Sunday, November 25, 2007

Ken Loach & NoBorders in Crawley Tuesday 27th September

On Tuesday 27th November, renowned filmmaker Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Kes) is coming to Crawley to show and talk about his new
film "It's a Free World...". This film is a drama about a single mother and depicts the reality of living and working in the UK as a so-called illegal immigrant.

Ken will be joined in a post-film discussion by a former Tinsley House detainee and refused asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and an activist from the No Border network, which organised the protest camp near Crawley in September.

Tinsley House is an immigration detention centre for 135 people at Gatwick airport. It opened in 1996 and has 11,000 detainees going through it each year. A much larger detention centre, Brook House, is currently under construction nearby and is due to open next year.

Entry to the film and discussion is free-of-charge. All are welcome.

Time: 7pm

Venue: Tilgate Community Centre, Shackleton Rd , Crawley, RH10 5DF

Transport: From Crawley Bus Station, take bus 2 or 273 to Ashdown Shopping Centre

For more info, please contact: themovingworld@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Defend the Harmondsworth 4!

Public meeting called by No Borders London

7pm, Tuesday 13th November, at the Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS (near Kings Cross)

In November 2006 detainees at Harmondsworth immigration detention centre protested against conditions inside the centre and their treatment by the guards. The centre was damaged and the detainees were moved to other detention centres and prisons.

Three detainees were charged with criminal damage and a further detainee was charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage. The trial of these "Harmondsworth 4" is due to start in January and we are inviting people to a public meeting to discuss how we can support them
before,during and aft er the trial.

In previous years there have been defence campaigns following similar incidences at Campsfield and Yarls Wood. Activists from both campaigns will be speaking at the meeting about their experiences.

The meeting is supported by Barbed Wire Britain: the Network to End Migrant and Refugee Detention.

No Borders London calls for the immediate closure of all immigration detention centres and an end to deportations. We are fighting for a world without migration controls. No Borders No Nations!

E-mail: harmondsworth4@riseup.net