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01 January 1991

Immigration - new material
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Two new publications were launched by Refugee Forum on 23
October. The first, The Walls of the Fortress, describes the
texts and agreements (Schengen, TREVI, the Dublin Convention etc)
making up the `walls of paper' around Europe, designed to keep
out immigrants, migrants and refugees, and discussed the
implications for those communities and for settled Black
communities in Europe. The text of the relevant documents is set
out in an Appendix.
The second booklet, Communities of Resistance First Launch
Report, is a report of the first Communities of Resistance
conference held in Hackney in November 1989, and an account of
the development of the Communities of Resistance Network since
then. The Forum has also re-issued the Communities of Resistance
1992 Information Pack, an information pack describing the effects
of 1992 in all areas of life including work, social security,
health, housing, voting, policing, immigration controls, and
fascist groups. It also includes the Migrant and Refugee European
Manifesto. The publications offer a revealing insight into the
developments at the European level of measures to ensure that
`refugees and other undesirables' are kept out of Europe, and
what that actually means on the ground to those affected by them.
The Walls of the Fortress: ¼2.50
Communities of Resistance First Launch Report: ¼2.00 Communities
of Resistance 1992 Information Pack: ¼6.00.
All available from: Refugee Forum, 54 Tavistock Place, London
WC1. Add 50p per booklet for postage and packing.