Magical Mystery Tour

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1pm Cathedral Square - Sheffield
On Saturday, October 15th, Sheffield no-borders collective invites you to assemble at 1pm on Cathedral Square, City Centre, for an extraordinary event.... The magical mystery tour - a tourist jaunt through the city centre of Sheffield, taking in various places and buildings where magical mystery policies of exclusion are implemented through state agents or private cooperations.

Participating tourists are introduced to background information about the visited sites of exclusion and internal borders which are usually kept invisible to the eye of the unprepared visitor of the city. We hope to create deep insights among participants about the "magical mystery tours" around internal borders and zones of exclusion that asylum seekers, migrants and other foreigners are going through when they do what is most natural and easy for people with "good" passports, tourists, managers, the global upper class: crossing state borders....

Groups of tourists will be guided by our lovely tour-guides who are not only keen on pointing out the hidden secrets of exclusion to you, but are happy to engage with you in lively discourse about all the mysteries we will reveal to you.

A birthday/funeral party for immigration laws
At the end of their tours all the groups will get back together at the city's central Peace Gardens for a tremendous finish: A birthday/funeral party for 100 years of immigration laws in the UK in 2005. Believe it or not, just 100 years ago, immigration laws were not considered natural, nor normal or even necessary. In light of their 100th anniversary we will celebrate their symbolic funeral...an event you should not miss.

Always hoping to entertain you... Sheffield No Borders

No borders Sheffield Website Make borders history campaign website

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Magical Mystery Tour in Sheffield - C A L L - O U T
Sheffield no-borders invites you to join our call for the freedom of movement and the right to stay on 15th October 2005 with a magical mystery tour to be held in Sheffield. The magical mystery tour took place for the first time in Glasgow during G8 mobilisations (have a look at make-bordes-history webpage) and works basically like a tourist style walking tour through the city centre, hitting various places and buildings where racist policies are implemented through state agents or private cooperations (making profits off it) Participating "tourists" are introduced to background information about the visited sites. Sheffield No Borders collective will produce a map of the city centre that shows highlightens these sites of exclusion and internal borders which are usually kept invisible. We hope to create awareness among participants and media about the "magical mystery tours" of racist institutions that asylum seekers, migrants and other foreigners are forced to go through when they do what is most natural and easy for people with "good" passports, tourists, managers, the global upper class: crossing state borders.... the tour is promoting the political demand of the abolishment of all national borders and immigration controls...e.g. the freedom of movement and the right to stay as basic human rights.

We are calling for activists, performers, journalists, designers and artists in and around Sheffield to join our efforts and help in the production of the tour, the map and our benefit event Delete the border that will take place on 9th September in  Matilda Social Centre.

Contact Sheffield No Borders group via [mailto:sheffield-noborders@lists.aktivix.org email]

useful links for information

 * Collection of articles about Sheffields sites of exclusion
 * Make Borders History Campaign
 * No Border network
 * European Network against Detention Centres