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 No Borders South WalesOrganising for freedom of movement and equality for all!Last Build Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:49:26 +0000
Group 4 housing consultation disruptednoborderswales Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:12:11 +0000 At 11.00am on Tuesday 5th of July activists attended and disrupted a Group 4 (G4S) consultation in Cardiff. G4S are bidding to run a service called COMPASS ( Commercial and Operational Managers Procuring Asylum Support Services). This is a project aimed at finding an outsourced provider for housing asylum-seekers, as well as associated services and [...](image)
UKBA Raid on Clifton StreetnoborderswalesPhoto0091p Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:24:38 +0000 At around 3.00pm the UKBA decided to raid, in broad daylight, a beauty salon on Clifton St. Despite there being children and customers inside the UKBA shut the doors of the shop and closed the shutters. No Borders activists were present and quickly got support and a banner to highlight the reality that this is [...](image)
Congolese Community demonstrate in Cardiffnoborderswalesa667bc Thu, 26 May 2011 12:41:41 +0000 On Friday 13th May the Congolese community came together for a lively demonstration against the potential re-election of President Joseph Kabila, a man surrounded by corruption and with his vice-president facing charges of war crimes in the Hague. The demonstration marched from City Hall, along Queen St through the city centre accompanied by songs and [...](image)
NATO accused of letting migrants drownnoborderswales Tue, 10 May 2011 16:05:37 +0000 At least 62 people died in the Mediterranean after weeks of attempting to sail to Italy. The ship carrying 72 African migrants contacted a refugee group in Rome by satellite phone and asked them to call the authorities. The Italian coast-guard contacted several ships in the area described as well as alerting Maltese authorities. The [...](image)
Seeking Sanctuary: Journeys of Despair and Hopenoborderswales100_0089.b Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:33:15 +0000 Women Seeking Sanctuary Advocacy Group (WSSAG) Wales is a growing self help group run by and for asylum seeking and refugee women in South Wales. “We offer moral, emotional, social and practical support to one another. WSSAG is a platform where we all share our experiences, difficulties, as a problem shared is a problem halved. [...](image)
Frontex charter flight to Congo imminentnoborderswales Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:09:54 +0000 On Thursday 28th of April there will be a Frontex* charter flight from Brussels to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our fellow activists in Belgium tell us that it will be taking 60 people, 15 from Belgium and another 45 from the UK, Holland, Ireland and Sweden. On the flight will be the [...](image)
Refugee Hunger Strikers Need SupportnoborderswalesIndian Hunger Striker Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:41:48 +0000 In a desperate attempt to highlight and put pressure on the UK Governments border regime, several Iranian asylum seekers have been on hunger strike, some of them have sewed their lips shut. They have camped outside the Home Office in Croydon and the headquarters of Amnesty Int in London. They face deportation to Iran and [...](image)
UKBA officers roam the streets of CardiffnoborderswalesUKBA officers at work Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:24:17 +0000 UKBA immigration officers were seen carrying out random identity checks on members of the public on Queen Street, Cardiff, on Tuesday 19th April at about 9am. Three officers, two dressed as Police Officers with body armour and handcuffs, but with ‘UK Border Agency’ identified on the rear of their armour appeared to only be stopping [...](image)
‘Driven to desperate measures’- UK migration system claims another lifenoborderswalesJimmy Mubenga photo byGraeme Robertson Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:06:36 +0000 On Tuesday 12th October on BA flight 77 the policies of the UK and the Europe Union claimed another life. Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan with a family in the UK, was killed on a flight from Heathrow . Whilst the Home Office initially claimed that Jimmy ‘fell ill’ and ‘passed away’ in hospital, eye-witnesses tell [...](image)
Benefit gig on 16th OctobernoborderswalesLayout 1 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:35:03 +0000 On Saturday 16th October we’ll be having a benefit gig at Six Feet Under nightclub in Newport, tickets will soon be available on their website and in local record shops. The Oppressed are the world’s foremost anti-fascist skinhead band; formed in Cardiff in 1981 they have been speaking out against racism in a scene where [...](image)
Banner drops against DeportationsnoborderswalesIn the City CentreOpposite Cardiff Prisonopposite UKBA Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:52:56 +0000 As part of the European Week of Action against the Deportation Machine; No Borders South Wales dropped some banners in the city of Cardiff. The UKBA in Cardiff has recently been at the heart of an investigation into racism in the Border Agency as a whole. We remind them that deportations and detention [...](image)
Cry Out – against Detention!noborderswalescages2Share Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:22:44 +0000 Along with other groups who have been calling for the end of detention for children through two campaigns “Outcry! – End Child Detention” and “End Child Detention Now” No Borders South Wales also feels it is long overdue to put an end to such a practice. The damaging effects on physical and mental health were clearly outlined [...](image)
Private Security Companies abuse Asylum SeekersnoborderswalesThe 'friendly' face of G4S Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:46:33 +0000 A House of Lords report demonstrates frequent abuse of Asylum Seekers by Private Security Companies such as G4S employed by UK Border Agency. The report found serious injuries suffered by detainees who had been handcuffed or physically restrained and follows an investigation into allegations of abuse involving private firms employed by the Government to forcibly remove [...](image)
Wales – Built By Migrantsnoborderswalesillustration for Waleshome articleShare Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:05:17 +0000 The following article written by one of our group first appeared on Waleshome.org last week, where it has already the 2nd highest number of comments. We reproduce it here in it’s unedited original form. MIGRATION is one of the most contentious issues of modern times. Add the “im-” prefix and it’s practically a swear word in [...](image)
Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strike reaches fifth week. Demonstration in Swansea this SaturdaynoborderswalesShare Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:33:14 +0000 The hunger strike at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre has reached a fifth week. Solidarity demonstrations have taken place, outside the IRC itself, at Holloway Prison and around the country, now a legal challenge is being mounted. The hunger strike tactic has also spread to Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. There will be a protest in support of [...](image)
Freedom from detention for Mashal JabarinoborderswalesCardiffShare Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:33:16 +0000 Mashal Jabari has been released, the emergency campaign spearheaded by the Welsh Refugee Council has managed to release a 14-year-old Afghan orphan from detention. Staff at the Cardiff office of the UK Border Agency had insisted that he was 18 and held him in adult detention ahead of deportation next week. He was released from Campsfield [...](image)
Stop the deportation of Mashal JabarinoborderswalesZaky MashalShare Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:48:56 +0000 The Welsh Refugee Council is calling on the UK Border Agency to release Mashal Jabari, 14 years of age, from Campsfield detention prison, and to suspend removal directions until a full assessment of his age can be made. It is very unusual for the Welsh Refugee Council to comment on individual cases, which adds extra [...](image)
Film premier on Thursday as pressure builds on UKBAnoborderswalespassengerspic1pic2pic3perrettShare Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:29:40 +0000 On Thursday we’ll be showing the premiere of a documentary film about the situation for migrants in Calais made by one of our group: Passengers is the personal account of a few people stuck in a place they don’t want to be, a collection of interviews with people seeking sanctuary. It’s No Borders South Wales [...](image)
Whistle blower gives evidence to MPsnoborderswalesrvw3Share Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:18 +0000 (video will appear when uploaded) As part of the oral session of the internal inquiry into the UK Border Agency, former UKBA employee Louise Perrett appeared before the Home Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons today and gave evidence of her experience of working in the agency’s Cardiff office. The committee questioned Perrett on the [...](image)
Mass protest outside UKBA: the first of many?noborderswalescrowdwebholding placardswebman with megaphonewebbanner2webno borders placardswebraised armswebrvw1Share Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:49:34 +0000 Friday’s protest outside the UK Border Agency in Cardiff was the largest one to date with over 200 people, mostly refugees. The demonstration lasted three hours and featured speeches, chanting, dancing and a lot of energy. The demonstration was organised by Refugee Voice Wales with prominent members of Zimbabwean, Congolese, Kurdish and other community groups [...](image)
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