Meet at 2pm Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN
Date: 8th November 2016
Contact: [email protected]
Facebook: http://tiny.cc/councildemo
On Tuesday 8th November the Renfrewshire Council Planning Committee will decide on the proposed detention centre application. Join us in demonstrating outside and making our voices heard.
No Detention in Scotland!
Stop the New Detention Centre in Paisley!
After the decision to close Dungavel, the Home Office announced the building of a new “rapid removal centre” near Glasgow Airport in Paisley with a “7 day turnaround” for those detained. This means people detained in Scotland will likely be transferred to other UK removal centres, far from their families, friends, legal advisors or simply removed via a London airport. It will be much more difficult for those detained in Scotland to exercise their right to appeal and to properly challenge their deportation.
The Home Office has been forced to apologise for failing to consult the Scottish government, Renfrewshire Council, or local residents about this decision.
Every year thousands of people who, according to the Home Office’s own rules, should not be detained – survivors of torture, people with severe mental health problems, children and women more than 6 months pregnant – are detained. There is no place for immigration prison in a society that respects human rights.
We call on the Scottish Government to use this opportunity to formulate a Home Affairs policy for Scotland that respects human rights and consigns detention to history.
Date: 8th November 2016
Contact: [email protected]
Facebook: http://tiny.cc/councildemo
On Tuesday 8th November the Renfrewshire Council Planning Committee will decide on the proposed detention centre application. Join us in demonstrating outside and making our voices heard.
No Detention in Scotland!
Stop the New Detention Centre in Paisley!
After the decision to close Dungavel, the Home Office announced the building of a new “rapid removal centre” near Glasgow Airport in Paisley with a “7 day turnaround” for those detained. This means people detained in Scotland will likely be transferred to other UK removal centres, far from their families, friends, legal advisors or simply removed via a London airport. It will be much more difficult for those detained in Scotland to exercise their right to appeal and to properly challenge their deportation.
The Home Office has been forced to apologise for failing to consult the Scottish government, Renfrewshire Council, or local residents about this decision.
Every year thousands of people who, according to the Home Office’s own rules, should not be detained – survivors of torture, people with severe mental health problems, children and women more than 6 months pregnant – are detained. There is no place for immigration prison in a society that respects human rights.
We call on the Scottish Government to use this opportunity to formulate a Home Affairs policy for Scotland that respects human rights and consigns detention to history.