38 people came to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SYMAAG on May 1st in Sheffield. The meeting reviewed SYMAAG’s work over the last year, planned for the next and held elections for positions on the…

  Marian Machekanyanga fled Zimbabwe in November 2002 as a result of victimisation and mistreatment. As a member of a workers committee in a government department in Harare, she led a protest to the Zimbabwean…

Mobilising Outrage: campaigning with asylum seekers against security industry giant, G4S   John Grayson, 12 April 2012 About the author John Grayson works in Barnsley with the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action group (SYMAAG);…

        For regular updates on campaigns against G4S and other private security armies see http://notog4s.blogspot.co.uk/   Stop G4S Campaign Update May 14th “Researching Privatisation: the case of G4S and Asylum Housing” Conference…

Outside Vulcan House giving the UK Borders Agency the message on February 15th STOP Prison Guards Housing Asylum Seekers STOP G4S!   Regional Demonstration: Thursday 1st March Assemble: 12.30 at Sheffield Town Hall. March to…

For regular updates on campaigns against G4S and other private security armies see http://notog4s.blogspot.co.uk/     Stop G4S Campaign Update May 14th “Researching Privatisation: the case of G4S and Asylum Housing” Conference Thursday May 17th…

3rd February: Campaign Update SYMAAG’s John Grayson was interviewed by Toby Foster on Radio Sheffield about why G4S shouldn’t provide asylum seekers’ housing. Listen again at 7.45am during the programme. The Yorkshire Post newspaper of…

Campaign Briefing     Asylum Seekers to be housed by prison guards – G4S is coming to Yorkshire – unless we stop them   The UKBA through its ‘procurement’ arm COMPASS has announced that the three…

Along with other local asylum organisations, we have twice met Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister –in October 2010 and in August 2011.  Mr Clegg made it clear that the coalition would not implement all…