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The Bristol Defend the Asylum Seekers Campaign was
set up to counter the abuse currently being aimed at asylum
seekers by politicians and sections of the press. The most vulnerable
group of people, fleeing persecution, oppression and war are being
falsely blamed for all the ills of British society. Racist
sentiment is inflamed when terms such as "floods" and
"swamping" are used to describe the relatively small
numbers of asylum seekers arriving here. The New Labour Government
says that it wants to combat racism yet its attacks on asylum
seekers- such as the forced dispersal of refugees and detention -
are encouraging racism. We believe that asylum seekers deserve our
compassion and help. They do not deserve to be vilified and
treated as criminals.
We are affiliated to the Committee
to Defend Asylum Seekers, which campaigns nationally for:
- The right to work for asylum seekers
- Income support for asylum seekers
- Abolition of detention centres
- No forced dispersal
- Full legal rights and representation
- No to deportation
- The scrapping of the Asylum and Immigration Act
Refugee Week: 14-20 June 2010
Refugee Week offers a unique opportunity to
difscover and
celebrate the contributions refugees bring to the UK.
Please see the Refugee
Week national website for full details
or follow this link for a list of
activities in the Bristol area
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PUBLIC MEETING
Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign What Really happened on the Mavi Marmara
Wed 23 June 2010
Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street, Bristol BS5 6AW Sakir Yildirim and Cliff Hanley
Bristol eye-witnesses from the Gaza Aid Flotilla
Our Meetings
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.00pm
at the Malcolm X Centre in St Paul's, Bristol.
Full details
Asylum seekers are very welcome to come to
our
meetings and will receive advice and support
Our Campaigns
We are actively involved in several campaigns
to promote the rights and well being of refugees
and asylum seekers. In particular, we are working to:
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increase understanding of the conditions
under which
asylum seekers live at Yarl's Wood and other
refugee detention centres
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ensure adequate provision of English for
Speakers
of Other Languages (ESOL) courses against a
background of Government cuts in such essential provision
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end the detention of child asylum seekers
under
prison-like conditions
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ensure a fair and equitable treatment of
asylum
seekers by the United Kingdom Border Agency
(UKBA)
Full details
Catch up on our work through the
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