April 20th Day of Action 12 pm to 3 pm. London Trafalgar Square
SOL- Save Our Livelihood
CICC,Bangaldeshi,Indian, Paskistani, Turkish catering communities formed - Ethnic Catering Alliance.
People came from all over the country, and in large numbers. Today (Sunday) we saw over 20,000 people from five different communities exercising their democratic rights to protest against the Government's policies on migrant workers, and the harsh treatments our communities are getting from the BIA.
CICC Vice Chair, Bobby Chan, made a welcome speech to our supporters. Our Chair, Yip Fai Liu, gave a passionate speech condemning the way our and other minority communities are being treated by this Government.
A number of MPs spoke at the demo - Mr Jeremy Corbyn MP, Mr Keith Vaz MP, Mr Sadiq Kahn MP, Mr George Galloway MP and Former MP and Labour Minster Mr Tony Benn all spoke in support of our campaign and condemned the Government's treatments of minority catering community. Two members of the House of Lord, Baroness Uddin and Lord Karan Balamoria also spoke of their support.
Throughout the day the is a real sense of solidarity and unity between between the communities. We now have to see what the Government will do to redress the problems they have created.
Lobby Your MP Monday 21st April 2008
Lobbying you Member of Parliament is your right, as a citizen, to speak to your MP in person in Parliament.
You can find (above), on this site, a short letter, which you can download and use to lobby your MP. On the Monday 21st April CICC is organising a delegation to lobby their MPs in Parliament. 21st April is the first day back to work for MPs after their Easter holiday.
If you want to lobby your MP this is what you should do.
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Tell us if you want to go to Parliament on Monday. Please call CICC - Chi 07788987385, 0r Joe 07956937888. We can team you up with other supporters from your local area.
- Meet outside Parliament (Stephen's Entrance) at 2:30pm on Monday 21st April. Chi Chan and Ms Rohema Maih (Bangladesh Communities) will be there to meet you.
- Take a look at our demands on the MP lobby letter (Above).
Thanks for Your help
Thank you for sending in hundreds of questionnaires to us. Our research team at CICC is now putting a report together, which we will submit to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
MAC will be making their recommendations to the Immigration Minister, Mr Liam Byrne MP, in June, on which occupation will be included on the SOL (Shortage Occupation List).
All occupations on the SOL will automatically get 50 points, which could smooth the way for employer to recruit workers from oversea.
Want to know more about MAC?
Find out more about MAC and SOL？
BIA agrees to consider our proposal
At a meeting this week with CICC, Assistant Director of SE region BIA, Lionel Garriock, agreed to take our proposal, of granting undocumented worker temporary eligibility to work, to the Director of BIA. Commenting on the proposal Mr Garroick said "it has certain logic and merit serious consideration."
At this meeting we also brought BIA's attention to problems that are facing some employers with work permit renewals. BIA said that the new tier 2 Point Based System, which has yet to be implemented, should not affect current work permit application. They ask CICC and individual employers who are experiencing such problem to supply evidence to the BIA.
You can see how we use the
Please Sign our Downing Street Petition -
We have a petition on the Prime Minister's web site. Please follow the link and sign the petition. Anyone who is a British citizen, or a resident can sign it. When you have sign it why not ask your friends to sign it as well
To sign the petition:
1. Click on this link
Petition to the Prime Minister
2. Fill in you name
3. Fill in your email address
4. Fill in your address and postal code.
5. Click on 'sign'
Downing street will send you an email asking you to confirm by click on a link on that email.
That's it.
We want 1 million plus signatures. After signing it be sure to ask your friends and family to sign it as well.
Your can also read and go to our petition via the first page of this web site.
Thank you for your support
BIA raids on Chinese restaurants and takeaways are continuing
CICC is collecting data about these raids. If you have been raided, or know of a BIA raid please contact us. Please take a quick look at the kind of information (click here ) we need.
Write to your MP Now
Your local Member of Parliament is there to represent your view. Getting him or her to know what kind of problems you are facing is the best way to put pressure on the Government to take issues more seriously. Write to your MP directly.
CICC has prepared a letter, which you can use to write to your local MP. Do it today and make your view known.
Ask the Questions
CICC also prepared a list of questions you can ask your MP, or ask your regional BIA under the Freedom of Information Act.
四月二十日示威行動
十二時 至 三時
拯救我們的生計
SOL-Save Our Livelihood
英國華人及其他少數民族餐飲業正受到嚴重勞工短缺的困擾；華人移民關注委員會(CICC)與其他少數 民族餐飲業團體，於二零零八年四月二十日星期日聯合舉行示威行動。
我們要求少數民族餐飲業必須名列職業「勞工短缺名單」(Shortage Occupation List) ，好使華人及其他少數民族的餐飲業能申請移民勞工。
在本會網站閣下可以下載海報及傳單，你若果願意為示威行動義務宣傳，可以把這些海報貼在貴寶號的窗戶外，告訴你客戶他們最喜愛的餐廳現在面臨的困境；鼓勵他們去信當地國會議員以表不滿。
本會於四月二十日週日的示威希望你能帶橫額到場；本會將提供英文口號及告示版。請閣下自備中文告示版；越多橫額及告示版示威將更具聲勢。
遊說你的國會議員
作為一個英國公民你是有權在國會向你所屬區內的國會議員反映意見的。
四月二十一日星期一下午二時三十分，到英國國會遊說你當地的國會議員。
閣下還可以在本網站內下載一封到你當地國會議員的簡信。二零零八年四月二十一日星期一是國會議員復活節假期後第一個工作日，CICC將在這天安排去遊說國會議員。
- 若果你想星期一到國會請願，請先聯絡本會員工：陳志明07788987385, 或洪祖欣07956937888，我們可以把同你屬區的請願者集合一起。
- 下午二時三十分在國會(Stephen's Entrance) 陳志明和 Ms Rohema Maih (Bangladesh Communities) 將會在現場準備。
- 請細閱我們設計的請願信(在網站內) 。
多謝大家幫忙
多謝各位參加本會調查研究組所舉辦的問卷調查，我們回收到數百份問卷。華人移民關注委員會調查員將完成報告後上呈移民諮詢委員會(MAC)
MAC 將會在本年六月向移民次官白禮巖 (Mr. Liam Byrne MP)建議那些職業可列入職位短缺名 單 (SOL) 。
職位短缺名單內的所有職業都有五十分底分，這是勞工移民的基本分數，可以順利申請移民勞工。
移民局考慮我們的提議
移民局英國東南部及倫敦區副總裁(Assistant Director of SE region BIA) Lionel Garriock 上星期與華人移民關注委員會會談後，移民局會認真地考慮本會提議讓滯留英國的無證勞工給與臨時工作簽證，表示：「這是合邏輯及值得慎重考慮的。」。
在會內我們亦留意到勞工移民新計分制。令到僱主為勞工簽證續期感到困擾；移民局表示新計分制度不會影響已簽證勞工。
請聯合簽署到首相府-
華人移民關注委員會現正舉行一個聯合簽署請願，聯署是會直達英國首相的官方網站。請下按參閱連結網頁再加入聯署；所有英國公民及居英者都可以加入簽署。
加入聯署方法：
1.請下按參閱連結網頁
2. 請填妥姓名
3. 請填妥電郵地址
4. 請填妥閣下居住地址連郵政區號
5. 下按"sign"
英國首相府將會寄出一封電郵，請下按連結以確實閣下加入聯署
就是這樣簡單
我們要有超過一百萬人參加聯署。加入聯署後請呼籲你的家人朋友簽署
你可以通過本網站首頁參閱我們的聯署網頁
多謝閣下支持
移民局繼續突擊搜查華人餐館及外賣店
華人移民關注委員會現正搜集被檢查的店舖相關數據。如果閣下曾被檢查或者知道那裡曾被突擊搜查請聯絡我們。
請(下按這裡)參閱我們所需有關資料。
致函你的國會議員
你所屬地區的英國國會下議院議員是有責任反映你的意見。這是最有效向英國政府施壓及令政府正視問題的方法。
華人移民委員會已準備好一封公開信給你的當地英國國會下議院議員；今天請寄出這封信使你的意見得到理解。