Category Archives for Migration

Call out: Demonstrate Against the Immigration Bill 18th December
28th November 20130Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

Call out: Demonstrate Against the Immigration Bill 18th December

    ***stop press***Green Party leader to speak at rally Town Hall 12.30pm Join the regional demonstration against the Immigration BIll in Sheffield on December 18th, International Migrants Day.   Meet at the bottom of…
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Nick Clegg and the Immigration Bill
25th November 20130Migration, Sheffield

Nick Clegg and the Immigration Bill

Representatives of five of Sheffield’s migrant-rights and support groups met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in his Sheffield constituency office days after the Immigration Bill had its second reading in Parliament. The Bill, introduced by…
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Lampedusa: Only the dead can stay
9th October 20130Campaigns, General, Migration

Lampedusa: Only the dead can stay

 In South Yorkshire there will be many Eritrean, Somali, Sudanese and other migrants mourning the deaths of friends and family off the coast of Lampedusa recently. We send our condolences and our hope that such loss is not…
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Syrian Refugees Protest at Calais
7th October 20130Asylum, Campaigns, Migration

Syrian Refugees Protest at Calais

As more and more people flee the war in Syria, a small number of refugees have managed to reach Europe, seeking sanctuary.     Around 65 Syrian refugees are staging a blockade of the Calais…
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Campaigning Against the New Family Migration Rules
24th 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…
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“It’s Kill or Be Killed” – Refugees and the Syrian Uprising: SYMAAG meeting
29th October 20120Asylum, General, Migration

“It’s Kill or Be Killed” – Refugees and the Syrian Uprising: SYMAAG meeting

We were pleased to welcome two refugees from Syria to our last meeting on Tuesday 30th October who gave us an update on events in Syria. One was a long-standing refugee in Sheffield and the…
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9th April 2010Asylum, Migration, Sheffield

SYMAAG ELECTION PLEDGE LETTER 2010

South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) c/o  Scotia Works Leadmill Street Sheffield S1 4SE dignitynotdetention@yahoo.co.uk 9 April 2010   LETTER ON ASYLUM TO GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE   We are writing…
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