It is imperative we stand up now and make our rejection of these injustices clear.We condemn the demonisation of migrants and reject narratives of scarcity or the deserving/undeserving binary. We wholly condemn the detention and deportation of people, and believe that we should all have the freedom to move and the freedom to stay.The government have converted a military site in Manston, Kent, into an internment camp for detainees, with thousands of men, women, and children detained for long periods of time in inhumane conditions. This is vastly beyond the site's capacity and reports of disease, overcrowding, and generally abhorrent conditions being confirmed. Check here for updates, find your local demo, and get in touch with any questions!
When and where?
You can find information about upcoming actions below. This information will be updated regularly, and we will be trying to provide travel support and other assistance where possible, so please keep an eye out for new information, or get in touch via s.det.sup@gmail.com or social media. Please follow the hyperlinks for transport and other additional information!
Our next major demonstration will be at Manston detention camp (CT12 5DF) on Sunday the 6th of November at 2pm. We will be arranging a coach to travel there from London, and will be trying to provide assistance for anybody on low-wage to be able to attend. Please visit our Linktree [click link] more information.
You can also support us by contributing to our fundraiser for travel expenses! [click link] Many detention centres are in difficult places to get to, part of an intentional effort to maximise isolation and cut off detainees from potential support, heightening the loneliness and emotional and practical challenges of those detained. We are therefore asking for contributions to help with travel costs, to ensure that we can get as many people to each detention centre as possible!
These actions are organised by a wide network of organisations working for the rights of migrants and refugees and against deportations and immigration detention.
These include:
These include:
All African Women's Group (Twitter: @AfricanGr)
BARAC: Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (Twitter: @BARACUK)
Books Against Borders (Twitter: @antiborderbooks)
Global Justice Now: (Twitter: @GlobalJusticeUK)
Global Women Against Deportations (Email: gwad@allwomencount.net)
JCWI: Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (Twitter: @JCWI_UK)
Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (Twitter: @LGSMigrants)
Merseyside Knows No Borders (Facebook: Solidarity Knows No Borders Merseyside)
No Borders Manchester (Twitter: @NoBordersMCR)
Scotland Must Act (Twitter: @ScotlandMustAct)
SOAS Detainee Support (Twitter: @sdetsup)
Solidarity Knows No Borders (Twitter: @FIRMCharter)
West London Resistance Collective (Twitter: @WestLdnAntiRaid)
Women Against Rape (Twitter: @AgainstRape)
Women of Colour/Global Women's Strike (Twitter: @woc_gws)
The Detention Centres
Heathrow
Colnbrook IRC and Harmondsworth IRC
Gatwick
Brook House IRC and Tinsley House IRC
Bedfordshire
Yarl's Wood IRC
Durham
Derwentside/Hassockfield IRC
Manchester
Manchester Short Term Holding Facility
Dungavel
Dungavel House IRC, South Lanarkshire
Manston
Manston detention camp, Kent
Antrim, NI
Larne House IRC
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