Campaigns – Page 7 – South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG)

By Admin19th March 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

“Sleepless Nights” as G4S Asylum Housing Contract Falls Apart

At a recent G4S Asylum Housing “Roadshow” event in Leeds, G4S Director Steven Small was eager to reassure his critical audience that he’d suffered “sleepless nights” over the disastrous G4S COMPASS asylum housing contract. Were…

By Admin22nd February 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

Wide Support for Inquiry into G4S Asylum Contracts

SYMAAG and the Yorkshire-plus No to G4S group have found wide support for an inquiry into G4S’ contracts for housing, transport and initial accommodation in what it calls the “asylum markets”. We are calling…

By Admin20th February 20130Asylum, Campaigns, Sheffield

Serco/UKBA Try to Starve Odette into Submission

Latest News: 14/3/13 Despite a court ruling that the Home Office have not handled Odette’s asylum claim properly (they ordered a judicial review of her case) she is still imprisoned at Yarls Wood detention centre.…

By Admin13th February 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

G4S “Roadshow” a Write-Off

Latest News: The last night of any tour is usually the climactic highpoint. Not this one: A request to attend the Newcastle “Roadshow” scheduled for March 28th brought this response from the office of G4S…

By Admin24th January 20130Asylum, Campaigns

Latest (vague) UKBA “Concessions” to Syrian nationals in UK

Latest Vague Statement from UK Government regarding Syrian nationals in the UK 28/2/13 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130228/wmstext/130228m0001.htm#13022844000004 Home Department Immigration Concession for Syrian Nationals The Minister for Immigration (Mr Mark Harper): I am today announcing the renewal of…

By Admin21st December 20120Campaigns, G4S, General

10 reasons to vote for G4S as the World’s Worst Company…and why G4S disagree!

Security giant G4S rejects ‘World’s Worst Company’ nomination John Grayson and Adri Nieuwhof Open Democracy 23 January 2013 The world’s leading security company, G4S, says it doesn’t deserve to be nominated for Public Eye’s World’s…

By Admin14th December 20120Asylum, Campaigns, General

Leeds Council Order G4S to Review All Asylum Housing

A campaign led by two women asylum seekers has prompted Leeds City Council to take action against G4S. After visiting some of the squalid properties which G4S had tried to house people in, senior council officials ordered G4S…

By Admin26th November 20120Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

G4S Break Asylum Housing Contract: Investigate G4S!

Once again, private security company G4S, has failed to meet its obligations to fulfill a contract paid for by public money. This time it’s the COMPASS contract to re-house people seeking asylum in Yorkshire and…

By Admin24th November 20120Campaigns, Migration

Campaigning Against the New Family Migration Rules

“This Approach Puts a Price on Love” On 25 September 2012, at a well attended public meeting organised by SYMAAG, the following resolution was passed unanimously: ‘This meeting deplores the Home Office’s…

By Admin26th October 20120Campaigns, G4S

Don’t Invest in G4S: Pension Fund Protest

SYMAAG and Barnsley Asylum Support Group activists picketed the Annual Meeting of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund WYPF) in Huddersfield on Friday 26th October with the call DO NOT INVEST IN G4S. WYPF has significant investments…

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