BritCits

BritCits meetup tomorrow!
https://www.facebook.com/events/191786594322070/
http://www.meetup.com/BritCits/
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https://twitter.com/SueLukes :
my father may have been an #immigrationoffender :Sir Nicholas Winton had to forge some visas to get children out in 1939.WE don't forget (1)
(2) father assessed for care services 3 yrs ago, social worker balked when told he was born in Prague, siad would have to check eligibility
(3) what happens to elderly survivors who come from suspect places like eastern Europe and don't have angry daughters? we must not forget#
(4) age11 my father was stopped as a suspicious enemy alien at Waterloo because he spoke little English.Refugees vilified then by Daily Mail
(5)Today I worry about my daughters and granddaughters going out with darker skins and without papers.and remember my grandparents
(6)grandparents who sat tight, behaved, waited for it to pass.Until burly men in blackshirts demanded papers and herded them into a van
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Deporting royal baby footman Badar Azim shows the lunacy of UK's border laws.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/night-copy/tony-parsons-royal-baby-footman-2119076
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Immigration: A battle worth fighting.

http://techcitynews.com/2013/07/30/immigration-a-battle-worth-fighting/
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A No Borders manifesto.

http://noborders.org.uk/news/no-borders-manifesto
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Ukip condemns Home Office roundup of suspected illegal immigrants.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/02/ukip-condemns-home-office-illegal-immigrants
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"The UKBA is doing something very visible, and they are upsetting people. We protested to fight visibility with visibility, to counter the UKBA's actions pubilcally. If an organisation like ours, a group of women, can mobilise then others across the country should take the streets too."

http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/ealing-news/local-ealing-news/2013/08/02/civil-rights-group-stages-impromptu-protest-at-border-officials-64767-33685182/
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https://twitter.com/HackneyAbbott :
In a packed Southwark Cathedral for Jamaican Independence service. Speaker mentions #racistvan Entire congregation erupts.
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South London Immigration Monitor: Deportation know your rights.

http://slimcampaign.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html?spref=tw

 REMEMBER WHAT THE UK LAW SAYS           AND DON’T BE INTIMIDATED.

1. You are free to leave at any time
2. You do not have to answer any questions
3. You do not have to give your name and address
4. You do not have to show them any documents
5. You do have to let them search you.

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THEN YOU CAN HELP BY;

Tweeting SLIM if you see UKBA Officer In Action using :
·     #DeportationSquadAlert
·     #DSA
·     #ImmigrationOffenders.
·     Ensuring that those being subjected to a stop by UKBA officers know their rights.
·     You can challenge the UKBA Officers as to the legality of their actions.
·     Take Names and Numbers of Officers Involved.
·     You can take a picture or video and send to SLIM
·     If you see the notorious Home Office #RacistVan ads please take a picture and let us know its whereabouts.
·     Volunteer for SLIM helping creating a legal rights monitoring framework to oppose all aspects of illegal UKBA deportation activities in South London.