Campaigns – Page 6 – South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG)

By Admin14th November 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

Rats in the “asylum market”: Time to cancel the COMPASS contract

On November 8 three G4S immigration detention centre officials at Brook House were found to have forged documents relating to an asylum seeker who was about to be deported. It could have cost the man…

By Admin20th October 20130Campaigns, General, Sheffield

Migrant Rights to Healthcare: Public Meeting October 29th Sheffield

Help us launch a campaign for all migrants’ rights to healthcare in the UK. Come to a public meeting on Tuesday 29th October 7pm at the Quaker Meeting House, St James Street, Sheffield S1…

By Admin9th 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…

By Admin7th 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…

By Admin15th July 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

After Jimmy Mubenga unlawful killing verdict: Could asylum seekers have a worse landlord than G4S?

Our campaign against G4S housing people seeking asylum began in January 2012 when a Zimbabwean member of SYMAAG said: “I don’t want a prison guard as my landlord”. Jimmy Mubenga’s inquest recently returned a verdict of…

By Admin25th June 20130Asylum, Campaigns, Sheffield

March for “Dignity Not Destitution” June 29th

On Saturday 29th June a number of marches and events are planned around England, Wales and Scotland to call for “Dignity Not Destitution” for people seeking asylum as part of Refugee Week. Sheffield march details are: Meet:…

By Admin25th June 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

G4S Called to Account Over Asylum Housing Disaster

G4S and Serco executives are having to account for their abuse of asylum seekers (and the tax payer) for their disastrous provision of asylum housing as part of the COMPASS contract. They were summoned to…

By Admin11th June 20130Asylum, Campaigns, General, Sheffield

Sheffield Asylum Organisations Campaign For Human Rights in Sri Lanka

After hearing a powerful and emotional account from a woman seeking asylum from Sri Lanka, three South Yorkshire bodies concerned with asylum seekers – ASSIST, Northern Refugee Centre (NRC), and the South Yorkshire…

By Admin8th May 20130Asylum, Campaigns, G4S

COMPASS Asylum Housing Contracts: “Crude Price Cutting”. 2 Investigations Underway

The disastrous COMPASS asylum housing contracts, including the regions contracted to G4S, are being investigated by Home Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into Asylum. Confirmation that “scrutiny of the COMPASS contract will certainly form part of our…

By Admin15th April 20130Asylum, Campaigns, Sheffield

Odette is back with us in Sheffield!

A determined community campaign has suceeeded in supporting Odette Sefuko and getting her released from Yarls Wood detention centre. Odette Sefuko, Congolese campaigner against sexual violence, was detained by the UK Border Agency, who…

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