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Blogging around the campaigns- NCADC volunteers explore some of the latest issue affecting migrant rights 25 February 2011 David Shortland, NCADC Campaigns Volunteer We all hoped that the Home Office might learn its lesson after the scandalous treatment of Jimmy Mubenga late last year by security company G4S, which led to his death. Indeed, in [...]

press release, 10 August 2010, from Campaign to Close Campsfield The hunger strike at Campsfield, which began on the evening of Sunday 1 August, ended yesterday morning, Monday 9 August. The protest ended as it began, in a disciplined and collective fashion. A spokesperson for the campaign to Close Campsfield said: “This was a most significant [...]

Detainees at Campsfield House released a statement on the 2 August 2010 detailing the reasons why 100s of detainees began refusing food. Reasons include the length of time in detention, torture and negligence. Statement from Campsfield hunger strikers: 147 detainees are staging a protest by refusing meals at Campsfield immigration removal centre. The protest erupted [...]

Figures on self-harm in UK immigration detention between July and September 2009 inclusive, under the following headings: 1)  Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment (total: 56) 2)  Number of individuals on formal self-harm at risk. (total: 444) For tables including breakdown by detention centre, click here to

Source: Indymedia Around 100 people gathered outside Campsfield Detention Centre in Kidlington on Saturday 28th November, to protest against the arbitrary incarceration of innocent individuals in Campsfield, and to mark the 16th anniversary of the creation of Campsfield. The weather held out surprisingly well, and the event was a cheerful success, with individuals from a [...]

12 noon Saturday 28th November 2009 Campsfield Main Gates Langford Lane Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1RE With singers / bring banners / drums Invited speakers: former detainees, noborders, Stop Deportations, TUC Race Relations Committee Followed by: 2:30-4:00pm at Exeter Hall, Kidlington, meeting of Barbed Wire Britain Network to End Refugee and Migrant Detention