Union calls on members to take part in or donate goods to convoy travelling to refugee camp in Calais
The article Union backs 18 June convoy in solidarity with refugees first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Brian Bilston’s ‘Refugee’ Poem
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or I
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and…Read more…
Stand up to Racism demo: refugees welcome
On Saturday 19 March thousands of people will join the Stand up to Racism demonstration and rally in Central London to voice their opposition to inhumane way that the government has dealt with the…Read more…
Refugee Christmas appeals
Branches and activists have asked for union advice on how they might offer practical solidarity and support
The article Refugee Christmas appeals first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Scotland welcomes refugees – message from International chair and secretary
As a plane of Syrian refugees is about to land in Glasgow today Sam Macartney, Chair of the International Committee and I wanted to tell you about what members of the International Committee heard from Robina Qureshi, Director of Positive Action in Housing on Saturday.
Robina advised us of the links her organisation had made with the Kempson family who live on the island of Lesvos in GreeceRead more…
Some free bus places for Paris climate demo for members nominated by their branch
UNISON Scotland has a small number of free bus places for the Paris climate rally on 12 December. Please spread the word to interested members.
The Paris event follows key marches in Scotland on Saturday 28 November – the Climate March in Edinburgh, for Climate, Justice and Jobs, and the STUC’s annual St Andrew’s Day march against racism, with its theme this year of Refugees Welcome Here.Read more…
‘We don’t come here to steal’
If the newspapers are to be believed, nearly all of the country’s ills can be attributed to migrants – they steal our jobs, yet at the same time they rely on benefits. And they’re making it…Read more…
You are welcome here
On Saturday October 10, members of Unite Community South Yorkshire branch, charities and local activist groups took to the streets to send a clear message to the government: refugees are welcome…Read more…
Room for Refugees Scotland and UK-wide Online Refugee Hosting Scheme
@PositiveActionH From Positive Action in Housing www.roomforrefugees.com Make a donation here Yes we have room. Over 1,750 households across Scotland and the UK have registered with Positive Action in Housing to host refugees – and growing.
From the Outer Hebrides, to Shetland, to Edinburgh’s Morningside to Glasgow’s Easterhouse to Liverpool, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Devon,Read more…
We have a moral and legal obligation to help refugees: Jane Carolan full #TUC15 speech
“We have a moral and legal obligation to help refugees”, UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan told delegates today in a moving speech backing a statement committing the General Council to campaign for…Read more…
New Scottish website to support refugees
#scotlandwelcomesrefugees A new website by Scottish Refugee Council on behalf of Scottish Government has been launched You can donate or offer time, skills and housing to support refugees coming to Scotland. http://www.scotlandwelcomesrefugees.scot/Read more…
Supporters at Scotland v Germany game Mon 7 Sep say Refugees Welcome
PDF leaflet to download and print
Football supporters at tonghts Scotland v Germany game at Hampden Park, Glasgow, are urged to tweet Refugees Welcome images…
From Scottish Football Supporters Association: http://scottishfsa.org/sfsa-set-to-show-support-for-refugees-before-crucial-eur0-2016-qualifier/
Scotland supporters will display a “Refugees Welcome” banner before tonight’s UEFA EURORead more…
Love among the ruins
Harry Leslie Smith has published his latest memoir at a time when the world is witnessing the most devastating refugee crisis since the Second World War. Love Among the Ruins, although centred…Read more…
Refugees welcome here say UNISON delegates
UNISON delegates from local government branches across Scotland took time out from their conference in Glasgow today to say "Refugees welcome here".
UNISON Scottish Secretary Mike Kirby welcomed the leadership shown by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and opposition leader Kezia Dugdale as they united in the Scottish Parliament to pledge humanitarian support.
Mike had issued a stark warningRead more…
Refugee solidarity
Unite is backing delegations by Stand Up To Racism the first of which will travel to Calais on Saturday (5 September). The group is calling for “concrete solidarity” with migrants and refugees…Read more…
Refugee Crisis in Europe – What you can do
In April 2015 we said: Migrant rescue cut ‘indefensible in its inhumanity’.
“We must also seek to change the approach of the UK to immigration, creating a better more humane system that recognises our responsibilities in the world,” said Mike, adding that the UK is not doing enough to provide refuge to people who are displaced by conflict.
“In Syria, alone, close to four million refugees haveRead more…
Dots on the map?
We have come to the Harry Lime moment in the latest refugee crisis. In the film, The Third Man, Harry Lime – played by Orson Welles – has been brutally exploiting a post-war drug shortage resulting…Read more…
Ireland protest demands “refugees- let them in!”
The Irish Anti-War Movement called a protest at the EU Offices on Dawson Street, Dublin to highlight the inadequate response of the EU to the humanitarian refugee crisis.Read more…
Chutzpah on global migration from the Foreign Secretary
There were many things that made people’s blood boil about Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond’s statement that Europe’s social infrastructure was under threat from migrants fleeing war-torn or poverty-stricken countries in Africa and the Middle East, like the scaremongering…Read more…