refugees welcome
M17: Report 2: Thousands join marches against racism
17 March 2018Chants of “Tories out, migrants in” rang out as thousands marched against racism in central London on Saturday.
Refugees handcuffed on a burning bus
27 February 2018Security guards refused to let refugees facing deportation leave a burning bus until they were handcuffed
Racist laws to blame for drowning of hundreds of refugees in a single month
20 February 2018At least 404 refugees died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in the first six weeks of 2018
Theresa May’s Calais border deal has made suffering worse
11 February 2018Tomáš Tengely-Evans joined a solidarity delegation organised by Stand Up To Racism from Britain to Calais. He found police brutality and vicious treatment of refugees.
Updated - Theresa May’s Calais crackdown means more refugees will die
18 January 2018The Tories have promised £45 million for a fresh clampdown on refugees trapped at Britain’s border in Calais.
EXCLUSIVE - ‘No room at inn’ as pregnant refugee sleeps rough at Britain’s border
12 December 2017Bassam and her husband have travelled from war in Kurdistan seeking safety in Britain. She is six months pregnant. But Tory Britain has shut the door on them.
'Let us into Britain', say refugees freezing after snowfall in Calais
10 December 2017Hundreds of refugees trapped at Britain’s border in Calais, northern France, are forced to sleep rough in appalling conditions.
Anti-racists bring aid to Calais refugees—and demand Britain opens the border
09 December 2017Over 150 trade unionists, campaigners and students travelled to Calais on Saturday to bring donations and supplies to refugees.
Thousands march against Libyan slave auctions caused by West
09 December 2017Around 5,000 people marched against the slave auctions in Libya in central London on Saturday.
Scrap the migrant detention system
05 December 2017The system of locking up migrants in detention centres must come to an end, doctors have warned
Activists go to France in winter appeal for refugees
31 October 2017Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) activists went to volunteer with refugees in northern France last week.
Border controls mean slavery and death
24 October 2017Tuesday marked one year since the demolition of the “jungle” refugee camp by cops in Calais.And one year on the refugee crisis is as bad as ever.
Britain’s border shame one year after Calais ‘jungle’ demolished
14 October 2017The humanitarian crisis caused by Britain’s border in France has been pushed out of sight—but it’s as bad as it’s ever been. Refugees trapped at Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk spoke to Dave Sewell about their lives. Pictures by Guy Smallman
European Union crackdown drives refugees to Spain on new dangerous sea route
15 August 2017The number of refugees crossing the sea to Spain has tripled in a year. And in other international news Israeli army officers have talked up the possibility of a new war on Palestinians
Nazi boat is blocked in Mediterranean ports, but refugees face other obstacles
08 August 2017A boat hired by far right activists to stop NGOs from rescuing refugees has been turned away from a series of Mediterranean ports.
Scuppered—Katie Hopkins and the nautical Nazi people smugglers
01 August 2017A gaggle of far right fools have managed to make a mess of “Defending Europe”.
Lebanese socialist activists targeted after call for solidarity with Syrian refugees
17 July 2017Activists from the Socialist Forum in Lebanon are facing a campaign of threats and intimidation after they called for a protest in solidarity with Syrian refugees.
Let the refugees in
20 June 2017As many as 600 refugees again face homelessness and repression at Calais because they have nowhere else to go
Mobilise against racism after new refugee deaths
06 June 2017After a new refugee tragedy underlined the urgent need to challenge racist immigration laws, anti-racists are preparing to protest straight after the general election on Thursday.
The death toll of the border grows
06 June 2017Days before the election Britain’s border controls killed again. Kim, a Vietnamese refugee, killed himself in a French hospital last Wednesday.
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