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Police officers monitoring protesters outside immigration reporting centre Sandford House in Solihull

Protesters challenging Rwanda plan arrested outside Home Office immigration centre in Solihull

Staff ReporterApril 30, 2024May 1, 202401 mins

Police officers arrested 13 protesters following a demonstration at a Home Office immigration centre in Solihull yesterday evening. The group were apprehended just after 9pm on Monday (April 29), after preventing access to Sandford House, where they had spent most of the day in support of 5 asylum seekers who had reportedly been detained by authorities in…

Eddie O'Hara has returned his British Empire Medal in protest

Birmingham activist returns Empire Medal over treatment of refugees and free school meals

Rangzeb HussainJuly 11, 2023July 11, 202301 mins

A Birmingham social work activist has returned his British Empire Medal in protest over “Labour’s refusal to commit to free school meals and the Tories removal of children’s murals” at an asylum centre. Eddie O’Hara was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours in 2021 for his charity work and for…