Category Archives for Detention

Justice for Simba: emergency protest 10am January 27th Vulcan House Sheffield
26th January 20200Asylum, Detention, Sheffield

Justice for Simba: emergency protest 10am January 27th Vulcan House Sheffield

Our friend Simba needs your help. He is gravely ill and in no physical state to leave the house, but tomorrow the Home Office have demanded he attends Vulcan House, the Sheffield Home Office building,…
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Some good news: Hamid is free!
2nd July 20190Asylum, Campaigns, Detention, Sheffield

Some good news: Hamid is free!

Hamid Baygi has been released from detention and is now back in Sheffield thanks to a successful campaign. He should never have detained. Hamid has lived in the UK for 50 years and was threatened…
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Sheffield Against Detention and Deportation: meeting 11th March
8th March 20190Detention, Sheffield

Sheffield Against Detention and Deportation: meeting 11th March

ASSIST, SYMAAG, and Right to Remain will host a public discussion in Sheffield on 11 March, on the case to end immigration detention, and stop deportations. Join them to hear speakers with experience of the…
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No Deportations to Zimbabwe – protest Tues 19th Feb 9am Vulcan House
12th February 20190Campaigns, Detention, Sheffield, State repression

No Deportations to Zimbabwe – protest Tues 19th Feb 9am Vulcan House

So far two asylum seekers from Sheffield/Zimbabwe have been detained and are threatened with deportation to Zimbabwe. They were detained when they went to Vulcan House, the Home Office building in Sheffield for an ‘interview’…
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Another person dies at Morton Hall – a letter from detainees
10th October 20170Asylum, Campaigns, Detention

Another person dies at Morton Hall – a letter from detainees

This letter was written by people detained at Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre and sent to Glasgow Unity Centre following the death of Mr Carlington Spencer on October 2nd. We publish it as it was…
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