"We need to defend the asylum-seekers and their rights, and call out all the reactionary politicians who are willing to play roulette with people’s lives."
Tag: Asylum Seekers
Firefighters’ union demands meeting with Braverman over Bibby Stockholm fire safety
“The government has already scrapped vital fire safety measures for asylum seeker accommodation. Now, it wants to put more than 500 people onto an off-shore barge designed to hold around 200."
We must continue to resist the Anti-Refugee Bill – Olivia Blake MP
We must oppose the government’s illegal proposals, up the pressure by joining the demonstrations against the Bill, and put an end to the hostile environment, writes Olivia Blake MP
Challenge the Government’s Anti-Migrant Bill on all fronts – PCS Left Unity
"The demonisation of asylum seekers belittles the serious problems that need to be addressed and seeks to utilise the issue as a political tool... a smokescreen for the real problems that exist in the country."
Stop the anti-refugee bill – time for a safe passage visa
The Government line is that it wants to stop the people smugglers. The UK could give safe passage to refugees in Calais who have viable asylum claims, writes Care4Calais.
The Anti-Refugee Bill places tens of thousands of lives at risk – Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees
"This Bill will, if passed, make the situation dramatically worse, pushing tens of thousands more people every year into positions of extreme precarity and vulnerability."
This Bill amounts to a near-complete ban on seeking asylum – Nadia Whittome MP on the anti-refugee bill
The Anti-Migrant amounts to a "near complete" ban on seeking asylum. Nadia Whittome MP challenges the Government's latest attempt at divide and rule - that places migrants' lives at risk.
65 Humanitarian Groups Call for Change – One year on from from Channel Tragedy
65 humanitarian organisations call on the French and UK Governments to change to the reckless system that saw 27 people drown in the channel last year.
Say no to the Rwanda Offshore Detention Scheme – Stand up to Racism
Stand up to Racism are organising against the Rwanda deportation scheme with a protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the 5th September.
There should be no cost to living – Nasrin Warsame, Migrants Organise
"The government and the right wing media have disunited the working class by scapegoating the rise of the cost of living crisis on migrants, refugees and asylum seekers."