Schools Against Deportations
 


Deportation of 19-year-old Elton Ismaili put on hold
22 June 2005, PA News
A Kosovan teenager who lives with foster parents in Suffolk has won a reprieve after a vigorous local campaign and the intervention of an MEP.


Chantel Cushnie, 13, faces deportation to Jamaica
1 June 2005, Bristol Evening Post
A girl of 13, who is a student at Bristol's City Academy, is facing deportation to Jamaica - despite her having no relatives there willing to look after her.


Primary school children rally to save their friends from deportation
26 May 2005, IRR News
St John's RC Primary School, Rochdale, is to hold a rally today as part of its campaign to prevent the deportation of seven asylum-seeking children and their families.


Rochdale school fights against deportation of seven students
12 May 2005, The Guardian
St John's RC primary school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, is campaigning to prevent the deportation of seven pupils and their families, from Angola, Bolivia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Sukula family launches anti-deportation campaign
21 April 2005
The Sukula family, of Bolton, are campaigning against deportation to Congo. Visit their website to sign an online petition.


NUS conference adopts policy against deportations and detentions
10 April 2005
The National Union of Students has passed a resolution committing itself to lobby against the deportation and detention of students.


Concern over deportation of Nigerian student
17 March 2005, The Irish Times
Serious concerns about Olunkunle Eluhanla after he was deported to Nigeria with no support.


Oxford University to pay fees for Afghan refugee
8 February 2005, The Times
St John's College, Oxford University, announced that it was prepared to pay up to £15,000 tuition and college fees as well as maintenance costs towards Azim Ansari, 18, if he is awarded a student visa.


Protests against decision to deport schoolgirl
24 January 2005, The Guardian
Portsmouth students campaign against a decision to deport Kurdish asylum seeker Lorin Sulaiman, aged 15.

Young asylum seeker loses appeal
20 January 2005, BBC
Azim Ansari has lost has appeal and will be forced to return to Afghanistan, even though it is unsafe for him.

Afghan student's A-level reprieve
17 November 2004, BBC
Amin Buratee is able to stay in England a short time longer following protests by his fellow students from Canterbury High School.

New Labour tells Kurds to return to torture or death
17 November 2004, Kurdish Media
Students in Portsmouth are campaigning against the threatened deportation of three Kurdish Syrians.

Candlelit vigil for asylum seeker
14 November 2004, BBC
Canterbury High School Students campaign for Afghan asylum seeker Amin Buratee.

New guidance for Kent schools on asylum pupils
26 October 2004, BBC
Head teachers in Kent have been told by the County Council not to allow immigration officials to remove the children of asylum seekers from their schools.


Petition over illegal immigrant
15 October 2004, BBC
Students start a petition against the deportation of Andrei Bazanov to Moldova.

Schoolteachers in France form 'education without borders' to co-ordinate schools campaigns against deportations
2 July 2004, Libération
French teachers and students cooperate to campaign against asylum seeker removals.


German students dismayed at deportation of Kurdish school friends
6 November, Frankfurter Rundschau
A German School loses three pupils in the deporation of a Kurdish family to Turkey.


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Last updated: 22 June 2005