Europe Must Act - Scotland

Scottish chapter of @europemustact, a social movement calling for new and humane migration policy. Contact: [email protected]

[Glasgow Must Act @GlasgowMustAct]

MSP @labourmercedes has raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament, and we need you to ask your MSPs to support it. The motion asks Parliament to make a number of commitments to protect refugee and asylum seeker rights. Use our letter template here: https://t.co/jDs6cHpgJP

[Katy Fallon @katymfallon]

“I lied to her,” says this father from Afghanistan as he waits to enter new camp in Samos with his 4 year old daughter, “I told her we were going to Athens - it’s like a prison,” he says looking at the camp.

[Glasgow Must Act @GlasgowMustAct]

This #PrideMonth, it is more important than ever to continue to advocate for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. In the UK, 1 in 3 LGBT asylum seekers are not believed & rejected, despite fleeing nations where they face persecution and criminalisation. #EuropeMustAct

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

We are hosting a webinar as part of Refugee Week centred on the use of creative media to uplift the voices of refugees and asylum seekers on the Aegean islands and beyond!

Facebook event here: https://t.co/3LMVLVxU7y
Sign up here: https://t.co/M9PJbadT4t

[Edinburgh Must Act @EdiMustAct]

Our petition calling for @Edinburgh_CC to resettle a minimum of 750 refugees in Edinburgh between 2021-2026 will be considered in the Policy and Sustainability Committee on June 10th! We hope to see your support @adamrmcey @cllrcammyday @Robertscsh @KateC_SNP @CllrNickCook

[Detention Action @DetentionAction]

FACT CHECK:
1⃣Seeking asylum is a human right
2⃣A fast tracked system = more mistakes in life & death decisions
3⃣People fleeing for their lives don't have time to fill out a form for @pritipatel

@BellaSankey on with @TomSwarbrick1 for @LBC

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

Please sign & share!

[JCWI (Follow us on Bluesky @jcwi-uk.bsky.social) @JCWI_UK]

If you were moved by the scenes in Glasgow yesterday, add your name to the movement demanding safety, rights & routes to regularisation for undocumented migrants.

Tell your MP that people who live here *belong* here👇🏽 #WeAreHere https://t.co/G8MF92Dn4M

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

Please take action against the immigration raid taking place in Glasgow right now!

#AntiRaids

[No Evictions Network @no_evictions]

If you can't make it to Pollockshields here are some actions you can take:
1. Email [email protected] & [email protected] (template below)
2. Call 0141 424 1174 to raise your concerns / jam the phone

https://t.co/QtXcHptjti

[Dan Fisher 🧡 @DX_Fisher]

Right now in #Glasgow an immigration raid is taking place. Community and neighbours are protesting and blocking the van from leaving. Police flooding the street to scare people away.

@RAMPproject @LCAPSV @refvoicesscot @ScotlandMustAct @Refuweegee @STARnational @asylum_today

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

Our @EdiMustAct chapter have launched a council petition and need your support in calling for the resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers from the Aegean Island camps in Edinburgh.

If you live in Edinburgh please sign and share!

#EdinburghMustAct

https://t.co/VScwhWqXor

[refocusmedialabs @refocusmedialab]

Another intense 7mos lockdown lifting. Get ready for onslaught of "Summer in #Greece is Amazing!!!" photos. But what about 6,000+ people still w/o freedom of movement in camp on #Lesvos? Like last summer, #covid_19 being used to lock people up. #EuropeMustAct #LeaveNoOneBehind

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

@LabourMercedes Thank you @LabourMercedes for your support and awareness raising!

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

The Home Office has been accused of failing to reunite vulnerable refugees who have the right to join family in the UK under EU law, leaving lone children and torture survivors stranded. https://t.co/c0dzbr2BqS

[Europe Must Act - Scotland @ScotlandMustAct]

In a recent local Govanhill hustings Anas Sawar, Scottish Labour leader, expressed the responsibility European countries have to support refugees.

He also highlighted that he will always be proud that ‘Glasgow has been an open, welcoming place for refugees’.

#EuropeMustAct