The death of 700 African migrants in the latest loss of a ship
crossing from Libya to Europe has exposed the appalling human cost
of the ‘Fortress Europe’ immigration policy imposed by European
Union and the British government.
Anti-migrant rhetoric of the establishment politicians, UKIP and the Katie Hopkins obsessed media has lead to thousands of people, many of whom are fleeing nations torn apart by Western intervention, drowning in the sea.
In the first quarter of 2015, approximately 1,200 migrants have already drowned, 20 times as many as in the same period of 2014, leading to fears of a record death rate this year. Last year nearly four thousand bodies were recovered from the Med, and those are just those that were found. The EU needs to change it’s policy to stop this.
Protest called by the Movement Against Xenophobia,
supported by:
Stop the War Coalition
BARAC UK (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts)
Global Justice Now
Please do everything you can to invite people through the Facebook event page and Eventbrite invite page. And use #MigrantLivesMatter
Time: 1pm.
Date: Saturday 25th April
Place: European Commission, 32 Smith Square, Westminster London,
SW1P 3EU
(nearest tubes Westminster or St James’)