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End the destructive demonisation of migrants and asylum-seekers
As socialists and anti-racists, we cannot let this government off the hook as it seeks to scapegoat the vulnerable to distract from its own failures, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP

IN 2015, the harrowing picture of three-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi lying dead, face down on a beach, reverberated around the world.
The picture precipitated a surge in donations to charitable organisations and global leaders expressed their concern.
Then prime minister David Cameron said that he felt “deeply moved” by the image yet did nothing to increase the number of asylum-seekers accepted by Britain.
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