The case of the Angel Heighes Seven - while it contains its own particular lessons and out- also raises many of the seekers who are being forcibly SPORC URO TA CADOU racist Asylum and immigration i ne unar no ura accommodation and lack of lems. support faced by those who are being ospersed are key issues that campaigners need to take up.
Between May 10 and June 2, seven Asylum seokers who were living at Angel Heights Hostel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne were imprisoned without bail after a number of incidenes following their complaints about conditions they t notonou) Ive in within the hostel. Six of the accused are Iraqi Kurds and The refugees were dispersed by Kent County Council to Angel Heights in Newcastle upon-Tyne. Kent County Council were paying the cost of their accommodation.
On Wednesday May 10 2000, asy um seekers at the hostel staged a protest. This followed other attempts to have their inhuman conditions rectified -including 2 days of hunger that they are not allowed to have visitors and kept under curtew, Indeed thei position is little different from that of people in detention centres - while mous profit.
Management at the hostel claimed 40 windows were broken and fumiture and TESLeU been denied by the asylum seckers saying onty one cable This too has echoes of the situation at Campsfield - where damage carried out by Group 4 employees. Also, as campaigners poinced out, if these lences were alleged of peo. Kent County Councl pie wno were not asyrum soek⢠ers there is no doubt they When the asylum seckers inicaly complained about their activists. Meanwhie the achised to elect representatives to liase abouc the probHowever, one representative was then asked to let all asylum seckers know their meagre weekly allowance was being (S. The justification for this was that there had been damage to the hostel in the past.
No one knew who was supbreakages, bue all of the refugees were to be charged regardless. The refugees' represencatire, who was asked to tell the others about the decrease in their money, was upset by this and was alleged to have threatened members of staff - an allegation he denies. He was then given a warning