[Anarchafeminists] Mothers' Vigil to re-unite Peace Musabi with her children

[aawg02 at googlemail.com]

Dear friends,
Would you please email the information below to your network.
Many thanks,
Jeto
 Mothers’ Vigil to re-unite Peace Musabi with her children

Thursday 22 July 9.30am
Asylum & Immigration
Tribunal<http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/Documents/HearingCentres/YorkHouse.pdf>,
York & Gloucester House,
 Dukes Green Ave, TW14OLS  (near Hatton Cross tube)

     The Mothers’ Campaign for Family Reunion (MoCa) and Single Mothers’
Self-Defence invite you to join a Mothers’ Vigil in support of Peace Musabi,
one of MoCa’s founder members, who is fighting to be reunited with her
children.

Seven years ago, Ms Musabi fled rape and other torture in Burundi after
being forced to leave her three surviving children in the care of a trusted
friend. He then came under threat and sent the children to a relative before
disappearing. Ms Musabi could not find where the children were. She claimed
asylum in the UK and only in 2007 was granted the right to stay in the UK.
Despite being unable to go back to Burundi, Ms Musabi searched relentlessly
for her children, and two years ago found them safe in Uganda. She has been
pressing the Home Office to allow the children to join her, but so far they
have callously refused.

Jeto Flaviah, a co-founder of the Mothers’
Campaign<http://www.allwomencount.net/EWC%20Immigrant/MothersCampaignAAWG.htm>says:

“*Every meal we eat we think of whether our children have eaten; not one day
passes without our worry that they are **being abused or suffering violence.
We live in this country with our hearts bleeding, but our love for our
children keeps us fighting. *”

“*Being an asylum seeker is just a label, we are the same as any other
mother; we feel the same love, the same heartache, the same longing to
protect our children. **Our hopes are pinned on this hearing, not only for
Peace, a loving mother, and her precious children, but for all mothers
suffering the pain of separation.”*

Kim Sparrow of Single Mothers’
Self-Defence<http://www.allwomencount.net/AWC/SingleMothersPage.htm>,
comments:

*“Despite all the talk about the importance of families, children are being
denied their mothers’ love and protection.  As mothers we try to do our best
for our children in increasingly difficult circumstances; and some of us
suffer separation as we flee war, persecution, rape or domestic violence, or
because of poverty.  We have witnessed Ms Musabi’s pain when she couldn’t
locate the children, her determination to leave no stone unturned until she
found them, her joy and relief when she got news that they were alive, and
her distress at the Home Office refusal to allow them to join her.  What is
more important than the survival and wellbeing of children, and the caring
work of mothers to ensure their wellbeing?  We cannot allow this traumatised
family to continue to be torn apart in this way.”*

Please join us on Thursday and show support for Ms Musabi and other mothers
in similar situations.

*Background*

Interview with Ms
Musabi<http://http/www.womenagainstrape.net/media/audio-tag-title-raw>

Ms Musabi finds her
children<http://womenagainstrape.net/content/fantastic-news-peace-m-one-our-dedicated-volunteer>

Ms Musabi wins the right to
stay<http://womenagainstrape.net/content/peace-hearing-she-won-her-case>
Help Ms Musabi find her
children<http://www.womenagainstrape.net/content/help-traumatised-mother-find-her-children>


 For more info contact: All African Women’s Group: aawg02 at googlemail.com,
Single Mothers’ Self Defence: smsd at allwomencount.net. Crossroads Women’s
Centre, Tel: 0207482 2496
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2496      end_of_the_skype_highlighting / 07904255145

*If you would like to endorse this vigil please contact the organisers above
*.

All African Women's Group
Crossroads Women’s Centre
230a Kentish Town Rd
London NW5 2AB
Tel: 020 7482 2496




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All African Women's Group
Crossroads Women’s Centre
230a Kentish Town Rd
London NW5 2AB
Tel: 020 7482 2496
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