Nasho, Edward-Kennedy

Nasho, Edward-Kennedy

Edward-Kennedy Nasho

1 November 2006Feature

Delegates representing human rights campaign organisations and groups convened in London in October to fortify an ongoing campaign to end migrant and refugee detention. Edward-Kennedy Nasho reports.

The one-day strategy conference, organised by Barbed Wire Britain (BWB), an Oxford based network advocating an end to refugee and migrant detention, was held on 14 October at London's Human Rights Action Centre (Amnesty International UK). The event was well attended, and morning plenary session heard activists speak strongly on recent successes, and lessons learned from the ongoing campaigns.

Topical areas included lessons learnt from detainees' struggles,the children in detention…