At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters.
At least two refugee NGOs that have been supporting asylum seekers who have received notices from the Home Office that they will be forcibly removed to France under Labour’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety.
Organisations including Liberty, Greenpeace, Care4Calais, Bail for Immigration Detainees, Choose Love, the Runnymede Trust and Freedom from Torture, along with many lawyers, including KCs, have signed the statement in what they say is an act of solidarity in the face of mounting threats.
They are particularly concerned about how media and social media is fanning the flames when referencing migrants.
