NCADC – blog

2012 saw mass deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka continue, despite credible evidence of torture of returnees.  Lisa of NCADC South explains what’s happening, and what we need to do to stop it: The Sri Lankan civil war and asylum seekers in the UK In May 2009, Sri Lanka’s 27-year-long civil war officially ended.  A [...]

News stories from the world of asylum, immigration, human rights and NCADC.  Look out for our campaign review of the year in January! —- JANUARY The year commenced with an important legal victory for human rights, as explained by Rosalind English on theUK Human Rights Blog: People who make unsuccessful claims to enter or remain [...]

In the early hours on 18 October, Fariman Saleh and her family were taken from their home in Cardiff by UKBA.  The dawn raid was filmed by a supporter of the family – it is very distressing to watch. Background WSSAG Wales, one of the many groups supporting the family, provided this information on the [...]

A guest post from NCADC supporter Rosa: Demonstrators mark the two year anniversary of Jimmy Mubenga’s death at the hands of G4S. As further contracts are awarded by the Home Office to private companies the abuse of immigration detainees by the staff of these private contractors continues.   Last week marked the two year anniversary [...]

Sometimes the news isn’t news to any of us. The ‘farcical handling’ of an Afghan asylum seeker’s case?  How many times have we heard that before? The difference this time is that the Afghan asylum seeker was an interpreter who had worked for British forces – and had been injured in a Taliban bomb blast [...]

TODAY: Live Twitter debate 2-3pm BST (Tuesday 12 June 2012) hosted by G4S on Policing and the Private Sector.  Join the conversation by using #policing debate and include @G4S_UK in your Tweet. They will only respond to questions from Twitter followers, and will not respond to questions or comments they deem offensive or abusive. Some [...]

NCADC public meeting: Stop Deportations to Afghanistan Monday 25 June, 19:00 – 20:30 at: Praxis Community Projects, Bethnal Green, London Despite the upsurge in violence and worsening socio-economic conditions in Afghanistan, UKBA has resumed its fortnightly mass deportations to Kabul. The 25 June public meeting in London is an opportunity to share concerns about enforced [...]

As the launch of NCADC’s campaign toolkit draws nearer, we present one more sneak preview … on airline campaigning.  As the toolkit explains, the most effective campaigning begins much earlier than when removal directions are issued.  If you start planning a campaign early, you can be more strategic and bring in more and wider support. [...]

Hamedullah: The Road Home (Sue Clayton, UK, 23 min) and panel discussion on the policy of returning young people to Afghanistan Part of the London International Documentary Festival at The Roundhouse Studio Theatre, Monday 28 May 2012 7.00-8.30pm. Hamedullah: The Road Home is the film story of a young teen who came to the UK [...]

On Sunday, the Taliban launched their biggest assault on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in over a decade.  Fighting continued over the weekend, and it is reported that gunshots can still be heard today (Monday 16 April) in the city. Insurgents managed to infiltrate the supposedly secure diplomatic areas of the city (where foreign embassies and NATO are based), and [...]