USA cambió su política migratoria respecto a inmigrantes endureciendo leyes 23:15 Jul 03 7 comments Racism a disease of antogonistic class relation 22:52 Jun 07 4 comments The Murder of George Floyd Is Normal in an Abnormal Society 23:29 Jun 03 4 comments The Vilification of Jeremy Corbyn 19:26 Dec 12 1 comments The liberal roots of Islamophobia 17:30 Mar 06 0 comments more >> |
Recent articles by Dermo
Protest outside German Embassy in Solidarity with FAU - Dublin Jan 29t... 0 comments Chomsky - the Vote in USA Elections 2 comments A review of the Peter Lennon Film - Rocky Road to Dublin 0 comments Recent Articles about Ireland / Britain Migration / racismThe Vilification of Jeremy Corbyn Dec 12 19 Making sense of the Brexit tide of reaction and the reality of the rac... Jun 30 16 100 years after 1916 will the Irish state recognising Traveller ethnic... Nov 04 15 March in support of refugees in Dublin
ireland / britain |
migration / racism |
opinion / analysis
Tuesday September 15, 2015 05:44 by Dermo - WSM
Thanks to the work of a few volunteers we had some banners to bring to the Refugees are Welcome rally and march at the Spire on Saturday the 12th of September. I was on my bike into the Barricade Inn to pick up the banners. The banners were important to link up certain struggles. One linked the appalling reaction to the social housing crisis by this government with their slow reaction to the humanitarian crisis on the edges of fortress Europe, which simply stated Homes for All, Refuge for All, and another which read No Borders No Nations. There was a good crowd assembled there when we arrived at the Spire and it grew steadily as Memet Uludag spoke frequently, often, and introduced each of the speakers. The rally was a response where people wanted to express their solidarity with the refugees who are attempting to escape war and death. For the next hour or so a number of people spoke of how bad the situation was and how inadequate the response of our present government was. There were chants from the crowd making sure that the leaders of the EU and here in our present Government heard us say that ‘Refugees are welcome here’. The truth is we put people into camps that we call ‘Welcome Centre’s’ and we have one of the lowest rates in Europe in terms of actually granting asylum to people. In 2010, we let 25 people stay as approved refugees, and in 2013, our success rate was one of the lowest in Europe at 8.6% whilst the European average was closer to 25.2%. Now I realise that to some of the irrational racists all these figures are irrelevant, because it’s all about going with your emotions and not dealing with facts. The truth is that this is a hostile country to seek asylum in and by no stretch of the imagination do we welcome people into this country who are seeking asylum. Tell the African shopkeeper in Cabra who had his car keyed by some young thug last week; tell my co-worker who is Nigerian (but also now an Irish Citizen) whose is now homeless with her family thanks to the bank repossessing the house that she was renting. Tell it to any Traveller who has been born here and raise here, and they’ll tell you about how Welcome we make people feel who are different to us. The people gathered here in this crowd might welcome refugees but this State and the leaders in Government have consistently used asylum seekers as a means to divide and conquer the masses. That’s why direct provision was set up, to make some people rich with government contract, and to put people into places all over the Country where they are isolated, and conspicuous. Then the rumours can be started about people getting something for nothing and we can all descend into the madness of fighting each other whilst the boys at the top carry on business as usual. |
Front pageSupport Sudanese anarchists in exile Joint Statement of European Anarchist Organizations International anarchist call for solidarity: Earthquake in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan Elements of Anarchist Theory and Strategy 19 de Julio: Cuando el pueblo se levanta, escribe la historia International anarchist solidarity against Turkish state repression Declaración Anarquista Internacional por el Primero de Mayo, 2022 Le vieux monde opprime les femmes et les minorités de genre. Leur force le détruira ! Against Militarism and War: For self-organised struggle and social revolution Declaração anarquista internacional sobre a pandemia da Covid-19 Anarchist Theory and History in Global Perspective Capitalism, Anti-Capitalism and Popular Organisation [Booklet] Reflexiones sobre la situación de Afganistán South Africa: Historic rupture or warring brothers again? Death or Renewal: Is the Climate Crisis the Final Crisis? Gleichheit und Freiheit stehen nicht zur Debatte! Contre la guerre au Kurdistan irakien, contre la traîtrise du PDK Meurtre de Clément Méric : l’enjeu politique du procès en appel |