tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post4989148252026560984..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: We are the World Socialist MovementPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-62127952312693679712015-03-13T08:03:43.195+00:002015-03-13T08:03:43.195+00:00Detainees in several of the UK’s immigration deten...Detainees in several of the UK’s immigration detention centers, including Harmondsworth – the country’s largest detention facility – have staged hunger strikes and demonstrations, calling for improved conditions and a limit to the maximum detention time.<br /><br />Several hundred asylum seekers at Harmondsworth detention center, near London’s Heathrow Airport, have been on hunger strike since Monday. A reported 300 migrants are participating in the strike at the detention facility, which houses around 620 men. Hunger strikes and protests have been breaking out in similar centers since last week. In an open letter to the Home Office, detainees submitted a list of grievances. They complain of inadequate healthcare and access to legal service, noting that sometimes no legal counsel is provided for them at all.<br />http://rt.com/uk/240205-detention-center-hunger-strike/<br />ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-12779608111126808072015-03-13T03:27:51.143+00:002015-03-13T03:27:51.143+00:00In Southeast Asia, the UNHCR report estimated tha...In Southeast Asia, the UNHCR report estimated that last year 54,000 people undertook terrible risks on smugglers' boats, the majority of whom left from the Bay of Bengal fleeing towards Thailand and Malaysia. Hundreds of others were moving further south in the Indian Ocean. This figure for 2014 represents a 15% increase over the same period in 2013, and more than triple the estimated number of departures during the same period in 2012.<br /><br />The majority of these are ethnic Rohingya fleeing ongoing violence in Burma’s Rakhine state. UNHCR estimated that last year 540 people died during these journeys, due to starvation, dehydration and beatings by crew members. UNHCR reports that those who do make it to Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia face detention, exploitation and violence.ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com