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MIGRANT rights campaigners called on the government yesterday to stop its inflammatory scaremongering as the world faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II.
After new Office of National Statistics figures on immigration were published, Amnesty International called on the government to allay public fears on the issue and to “show some basic humanity.”
The figures revealed that there were 25,771 applications for asylum in Britain in the year ending June 2015, compared with 23,515 applications over the period last year.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE