August 2007
Some stories
Slavery museum opens in Liverpool
An International Museum of Slavery will open in Liverpool this week to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade - the first national museum in the world to deal with transatlantic slavery and its legacies.
22 August 2007 (246 words)
What you can do
Possible actions on the proposed deportation charter flight to DR Congo.
16 August 2007 (632 words)
Another deportation charter flight to DR Congo
In recent weeks, asylum seekers from DR Congo have been served with removal directions for a specially chartered flight on 30 August. Others have been given removal directions for 20 August.
16 August 2007 (699 words)
Protest statement against DRC deportations launched
Following the recent disappearance of Lufu Ndombasi after he was deported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, anti-deportation campaigners have launched a petition to stop a Home Office charter flight to Kinshasa in August.
16 August 2007 (329 words)
Birmingham parents challenge educational underachievement
More than 70 concerned parents, teachers, governors, councillors and local people came together in Digbeth, Birmingham, last week to discuss how to get local schools to do better for their underachieving pupils.
2 August 2007 (315 words)