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People in Sheffield came together today to protest the government’s approach to migration, which they described as a ‘hostile anti-migrant agenda’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protest, called Demo to End the Hostile Environment<\/em>, took place outside the Home Office building in Sheffield, which is home to the UK Visa & Immigration Centre in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organised by a coalition of migrant justice groups, it comes in response to the Rwanda Deportation plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government is currently attempting to pass legislation that would make it legal to deport refugees to Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boucka Koffi, campaigner from the Voice for Voiceless Immigration Detainees Yorkshire, says: \u201cThe UK\u2019s neo-colonial immigration system is hostile by design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The system developed directly out of the collapse of the British Empire and the desire to control the entry of racialised and dispossessed former colonised peoples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The only way to have a fair and just system is to scrap the current one. You cannot fix a written-off, designed to be inhumane, system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Veecca Smith Uka, an activist, and Convenor of Fresh Grassroots Rainbow Community and Yorkshire Migrants Solidarity Movement, says: “Today, we are showing our politicians that a better way is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Everyone who cares about our futures need to come together to strengthen the solidarity movement.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Every individual has the right to seek sanctuary in accordance with international law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Many people coming to the UK are fleeing from dire threats and persecution in their home countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The UK’s hostile environment policies, which are both cruel and contrary to international norms, must be abolished.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, the House of Lords again delayed the government’s Rwanda bill<\/a>, as it wants to ensure changes are made that would bring the Bill in accordance with international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lords also wants assurances that Rwanda is safe, and that appeals based on safety concerns would be permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court of Appeals and the UK Supreme Court have ruled the policy as unlawful, concluding that there was a real risk of ‘refoulment’: refugees being deported back to their home country, where they could face ‘ill-treatment’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the government’s veterans Minister said in Parliament: “My team have worked night and day to find permanent accommodation for circa 25,000 Afghans who the UK have provided sanctuary to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We want them to use safe routes, not undertake lethal channel crossings. Your concern is fake.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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