Modern slavery
When we sent out our latest update of Seeking Sanctuary, the Home Secretary claimed that “modern slavery legislation is being abused by other people playing with the system,” a follow-up on his previous claims that protections are manipulated through the arrival of small boats. The Bureau of Statistics Regulator said it had asked for “specific evidence” for its claims, but none had been provided.
It is true that the proportion of expulsions as genuine cases of fashionable slavery in the “conclusive decisions” of the Ministry of Interior is higher year after year, from 58% in 2016 to 91% in 2021. However, it does reflect the effects of a government strategy that encourages border agents, police and other officials to better identify potential victims. Ministers and officials have yet to present evidence to back up the rhetoric, and there are fears that this taste for diatribe could seriously undermine Moderna’s protections. Slavery Act 2015.
In and Calais
Arctic climate can set in in the region when strong winds descend from the North Sea or rise up the English Channel. The same old and hard life situations and the struggle to become even more difficult. Associations operating on the ground report that there are more young people in the camps, adding Afghans in one of them. The tension is especially strong with the construction of new communities in the Middle East (Maghreb, Iran, Syria and Egypt with other young people under 15), the vast majority of whom are children.
An allowance in Calais provides legal, social and mental assistance to unaccompanied minors for their access to rights. Its review of the 2022 reports indicates that it has helped 320 children on the streets, 27% of whom are 15 or younger. 47% were from Sudan, 13% from Afghanistan and 10% from Syria. Only 21 had been identified as unaccompanied minors through child coverage facilities and were in long-term care. The average time spent on the street was 77 days. Psychological distress has been observed: post-traumatic stress with hypervigilance; depressive symptoms with insomnia and nightmares; Destructive behaviors, such as eating disorders.
The political strategy of avoiding “attachment points” has led to daily evictions in the area, most commonly in broad daylight. This means that other willing people are forced to move their tents and belongings from 2 to 500 meters. Personal belongings and essentials. (such as tents, blankets, bags, identity documents, cell phones, medicines, clothing, etc. ) They are stolen and/or destroyed on site and/or thrown into garbage dumps, without giving their owners the opportunity to recover them. The acts are illegal and yet they take a stand before the marshals because of the evictions. These harassment operations are also accompanied by abusive identity checks, followed by arbitrary arrests and unlawful detention in administrative detention.
Death
Four other people drowned in the English Channel in mid-December, when they risked everything to succeed in the UK. More than 30 people survived after exiting a black canoe twisted by sub-zero temperatures. Iraq, two countries from which millions continue to flee because of war and persecution.
Our deepest condolences to his loved ones and all those directly affected by this tragedy. No one endangers his life or that of his circle of relatives unless he flees from more acute dangers than those he faces on those ill-fated journeys.
Knowledge from the British government shows that two-thirds of the men, women and young people who arrive through this direction come from countries where war and persecution have driven them from their homes. However, there are almost no directions for refugees to reach the UK, even from those places, even from countries such as Afghanistan, Syria and Iran. The only option to apply for asylum is to take a harmful journey. The evidence is clear: employing increasingly draconian policies to “deter” others who had to flee for their lives does not work. We continue to call for compassionate, thoughtful plans that will save lives and provide coverage to those who need it.
2023 began with more horrific news of a death. Calais is crossed through railway tracks placed at the point of the floor between streets and commercial areas. On January 3, Fouad Dango, 29, from Sudan, walked in front of an exercise traveling on one of the tracks. near Judea Street, where food and water are distributed to exiles. He was buried in the city cemetery.
Thank you very much from Napier’s friends.
Friends of Napier, the organisation supporting detainees at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, would like to express their thanks for the generous festive donations of £850 which helped buy hats and scarves for the citizens, as well as for 85 others who were transferred to local hotels in Folkestone. These were much needed and appreciated the recent bloodless weather.
Restriction
The highly visual arrival of more people in small boats and a huge and growing backlog in the asylum formula suggest that the UK immigration formula is in crisis. Therefore, the administration says it intends to reassert border control through measures that come with the expanded use of immigration detention.
Any recourse to detention would possibly be justified if it ensures that those who do not have the right to remain do not escape immigration control. However, as the end of 2022 approached, it became apparent that thousands of others were being detained in unsanitary situations for long periods at the Manston treatment centre in Kent. At one point, about 4000 more people were being held at a site designed for 1600 and outbreaks of diphtheria and scabies were reported, not to mention covid. Those involved, some of whom resorted to self-harm and suicide attempts, yet our reputation abroad for treating and caring for the well-being of others in government care has been tarnished.
Protection is vital for detained migrants, who often lose citizenship shields and may have a history of trauma or are prevented by language or cultural barriers from explaining their status or announcing their rights. For many years, normal inspections and reviews have positioned themselves to make sure policies to protect vulnerable people work as they should. The Home Office has invested time and power in policies and procedures, with groups putting the findings of inspections and reviews into practice. Implementing them has been painfully slow.
Ongoing persecution
The State’s policy of intimidating and obstructing humanitarian personnel remains active. On the morning of 19 January, the Calais Food Collective team discovered that his tank used to distribute drinking water had disappeared and that stones had been placed to save his replacement. The two local police forces deny responsibility, they have been seen in very similar moves in the past.
In September, the municipality of Calais, under pressure from journalists, admitted that a reservoir had been seized and, the following month, a court in Lille declared illegal communiqués banning the distribution of food and water. However, the obstruction movements continue and the French State is appealing the judicial decision.
A member of the Collective called for a halt, saying freezing situations were endangering more lives and expanding the need for food and water to provide. Under the pressure that all human life is sacred and vowed that he would never avoid protesting against those. Inhumane actions.
Intolerance and refoulement in Europe
News is reaching us that we are concerned about developments as the right gains strength in several European countries. In Italy, other rescued people were banned from disembarking and NGO boats were forced to make much longer journeys to French ports. NGO operations also ceased on Lesvos following the accusations. opposed rescuers for helping others fleeing Syria in 2015/2016.
Sweden, for so long a bastion of liberalism, is now influenced by far-right politicians who exert wonderful influence over Swedish politics. And Austria, long a crossroads of other nationalities, has called for a Rwandan-style deportation plan.
The reasons for all this are obvious: food and climate insecurity, inequality and immediate demographic change, as well as war and violence, are just some of the causes. And humanitarian policies take a back seat to the far right.
“Faith and borders”
This is the name of a loose online conference, on Saturday, February 18 from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. , on Christian responses to the migration crisis. It is announced through the “Bonhoeffer Project”, a charity created to publicize the legacy of this well-known peacemaker who lost his life in 19four5.
The keynote address will be given by Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin of Dover, and other speakers will come with Dr. Ulrich Schmiedel of the University of Edinburgh, an authority on faith and migration, and the Rev. Dr. Keith Clements, a famous Bonhoeffer scholar, who will be joined by others from the teams running lately to meet the wishes of asylum seekers in Calais. in Kent and northern England.
The Project, established in 2011, aims to tell and remind Christians of the demanding situations of discipleship that Dietrich Bonhoeffer addressed in his radical theology and in the Christian witness that led to his execution by the Nazis at the end of World War II.
The events of the project aim to enable others to put the Christian religion into practice in tactics that make a positive difference in the world, engaging with the major demanding social and political situations we face. It encourages and finances theological reflection, verbal exchange and the construction of netpaintings. around Bonhoeffer’s paintings and life and their implications today. The aim is reminiscent of the well-established pastoral cycle, providing other people with opportunities to think and act, to reflect on religion. . . And then do something about it in the context in which they live and feel called to serve.
Book in www. projectbonhoeffer. org. uk/events/
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Tags: Migrants, Seeking refuge, Ben Bano, Phil Kerton, Modern slavery, Calais
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