Sheffield – Page 7 – South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG)

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 Admin9th July 20140G4S, General, Sheffield

Tell Sheffield Council on October 1st: No more public money for G4S in Sheffield

Update 23rd September: Confirmed that South Yorkshire Stop G4S will resubmit the petition calling for Sheffield City Council to refuse to make contracts with G4S or other companies guilty of “grave misconduct” and will address…

By Admin25th June 20140G4S, Sheffield

Don’t Do Business with G4S – Lobby Sheffield City Council 2nd July 1pm

South Yorkshire Stop G4S will be lobbying the next meeting of Sheffield City Council at the Town Hall on Wednesday 2nd July to tell them “Dont Do Business With G4S”. Any public body, including councils can exclude…

By Admin30th May 20140Asylum, General, Sheffield

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…

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 Admin9th January 20140Campaigns, G4S, Sheffield

As another report condemns G4S asylum housing, National Stop G4S meeting announced…

Latest news: On February 5th the Public Accounts Committee questioned G4S and Serco about their failure to provide asylum housing fit for human beings to live in. And why it could cost us up to £1.5billion public…

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…

By Admin28th 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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