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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 [...]

Transcript of statement, taken from INQUEST.org.uk We need justice. Justice will help Jimmy rest in peace. This will prevent this situation from happening again. My name is Adrienne Kambana. I am the widow of Jimmy Mubenga and the mother of our five children. I would like to make a statement to ask for justice for [...]

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 [...]

Press release from INQUEST.org.uk INQUEST has produced a comprehensive briefing on the death of Jimmy Mubenga and the associated issues INQUEST INTO THE RESTRAINT-RELATED DEATH OF JIMMY MUBENGA WHILE BEING REMOVED FROM THE UK BEGINS MONDAY 13 MAY 10am, Monday 13 May 2013 – first evidence to be heard Tuesday 14 May Isleworth Crown Court, 36 Ridgeway [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Free NCADC workshop! Saturday 11 May, 10am to 3pm The Hub, Turl Street, Oxford This training session with the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) is on campaigning for migration justice and stopping deportations. The training is based on the NCADC Campaigning Toolkit, published in September 2012. The Oxford workshop will be an introduction to [...]

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 [...]

In this newsletter:   Top story: Court stops Tamil asylum seekers being sent back London, immigration and enforcement Operation Nexus and Migrant Communities: questions and concerns Immigration checks disrupted again in Elephant & Castle Immigration and public opinion Sorry, but there’s no reason to listen to public opinion on immigration Immigration: you won’t win people [...]

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 [...]