via Leeds No Borders
Leeds No Borders are organising a coach to ‘Shut Down Yarls Wood’ on Saturday 18th Nov.
Please book your ticket/donate on link below.
Leeds No Borders offer free tickets to people without papers/seeking asylum but to do this we need as many people that can afford it to buy the full price ticket/donate if you can’t come yourself.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-coach-to-shutdowanyarlswood-181117-tickets-38236821362
What is Yarls Wood?
In Yarl’s Wood 400+ women are indefinitely detained, most of whom have experienced rape, domestic violence, torture, forced marriage, sexual abuse, FGM, persecution due to sexuality. Many of whom have long and deep connections to the UK, have been here most of their lives, have all their family and friends here. Many have children; some are pregnant, elderly, disabled, sick and have mental health difficulties.
Yarl’s Wood has been exposed time after time in undercover investigations, government reports, inspectorate reports, and inquiry findings for sexual abuse/harassment by guards towards the women. Undercover footage by Channel 4 news showed the brutal, racist attitude of the guards. These demonstrations keep Yarl’s Wood on the national agenda, they make it clear that there is only one solution – SHUT IT DOWN
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