By Dave Stamp Over the past few months, as the ‘hostile environment’ agenda has become ever further entrenched, we have become ever more astonished by statutory agencies’ apparently wilfully disregard for the well-being of the children of parents subject to immigration control. We are becoming used to seeing the single… Read More
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Against Xenophobia, against private landlords as immigration officers
From December 1st 2014, the Home Office will be ‘piloting’ section 20 of the Immigration Act 2014 in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell. Section 20 is concerns itself with residential tenancies, and says that: ‘A person cannot rent a property or room if s/he does not have the right… Read More
ASIRT and the Birmingham Legal Walk 2014: For Justice, Against Scapegoating, Against Destitution
By Dave Stamp It’s that time of the year, and once again people are getting ready to traipse the streets of Birmingham to raise money to support projects, like ASIRT, seeking justice for people otherwise denied it, a situation which has become ever worse since cuts lo the legal aid… Read More
