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While the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London was sponsoring Refugee Week in the UK, the management of this well known international university were hosting an immigration raid on campus. The hypocrisy was not lost on students who quickly occupied directorate offices in opposition to the arrest and detention of 9 so called ‘illegal’ cleaning staff by border police. WORLDbytes reporters spoke to students at an impromptu rally and inside the occupied offices. As one migrant cleaner from Columbia, Alberto Durango says in the report: “We need to resist... This is happening in the City of London. This is happening all around London…..But it’s up to us to fight back.” In fact student opposition has yielded results and SOAS principal Paul Webley has been forced to request the home secretary grants all the cleaners leave to remain in the UK. This request has so far fallen on deaf ears, yet SOAS chiefs will not be so quick to cooperate with the government’s anti-immigrant agenda in future.
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Zett
4 months ago 0 + -All the time, energy and money used to force people out...
I wonder, what would happen if that was used for things that actually have a point and are not dehumanizing?
flintoff
4 months ago 0 + -This film covers and occupation and a demonstration of SOAS by students protesting against the deportation of some cleaning staff. It contains footage of the demonstration and includes interviews with participants, and suggests that in the future management at the university will be less keen to be quite so accommodating to the authorities on this issue.
Adelahb
4 months ago 0 + -This film shows students protesting against cleaners being deported. they were immigrants who were working hard to support their families, paying rent, and paying taxes, yet they were treated so cruelly. I felt really proud of all the students and SOAS workers that stood together and protested against this injustice.