UNISON urges members to sign petition calling on UK to accept responsibilities and allow children on their own to come to UK
The article UK urged to act before bulldozers enter The Jungle at Calais…Read more…
Greece Solidarty Campaign delegation visit March 2016: Day One “Refugees Welcome to Piraeus”.
This is a late post on a 3 day delegation visit I went in March to Athens with the Greece Solidarity Campaign (GSC). The GSC is an independent campaign and non-party political organisation, established in response to an appeal by Tony B…Read more…
Newham Compass debate: Refugees and the EU – Wednesday 18 May
This looks like a really interesting debate tomorrow evening but I have a clash so I don’t think I will be able to make it. Read more…
“What I learned when I visited a refugee camp in Greece”
Last week I went on a (self funded) delegation organised by the Greece Solidarity Campaign to Athens. David Lammy MP was a member of the delegation.
I will post on the visit but yesterday David wrote a powerful (and angry) article in the NewStatesman which I have copied below:-
“Unless Europe’s…Read more…
Refugees Welcome demo: Saturday 19 March in London
Our Branch is supporting the Refugees Welcome demo in London, Saturday 19 March.
Stand Up to Racism!
Brighton People’s Assembly is running a coach to London for the Stand Up To Racism demonstration…Read more…
We are all migrants
Yesterday the first official refugees from Syria arrived in the UK at Glasgow airport. Some random thoughts.
Firstly, I am reminded of this fascinating research about the generic make up of many Brits. The Romans, Vikings and Normans had apparently l…Read more…
“If she drowns she’s a refugee, if she floats she’s an economic migrant”.
This is the “Katie Hopkins” immigration test that the Tories are thinking of introducing to appease The Sun and Daily Mail readers.
Hat tip Becky Tye. Read more…