IAWM Press Statement on UN Refugee Day, 20 June 2015
The IAWM supports the Solidarity with Refugees event organized by United Against Racism for today Saturday 20 June at 5pm at the Famine Memorial and The World Poverty Stone, Custom House Quay, Dublin.
The event organized by United against Racism –
https://www.facebook.com/events/103696833304956/
aims to highlight the plight of refugees around the world.
Memet Uludag of United Against Racism said:
“We are calling on all anti-racist organisations, civil society groups, NGOs, political parties, religious groups, migrant and refugee support organisations to join our gathering on World Refugee Day, 20 June to:
• recognize the resilience of forcibly displaced people throughout the world
• pay homage to the victims of migrant boat tragedies in the Mediterranean
• show our solidarity with refugees everywhere
• demand further and meaningful actions by the EU states to do whatever is necessary to rescue migrants and provide safety and humanitarian care”
The IAWM statement noted that the EU including the Irish Government could be doing much more to alleviate the plight of refugees worldwide.
Jim Roche, PRO IAWM said:
IAWM Press Statement on UN Refugee Day, 20 June 2015
The IAWM supports the Solidarity with Refugees event organized by United Against Racism for today Saturday 20 June at 5pm at the Famine Memorial and The World Poverty Stone, Custom House Quay, Dublin.
The event organized by United against Racism –
https://www.facebook.com/events/103696833304956/
aims to highlight the plight of refugees around the world.
Memet Uludag of United Against Racism said:
“We are calling on all anti-racist organisations, civil society groups, NGOs, political parties, religious groups, migrant and refugee support organisations to join our gathering on World Refugee Day, 20 June to:
• recognize the resilience of forcibly displaced people throughout the world
• pay homage to the victims of migrant boat tragedies in the Mediterranean
• show our solidarity with refugees everywhere
• demand further and meaningful actions by the EU states to do whatever is necessary to rescue migrants and provide safety and humanitarian care”
The IAWM statement noted that the EU including the Irish Government could be doing much more to alleviate the plight of refugees worldwide.
Jim Roche, PRO IAWM said:
“The few hundred Syrian refugees that the Irish Government has pledged to accommodate is a paltry figure compared to the amount that other countries have taken in. The Government should be doing much more for the refugees, but most of all it should be arguing against the continuation of perpetual warfare instigated by the US, Britain and other western powers which has often been the main cause of this huge refugee crisis, the worst since the Second World War.”
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Jim Roche, PRO, Steering Committee IAWM, Tel. 087 647 2737
Memet Uludag, Steering Committee IAWM, Tel. 087 791 9307
John Molyneux, Secretary, Steering Committee IAWM, Tel. 085 735 6424
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