Journalist James Fallah-Williams has ended his 19-day hunger strike after the UK Border Agency (UKBA) agreed to resume communications with his legal team and consider his case for asylum.
Supporters of journalist and human rights activist James Fallah-Williams are to hold a solidarity vigil this evening to mark the fourteenth day of his hunger strike in protest against the UK Border Agency’s handling of his asylum claim.
A local journalist is on hunger strike in protest against the UK Border Agency’s handling of his case for asylum. Manchester NUJ member James Fallah-Williams says he is taking the drastic action to expose the “abuse of power” by the government body, which he accuses of misleading his MP, shadow education minister Andy Burnham.
Women asylum seekers and refugees from Manchester will take to the streets of Liverpool on Friday to demand justice in an asylum system which they say treats themselves and their families like criminals.
Two Manchester-based Nepali asylum seekers, Govinda Pokharel and Jamuna Rijal, have alleged they were beaten by private security guards contracted to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) during an attempt to remove them from the country last Wednesday 20 July.
Last week the Immigration Advisory Service went into administration, leaving thousands without representation. Its fall comes only one year on from the bankruptcy of Refugee and Migrant Justice, itself one of the largest providers of legal advice, adding to widespread fears of mounting damage to publicly funded justice.
Monday June 20 saw ‘United for Change’ host a conference at Salford University titled ‘No to Homelessness and Cashlessness’. The new coalition, which includes a number of local asylum and refugee campaign and advocacy groups, have recognised the need for united action against the destitution of people seeking asylum.
