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Refugees

We're a Small Island The Greening of Intolerance

by Sarah Sexton, Nicholas Hildyard and Larry Lohmann

presentation | published April 2005 | summary | full document | PDF

Far-right groups in Britain are increasingly using environmental and social justice concerns to argue against immigration. This is part of a clear political strategy to make racist ideas and goals seem more respectable. Whether they like it or not, environmentalists are therefore being increasingly drawn into debates on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers. To counter this strategy, environmental groups need to link with those who have to deal with racism every day as a matter of strategy, process and structure.

Listen to the Refugee’s Story How UK Foreign Investment Creates Refugees and Asylum Seekers

by Ilisu Dam Campaign Refugees Project, The Corner House and Peace in Kurdistan

article | published November 2003 | summary | full document

UK companies, taxpayers and the government support many human rights abuses that can accompany British investment abroad and that can ultimately force people to flee their homes and their countries.


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