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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Human Rights Watch publishes World Report 2012; Unaccompanied Children: shocking report by Children’s Commissioner; Migrants’ benefits stats: investigation launched after complaints; Europe: human rights crisis; International: China, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq; Legal Updates; Parliament: cost of running detention centre; Research: UN seeks input for Report on Detention; Upcoming events; Subscribe to NCADC news by email [...]

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 [...]

Illuminating the UK’s lethal detention and deportation conditions Inspection Report: too many pregnant women in detention Urgent Action Needed for Zimbabwean Activist Court rules deported Sri Lankan family can return International: new on NCADC country information pages Legal: detention centres legal surgery rotas ‘Raising Refugee Women’s Voices’ conference report Glasgow City of Sanctuary event — [...]

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 [...]

For the last few weeks, NCADC has been operating with just one worker and two volunteers since Ariel, our Campaigns Coordinator based in Brighton left to work overseas. This has coincided with most of our volunteers also moving on to work or further studies, so we’re concentrating on priority services at the moment.