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Demo in Kabul against deportations to Afghanistan

Published by NCADC on November 11, 2013 | Leave a response

A report from Saturday’s demo against deportations to Afghanistan, outside the Afghan Parliament in Kabul. From our friends at the Kabul blog, ‘Stop Deportations to Afghanistan’. On 9th November 2013 dozens of deportees and the families of those affected by deportations gathered in front of Afghan Parliament to demonstrate against deportations to Afghanistan. Afghanistan not safe Mr Ramazan Bashardost was the first person to come and talk to those who had gathered for demonstration. He then had an interview with the media. Mr Ramazan Bashardost while talking to the media held Afghan Government responsible for the lives of Afghan refugees Read the full article…

“The women in Yarl’s Wood are fighters”: from the Home Office demo

Published by NCADC on September 23, 2013 | 1 Response

This weekend, the Observer newspaper reported that three more women have come forward to corroborate the allegations of sexual abuse of detainees by officers at Yarl’s Wood detention centre: The women – one who is currently inside the centre and another who left in July – claim to have witnessed guards touching women inappropriately, and allege that guards gave detainees the impression they could help with immigration cases in return for sexual contact, and breached company policy by entering women’s rooms at night. NCADC is opposed to all immigration detention. It is a form of violence against migrants, and this Read the full article…

Shut down Yarl’s Wood. End immigration detention. Protests Weds 18 Sept

Published by NCADC on September 17, 2013 | 1 Response

End detention of migrants. Shut down Yarl’s Wood and all the other immigration prisons. Yet another story of abuse at the Yarl’s Wood immigration prison - this time the sexual abuse of detainees by Serco guards - has prompted protests to demand the closure of the centre, and calls for a full public enquiry. See below for details of the protests. NCADC is opposed to all immigration detention. We believe that imprisonment can never be justified as a means of migration control. Around 30,000 people enter detention centres like Yarl’s Wood every year. And now the government has announced 600 Read the full article…

Stop G4S: deportations and the death of Jimmy Mubenga

Published by NCADC on June 5, 2013 | 1 Response

This week - on Thursday June 6th - the world’s largest security firm G4S, will hold its annual general meeting in the City of London. A large coalition of groups, including NCADC, has called for a demonstration to be held outside the event, in protest of G4S’s varying and widespread human rights abuses. This article, by NCADC volunteer Sarah McCarthy, is the third and final piece in a series about G4S’s brutal role in the “asylum market” here in the UK. The first discussed their bungling of contracts to house asylum seekers, the second outlined the appalling conditions and treatment of Read the full article…

Stop G4S: G4$ and the immigration detention estate

Published by NCADC on June 3, 2013 | 2 Responses

This week - on Thursday June 6th - the world’s largest security firm G4S, will hold its annual general meeting in the City of London. A large coalition of groups, including NCADC, has called for a demonstration to be held outside the event, in protest of G4S’s varying and widespread human rights abuses. This article, by NCADC volunteer Sarah McCarthy, is the second in a three-part series which will outline G4S’s role in the “asylum market” in the UK and how its involvement has led to many cases of serious neglect and mistreatment of those who seek sanctuary here. This piece Read the full article…

Scratch performance of Mazloom and other upcoming events

Published by NCADC on May 30, 2013 | Leave a response

NCADC is proud to announce a tour of the Mazloom play, for Young People Seeking Safety week. The tour begins on 24 June (see below). Before we hit the road, there is one last chance to see the play and let us know what you think … for free. This scratch performance is at 5pm on Friday 7 June. Advance booking is essential - get your tickets here. Mazloom is a portrait of a young refugee, alone in London, whose life is being torn apart by the impending prospect of deportation to Afghanistan, where indiscriminate violence and Taliban intimidation await. This Read the full article…

Where is justice?

Published by NCADC on May 21, 2013 | 4 Responses

Serious assault on access to justice We have been warning for some time of an impending disaster. Over the past couple of years, whenever we have spoken with people (and there are so many) who have struggled to access justice within the asylum and immigration system, who are at risk in their home country yet have been denied protection, whose home is the UK but are threatened with forced removal; we have had in the back of our minds that things are only getting worse. It has always been difficult to get free, good quality legal advice. Little by little, Read the full article…

Destitution: Glasgow legal case and solidarity campaign

Published by NCADC on May 14, 2013 | Leave a response

Eviction Court Cases Glasgow Sheriff Court Friday 17 May 9.30am Call for solidarity from Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees While the government’s bedroom tax is likely to lead to evictions of people who cannot pay the extra rents, their policy of refusing support to refused refugees who cannot return to their home countries has already led to many evictions into absolute destitution. The utter callousness of their treatment of refugees is almost a dress rehearsal for the bedroom tax. What they can do to demonised refugees today they can do to the demonised poor tomorrow. But they are meeting with Read the full article…

Asylum Seekers and Migrants on Hunger Strike

Published by NCADC on May 10, 2013 | 2 Responses

Blog post by NCADC volunteer, Sarah McCarthy. For centuries, hunger strikes have been a powerful form of protest, usually used as a last resort by the most desperate. Currently, over 100 of the remaining 166 prisoners at Guantánamo Bay are engaged in a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention and inhumane treatment. Across the globe, there are many people taking the same action, including asylum seekers and migrants in several countries. These are just some of the stories so far in 2013. We are not in search of death. We are looking for real life Hungers strikers’ declaration, Tiananmen Read the full article…

A future without immigration detention?

Published by NCADC on May 2, 2013 | Leave a response

This is the text of a talk given by Lisa Matthews of NCADC at the 2013 SOAS Detainee Support conference on Saturday 27 April. The panel was asked to consider: What are the strategic opportunities and risks of advocating for ‘alternatives’ to detention? Should we be promoting existing ‘alternatives’ such as bail, or case management programmes involving engagement with migrants? Immigration detention is wrong, and harmful. Detention destroys communities, and robs people of their lives, dignity and spirit. We – those of us opposed to detention – are clear on this. We are clear it is morally wrong. We are Read the full article…