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By Admin10th May 20150Asylum, Campaigns, General, State repression

SYMAAG AGM 20th May: Life in the “hostile environment”

“Illegal” ex-Immigration Minister Mark Harper has been appointed Conservative Chief Whip. Harper resigned from his post after he was found to have illegally employed Isabella Acevedo last year. Harper was given another ministerial job days…

By Admin5th May 20150Asylum, General, Migration, Sheffield

Support Asylum and Migrant Rights on May 7th

We asked the General Election candidates in South Yorkshire if they supported our Asylum and Migrant Rights 6-Point Pledge: Those seeking asylum should have the right to work whilst in the U.K. Replace Azure cards…

By Admin9th April 20150Asylum, General, Migration, Sheffield

Asylum Rights Election Question Time Sheffield 16th April 7pm

Will any political party will stand up for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum? Do the votes of refugees, anti-racists and supporters of human rights and migrants rights count? Do the candidates support the…

By Admin29th March 20150Asylum, Campaigns, Migration

“I am one of the lucky ones who survived this journey”

This is the personal testimony of Sunday from Nigeria. Sunday is in a detention centre in Malta. A representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees put SYMAAG in touch with Sunday. We had…

By Admin24th March 20150Asylum, G4S, Sheffield

Sheffield, Leeds, Stockton: G4S asylum tenants speak out against overcrowding and WIN!

Latest news Wednesday 25th March: SYMAAG presented evidence of asylum tenants of G4S in Sheffield living in overcrowded conditions to the full meeting of Sheffield City Council. In one case 9 men (all strangers) were…

By Admin17th March 20150Asylum, Migration, Sheffield

“Let them drown is a policy”

100 people demonstrated in Sheffield today to say “Don’t Let Them Drown” and to call for a humanitarian migration policy towards refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Some of those on the demonstration were…

By Admin16th March 20150Asylum, Migration, State repression

The Home Office’s sinister moves to create a “hostile environment” for migrants

First the Go Home vans, the Go Home texts and now this. Meet the UK’s latest weapon against organised crime…and asylum seekers This article was first published on Open Democracy on 16th March written by John…

By Admin12th March 20150Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

ንኽጥሕሉ ኣይትሕደግዎም Don’t Let Them Drown demonstration leaflet Tigrinya

ንኽጥሕሉ ኣይትሕደግዎም Don’t Let Them Drown ሰለማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ከተማ ሸፍልድ ንሰሉስ 17 መጋቢት ርእስና ኣብ ሑጻ ምቕባር ደው ነብል:: ኣማኢት ሰባት ኣብ ባሕሪ አንዳ ሞቱ ክለዉ: ሃገራት ርእሰን ኣብ ሑጻ ምቕባር ደው ከብላ ኣለወን::…

By Admin11th March 20150Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

لا تدعهم يغرقون بيان مدينة شفيلد -الثلاثاء 17 مارس

Arabic leaflet for Don’t Let Them Drown demonstration Tuesday 17th March Sheffield 12noon لا تدعهم يغرقون بيان مدينة شفيلد -الثلاثاء 17 مارس كل عام يضطر الملايين من الناس في جميع أنحاء العالم إلى…

By Admin24th February 20150Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

Don’t Let Them Drown: Demonstrate in Sheffield Tuesday March 17th

The Mediterranean Sea is becoming a mass grave. Join us in our call for a humanitarian policy towards migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety in Europe Every year millions of people around…

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