Signs during a protest against the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square, London, March 27, 2023
ANTI-RACIST groups will hold an emergency protest outside Parliament as the widely condemned Illegal Migration Bill returns to the Commons next week.
Stand Up to Racism and Care4Calais said the rally at 6pm on Monday will be “the last opportunity to voice opposition” to the government plans to tackle the small boats crisis.
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick today ruled out further compromises to the Bill after peers inflicted a string of fresh defeats on the government this week — calling for limits to the detention of children, modern slavery protections and the provision of safe and legal routes for refugees to Britain.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
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
