Refugees

As Immigration Fightback Grows, Trump Uses Children as Bargaining Chips

July 12, 2018 UNAC Editor Migrants, Refugees

The Caravan of refugees from violence and political repression in Central America arrives at the U.S. border near San Diego on April 30. The Caravan began in Guatemala a month earlier, and included over 1200 people at its peak. Trump denounced the Caravan in a number of tweets and speeches, and his administration vowed that Caravan members would be turned[…]

Windrush and Britain’s Crimes Against Black People

May 1, 2018 UNAC Editor Racism, Refugees, Rights of Opressed Peoples

People gather for a Windrush generation solidarity protest in Brixtron, London, Britain, 20 April 2018. As claims emerge that the Home Office destroyed thousands of landing cards documenting the arrival of windrush-era migrants, communities in Brixton gathered in Windrush Square in solidarity with those threatened with deportation, sacking and the removal of healthcare as result of the governments ‘hostile environment’[…]

A Treacherous Crossing

February 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Refugees

Paul Ryan’s recent trip to the Gulf reflects the US Government’s complete lack of compassion for the refugees and migrants created by its proxy wars in the Middle East. By Kathy Kelly On January 23rd an overcrowded smuggling boat capsized off the coast of Aden in Southern Yemen. Smugglers packed 152 passengers from Somalia and Ethiopia in the boat and[…]

Donald Trump to 60,000 Haitians: ‘Get out!’

December 18, 2017 UNAC Editor Refugees

By MARTY GOODMAN, originally published on Socialist Action On Nov. 20, the Trump administration, after an election campaign based on anti-immigrant hate, ordered the expulsion of 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. who arrived after the devastation of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, which killed over 200,000. Haitians who arrived by Jan. 2011 received Temporary Protective Status (TPS) under a 1990 law[…]