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By Admin11th March 20150Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

لا تدعهم يغرقون بيان مدينة شفيلد -الثلاثاء 17 مارس

Arabic leaflet for Don’t Let Them Drown demonstration Tuesday 17th March Sheffield 12noon لا تدعهم يغرقون بيان مدينة شفيلد -الثلاثاء 17 مارس كل عام يضطر الملايين من الناس في جميع أنحاء العالم إلى…

By Admin24th February 20150Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

Don’t Let Them Drown: Demonstrate in Sheffield Tuesday March 17th

The Mediterranean Sea is becoming a mass grave. Join us in our call for a humanitarian policy towards migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety in Europe Every year millions of people around…

By Admin12th December 20140Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

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…

By Admin18th November 20140Asylum, General, Migration

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…

By Admin18th November 20140Asylum, General, Migration, Sheffield

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…

By Admin30th July 20140Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

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…

By Admin5th February 20140Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

Immigration Bill Update: sign the petition against it now

On 30th January MPs voted by 295-16 for the Immigration Bill, described by Theresa May as creating a “really hostile environment” for what she calls “illegal migrants”. Details of the votes on amendments are here…

By Admin16th January 20140Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

We Don’t Want a “Hostile Environment” Stop the Immigration Bill

On 30th January MPs voted by 295-16 for the Immigration Bill, described by Theresa May as creating a “really hostile environment” for what she calls “illegal migrants”. Details of the votes on amendments are here and…

By Admin8th January 20140Migration, Sheffield

Sheffield’s Roma, David Blunkett and an immoral racist panic

John Grayson of the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group looks at the politics of scapegoating. This article originally appeared at the Institute of Race Relations website on 20th December at http://www.irr.org.uk/news/sheffields-roma-david-blunkett-and-an-immoral-racist-panic1/…

By Admin18th December 20130Asylum, Campaigns, Migration, Sheffield

“Praising Mandela but Promulgating Immigration Apartheid. Stop the Immigration Bill!”

120 people demonstrated today in Sheffield against the Immigration Bill on International Migrants Day. Protestors held a rally outside Sheffield Town Hall with speakers from the Movement for Justice, People’s Assembly, Labour Councillor Mohammed…

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