Tag: Immigration detention

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.
Laverstoke Court: Where Is the Anti-Racist Response to Derby’s New Asylum Accommodation Centre?
Racist backlash from white residents, outsourcing, the ‘dispersal’ regime and the failures of liberal refugee rights groups have all converged around the opening of a new 'initial accommodation' centre for asylum seekers. Connor Woodman reports from the East Midlands.
Hunger For Freedom: Campaigning Against Detention From Inside and Outside Yarl’s Wood
The success of the last Yarl's Wood hunger strike shows that listening to and collaborating with people in detention is an imperative part of building a successful anti-detention movement. What else can the protest teach us about organising against detention and showing solidarity with those inside?
These Five Victories in the Fight for Migrants’ Rights Show We Can Win
The government backtracked on its demand that schools collect data on pupils’ nationality and country of birth this month, presenting a sudden and startling victory to campaigners opposing the hostile environment. Here are five other key wins in the fight for migrants’ rights in Britain.
Outsourcing Incarceration: Privitisation in Britain’s Immigration Detention Estate
The private companies that run Britain's detention centres have repeatedly failed to protect the rights, dignity and safety of the people they imprison. But the Home Office has created a system in which it is incredibly difficult to hold them to account.
The Stansted 15 Follow a Long Tradition of Direct Action in the UK – But They Also Go Beyond It
On Monday 15 people will face trial on terror-related charges for blockading a deportation charter flight last year. Ewa Jasiewicz reflects on the history of radical direct action-orientated solidarity in the UK and how this action was the first of its kind.
Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strike: 120 Detainees Refuse Food in Protest Against Home Office
Demands include an end to indefinite detention and charter flights, an amnesty for people who have been in the country for more than ten years and for those who arrived as children, decent food, better access to healthcare, and that LGBT asylum-seekers are believed and treated with respect.
Surround Yarl’s Wood: We Must Keep On Demanding an End to Immigration Detention
We went to the 12th surround Yarl's Wood demonstration outside the immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire. But despite a recent abuse scandal, an increase in detention deaths, and a charter flight the day before, the turnout was small and the mood different to past protests.