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HUNDREDS of people rallied outside Parliament yesterday demanding an end to the poor treatment of asylum-seekers at detention centres as Amnesty International branded the ongoing refugee crisis the worst “since WWII.”
Campaigners and politicians, including Labour leader hopeful Jeremy Corbyn, stood in solidarity with women in Yarl’s Wood as part of a campaign to close down “immigration removal centres.”
The event, hosted by the All African Women’s Group, was part of a series of actions being held outside as well as inside Yarl’s Wood since March.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
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
