UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests | Immigration and asylum
More than 200 refugee organizations, charities and unions signed an open letter that invites the political leaders of the UK to end the “harmful and insidious currents of racism and hate that supported a series of anti -immigrant protests.
The letter coordinated by the campaign coalition with refugees was signed by the International Amnesty International England, Sanctural UK, Calais, world doctors, violence against women’s coalition, freedom of torture, Islamic aid, OXFAM, Commercial Services Association, Refugee Action and Security Transition.
In places all over the country, it was prepared in response to protests other than hotels looking for asylum seeking by anti -racist activists.
The protests opposed the inflammatory language or misinformation of senior politicians, including reform British leader Nigel Farage and Senior Conservative Robert Jenrick. In June, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he regretted a speech warning that Britain may be a “foreign island”.
This weekend, Jenrick created anger, claiming that mass migration was at risk. He repeated the claim that 40% of the sexual assaults committed in London last year were carried out by foreign nationals – one of the few allegations about the recently discussed or discussed migration.
On Monday, reform England claimed that immigrants from Muslim countries claimed a threat to the security of women in the UK because they claimed that the party’s only female deputy Sarah Pochin was alleged to be “medieval landscapes ına to small boats.
On Monday, the open letter of charities sent to the British party leaders says: “Anti -refugee protests throughout the country are sad to witness the repercussions of last summer uprising.
“The harmful and insidious streams of racism and hatred under these protests are proof of a unsuccessful system. Temporary politics, racist discourse and the responsibility of ending the demonizing language of the past.
In the letter: “Shocking for those who need more torture in the UK in England. But the explosion of support from communities condemning hatred is that they do not represent the majority of these views.
Sonya Scoats, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Freedom from torture, said: “Whoever we are, or where we come from, we all have the right to feel safe. From our clinical studies, many men, women and children in these hotels are looking for protection in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran.
“Meeting with hatred on the streets of British, whose survivors are hunted again and adds to their traumas. This is not what we are.
“To end the torture and pressure that exceeds boundaries to millions of people who want a more compassionate approach to stop with refugees.”
The volunteer Campaign Coordinator of the Bristol Defend The asylum seekers Campaign was one of the many signed signed particles throughout the country.
On Saturday, Bristol shows that protesters were more than one -to -one number of more than eight, and about 50 people in the anti -refugee group have the number of approximately 400 people standing in solidarity with refugees.
He said: “In their uprising last summer, before the police arrived, they were against protesters who protected the inhabitants at another Bristol hotel.
Tim Naor Hilton, General Manager of the Refugee Action, said: ız We must build on the fields of great support for the refugees who have spread to the sockets and really heavy societies against some politicians who use old racist tropics and poor quality data.
Together with more than 600 member organizations, refugees with the largest pro -refugee coalition in the history of the UK, the UK’s commitment to the right to asylum in the scope of international law, offers a strong global cooperation to combat the main reasons to meet the main reasons for the reasons to meet the refugees.
