Row over ‘#Go_Home’ messages for asylum seekers
The #UK government has been accused of running an “insidious, cynical and racist” poster campaign in its Glasgow immigration office in an attempt to encourage refugees and asylum seekers to go home.
Is life here hard? Going home is simple!
▻http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/row-over-go-home-messages-for-asylum-seekers-1-3066915
#migration #poster #campagne #affiche #Glasgow #réfugiés #asile
@intempestive : oui, sur ce post comme sur certains autres (v. par exemple celui sur Bremgarten ou celui sur l’Australie) j’ai mis à jour constamment... cela fait beaucoup de notifications, sorry, mais bon... cela reste dans les archives ainsi ! En tout cas, là tu as tout sur un post (pour ce qui concerne le van en tout cas —> à voir si il y a encore beaucoup de mises à jours pour ce poster de Glasgow !)
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We all belong to Glasgow - Refugees Are Welcome Here
On Monday people will gather at the UK Border Agency’s Glasgow offices to protest against an ugly government advertising campaign.
▻http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/robina-qureshi/we-all-belong-to-glasgow-refugees-are-welcome-here
Mapping Immigration Controversy
A research project mapping the unfolding controversy of Home Office immigration campaigns
What have we found so far?
How are the messages of government campaigns understood by residents in targeted areas?
We found a range of responses, from people who had uncertain migrant status, who were settled migrants with legal right to remain, who were ethnic minority and white British citizens. All of the responses were emotionally charged, most notably with anger and fear – both from people who were angered and scared by the Home Office campaigns, and people who were worried about migration. Some people who had not heard about the publicity before we asked their opinions found it unbelievable that it was a government campaign – several thought the ‘Go Home’ van had been produced by groups such as the English Defence League or the UK Independence Party, and noted how the language echoed slogans of violent racists in the 1970s. In Scotland, we frequently heard the Home Office tactics being rejected as a Westminster imposition, not suited to Scotland, and used to support arguments for Scottish independence. The vast majority of people we spoke to in the focus groups thought that the Home Office publicity was a political stunt rather than an effective policy – whatever their political stance on immigration.