Algerian Community Council
c/o Migrant
Media
90 De Beauvoir Road
London N1
Tel: (0171) 254 9701
Angolan
Community in the UK (OCARU)
Christchurch, Mowell Street
London SW9
6BE
Tel: (0171) 587 1679
Association of Sierra Leone Refugees
(ASLER)
136 Fairlawn Court
London SE7 7DU
Tel: (0181) 856
4285
Bangladesh Welfare Association
Shaheed Bhavan
39 Fournier
Street
London E1 6QR
Tel: (0171) 247 2105
CARILA (Latin
America)
Manor Gardens Centre
6-9 Manor Gardens
London N7
6LA
Tel: (0171) 272 4231
Chile Democr‡tico
Interchange
Studios
15 Wilkin Street
London NW5 3NG
Tel: (0171) 388
4944
Chinese Community Centre
The Crypt,
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Church
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ
Colombian Community
Association
c/o 12/14 Thornton Street
London SW9 0BL
Tel: (0171)
761 9072
Community of Zairean Refugees in Great Britain
(COREZAG)
NCRP, 170 Harold Road
Plaistow, London E13 0SE
Tel:
(0181) 472 2785
Day Mir (Turkish and Kurdish)
Former
Library
Howard Road, Stoke Newington
London N16 8PR
Tel: (0171) 275
8440
Eritrean Community in Greenwich
Tel: (0181) 748
6682
Eritrean Relief Association
96 White Lion Street
London N1
9PF
Tel: (0171) 837 9236
Ethiopian Community in Britain
66
Hampstead Road
London NW1 2NT
Tel: (0171) 388 4944
Ghana Refugee
Welfare Group
Room 202-204
5 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1
7XW
Tel: (0171) 620 1430
Iranian Association
Palingswick
House
Annex E, 241 King Street
London W6 9LP
Tel: (0181) 748
6682
Iranian Community Centre
266-268 Holloway Road
London N7
6NE
Tel: (0171) 700 0477
Iranian Education and Culture Group
c/o
McBean Centre
B Building, Office D
McBean Street, Woolwich
London
SE18 6LW
Tel: (0181) 317 3461
Iraqi Community
Association
Palingswick House, 241 King Street
London W6 9LP
Tel:
(0181) 741 5491
Islington Somali Community
65 Halliford
Street
London N1 3HF
Tel: (0171) 354 9895
Ivorian Relief Action
Group
134 Blackheath Hill
London SE10 8AY
Tel: (0171) 771
1116
Kurdish Advice Centre (KUMKAR)
Selby Centre, Selby
Site
Selby Road
London N7 8JN
Tel: (0181) 808 5847
Kurdish
Cultural Centre
14 Stannary Road
London SE11 4AA
Tel: (0171) 735
0918
Kurdish Information Centre
Caxton House, 129 St John's
Way
London N19 3RO
Tel: (0171) 272 9499
Latin American Women
Refugees
c/o South Islington Law Centre
131 Upper Street, London
N1
Tel: (0171) 372 0715
Sierra Leone Refugee Group
Tel: (0181)
317 3461
Society of Afghan Residents in the UK
West Acton
Community Centre
Churchill Gardens, London W3
Tel: (0181) 847
5193
Somali Refugee Support Group
110 Crystal Palace Park
Road
London SE26
Tel: (0181) 659 5116
Tamil refugee Action
Group
335-337 Grays Inn Road
London WC 1
Tel: (0171) 833
2020
Turkish Education Group
2 Newington Green Road
London
N1
Uganda Asylum Seekers Association
Channel C Building
Suite
312-314, Canning Road
Abbey Lane, Stratford
London E15 3ND
Tel:
(0181) 519 0893
Uganda Community Relief Association
Selby Centre,
Selby Road
London N17 8LJ
Tel: (0181) 808 6221
Uganda MPYA
Association
365 Brixton Road
London SW9 7DB
Zairean Community
Association
Selby Centre, Selby Road
London N17 8JL
Tel: (0181) 365
1665
Other agencies and organisations
Amnesty International
(British Section)
99-119 Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4RE
Tel:
(0171) 814 6200
Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees
(AVID)
c/o Audrey Atter
53 Western Road, Winchester
Hampshire SO22
5AH
Tel: (01962) 863317
Asylum Aid
244A Upper Street
London N1
1RU
Tel: (0171) 354 9187
Asylum Welcome and Detainee Support
St
Columba's United Reformed Church
Alfred Street
Oxford OX1
4EH
Tel: (01865) 722082
Campaign to Close Campsfield
c/o 111
Magdalen Road
Oxford
Tel: (01865) 558145 / 557282 /
378734
Churches' Commission for Racial Justice
Inter-Church
House
35-41 Lower Marsh Street
London SE1 7RL
Tel: (0171) 620
4444
Close Harmondsworth Campaign
10 Endsleigh Road
Southall UB2
5QL
Tel: (0181) 571 5019
Detention Advice Service (DAS)
244A
Upper Street
London N1 1RU
Tel: (0171) 704 8954
Greater
Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
400 Cheetham Hill Road
Manchester M8
7EL
Tel: (0161) 740 7722
Immigration Advisory Service
County
House
Great Dover Street
Southwark, London
Joint Council for the
Welfare of Immigrants
115 Old Street
London EC1V 9JR
Tel: (0171)
251 8706
Kent Campaign for Asylum Seekers
126, St Mary's Rd
Faversham, Kent
Tel: (01795) 537334
Fax: (01795) 537741
Liberty
21 Tabard Street
London SE1 4LA
Medical
Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
96-98 Grafton
Road
London NW5 3EJ
Migrant Media
90 De Beauvoir Road,
London
N1
Tel: (0171) 254 9701
National Network Against Detentions and
Deportations
c/o Campaign against Racism and Fascism
BM Box
8784
London WC1N 3XX
Tel: (0171) 837 1450
Refugee Arrivals
Project
Room 2005 Queen's Building
Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6
1DL
Tel: (0181) 759 5740
Refugee Council
3 Bondway, London SW8
1SJ
Tel: (0171) 820 3000
Fax: (0171) 582 9929
Advisers' support
unit: Tel: 0171 582 9927
Refugee Legal Centre
Sussex House
39/45
Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3XF
Tel: (0171) 827 9090
Release the
Detainees (Haslar)
99e Victoria Road
Southsea, Hampshire
Tel:
(01705) 291397
West Midlands Anti-Deportation Campaign
c/o Asian
Resource Centre
101 Villa Road, Handsworth
Birmingham B19 1NH
Tel:
(0121) 551 4518
Campsfield House and the Home Office
Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre
Langford
Lane, Kidlington
Oxfordshire OX5 1RE
Tel. (01865) 377712 /
845700
Home Office Immigration Department
Lunar House, Wellesley
Road
Croydon, Surrey CR9 2BY
Tel: (0181) 686 0688 / 760
2473
Local MPs
(as of late 1997)
Write to your M.P. at House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Dr. Evan Harris MP (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon). This constituency includes Campsfield House.
Rt. Hon. Andrew Smith MP (Labour - Oxford East). Tel: (01865) 772893
Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd MP (Conservative - Witney). Tel: (01993) 702302.
Additional reading
(contact the relevant
organisation)
A Betrayal of Hope and Trust: Detention in the UK of Survivors of Torture, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, October 1994
Basic Documents on Human Rights (3rd edition), Edited by Ian Brownlie; Oxford University Press, 1994; ISBN 0 19 825712 0
From the Jews to the Tamils: Britain's Mistreatment of Refugees, South Manchester Law Centre, 1988
The Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, publishes explanations of how to apply for asylum, translated into a number of languages.
Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook (1995 edition), Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, 1995, ISBN 1 874010 02 1
Immigration Detention: A Handbook for Visitors, Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees
No Reason at all: Home Office decisions on Asylum Claims, Asylum Aid, April 1995
Prisoners Without a Voice: Asylum Seekers Detained in the United Kingdom, Amnesty International, October 1994, ISBN 1 873328 11 7
Report of an Unannounced Short inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons: Immigration Detention Centre Campsfield House, Home Office, March 1995, ISBN 1 85893 381 1
The Last Resort: Violations of the Human Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, National Council for Civil Liberties, 1995, ISBN 0 946088 49 7
The State of Asylum, Refugee Council, May 1996
The State of the World's Refugees: in Search of Solutions, UNHCR, Oxford University Press, October 1995, ISBN 0 19 828043 2