Edinburgh City of Sanctuary

Edinburgh group, part of national City of Sanctuary network. Seeking to create a culture of welcome for refugees in our city.

[Right to Remain @Right_to_Remain]

If you are organising any solidarity actions, please message us. We will do our best to amplify it.

We are in this together. People power is unlimited.

#SolidarityIsBeautiful
#NoOneIsIllegal

[Right to Remain @Right_to_Remain]

📢LEGAL UPDATE - the Rwanda Act and Treaty📢

In response to the Guardian article today announcing the Home Office plan to start detaining people for the Rwanda flight, we've just published this update.

We will add more info as we find out more.

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https://t.co/IsmdWFVlaB

[Sally Hayden @sallyhayd]

"The Home Office will launch a surprise operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday in preparation for deportation to Rwanda, weeks earlier than expected" https://t.co/QVlRVPpYCk

[Lou Calvey @LouCalvey]

Saturday is a wonderful day for signing a petition, especially one as important as this. 36,000 of you have signed in the day since this was started!

I know… petitions… but gov say this is ‘the will of the people’, show them it’s not.

https://t.co/VNyDVp6P1z

[Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️ @alison_phipps]

To Kenmure is an important Scots Verb

[Nicola Kelly @NicolaKelly]

I've spoken to dozens of people who've been detained by immigration enforcement during these dawn raids. Tactics include a battery ram to break open doors, separating distressed family members, hauling them out in front of their neighbours and friends.

https://t.co/tHH88mTvPA

[𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶 🧡 @teresapiacenti1]

I just emailed @AirTanker to tell them to stand on the right side of history and refuse to forcibly fly refugees to Rwanda on behalf of the UK government.

We need to act NOW. Will you join me?
@Freefromtorture https://t.co/qoY0EaFg8N

[MSF International @MSF]

📢Case dismissed.

After 7 years of fallacious accusations, the Tribunal of Trapani in Italy dismissed all the allegations against MSF and the other search and rescue NGOs falsely accused of aiding and abetting illegal immigration in the Mediterranean.

https://t.co/hQexoOkX0A

[Scottish Refugee Council 🧡 @scotrefcouncil]

The only way to stop people risking their lives on dangerous Channel crossings is to offer safe routes to refugee protection

[Stand Up to Racism - Scotland @SUTRScotland]

EMERGENCY PROTESTS

After the inhumane Rwanda Bill was forced through Parliament on Monday, join us to say #StopRwanda #RefugeesWelcome

Glasgow:
🗓️ Today, April 24th, 5:30pm
📍George Square

Edinburgh:
🗓️ Friday, April 26th, 5:30pm
📍The Mound

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Community is the best tool we have to beat hostility & division.

If you're angry about the Rwanda Bill, channel your energy into making your community a place of welcome for all⚡️

Join the quiet revolution of kindness - find your local Sanctuary group👇
https://t.co/Wyaox7T6aZ

[Stand Up to Racism - Scotland @SUTRScotland]

EMERGENCY PROTEST - GLASGOW

Given the inhumane Rwanda Bill being forced through Parliament yesterday, join us at George Square tomorrow to let the racists know that we will not be divided! #StopRwanda #RefugeesWelcome

🗓️ 5:30pm, Wednesday, April 24th
📍George Square, Glasgow

[Lou Calvey @LouCalvey]

All families should be able to reunite & take care of one another. I hate that government actively prevents families from being together - we shouldn’t need any Nationality specific programmes, and it definitely shouldn’t need a petition. But we do & it does. So please sign?

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Today our thoughts are with the people who came here to seek safety who now live with a new terror.

That is what the Rwanda bill boils down to. Performative, useless terror serving as a cynical distraction from the real problems we face. We will fight it with everything we have.

[Oxfam @oxfamgb]

🚨The UK is selling arms to Israel.
This makes it complicit in the killing of civilians taking place every day in #Gaza. The UK must stop arming Israel immediately and take action for a #CeasefireNOW to get more aid in.
Sign the letter: https://t.co/uoVaflR0Lb

[Freedom from Torture🧡 @FreefromTorture]

Alf Dubs destroys this government’s Rwanda scheme in 30 seconds

[Nicola Kelly @NicolaKelly]

Really chuffed my report about abuse in asylum hotels in Liverpool has been shortlisted for best written news story at this year's Amnesty Media Awards.

There's so much more to be uncovered from inside those hotels. Glad to have shed light on some of it.
https://t.co/37XB18pSDE

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Please sign the petition, contact your MP.
We're really talking about such a small thing for the country, but if it were your family trapped in the living hell in Gaza, it would be absolutely everything. https://t.co/mLRySJbjeL

[Gün Orgun🧡 @GunOrgunSpeaks]

Do you live in or near #StAndrews?
Attend the Annual Sanctuary Lecture at @univofstandrews – 27th March 2024.5:15pm
A chance to hear from writer @DinaNayeri and Dr Roxani Krystalli
@CityofSanctuary @scotrefcouncil @dundeeuni @AbertayUni @dundee_angus @EdinCofS
@UofGUnescoRILA