Black-led anti-racist group also pays tribute to people of Liverpool and other communities who have welcomed refugees The Liberation Movement (TLM) is a cross-party, multi-faith, anti-racist alliance of African Asian Caribbean and other people of colour and their allies inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and strongly supported at the grassroots by community and […]
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Unite denies GS even ‘aware of’ candidate running on pro-Graham ‘slate’ in elections to union’s executive The candidate on the ‘slate’ of hopefuls in Unite’s executive council (EC) elections who support the union’s general secretary Sharon Graham has reportedly ‘withdrawn’ from the contest after Skwawkbox’s exclusive coverage of Islamophobic and anti-immigrant social media posts was […]
Sam Shaw is standing for executive on Sharon Graham ticket, but images apparently mocking Muslim asylum seekers lead to anger in the latest major complaint against Graham and her ‘slate’ The fitness of another candidate for Unite’s executive council (EC) backed by the union’s general secretary Sharon Graham has been called into question after social […]
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch When the first Russian forces began entering Ukrainian territory in February 2022, the instant reaction from Europe, the UK, Canada and Australia, was one of open commitment to Ukraine’s refugees. The relentless human trains heading westwards were initially embraced by Poles, whose history with Ukraine is, at best, tense and […]
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Anthony Albanese visited PNG in January, but said nothing of the refugees who had been sent to Manus Island in 2013 when he was deputy prime minister in the Rudd Labor government that imprisoned them offshore.
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Stark contrast to treatment of Ukrainian refugees News has emerged today that the UK government has not accepted a single refugee under the Afghan Resettlement Scheme in the past twelve months. The scheme is meant to help Afghans and their familes who assisted western forces during the Afghan conflict, yet the complete absence of successful […]
On 29 November more than 1000 refugees rallied on the lawns of Canberra’s Parliament House to once again demand Labor make good on its pre-election promise to grant permanent visas to refugees on temporary visas.
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