Conference of Coalition to Stop Deportations to Iraq

NO DEPORTATIONS TO IRAQ!

Do not deport us back to such an unsafe country as Iraq
End detention, deportation, vouchers and dispersal

Sat 24 June 2006
Venue: The Peel Centre, Percy Circus,
London WC1X 9EY
Nearest station: King’s Cross (Tube and Rail)


10.30 am Registration
11.00 First Session
John McDonnell MP: opening remarks, including invitation to conference to discuss possible national demonstration against deportations.
Dashty Jamal: (International Federation of Iraqi Refugees) – situation in Iraq, why people should not be deported to Iraq
Sawsan Salim: (Kurdistan Refugee Women’s Organisation) Kurdish women and deportation
Speaker from Institute of Race Relations – understanding the situation in Britain and Europe, how to campaign for solidarity and against racism to asylum seekers
Sara Cutler (BID)
Discussion and questions, speakers reply
12.45 Lunch and networking opportunity
2.00 Workshops
2.00 – 3.00 pm
1. Where we come from, how we campaign, communities of resistance: asylum seekers’ own histories, - Iraq, plus Burhan Fatah from Federation of Iraqi Refugees Manchester, Sherzad (Brides without Borders), Emma Ginn (National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, Doug Holton (Stop Deporting of Children)
2. Film showing: the campaign’s activities
3.00 – 3.30 pm
3. How asylum seekers can best approach their MP for help
3.30 - 4.00 pm Nominations and elections to Steering Committee
4 – 4.30 pm Afternoon Plenary
George Binette: how campaign can move forward
Jean Lambert MEP: solidarity from a Green perspective, links across Europe
Jeremy Corbyn MP(invited)
5.00 pm conference closes

Other speakers for workshops to be confirmed

For more information please contact Sarah Parker on 0208 809 0633, email sarahp107@hotmail.com or Dashty Jamal (International Federation of Iraqi Refugees) on 07734-704742, email d.jamal@ntlworld.com. Federation of Iraqi Refugees – Manchester, Burhan Fatah: 07866-757213, office number: 0161 2342784, email: burhanfatah@aol.com . Nottingham: Jasm Ghafor, 07739 – 338178, email: jasm rg@yahoo.co.uk