"We need a Labour government that will champion a humanitarian approach to refugees, defend the right to asylum & take action against the crises of climate change, war, persecution & poverty."
Tag: immigration
FBU launches legal challenge over Bibby Stockholm barge
"Everyone, no matter where they are from, has the right to live in safe and decent accommodation, and firefighters have the right to expect that they will not be recklessly endangered."
The issue of small boat crossings is the cutting edge of an overall racist campaign – Diane Abbott MP
"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."
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."
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 only way to stop the boats, is to provide safe and legal routes – Mish Rahman
"We have to call a spade a spade and a racist act a racist act and there is no doubt that this government is conducting racist acts and illegal acts."
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.
Thousands march to #ResistRacism and the Illegal Migration Bill
On Saturday, thousands joined Stand Up to Racism in a mass protest against the government’s Anti-Migrant Bill. See some of our best photos from the day.