Author Archives: bristolnoborders

While the Home Office’s #racistvan campaign has attracted the negative comment it deserves, for those of us who have been paying attention to the way (im)migration politics is going it somewhat less shocking. Dawn Raids, Forced deportations, mass immigration checks … Continue reading →

As we are told that Job centre Staff get Easter eggs as rewards for sanctioning claimants, we are reminded of the “grant monkey” that was placed on UKBA staffs’ desk as a humilation if they gave a asylum seeker leave … Continue reading →

As David Cameron has said the allocation of public housing is a scandal. However, we can reveal that as well as council and housing association property being occupied by undeserving foreigners, some are allocated exclusive apartments at the cost of … Continue reading →

As we sneaked around preparing for the Heathrow Climate Camp in 2007, we could hardly believe our luck when the British Aviation Authority took out a injunction so wide ranging and absurd that it prohibited the entire membership of RSPB … Continue reading →

Truth, trust and the asylum system by Melanie Griffiths “Asylum seekers and refused refugees are some of the most mistrusted persons in British society, and are commonly assumed to be manipulating the immigration system. The majority of the some 300 … Continue reading →

“The English Defence League (EDL) has attacked the Labour Party for supporting “rent-a-mobs” in advance of the group’s march in Bristol tomorrow… the group was expecting trouble from “idiotic communist types…who wanted to provoke a violent confrontation.” Other than the … Continue reading →

The EDL has nothing on these guys… Mr Jeremy Oppenheim Acting Head of Immigration UK Border Agency 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF     Dear Mr Oppenheim  Fishing Raid: complaint I spoke to you briefly after you spoke at … Continue reading →

Just another UKBA news release: “Suspected bogus student arrested in Solihull”.  This Perhaps conjures up an image of someone pretending to enjoy getting blotto on low quality alcohol & listening to mediocre indie music. However, the truth  is less amusing, … Continue reading →

As part of the Bristol Anti-Deportation Network we are offering practical solidarity to the many asylum seekers who have to sign at Trinity Road police station. We currently have a desk at  Bristol Refugee Rights at the ‘Drop-In’  on Wednesdays  … Continue reading →