World Courant
LONDON
The Nationwide Union of College students (NUS) on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest surge in xenophobic, racist, and Islamophobic violence in UK, expressing unwavering solidarity with the affected migrant and Muslim communities.
In a press release, the union highlighted the distressing nature of the latest assaults, describing them not as remoted incidents however as manifestations of a harmful and rising narrative.
This narrative, it argued, has normalized racist and anti-migrant sentiments throughout the UK.
By persistently blaming immigration for varied societal points corresponding to NHS (Nationwide Well being Service) ready lists, job losses, and the price of residing disaster, this rhetoric has seeped into the tutorial sector, contributing to the vilification of worldwide and refugee college students.
“The UK have to be a sanctuary the place migrants can dwell safely, free from worry, and thrive by their exhausting work and contributions to society,” the assertion learn.
In these difficult occasions, the NUS calls on scholar leaders and allies to stay vigilant.
The union urged college students’ unions to play a central function in elevating the voices of marginalized college students and organizing for systemic change.
The union encourages everybody to achieve out to their mates and colleagues from Muslim backgrounds and to actively problem and condemn all types of racism and Islamophobia, in keeping with the assertion.
A storm of anti-Muslim disinformation on social media has fueled Islamophobic and far-right violence within the aftermath of the deadly stabbing assault within the northern English seaside city of Southport on July 29.
False reviews unfold by extremist far-right social media accounts claimed the suspect was a Muslim and a migrant, which have been echoed within the mob’s Islamophobic vitriolic chants.
Police have thus far stated the suspect is a 17-year-old man who was born in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and lived in a village close to Southport.
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