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We must step up our campaigning in defence of refugees and against right-wing scapegoating, writes JEREMY CORBYN
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THE global and ongoing refugee crisis has been back in the headlines in recent weeks, because of tragic scenes of the fire in a refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.

But refugees have also been the focus of more media attention here because of a wave of hostility encouraged by the Tories and their allies.

The scapegoating of refugees has reached fever-pitch in recent weeks as the Tories employ their age-old divide-and-rule tactics, seeking to deflect attention from their disastrous and deadly handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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