Socialist Resistance

An archive of socialistresistance.org, 2002–2022

In 2002 NCADC's grant was suspended and an investigation launched into the organisation's 'political activities' after it was

 |  Socialist Resistance no33  |  page 6-7

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vilified in the Daily Mail. you to support them." Doctor, Medical Justice Network "I am so sad to hear that you are going to close all your office. Please stay!" An cavium seerer "We need to campaign toi NCADC to keep their doors open for those who are suffering under the threat of deporlanon to wnere lnel numan rights were severely abused. You can help the NCADC by taking out a standing order (commit a regular amount every month), or National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (http://www.ncadc.org.uk) Download a standing order form http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/NCADCstandingorder.doc tion detention centres."

Bill MacKeith, Barbed Wire

Britain Network to End Refugee and Migrant

"I have acted for a number of people who have faced unwarranted and unlawful violence at the hands of detention centre officers or escort officers. Without the work of the NCADC, these cases would have gone unreported enough. Inshallah!"

"We've always wanted to meet you - and even though we haven't, it feels as if, somenow, we nave

"May others follow our lead to get the lie thev too. deserve. Never give up' is the message we give and you can pass this on) and "sometimes, just sometimes, you just have to take a risk ... we did"?

Gina and Nabil Musa

"I was dismayed to learn of the funding crisis at NCADC. They are providing an invaluable service to immigration practitioners, and just now the problems with funding for thousands of essential voluntary organisations.

Cuts in local government funding, and the spineless way that local councils have given into them over more than a decade have meant that organisations have become more dependent on the undemocratic lottery funding.

These are issues that Respect should be addressing in its local government manıfesto in order to put together a platform which can reach out to new forces and build the broad based political alternative to New Labour we so des-