Tuesday, 30 January 2024
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (GMT)
12:00 pm – 13:30 pm (Central European Time)
On behalf of 76 organisations, as of today*, we warmly invite you to the launch of the Collective Campaign to:
Stop the Inhumanity at Europe’s Borders
*When you read this, we might be more as the number keeps rising!
This is a free event, and you are welcome to join in person and online. Please use the Link above to register via Eventbrite.
In person participation
Please reply by midnight (GMT) on Wednesday 24 January 2024 for ‘in person’ tickets.
Doors open at 10:30 am for refreshments
Event location: The Chapel in Methodist Central Hall Westminster London SW1H 9NH
Accessibility information of the venue is available here.
Online participation
Online tickets will be available until the start of the event.
Online event will start with the formal launch, at 11AM GMT / 12PM CET.
The event will be hosted on Zoom. After your registration on Eventbrite, you will receive a Zoom registration form. Please make sure to register on Zoom to obtain the Zoom link for the Launch Event.
Programme
Speakers:
Enver Solomon, Chief Executive, The Refugee Council
Elise Martin Gomez, Head of EU Advocacy, Forum réfugiés
Lord Alf Dubs, Campaigner for Refugee Rights
Rosella Miccio, President of Emergency
Gulwali Passarlay, Activist and author
Dr Jeff Crisp, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Dr Lul Seyoum, Director, International Centre for Eritrean Refugees and Asylum-Seekers, Co-Chair and Director, United Against Inhumanity-UAI UK
Dr Jean-Baptiste Richardier, co-founder United Against Inhumanity.
Additional speakers to be announced.
A Question-and-Answer session will follow the presentations.
Background
Throughout the world, refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants are being treated in cruel and illegal ways. Some European states are systematically violating the rights of people attempting to escape from persecution, armed conflict, disasters, and deprivation. At Europe’s borders, such people are confronted with the constant threat of destitution, detention, exploitation, and physical violence. In the worst cases, their lives have been lost, both at sea and on land.
This collective campaign involves an ever-growing number of civil society organisations from fourteen European nations who say such abuses must stop!
We call on all state authorities to respect fundamental human rights, and act with the humanity that all should demonstrate when interacting with their fellow human beings, and especially so in situations of distress.
At the collective campaign launch, we will set out our SEVEN Collective Demands to be presented to all European governments and other responsible intergovernmental organisations. These can be read using the link below.
Donations are welcome to support the deployment of the collective campaign and its development overtime. THANK YOU
