Tag: deportation

15 Things the Stansted 15 Did Right
On 6 February, the Stansted 15 - a group of activists who stopped a deportation flight - were sentenced after being found guilty of terror-related offences. In the face of a judge who wanted to find them guilty from the moment they stepped into court, avoiding imprisonment was a real achievement. Here are 15 things the Stansted 15 did right.
Ash Sarkar Meets the Stansted 15

The Stansted 15 have avoided immediate jail sentences. Ash Sarkar attended their sentencing at Chelmsford Crown Court in solidarity and talked to them about the wider implications of their case, the hostile environment and deportation charter flights in the UK.
What Is the Hostile Environment?

British children sleeping on night buses or in storage units, torture survivors required to pay upfront for medical treatment, these are just some of the consequences of Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’. In this explainer video; Migrants Rights Specialist Rockhaya Sylla unpacks some of the origins and repercussions of this harmful set of policies.

Britain’s Plan to Build a Prison in Nigeria is Wrong and Must Be Stopped
As the government unveils plans to build a new prison wing in Nigeria, it’s clear it's not just the Windrush generation affected by a cruel and unjust UK immigration policy.
With University Staff Forced to Act like Border Guards, Striking Lecturers Must Show Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood
UCU picketers must act in solidarity with hunger strikers in Yarl's Wood because their struggles are intrinsically linked. The inhumane border control system that makes international students fear failing to meet their visa requirements and puts the unwanted duty of immigration policing on to university staff, also creates detention centres.
“Target/Tackle”: A Hostile Environment for the Homeless
Three of the UK’s biggest homelessness charities are collaborating with Home Office immigration enforcement teams on the detention and deportation of European rough sleepers.
Homelessness Charities and Local Councils are Helping Immigration Teams Deport EU Rough Sleepers
Homelessness charities are sharing information with the Home Office and local councils are  operating 'joint visits' with immigration enforcement teams in a collaborative effort to deport more European rough sleepers, a report has found. Here's what you need to know about this new racist attack on vulnerable migrants and the fight back against it.
Filling Up Seats: Charter Flights and the UK’s Unlawful Deportation Tactics
One man has been deported into destitution in Nigeria without receiving an answer to his asylum claim, and was given only one day to challenge his removal. Here, he speaks about the experience of being locked up and forced onto a flight under the cover of darkness.  
Charter Flight to Jamaica Threatens Mass Removal of Migrants
On Wednesday March 8th, a charter flight is due to uproot migrants from their lives in the UK, and fly them to a country that some will never have seen as adults.
Two Deportation Cases Show the Racism of ‘Common Sense’ Borders
Compare two cases: a 92 year old white woman, and a 36 year old black man with a life-threatening illness. Who has been denied leave to remain, and who has the press rallied around to keep in the UK?
Does this humiliation have no end? Stop sending people like me to our deaths.
Luqman Onikosi was diagnosed with chronic liver illness while studying in the UK. Now the Home Office wants to deport him, despite medical facilities in Nigeria being inadequate to save his life. Here he reflects how the system is failing migrants with medical conditions.