For the last 5 years, the SUTR appeal has been critical to getting refugees through the cold winter months. This year we need your support more than ever.
Hundreds of refugees remain trapped at the border in Calais, Dunkirk and Belgium. There have been police raids on their settlements year-round, with harsh evictions taking place almost every day in the autumn. Tents have been taken or destroyed. Places where they slept have been fenced off. A cruel food ban also came into force in Calais which stopped volunteers from giving out meals in key streets.
Refugees have been forced to use dangerous routes at the hands of ruthless smugglers to get to Britain and make the asylum claims to which they are legally entitled. At least 6 people died at sea this year.
Those who get to the UK are treated no better. At least four asylum-seekers died in UK accommodation this year. The government also started using military barracks to house refugees, with reports describing the barracks in Kent as cramped and unsanitary.
The Home Office has tried deporting as many vulnerable refugees as it can in charter flights to other countries. There, people are left homeless with no access to help. Lawyers have been doing good work to stop many of these deportations, but they face repeated public attacks from the government.
Winter has come and the refugees once again face months in cold, rain and snow with no permanent shelter. This is the hostile environment governments want to create.
Don’t let the refugees freeze this winter. Your donations help Care4Calais supply tents, tarps, sleeping bags and blankets, as well as boots and warm clothing. They can pay for hot drinks and the daily services refugees need to survive, as well as support them once they get to the UK.
Financial donations are most useful. These mean Care4Calais can buy the supplies they need, when they need them. They also keep the vehicles on the road for distributions and keep the warehouse running.
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This branch/region/committee notes
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an intensification of the scapegoating and criminalisation of refugees fleeing war and poverty.
This branch/region/committee believes
The ‘Hostile Environment’ and ‘Fortress Europe’ policies are costing lives and intensifying misery.
This branch/region/committee resolves
- To support the Care4Calais/Stand Up To Racism winter appeal and agree to make a donation of £……. Please make donations here: https://www.goldengiving.com/secure/fundraising/debitcreditcard/SUTR-winter-appeal
- To affiliate to Stand Up To Racism
How to follow up affiliations from your branch/region/executive:
- Make a BACS payment to: Stand up to Racism, Sort code: 60 83 01, Account number: 2036 6698, and then email us at info@standuptoracism.org.uk to inform us of your affiliation, the payment of your fee, and to request a receipt which we will then provide by email
- Pay the affiliation fee online at http://www.standuptoracism.org.uk/join-donate/ and then email us at info@standuptoracism.org.uk to inform us of your affiliation, the payment of your fee, and to request a receipt which we will then provide by email
- To support the Stand Up To Racism TUC backed national day of action for UN Anti Racism Day, in conjunction with the #WorldAgainstRacism international coordination of anti racist movements protesting on the day