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Demonstrators listen to a speaker at a protest against the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square, Westminster, as the bill proceeds through parliament. Picture date: Monday July 17, 2023.
ANTI-RACISTS were set to mobilise in London later today in an emergency protest against the Tories’ racist Illegal Immigration Bill as the highly criticised legislation reached its next stage in the Commons.
The Bill, which condemns refugees to automatic deportation if they enter Britain by illegal means — even though there are no legal routes for most — is currently bouncing between the Commons and the Lords, where it has repeatedly met cross-party opposition.
The protest, which took place after the Star went to print, was organised by Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) and supported by Care4Calais, Civil Service workers’ union PCS and other campaign groups.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
