A nationally renowned law centre that has provided free and impartial legal advice to Manchester residents since the 70s is applying to take Manchester City Council to court over funding cuts.
Supporters of human trafficking survivor Mary Adenugba will tonight launch a campaign against the decision of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to refuse her asylum claim.
Campaigners and charities came together to sleep out on the street last week in protest against the enforced destitution of refused asylum seekers.
Asylum-seeking playwright Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey have returned to Manchester following a dramatic eleventh-hour battle against deportation.
Cameroonian playwright Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey were unexpectedly detained earlier this week. Both have been issued with removal orders and now face the immanent prospect of deportation on Saturday 21 January.
Campaigners in support of disabled asylum seeker Manjeet Kaur’s fight to remain in the UK will hold a solidarity vigil outside Manchester Civil Justice Centre this Monday.
Two Cameroonian asylum seekers, the playwright Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey, have been told by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) that they will be deported from the UK on Saturday September 10. Batey is currently in immigration detention, and campaigners are calling for his immediate release and a cancellation of the deportation order.
