Who killed Jimmy Mubenga?
In 2013 an inquest found that Jimmy Mubenga was “unlawfully killed” while being “escorted” by G4S guards on a forced deportation flight to Angola in October 2010. On December 16th 2014 these G4S guards were found…
Category Archives for Asylum
The UK and Syrian Refugees: in the ‘proud tradition’?
The total number of Syrian refugees resettled in the UK could fit on a bus. So far the UK has resettled 90 refugees from the biggest refugee crisis since World War Two. To put his…
The Slippery, Cynical Politics of Asylum
With just months to go before the UK general election, John Grayson examines party politics on asylum and what the response of migrants and campaigners might be. Main picture of is migrants and golfers…
A Shiver Down the Spine: David Blunkett and the immigration “swamping” controversy
David Blunkett MP chose to echo the words of Tory MP Michael Fallon (and Margaret Thatcher) in alleging that communities are being “swamped” by migrants, writing in the Daily Mail on October 27th. Migrants and…
“Dignity Not Detention”? Inquiry into Immigration Detention
This is Rubel Ahmed from Bangladesh who died at Morton Hall Immigration Detention centre on Friday 5th September. Rubel’s death caused a mass protest from other people detained at Morton Hall. Spotlight Despite Immigration Minister James…
The Dark Reality of Britain’s Privatised Immigration System
In July radical Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein came to meet members of South Yorkshire Stop G4S in Sheffield. We had lots to talk about: amongst many other things Antony has been looking at the role…
Public Meeting: Syria, War and Refugees 14th August
SYMAAG invites you to a public meeting in Sheffield on Thursday 14th August with speakers from refugee and asylum rights organisations, and Syrian organisations in the UK. The meeting will give facts about the world wide…
Migrants speak out at SYMAAG AGM: “It’s great to be listened to”
“Mental Health and the Asylum System” was the theme for the 2014 Annual General Meeting of SYMAAG. 35 people came to hear three local speakers who had first hand experience of this system. Despite the…
It’s official. G4S and Serco asylum housing: “unacceptably poor”
Another Parliamentary Committee, another damning report on the disaster that is privatised asylum housing. SYMAAG’s John Grayson looks at the latest report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 24 April and the lessons from…
UK Watchdog Takes Another Bite Out of Failing Outsourcer G4S
February was a particularly bad month for G4S. At Manus Island, an Australian detention centre for people seeking asylum, the G4S guards were accused of allowing the murder of one detainee, Reza Barati, and of injuring dozens…
