Deportation
Windrush report slams government, but pulls back from fundamental change
The Tories’ treatment of the Windrush generation of migrants was “consistent with some elements” of institutional racism, according to an official report.
Protests and meetings build 21 March anti-racist demonstrations
People marched against deportations, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn urged people to take to the streets to “show our opposition to the rise of racism”
New protests planned over vicious Tory deportation regime
Campaigners have been boosted by the release—at least temporarily—of one person who had been readied for deportation.
‘No human should have to live like this’—Harmondsworth detainee speaks out
A partially-blind man who has lived, studied and worked in Britain since the age of 15 fears he could be deported to Jamaica.
‘Locked in a detention centre, I work for £1 an hour’
The Tories have handed Serco a multimillion pound contract to run a further two immigration detention centres
Fresh deportations show up cruelty of Tory racism
“I’m going to die if I go back— the same people who killed my father will kill me,” Christopher, a man threatened with imminent deportation, spoke to Socialist Worker.
Tory plan for mass deportation to Jamaica suffers setback
10 February 2020A Jamaican man says he faces “death and nothing else” if the Tories manage to deport him on Tuesday.
Fury as Tories prepare mass deportations to Jamaica
07 February 2020Boris Johnson’s plan to deport as many as 50 people to Jamaica next Tuesday has sparked mass outrage.
Black Vests challenge racism of the French state
14 July 2019Around 1,000 Black Vest activists and others occupied one of France’s most famous monuments on Friday—and were met by vicious police repression.
Deportation policy ‘poses a serious threat to the rule of law’
19 June 2019A man who was deported from Britain says the Home Office “could not care less if I lived or died”.
Stansted 15 face a new ‘cruel’ trial after blocking deportation flight
26 February 2019The Stansted 15 group of protesters have been ordered back to court over an incident for which they have already been punished.
It’s an outrage that Shamima Begum’s citizenship has been removed
20 February 2019The withdrawal of citizenship is a huge punishment, delivered without trial. But it has come to be almost routine.
Cheers as Stansted 15 walk free - now the fight is on to quash their convictions
06 February 2019A huge cheer erupted as the Stansted 15 group of defendants walked out of Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex on Wednesday.
Witness for an inquest into migrant’s death faces deportation under hostile Tory regime
04 February 2019The Tories are trying to deport two people who witnessed the death of a Jamaican man who had been held at an immigration detention centre.
Update: deportation of Otis Bolamu halted after determined campaign
22 December 2018Swansea asylum-seeker fears for his life if the British authorities send him back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
After protests, Trump retreats, but bitter attacks on migrants continue
22 June 2018Trump says he has ended the policy of separating children and parents at the US-Mexico border, but children may still be detained indefinitely with their parents
Vicious government policy revealed as deportations of rough sleepers ruled unlawful
16 December 2017The Home Office removed rough sleepers even if they were working or had permanent right of residence
Reports round-up: Protest against Chagos deportation
16 May 2017Protest against Chagos deportation|Walkouts to shatter miserly pay offer |Anti-war protest outside Downing Street|Let’s humiliate the Nazis in Liverpool
After woman is deported from Britain - resist the Tory wave of racism
28 February 2017Deportations, attacks on refugees and plans to end European Union freedom of movement rules show the Tories true face—but they can be challenged, writes Dave Sewell
A thousand more refugees drown this year than in the whole of 2015
22 November 2016A series of mass drownings has brought the number of deaths in the Mediterranean this year to 4,700—20 percent more than the total for 2015.
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