Migrant lives matter. Protest at European Union London HQ

Migrant lives matter. Protest at European Union London HQ

Apr25

When: April 25, 2015

The death almost 1,000 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 4,000 bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean, and those are just those that were found. The EU needs to change its 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

Time: 1pm. Saturday 25 April