Despite a long running campaign, Anselme Noumbiwa Home Office reference no. N1126839 is due to be deported tomorrow Thurs 23rd Oct 2008 at 06:15 hrs on BA flight BA 302 to Paris then Air France flight AF940 to Yaounde, Cameroon.

All supporters are urged to please send out emails to Willie Walsh CEO British Airways at willie.walsh@ba.com and Naomi Dulfer Press and Communications Manager Air France nadulfer@airfrance.fr

Faxes should can also be sent to Home Office Jacqui Smith 020 8760 3132

Re Mr Anselme Noumbiwa, please ring Kenya Airways 0208 2831800

It is flight KQ 101 at 20.00 hours

This is an urgent request to you to sign the attached letter concerning an asylum seeker whose
removal is set for July 14th. It is self explanatory as to why we are extremely concerned about him.

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BBC newsman speaks on behalf of Fairtrade

During an obviously busy speaking schedule George Alagiah OBE, BBC newsman, Fairtrade Foundation patron and well-known Catholic found himself at the pristine Ahmadiyya Mosque in Hartlepool on a beautiful afternoon in early May speaking to an audience of around 100 people. Following introductions by Martin Green of the Hartlepool Fairtrade Working Group and a warm welcome by Bilal Atkinson on behalf of the Ahmadiyya community, Mr Alagiah spoke first of how privileged he felt to be in a mosque and recalled the Muslim devotions he had seen as a child in Ghana. He said that he felt as if he were “a brick in the bridge we’re building between communities”. Read More

Kath Sainsbury, Practice Manager for Justice First writes, ‘Thanks to all those involved in the African Ceilidh on Friday 25th April at St Thomas More, Beechwood in aid of Justice First, a charity which works alongside people who have been refused asylum. Like all charities working with disadvantaged groups, we must constantly raise funds to sustain our activities. Read More

We were very happy to welcome Bishop Terry at our Core Group meeting at the end of February. This gave us an opportunity to tell him about the aims and work of the Commission and to ask him to send a message to our readers which you will see below. We look forward to further meetings with him. Read More

George Alagiah, the well-known BBC News presenter, will speak on the subject of Fairtrade on Friday May 9th, 1.45 to 3.00pm at Hartlepool Mosque, Turnbull Street, Hartlepool. Read More

Sponsored by the Justice and Peace Commission, the first meeting will be held in Hull Read More

Justice and Peace Commission meeting

Date and Venue: Saturday 3rd May at English Martyrs, Dalton Terrace, York
Time: 10.00 am for 10.30 am
Speaker: Bruce Kent

All Welcome. Please bring some lunch to share.

A fundraising evening of music and dance from different cultures including a ceilidh at St Thomas More Parish Hall, Kirkham Row, Beechwood, Middlesbrough on Friday 25th April 2008 at 7.30 pm Read More