Immigration Detention Follow

Protesters from all over Britain are set to surround Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire this Saturday.

The police are currently evicting people from the “Jungle” in Calais. They are going round telling people they have one hour to leave. So far this morning, Friday, they have destroyed five or six shelters.

French courts were deciding whether to bulldoze the temporary homes of around 3,000 refugees in Calais as Socialist Worker went to press.

Three refugees appeared before a judge at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday of last week. They had evaded fences, razor wire and police at the Calais entrance to the Channel Tunnel and walked the 31 miles to Britain.

At the same time as bombing Syria, the government is making it harder for Syrians to escape.

As the first Syrians arrive in Britain, Dave Sewell uncovers the shocking truth of the numbers kicked out and detained by the British government

 

An ill 84 year old man travelling through Britain spent his last weeks being jailed, shackled and humiliated because of “Home Office procedure”, an inquest heard last week.

Campaigners are planning a mass protest against Yarl’s Wood detention centre on Saturday 7 November. The “Surround Yarl’s Wood—Shut it down!” protest was called by the Movement for Justice. 

Refugees and anti-racist activists joined forces at Britain’s border in Calais last Saturday. 

More refugees died trying to enter Europe last week.

A pregnant Somali refugee was secretly flown back by the Australian government to the offshore detention centre where she was raped.