men, women and children are trafficked into and within the UK, experiencing slavery, Read the full article…