Film Number |
7644 |
Title |
IMMIGRATION WIVES AND FIANCES CAMPAIGN - NIGHT VIGIL AT SLADE LANE |
Producer |
WFA |
Date |
1986 |
Gauge |
U-matic LB |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
7 mins 29 secs |
Description |
Footage of a group of 20 mainly Asian women and children conducting an all night vigil outside the Slade Lane Neighbourhood Centre, Levenshulme, Manchester, in support of Rahela and Khalid in their campaign for Khalid to have the right to stay in the UK and marry Rahela against the imposition of the new immigration regulations - the Primary Purpose Rule to restrict the numbers of Asian men coming into the UK. A fire is burning in a barrel as it gets towards dark. More men join the group and they have a picnic style meal on the grass at the site. Amongst the people at the vigil are Shamsa Butt and Viraj Mendis and many of the protesters who attended a Daily Mail picket against the Daily Mail's support of the Primary Purpose Rule and its reporting of it. |
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