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Campsfield is an abomination to human rights in that it presumes guilt from the outset. Today those loyal protesters who have been branded as cranks and soft-centred do-gooders have been proved right.
From the Oxford Mail, 17/4/98

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29.05.2010
Demonstrate at Campsfield :
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28.11.2009
16th Anniversary Demonstration at Campsfield :

A hundred people demonstrated at Campsfield immigration detention centre near Kidlington on Saturday 28 November 2009 to mark 16 years since the controversial detention centre opened in 1993.

They chanted 'Migrants are not criminals', 'Close Campsfield down', 'Asylum is a human right', and were answered by detainees waving from windows and shouting 'Freedom'.

Members of two Oxford choirs – Sea Green Singers and JoinedUpSingers – sang anthems of peace and freedom.

Speakers at the rally included local MP Evan Harris, who congratulated campaigners on their work overt the years, and Patrice Kalambayimulowaye from the democratic Republic of Congo, who explained how the trauma of unjust immigration detention can stay with a person for years after the event.

The same day at Calais-Folkestone, there was a Cross-channel Protest against the Anglo-French Border Regime, organised by No Borders. Around 65 activists from France, Belgium and the UK took part.

01.12.2009
Public Meeting Oxford Town Hall :
Tuesday 1st December 2009 at 7pm.
For: Alternatives to immigration detention.
Against: More immigration detention centres.

31.01.2009
Press Release:
Coalition of campaigns protest at increase in detention in Oxfordshire.

BACKGROUND INFO ON CAMPSFIELD

  • Why close Campsfield?
  • Immigration procedure
  • In detention
  • Institutional Racism
  • Starving refugees out of Britain
  • Case study
  • History of immigration legislation
  • Campsfield Nine
  • Trial Highlights
  • Right to Work
  • The History of the Campaign
  • Social Exclusion - the case of refugees and asylum seekers : Article by Liz Peretz

    • WHAT'S NEW & UPDATED

    28.05.2010: Next demo Saturday 29th May.
    23.12.2009: See our Christmas Card.
    14.11.2009: 16th anniversary demo Saturday 28th November 2009
    14.11.2009: Public meeting Tuesday 1st December 2009
    30.01.2009: Press Release: Coalition of campaigns protest at increase in detention in Oxfordshire.
    20.12.2008: Link to Oxford Mail article on the Anniversary Demo
    20.12.2008: Briefing on the Immigration Simplification Bill
    22.05.2008: Government announces big increase in numbers to be held in immigration detention. BBC article on the announcement.
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