Tag archives for migration
Greens slam ‘cruel’ and ‘disgusting’ plans to process migrants in Rwanda
The UK government today formally announced its plans to process migrants arriving in the UK in Rwanda. The Home Office is set to agree a trial which would see some…
Telling the history of migration is an important step in establishing safe routes for refugees
Last week, with the world’s attention focused on the climate talks in Glasgow, there was yet more tragedy, desperate danger and awful fear in the Channel. At least four refugees…
Sian Berry will refuse to collaborate with immigration enforcement if elected London Mayor
Green Party of England and Wales co-leader and candidate for London Mayor Sian Berry announced today that she will refuse to collaborate with immigration enforcement authorities if elected in May.…
Right now, we have to be angry
We should be angry. We should be very angry, as angry as we know politically how. Angry about the poorest people who are now destitute. About the vulnerable children who…
The people taking on the hostile environment and climate breakdown
Image credit: Neil Cummings, Creative CommonsIn the face of huge popular mobilisation demanding action to address climate breakdown, the government is currently considering giving energy company Drax approval for what…
“If stranger, no longer be”: welcoming refugees in Brighton & Hove
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Pavillion The UK is deeply divided over its place in the world and on how it should treat others. Since 2016, we have had the…
Power beyond borders: Organising for climate justice
Image credit: Neil Cummings, Creative Commons Since 2012 Reclaim the Power (RtP), a network of people, has been taking action for social, environmental and economic justice, primarily in the UK.…
Green MEP candidate: We need a humane migration policy
Content note: mentions rape, torture, domestic violence and conversion therapy Image credit: Creative Commons, Ilias Bartolini I am Jan Doerfel and I am a Green Party European election candidate for…
5 ways the Greens should respond to the Labour Party’s split
via YouTube Screengrab Today, what many had been predicting for some time happened. The cold war in the Labour Party became hot, as seven Labour MPs resigned their membership, and…
Budapest diary: another brick in the wall
NATO specification barbed wire. Photo by Lars Plougmann. It reads like a work of fiction in instalments, published in the daily newspaper, Népszabadság, that I avidly study with my morning…