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Refugees Welcome Here

London. Sat17 Sep 2016

  

 
 'Chose love' was the message

 A placard reminds us children are dying in Calais because our government is dragging its feet over those who have a right to come here

 Although the children are not allowed to come here, people had brought some banners they had made

 Vanessa Redgrave was surrounded by TV people

 Stand up to Racism banner 'Refugees Welcome'

 'Refugees Are Welcome Here'

 

 A young boy holds an Amnesty International poster 'I Welcome Refugees'

 More of the banners made by the children and teenagers of Calais

 Vanessa Redgrave at the start of the march

 

  A Syrian refugee stands in front of the Free Syrian flag
        
A hand-embroidered placared 'Refugees Welcome' 

'Be Human - Solidarity with Refugees' 

 

'We are not human without our humanity' 

Weyman Bennett of Stand Up to Racism 

'Close Down Yarlswood Detention Centre Now' 

'I'm a Refugee' 

Dancers wait to perform 

The banner and Free Syrian flags at the front of the march 

The dancers practice their moves 

 
   

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