UK rights activists planning to slam govt. refugee policy
British human rights activists are planning to hold a massive campaign against the UK’s refugee policy.
The activists calling themselves 'Stand Up To Racism' group are set to send a delegation to the Calais ‘jungle’ refugee and migrant camp on Saturday to show their solidarity with the refugees there and demonstrate their opposition to the British government’s refugee policy.
Last months, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his country will accept 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020. But critics say this is “too little, too late.” They have also urged the British government to do more.
Now the Stand Up To Racism says it is “crucial” to show that British people stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants, especially as winter weather promises harsher living conditions for those in camps.
“It is crucial we step up our solidarity with migrant and refugees who are living in atrocious conditions in Calais with winter soon to be upon them,” the group said.
“Theresa May used her conference speech last week to attack refugees in Europe as ‘bogus’ and said high levels of immigration harms the cohesiveness of society. But the overwhelming solidarity shown by people in the UK and beyond, as well as the resilience of the refugees themselves has the potential to put the government on the back foot,” they added.
Earlier, the UN human rights commissioner accused British and European governments of dehumanizing refugees and migrants by using language reminiscent of the rhetoric used to abandon German and Austrian Jews, paving the way for the Holocaust.
Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein called the language of many European politicians “bewildering,” arguing that terms like “swarms of refugees” dehumanize people.
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