tain on compassionate grounds Najat left her husband cruelty, but when he was deported by the Home Office they said she also had had a British born The fact that she son, and had built her own inof no concern to the civil They simply assumed that she was just an appendage of her husband.
big campaign called the *Friends of Najat Chafee' was organised and had to the me Offier threatened deportation.
This is great news and shows what can be done by organised action. But there are still a lot more like this to be won. In 1980 970 people were deported Britain, an increase ot over 30 percent on deported 1979. Guardian reported that 50 Ghanians who had arrived at Heathrow rights had al all been To carry this summary deportation, THAT CHOR ORCUSCOR mandeered 50 scats on a Hught to Giana and had booked these who booked these seats.
Fortunately the growing deportations has begun to build up recently. In Bradford a oint committee CELIS has been set up to oppose 18 threatened deportations in the city. Scottish Labour Backs case concerns Reggi Yates. Although his wife Felicia is British, this does not quany me to stay in Britain. The state is using the tact that rencia deny him permission. This deny him permission. rule denies many black women the right to marry non-bullsn men and stay in Britain.
Whilst the rule allegedly concerns all people irrespective of the colour of their skin, it is essentially aimed at blacks who are Tar more nkely have been born abroad than Whites.
Activists Anti-deportation campaigns now exist in most of the big centres like Leeds, Manchester ingham. But there remains an urgent need to unre all these individual campaigns into one massive campaign against the ImLaws. The Bradford Joint Committee has suggested that such a campaign could COOKSON behind the demand for an maculate amnesty For a illegal immigrants This is an excellent suggestion. mediate, It and places a im- acheivable CM demand on the government and we should Photo mano that tac Lacost rar ty pledges itself to carry out such an amnesty on the day it takes office A demand such as this would draw new forces into the fight against the immigration laws as it could be placed in the context of a campaign for the repeal of all immigration laws. laws.
A step in the direction of uniting the campaigns is being made by the calling of conference by the Campaign Against KaCISI Laws (CARL) on 23 October is a broadly DANCE OR SONOR which brings many black and lanom mOve ment bodies. It includes in the Indian Workers Association and last year it called a 10,000 strong demonstration against the Nationality Bill.
The conference aims to highlight four particular points:
CARL Conference Saturday 23 October 10-5pm. County Hall London CARL, 56 Edithna St London SW9 9JP Black people take to the streets against racist violence and the police. • Opposition to internal passport checks in hospitals, education, employment and hous ing.
• Ending the waiting lists of dependents and UK passport holders.
• Ending the ban on foreign husbands and fiances.
• Stopping all racist It will discuss calling a national next spring and will call on loca Councis to declare themselves against passport checks and will ask the trade unions to op pose and refuse to imple ment such checks.
Details and delegates credentials from I hope that Socialist Challenge readers will make sure that they attend the conterence and that they will get their trade unions and labour parties to send a delegate.