Unity Centre Glasgow

Rabah Hamoud is a 39 year old single man from Algeria who came to the UK in January 2001 to claim asylum after he had problems with the military authorities following the disappearance of his father. Rabah is facing forcible removal from teh UK on Monday morning, please visit here for more information and model letters that can be sent on his behalf.

Trhas from Eritrea arrived in the UK to join her husband in May this year. She spent one night with her husband Aron who stays in Glasgow. The next day she went for her screening interview in Liverpool and was detained and put on the super-fast track. Before coming to the UK she first arrived in Italy before finding out here her husband was living.

Her asylum case has been refused and she is now facing a “Dublin Convention” third country removal to Italy on Tuesday 13^th July.

Trhas and Aron urgently need you to fax the Home Office to urge them to unite this family and allow Trhas to be released so she can be reunited with her husband.

You can download model letters to send from our website here

Volunteers needed!

We’re looking for donations of food and volunteers to help in our new weekly cafe for destitute asylum seekers

From Tuesday 6th July we will be preparing a meal and giving out free food for destiute asylum seekers and those recieving Section 4 support in Lansdowne Church Hall on Great Western Road (near Solly’s African shop and Kelvinbridge underground station.)

More info here:

Well known asylum seeker activist, member of the NUJ and long-term volunteer at the Parkhead Citizens Advice Bureau, Charles Atangana has been detained in Glasgow today.

More info here

Read the ‘Daily Fail’ - The latest issue exposes 12 myths about asylum seekers in the UK. Read what they really don’t want you to know about!

This hand-out has been produced by us at the Unity Centre to counter some of the racist lies about asylum seekers spread by far-right groups during and after the General Election.We hope you find it informative and useful.Please free to copy and distribute it. Alternatively please contact us if you would like more copies. Here is a PDF A4 version   asylum-myths-2010.pdf

Once a year those lovely people in the Ceilidh Collective people in Edinburgh hold a brilliant party for Unity in Edinburgh. Last year it raised almost £1000 for the centre and we took twenty people through from Glasgow to join the fun….

[A ‘Ceilidh (pronounced “Kay-Lee”) is a traditional Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling.]

It’s the time of year for another Ceilidh to raise money for the Unity Centre - This year the money will go towards buying a new minibus for the Centre. This year it wil be on Saturday 17trh April in the Rudolf Steiner School at 60 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh. More info here.

 In an effort to widen the range of things sold by our charity, Unity has now opened a second-hand bookshop in Govan. The new shop is about three minutes walk from our existing charity shop at Govan Cross which opened last July. More information here.

Join the march in memory of the Serykh family who fell to their deaths from their 15 storey flat in Red Road, Glasgow to demand a full and public inquiry into the circumstances leading to their deaths. More information here

Come to our next monthly anti-deportation workshop - the first Saturday of every month.

Has your asylum case been refused? Are you worried about being detained by the Home Office? Are you scared of being deported? Come and find out how to organise YOUR anti-deportation campaign. Understanding the system is the first step to winning your claim!

Organised by UNIITY and supported by NCADC (National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns) Second workshop Saturday 7th Novmeber 11am - 4 pm

At the Kinning Park Complex, on Cornwall Street, off Paisley Road West.

Without Borders …
A FREE day of film, skill sharing and discussion on migration, borders and freedom of movement

Saturday 17 October 2009
11am – 7pm
Glasgow Social Centre, 66 Osborne St, Glasgow, G1 More information here