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MEETING AGAINST ALL DEPORTATIONS.
AGAINST SECTION 9 DESTITUTION.
IN SUPPORT OF OCTOBER 1ST
NATIONAL MARCH IN BOLTON.
Meeting 2-4 pm Saturday September 3rd
Friends Meeting House, Mount St, Manchester Centre
Deportations against migrants, immigrants
and refugees are a public scandal. Freedom of movement
is a human right. Deprivation of this freedom leads
to misery and the destruction of lives.
Asylum seekers have been reduced to second class citizens,
living outside the welfare state. They are supported
at 70% of income support level and are forcibly dispersed
round the country.
Now Section 9 of the 2004 Asylum and Immigration Act
is blackmailing failed asylum seekers with children,
by enabling those who refuse – “voluntarily”
– to return to their country of origin to be evicted
from their accommodation. The children are being threatened
with being taken into care.
Trade union members – particularly in UNISON –
are being asked to collude in these evictions and forced
care proceedings. UNISON should support members who
do not collude!
However, families seeking asylum in Greater
Manchester – led by the Sukulas in Bolton, the
Khanalis in Bury and Samina Altaf and her children,
living with rickets, in Salford – are resisting
both their deportations and the threat of eviction onto
the streets.
Victories can be won. As a result of this resistance
so far, all 10 authorities in Greater Manchester (who
hitherto have supported the disposal scheme in its entirety)
have petitioned the Home Office not to enforce section
9. Let our solidarity ensure it is not enforced!
All 3 families are supporting the national demonstration
in Bolton on October 1st called by the Sukula Family
Defence Campaign.
All anti-deportation campaigns nationally are invited
to join in. Travel to Bolton and show your solidarity!
The March commences 12 noon at Lever Edge Lane CP School,
Bolton BL3 3HP
Come along on September 3rd to the
meeting - sponsored by :
National Union of Journalists, Sukala, Khanali and Altaf
families, along with the Mansoor Hassan Defence Campaign.
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