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TENS of thousands of demonstrators will take to Britain’s streets today to protest at the government’s racist asylum policy amid the worst refugee crisis since the second world war.
More than 80,000 people are expected to take part in a Solidarity with Refugees demonstration in London calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to take effective action to turn the refugee crisis around and accept Britain’s fair share of refugees already in Europe.
Similar protests are planned for Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow and elsewhere.
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
Here are the voices of DANIEL KEBEDE, FRAN HEATHCOTE, HOLLY TURNER and LEANNE MOHAMAD explaining why they will be taking part in the People’s Assembly No More Austerity demo next weekend
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum