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This month, No One Is Illegal Radio contributes to CKUT's special programming for Prisoner Justice Day, with a focus on immigration and detention. This month's show includes recorded presentations and interviews with:
-> ARASH ASLANI: Arash, a refugee from Iran, was a detainee at the Laval Immigration Prevention Center near Montreal for 10 months. He speaks out about the conditions at the detention center, and his experiences as a migrant in Europe and Canada. At any one time, there can be upwards of 100 detainees at the Laval Immigration Prevention Center. Arash continues his struggle for status in Canada. (14:04)
-> TERESA HAYTER: Teresa is an activist and writer based in England. She is the author of "Open Borders: The Case Against Immigration Controls" (Pluto Press 2004), and has been an organizer of the Campaign to Close Campsfield (an immigration detention center near Oxford, England) for over a decade. Teresa speaks about current campaigns against detention in Britain, and the case for abolishing all detentions centers (as well as the inherently racist nature of all immigration controls). (16:27)
More info about the Campaign to Close Campsfield, and anti-detention struggles in Britain is available at: http://www.closecampsfield.org.uk and http://www.barbedwirebritain.org.uk
-> AARTI SHAHANI: Aarti is an immigrant rights organizer based in New York City. She is the co-founder of Families for Freedom, a multi-ethnic defence network by and for immigrants facing and fighting deportation, comprised of immigrant prisoners, former immigrant prisoners, their loved ones and individuals at risk of deportation. Aarti speaks about current campaigns against detentions and deportations in the United States. (21:31)
More info about Families for Freedom is available at: http://www.familiesforfreedom.org
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