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Councillor Denise Craghill: “I am glad that York is able to offer a refuge for these asylum seekers at this time of additional disruption and uncertainty."
York welcomes 90 refugees – York Green Party
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Coronavirus Refugee Uncategorized York welcomes 90 refugees Published 3rd July 2020 Picture credit: Refugee Action York York is preparing to offer a safe refuge to up to 90 asylum seekers affected by movement restrictions due to Covid-19. The asylum seekers are to be given refuge in York immediately...The hostile environment in action.
“It is appalling and shameful the home secretary is wasting taxpayers’ money to score points around policy yet amid the political jostling is prepared to risk the effective torture of this girl."
Priti Patel accused of 'shameful' bid to deport girl at risk of FGM
www.theguardian.com
Barrister says Home Office’s unwillingness to protect 11-year-old makes a mockery of FGM protection ordersThe Government is winding down the furlough scheme, but this crisis is just getting started.
🟢 14.5m people went into lockdown in poverty
🟢 12,000 job losses in the last two days alone
🟢 1.7m renters expecting to lose their jobs face the eviction ban being lifted this summer.
And now we face the worst recession in 300 years.
This isn’t good enough.
We have a plan to make sure no one is left behind: bit.ly/2YRm3OW
"We cannot afford to wait another 10 years, or focus on rebuilding our economy the way it was before. "
🚨 This is still a Climate Emergency! 🚨
Caroline Lucas writes in the Metro
Boris Johnson needs to prove that his climate action promise isn't just hot air
metro.co.uk
We cannot afford to wait another 10 years, or focus on rebuilding our economy the way it was before."Exposure to air pollution is firmly linked to increases in respiratory and heart disease and these factors can increase the risk of severe Covid-19 symptoms."
Air pollution likely to make coronavirus worse, say UK government advisers
www.theguardian.com
Experts say further investigation of link is urgently required and may be relevant to managing pandemic
The #HostileEnvironment in action.
“It is appalling and shameful the #homesecretary is wasting taxpayers’ money to score points ... [and] is prepared to risk the effective torture of this girl."
#FGM #PritiPatel @GreensofColour
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/03/priti-patel-accused-of-shameful-bid-to-deport-girl-at-risk-of-fgm
We welcome 90 refugees to York. #RefugeesWelcome
http://york.greenparty.org.uk/2020/07/03/york-welcomes-90-refugees/
We welcome these refugees to York. #RefugeesWelcome
YORK is preparing to offer a safe refuge to up to 90 asylum seekers affected by movement restrictions due to Covid-19. http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18556494.york-set-offer-refuge-hotel-90-asylum-seekers/?ref=appshr
“Now that government spending is being unleashed on a massive scale, the public has a right to demand that companies receiving help contribute to social and racial justice, improved health and the shift to a greener, more knowledge-based economy.” https://gu.com/p/e87ad/stw
We have created A Citizens Culture Fund to create a brighter future for everyone, in York, to create a resource for citizen led projects that work towards GOOD CHANGE. If you would like to know more visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-creative-futures?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email_m_pd-5332-donation-receipt-adyen&utm_content=internal
2"We cannot afford to wait another 10 years, or focus on rebuilding our economy the way it was before. "
🚨 This is still a #ClimateEmergency 🚨 https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/24/cannot-afford-wait-another-ten-years-focus-rebuilding-economy-way-was-before-12897037/
We've put preparations in place to reopen more of the city, for residents to enjoy safely.
Please look out for these signs/floor stickers in key locations like in public toilets and on footways across York.
Read more here: https://www.york.gov.uk/news/article/225/york-preparing-to-reopen-more-of-the-city-for-residents-to-enjoy-safely