On Saturday 11 March, Nottingham RCG attended a demonstration organised by South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) outside Morton Hall detention centre, where the British state locks people up for ‘administrative purposes’. Protesters were able to talk directly to detainees by shouting over the fence and using mobile phones. The main messages conveyed by the detainees was that they are not prisoners but are being treated as such; medical and social care is appalling, and they are particularly concerned about the older detainees. The detainees are not allowed access to camera phones, which makes it difficult to keep in touch with family. They were clear that the reason for this is that the prison officers don’t want them to document the conditions inside the centre. One man climbed the interior fence to speak to us, and the man in the soundcloud link (below) spoke to us at length on the phone. We are receiving reports that these two men and one other have been removed from the block and their whereabouts are currently unclear. Get in touch if you want to help us build resistance to Britain’s racist immigration laws!
