Last week saw Theresa May invoke article 50 increasing the uncertainty for millions of EU migrants and their families in the UK.
Stand Up To Racism responded with a national statement signed by leading political, trade union and campaigning figures and called a national day of action to defend EU migrants. Here are a selection of pictures from communities and workplaces across Britain. Actions took place in Central London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Oxford, Huddersfield, Portsmouth, Kent, Hackney, Sheffield, Islington and Chesterfield.
Please sign and share our statement demanding full rights for EU nationals here: http://bit.ly/2nzM6aP. The statement featured in today’s (Wed 29 March) Independent http://ind.pn/2mPw2mP. With initial signatories including: Peter Hain, David Lammy MP, Claude Moraes MEP, Julie Ward MEP, Ulrike Schmidt, Waltham Forest Amnesty Group, Dr Tommy Tomescu, Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian discrimination, Weyman Bennett, Stand Up To Racism, Sabby Dhalu, Stand Up To Racism, Kevin Courtney, NUT, Dave Ward CWU, Len McCluskey Unite, Roger Mckenzie, Unison, Mick Cash, RMT, Ronnie Draper, BFAWU, Ian Hodson, BFAWU, Rabbi Lee Wax, Dr Shazad Amin, MEND, Salma Yacoob, Dr Lucia Pradella, Freedom of Movement Campaign
You can download the ‘eu migrants here to stay selfie‘ poster and Defend EU nationals leaflet. Over the next week we will be translating the flyers in different European languages, download Greek, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish here or help us translate in your own language.