Urgent Call Out: Stop The Deportations (1 Viewer)

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Residents Against Racism

Press release

Hunger Strike under way

Demonstration Friday 15th April 12.30 GNIB Burgh Quay

Yesterday, Thursday 14th April, residents of a hostel at 79 Gardiner Street in Dublin received letters from the immigration authorities. These letters stated that they must report to a Guard in their hostel everyday at 5 o’clock. They were told that this was being set in place to prepare for their deportation. The residents of this hostel are all parents of Irish children. Many of these parents have children living outside of Dublin. Forcing them to report to a guard at 5 o’clock ensures that they will not be able to visit their children. Rosanna Flynn said “Many of these residents started a hunger strike when they first received the letter. They applied for residency under the scheme introduced by the Minister for Justice and now the same minister is preparing to deport them. Once again we are faced with a lack of transparency from the department. The first time that solicitors heard of this was when the letters were given to the residents of the hostel. We are calling for a halt to the deportations, and for residency to be granted, so that the Irish children can grow up under the guidance and protection of their parents.”

For further details:

Rosanna Flynn 087 6662060
Mark Grehan 087 7974622

 

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A resident of a gardiner st hostel was delivered a letter yesterday by an immigration officer stating that as a "non national who does not have permission to be in the state he must reside or remain at the hostel and report to a member of the guards at 5pm every evening. " He was told this was a precursor to deportation.

All the residents already sign on every morning. penalties for not reporting to a garda at 5pm is a fine of up to 3000 euro or up to 12 months imprisonment plus being liable to arrest without a warrant.

The hostel owner wasn't informed of new signing on regulations. If all the residents have to do this they will be unable to visit their children in ennis and around the country. This new move on the part of the ministry for justice is causing panic and fears of mass deportations.



Lets show Adolf McDowell what we think........

 

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A mass deportation is to take place this wednesday 27th April. Residents Against Racism have called a demonstration to prevent the deportation. The demo has been called for 2 o'clock outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau, Burgh Quay.

For further details please call
087 6662060 or 087 7974622​

 

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A mass deportation is to take place this wednesday 27th April. Residents Against Racism have called a demonstration to prevent the deportation. The demo has been called for 2 o'clock outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau, Burgh Quay.

For further details please call
087 6662060 or 087 7974622​

Will this actually be an action to stop the deportations or a protest to show support for the people involved?

 

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Will this actually be an action to stop the deportations or a protest to show support for the people involved?

It all comes down to numbers... the more heads that get down the more likely we can attempt an action, give one of the numbers a ring or mail [email protected] ......

 

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dunno - this might interest some of ewes.

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Irish Society of International Law (ISIL) is delighted to announce a one-day conference to be held on the subject of international refugee law.

Date: 26th April 2005
Venue: Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

PROGRAMME
Morning Session
Chair: Colin Harvey

• 9.30: Opening Remarks by Chair
• 9:45: 'From Geneva to Dublin: Establishing Refugee Status in Irish Law
  Fergus Ryan, Head of Department of Legal Studies, Dublin Institute of Technology.
• 10.30: 'Between Refugee and Citizen: A Socio-Political Examination of Ireland's Refugee Law'
  Ronit Lentin, Director of MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin.
• 11.15: BREAK
• 11.30: 'The Challenges of Maintaining Refugee Protection in the Modern World'
  Guy Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford.
• 12:15: BREAK

Afternoon Session
Chair: Teresa Blake

• 13:15: 'Refugee Protection, Human Rights, and National Security'
  Colin Harvey, Professor of Human Rights Law, Human Rights Centre, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast.
• 14.00: 'Rights in Exile: Janus-Faced Humanitarianism'
  Guglielmo Verdirame, Fellow of Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University.
• 14.45: 'Anthropological Approaches to Asylum'
  Adam Drazin, Government of Ireland Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin.
• 15.30: Discussion
• 16.00: Closing remarks
• 16:15: CLOSE

The seminar is free and open to all. If you would like to attend, please email us at [email protected] or write to us at: Irish Society of International Law, Unit 235, 33 Pearse St, Dublin 2. [/font]

if i was in ireland i'd be top 'o' the queue

 

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shit - just realised that is today.

i expect no replies as you'll all be at this filling your brains

 

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Residents Against Racism
Press Release
Stop the deportation

Demonstration Weds 27th April 2 p.m.
Garda National Immigration Bureau, Burgh Quay, Dublin

Residents against Racism are holding a demonstration at 2 p.m. outside GNIB, Burgh Quay in protest against a planned mass deportation.
The last mass deportation was met by protests from communities across Ireland, and received condemnation from many quarters of civic society. Kunle, a leaving cert student, was deported and subsequently returned after Palmerstown students took to the streets. Groups across Ireland and Residents against Racism are campaigning for those deported on the last chartered flight be brought back, as is the wish of the communities they lived in. Despite this Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell is going ahead with another mass deportation
Rosanna Flynn spokesperson for RAR said:

“Michael McDowell, ignoring the widespread condemnation of his policies, is preparing for another mass deportation. Communities across Ireland have come out in large numbers to protest against his brutal practices. Many of the people deported had not exhausted all the legal avenues that were available to them. There were children separated from their mothers after the last deportation. These children still remain parentless in Ireland. Many of those deported remain hiding in Nigeria fearing for their lives.
The very fact that, despite this and growing public concerns, McDowell is attempting another mass deportation reinforces our demand that the asylum process be removed from his hands and into a body such as the Human Rights Commission. Recent statistics have shown that the asylum numbers are dropping, this is happening across Europe. Despite it being a European wide phenomenon McDowell is attempting to take the credit. McDowell would claim credit for the invention of the wheel if he thought he could get away with. It is no wonder he has become known as the Minister for Injustice and Lies.”

For further details:
Rosanna Flynn 087 6662060
Mark Grehan 087 7974622

www.residentsagainstracism.org