WEEKLY WANKER #073: AMBER RUDD
When Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, announced the Government had abandoned plans to provide refuge for thousands of children, I was going to point to this as an example of the […]
Tag Archives: refugees
Glasgow joins protests against the #MuslimBan
This weekend saw chaos across US airports, as Donald Trump’s Executive Order on migration came into effect. The order halts the US refugee programme for 120 days, indefinitely bans all […]
Victory! Renfrewshire Council Rejects Plan for New Detention Centre
Guest post by Red Spex Anti-detention campaigners yesterday won a sensational victory at a meeting held by the planning committee of Renfrewshire Council. Although this meeting was only the first […]
Revealed: Plans for Scotland’s New Migrant Detention Facility
The announcement that the Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre, near Strathaven in South Lanarkshire, will close permanently next year was met with a muted reception by refugee rights campaigners. The former hunting […]
Calling Bullshit on the Daily Mail’s Terrible Coverage of Bute’s Syrian Refugees
When the UK’s first planeload of Syrian refugees landed at Glasgow Airport last December, it sparked a small media frenzy. Since then, however, most of the 400 refugees who have […]
The Blame Game: How Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated for the actions of ISIS
A Guest Post by Tangerine Dream It’s been two weeks since the horrific attacks in Paris and there’s been an ugly racist backlash against Muslims living in the west and […]
Photos: Thousands Rally in Glasgow to Say #RefugeesWelcome
Several thousand people, dugs and weans packed into George Square today for the Glasgow Sees Syria rally. Organised independently through social media over the past few weeks, the demonstration called […]
