Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
[For more than ten days or so, several towns in the UK have been the scene of racist riots targeting mosques, businesses run by Muslims and refugee centres. The riots began after the murder of three young girls in the coastal town of Southport on 29 July and the spread of false information (…)
As tensions have risen around small boat crossings and asylum seekers in the UK, the hotels housing them have become regular targets of attacks by far-right, anti-immigration protesters.
Over the weekend, rioters threw projectiles at hotels and reportedly tried to set fire to one in what the (…)
In a major show of May Day solidarity, several hundred protestors in Peckham, South London managed to block the removal of a coach load of asylum seekers to the prison barge, the Bibby Stockholm. The barge, where an Albanian man killed himself last December and which is also thought to be (…)
Abena*, a migrant worker from southern Africa, was repeatedly raped by her manager at a UK care home but felt unable to report him to the police for fear of losing her job and her visa.
Bernice*, from the Caribbean, was sexually harassed by her landlord in the accommodation arranged by her (…)
The government said it has ‘no plans’ to waive fees or tests to help Palestinians reunite with family in the UK
The Home Office is refusing to set up a Ukraine-style visa scheme to help Palestinians stranded in Gaza reunite with family in the UK.
More than 25,000 people signed a (…)
Marking 50 years since the influential anti-racist collective formed, a new collection of their writings provides a unique voice from a time of violent prejudice
Fifty years ago, a group of women who were part of the British Black Panther movement were fed up with being ignored. In (…)
Chinese embassy in London tells UK to ‘stop interfering’ in China’s affairs, as Hong Kong leader says overseas activists will be ‘pursued for life’
China has accused the UK of protecting fugitives after the British foreign secretary criticised Hong Kong’s decision to offer HK$1m bounties for (…)
Britain vowed to protect citizens of its former colony, but the Guardian has spoken to people stuck in temporary accommodation not knowing if they will be granted asylum
Britain vowed to protect citizens of its former colony, but the Guardian has spoken to people stuck in temporary (…)
Many asylum applications are rejected on grounds that dismiss the dire situations in applicants’ countries of origin.
After yet another tragedy in the Channel, there is no doubt that something needs to be done to improve the processes overseeing asylum seekers coming to the UK, through (…)
Dave Kellaway on Starmer’s cyncism.
Leader of the Opposition’s offices, mid-morning, November 22… Two special advisors are on their feet, high-fiving and screaming ‘Yessh’. They have that day’s Daily Telegraph in their hands. The headline reads; ‘Starmer: UK must wean itself off migrant (…)
Exclusive: Charities say Homes for Ukraine scheme endangers refugees, adds to trauma and needs overhaul
The UK home secretary, Priti Patel, is facing mass legal action over delays that have left thousands of Ukrainians at risk of trauma and Russian bombs, or in limbo in eastern Europe.
A (…)
The prime minster promised a response to match this terrible crisis. So far his words have rung hollow
It is difficult to forget the images of people desperately clinging on to the wings of military aircraft as they set off from the besieged Kabul airport last August.
The UK government (…)
The protest-criminalising Police Bill is just one element of the Tories’ push towards a vicious authoritarian state. Just behind it in the parliamentary queue of measures to assault the rights of people living in, working in or trying to come to the United Kingdom, the Nationality and Borders (…)
Neil Faulkner comments on the latest Channel atrocity.
Labour deputy Angela Rayner is regarded by some as an authentic working-class voice on the opposition front bench; in contrast, as it were, to the dull, conformist, middle-class lawyer beside her. Anyone who believed this should have been (…)
Dave Kellaway reports on the recent tragedy in the channel and why the Tories ’hostile environment’ will probably lead to more needless deaths.
Watching the news and listening to the politicians you would think that the 27 people who drowned horribly in an icy Channel were part of a ‘human (…)
Call to speed up compensation for people wrongly detained and deported by government.
Survivors of the Windrush scandal have delivered a petition to Downing Street signed by 130,000 people calling on the government to speed up compensation payments and implement all the recommendations in the (…)
A global revolt from below against racism and police violence has transformed world politics during the last three weeks.
This revolt, led by young activists from racially oppressed minorities and rooted in working-class communities, is a direct challenge to the neoliberal order.
Class (…)
Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey is attempting to undermine the free movement policy agreed at Labour conference. Unite activist Ian Allinson argues for the right of working-class people to live and work where we want and explains why unions and the Labour Party are so ambivalent.
It is (…)
Policy passed at 2019 Labour Party conference creates an opening for all on the left to argue for open borders, even as the leadership seeks to undermine it, writes Pete Gillard.
In September 2019, Labour Party Conference passed, almost unanimously, an unprecedented policy in defence of (…)
Study finds children in England and Scotland experiencing rising prejudice since Brexit vote
Eastern European pupils in schools in England and Scotland have experienced increased levels of racism and xenophobia since the Brexit vote, with some accusing their teachers of failing to protect (…)
Twitter
Facebook