BARAC Protest Against Forced Mass Deportations

BARAC held a very lively demo outside the Home Office in central London on Wednesday 2nd of November. The demo was organised in response to the mass forced removal of 42 Jamaicans in October.

BARAC was joined by representatives from Movement for Justice and speakers included lawyer Shiraz Peer from Peer & Co, Guy Taylor from Global Justice Now, speakers from Movement for Justice, Vice President of the PCS Union John McInally and co-chairs of BARAC UK, Zita Holbourne & Lee Jasper. 

Joining the protest were unions, community organisations, migrant rights groups and concerned citizens.

Statements were read out from family members of those deported, from the UK Jamaican Diaspora and from Luke de Noronha, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Oxford reporting from Jamaican on conversations with those deported.

A meeting held on the same evening agreed to support 2 weeks of action planned in opposition to deportations and charter flights with actions taking place in the UK, Jamaica and Nigeria and organised by Movement for Justice.

Details of the two weeks of action can be accessed here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1337459672940512/

Watch a video report of the demo with interviews here: https://www.newsflare.com/video/92936/politics-business/uk-home-office-crack-down

Demo & Public Meeting Against Forced Mass Removals , 2nd November 2016

On Wednesday 7th September, the UK government forcibly removed 42 Jamaican people on a privately chartered flight. Many of the people on the flight had lived in the UK for decades, some arriving as children and had British born partners / spouses, children and grandchildren. Several were still going through the process of naturalisation or appeals and were detained whilst signing in with the Home Office and removed within a fortnight. 

More info can be accessed here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/08/50-people-snatched-deported-jamaica-uk-immigration

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-dc8f-The-Jamaica-50-Kicked-out-and-left-destitute/#.V__ThOArKM8

We are concerned to learn that more such mass forced removals are planned so BARAC UK has called this lunch time demo outside the Home Office in protest which will be followed by a public meeting from 6.30 to 9pm.


Both events take place on 2nd November. 


There will be speakers from migrant rights and anti-deportation campaigns, lawyers acting for some of those impacted and family members of those targeted for removal.

The lunchtime demo will take place from 12.30 to 2pm at The Home Office, 2 Marsham St, London SW1P 4DF (nearest tube stations, St James Park, Victoria and Westminster).

Please bring banners, placards, whistles, drums etc.


The public meeting will take place from 6.30 to 9pm at Can Mezzanine, 49-51 East Road, London, N1 6AH (a few minutes walk from Old Street tube station).