Statement on Arora International Hotels Ltd. Planning Application No. CR/2009/0421/COU

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The attached statement in opposition to the planning application by Arora International Hotels Ltd. for a change of use of the Mercure Hotel, Povey Cross Road, Crawley, allowing its conversion into an Immigration Removal Centre, has been sent to all 37 Crawley Borough Councillors and to Laura Moffet MP for Crawley. The nature of this planning application and the exisitng structure means that any resulting detention centre could only be used to hold families and children.

Arora Hotel Conversion: Protest at Crawley Council Meeting, 25th Jan!

On Monday 25th January London No Borders and No Borders Brighton are calling for a protest outside Crawley Town Hall (The Boulevard, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1UZ) at 6.30pm to protest against Arora International's plans to turn its four-star hotel at Gatwick, Mercure, into yet another immigration prison.

Protest at Mercure Hotel, Gatwick, Mon 11th Jan

Mercure Hotel Protest - Statement By Participants

Today Monday 11th Janaury a group of 10 people from Brighton No Borders took part in a peaceful protest at the Mercure Hotel, Povey Cross Road, Crawley, demonstrating against Arora Hotels International Ltd.’s plans to turn the 254-bed four-star Mercure hotel into the third immigration detention centre in the Gatwick area.

Meeting to oppose Points Based Immigration

Wednesday 13 January 2010 17:00
RHB 142 - ground floor, main building
Goldsmiths, Lewisham Way , New Cross SE14 6NW

Following our public meeting at the beginning of December (entitled 'Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Movement'), we are having an organising meeting to build the campaign against the Points-Based System for Immigration. Join us and bring your ideas for actions and events so we can build awareness and opposition to the new immigration rules. All welcome.

VHS Video Basement presents: noborders film night in Soho

The Bath House Pub
96 Dean street

On tuesday the 12th of january we will be having a fundraiser/info
night for No Borders, at our new space The Bath House in Soho. This is
in anticipation of the upcoming demonstration on january 23rd in
central London, information about which can be found here:

NOII/CAIC merger meeting, Sat 30th Jan

No One is Illegal (NOII) and Campaign Against Immigration Controls (CAIC) will be meeting together to explore what they have in common, any obstacles to unity/differences in aims, perspectives or priorities and hopefully, overcome any problems that might be identified to unite, or at the very least, work more closely together and a path to uniting.

This meeting will be on SATURDAY 30 JANUARY, 1pm at SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG - off Russell Square or off Malet Street. Nearest tube Russell Square - Piccadilly line.

London NoBorders @ Dissident Island Radio: 15 January 2010

London NoBorders will meet the fabulous Dissident Island Radio on Friday 15 January 2010. You can listen the show here live from 9pm!

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