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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 [...]

We love Gladys Mabvira.  A Zimbabwean activist fighting for justice in her own asylum case, she has experienced immigration detention and attempted deportation.  She was even put on a place heading to Zimbabwe – where she would have been in serious danger as a vocal opponent on the Mugabe regime – but her visible distress [...]

Gladys Mabvira is an opposition activist from Zimbabwe.  Despite the enormous risks she would face if returned to Zimbabwe, she has time and again been issued with removal directions by the Home Office.  Only her strength in adversity and last minute legal actions kept Gladys with us here in the UK.   She has this morning [...]

The August/September edition of Women’s Asylum News is now available to download from  the Asylum Aid website. The lead article in this month’s issue covers the latest report by the Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) which considers barriers to asylum support appeals for women and has been written by Gerry Hickey, Legal Adviser at ASAP. [...]

Charter flight to the DRC 16 February puts many at risk! NCADC has been contacted by several people, including Mireille Mbimbo, scheduled to be forcibly removed on 16/02/11 on charter flight PVT 002 to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo at 7:00am. Mireille Mbimbo (HO ref: M1375563) first sought asylum in the UK on 31st July [...]

Press release from the campaign to Free the Yarl’s Wood 3 Yesterday, one of the 5 people moved to prison during the Yarl’s Wood hunger strike, Sheree Wilson, was refused bail at an immigration court in Hatton Cross. The Judge said that her part in the hunger strike was a reason for denying her bail. [...]

Yesterday, one of the Yarl’s Wood 3, Denise McNeil, was granted bail at an immigration court in Hatton Cross. Her supporters in the courtroom clapped as the judge made his decision. Denise was released from Holloway prison this evening. She said ‘After 28 months, 1 week and 5 days I am finally reunited with my [...]

A solidarity demonstration will be held on New Year’s Eve outside Holloway Prison, London, in support of the ‘Yarl’s Wood 3′ and all those locked up in detention.

Charter of the Rights of Women Seeking Asylum 2 years on: impacts and actions published Asylum Aid, 1 July 2010 The Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum calls on the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to commit to treating women seeking asylum with fairness, dignity and respect. The Charter provides an overarching set of principles [...]

Pambazuka News – pan-African voices for freedom and justice Currently, most deportees come from the UK, and the UK considers deportations to Uganda safe and legal due to assurances offered by President Yoweri Museveni. However, the personal accounts relayed to our office match a general pattern documented by experts and journalists: ‘A failed asylum seeker, [...]