June 3, 2015

Please act now: Call on the Prime Minister to protect refugees in the Mediterranean

The world is in the grip of the greatest refugee crisis in recent memory.

Shamefully, our leaders’ response has been to build the walls of fortress Europe ever higher, leaving desperate people dying disgracefully on our doorstep in the Mediterranean Sea.

On the 25th of June, European leaders have the chance to take decisive action to save lives and stop the smugglers in their tracks by offering refugees another route to safety. Continue reading “Please act now: Call on the Prime Minister to protect refugees in the Mediterranean”

June 3, 2015

6 JUNE Surround YarlsWood: Demonstrate to END Detention & Shut Down Yarl’s Wood – STOP the scapegoating of immigrants!

Yarl’s Wood is the central battleground for women’s rights in the UK; exposed as a site of mental and physical torture, of sexual abuse, a place where women are locked up indefinitely for no crime. The women of Yarls Wood are freedom fighters, organising to stop deportations and expose the truth about abuse and racism.

The women of Yarls Wood have bravely exposed the truth about sexual abuse by the guards, they have organised to resist deportations, they have spoken the truth over years – a truth that is now more widely known thanks to Channel 4 News undercover reporting. Continue reading “6 JUNE Surround YarlsWood: Demonstrate to END Detention & Shut Down Yarl’s Wood – STOP the scapegoating of immigrants!”

June 3, 2015

How many people have to die before we start talking responsibly about immigration?

Last week’s deaths in the Mediterranean were directly linked to xenophobic politics in Britain.

It’s easy to forget, when a dehumanised mass of “immigrants” is invoked in political debate, that these are people no different from you and me, our families and our friends. The Guardian cites “one survivor of a [migrant boat] sinking off Malta [who] recounted spending several days clinging to a buoyancy aid along with a teenage Egyptian whose hope was to pay for heart medicine for his father. The youth drowned before they could be saved”. Continue reading “How many people have to die before we start talking responsibly about immigration?”