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BIA vans trashed near bristol Copied and Pasted from Bristol Indymedia:
On the night of Friday 29th August the regional headquarters of the Borders and Immigration Agency in Portishead were the target for a response to the routine violence of forced removal, detention and deportation.
On the night of Friday 29th August the regional headquarters of the Borders and Immigration Agency in Portishead were the target for a response to the routine violence of forced removal, detention and deportation.We made life more difficult for the thugs in uniform by putting their vehicles out of operation with a volatile mix of paint stripper on bodywork, glass etching fluid on windows, locks glued, tires burst, lights spraypainted, mirrors and wipers removed, as well as some good old fashioned mechanical sabotage on all 7 vehicles in the car park. If a job's worth doing it's worth doing well. "Racist thugs work here" was the message painted on the building. We stand against the state's steadily creeping fascism of racist immigration policies designed to tighten the grip of capital over all of our lives, of trialling surveillance and control technologies such as ID cards and biometric passports first on foreigners before imposing them on everyone, of the creation of a sub class whose repression justified by media hysteria and the powers that be. In solidarity, for a response to every abuse and for fighting back in the social war.
The Wrecking Crew
On the 20th September the Labour Party Conference will return to Manchester.
To coincide with this there will be a demo organised by Stop The War and a counter conference organised by The Convention of the Left. Manchester No Borders will be hosting a number of events including a block on the demo, workshops, a tour of Manchesters immigration system and a punk and poetry evening.
The Anarchist Federation is having a demo in solidarity with roma in italy on Friday 19th September at the Italian Consulate in Manchester. It's at 11.30am, at 111 Piccadilly Manchester, M1 2HY
Saturday 20th September: 'Freedom of Movement' block on the demo with the Anarchist Federation. Meet at 12:30pm All Saints Park
Campaigning against Immigration Controls with Campaign against Immigration Controls and M/cr No Borders 4.30pm, meeting room, Friends Meeting House
Sunday 21st: No Borders tour of Manchester. An alternative insight into the Capital of the North, taking in the physical outposts of the government agencies and corporations involved in the UK asylum and detention system. Meet outside the Mechanics institute 11am.
Manchester No Borders presents: 'Punk and Poetry!' 7:30pm - late. Downstairs at the Saki Bar, 2 Wilmslow Road. Music, magic and poetry. Donation.
Tuesday 23rd: Imagining a World Without Borders: Manchester No Borders hosts a series of talks discussing the history of migration and resistance, power and borders, and how we can begin to imagine a world without them. University of Manchester Student Union 7pm.
Manchester No Borders - Homepage: http://www.manchesternoborders.org.uk
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'Birmingham IOM Conference, October 29th'
Believe in the Ruins
IOM announces launch of the Return & Rebuild Programme: "Extra support" for those returning to Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Asylum seekers who voluntarily return to Afghanistan or Iraq will receive both individually tailored Reintegration Assistance PLUS the new 'Return & Rebuild' support, says Ana Fonesca, IOM UK's Acting Chief of Mission.
"Most of the beneficiaries of our programmes return to their original homes. But in Afghanistan and Iraq particularly, the condition of the property may have deteriorated in their absence...Asylum seekers can now receive up to £2,000 worth of support for building materials to assist in the reconstruction or repair of their family home."
For more information about this conference, please contact Inkeri Mellanen on imellanen@iom.int or call on 0121 633 5074.