#RefugeeLivesMatter – Solidarity Day Of Action
Stop the Scapegoating
Saturday 19 September
Stand Up To Racism is calling a day of action across England, Wales and Scotland to say that refugees are welcome here, and to stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants who are viciously demonised and dehumanised by politicians, the mainstream media and establishment.
The horror of news breaking in recent weeks, of more lives lost needlessly as people seek in desperation to survive by crossing the sea, was devastating and enraging.
It comes as a result of racist border policies.Five years on from the heartbreaking death of three year old Alan Kurdi, 16 year old Abdulfatah Hamdallah, a Sudanese refugee, drowned trying to cross the Channel with another boy in an inflatable dinghy, using shovels for oars. He died because the Tories’ border controls are constructed to keep desperate people out, preferring them to drown trying to reach safety than welcome them.
We say Refugees Welcome Here – Stop the Scapegoating!#RefugeeLivesMatter.
Stand Up To Racism calls on local groups across Britain to hold solidarity protests (socially distanced and with masks and sanitizer available) on Saturday 19 September, with a central London event taking place too which London groups are encouraged to build and attend.
Add ‘Stand Up To Racism’ as a co host on Facebook for events called as part of the Day of Action, and email info@standuptoracism.org.uk with details