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OAID at the Festival of Social Justice
In May 2021, OAID contributed to the Amnesty International UK Festival of Social Justice. (See here for the Festival programme.) Our contribution included: Readings of migrants’ testimonies by ice&fire (14 minutes): watch here. The work of OAID and the current situation with regard to immigration detention in the UK (7 minutes): “Home-less”, by…
Keep readingResistance to detention and quasi-detention: No To Hassockfield!
By Bill MacKeith The government’s further onslaught on refugees and other migrants, outlined in the Queen’s Speech on 11 May 2021 followed a farcical and insulting ‘consultation’ on a ‘New Plan for Immigration’ which closed only days earlier. The consultation provoked unprecedented rejection by migrant organisations, campaigns, NGOs and human rights bodies.…
Keep readingChallenging border landscapes: the human realities for women and families
With: Dr Melanie Griffiths, Joan Martin (mother of Osime Brown), Bell Riberio-Addy MP, Natalie Sedacca, Daniel Sohege and Maria Thomas (Duncan Lewis Public Law). Join us online from 7:30pm on Tuesday 2nd March. Click here to register. What does it mean to lose one’s status or have a family member threatened with…
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