[Sanctuarycity_hamilton] Fw: Toronto, Sep 4, 7pm: EMERGENCY RALLY - REFUGEES WELCOME!

[Caitlin Craven]

I have to be out of town this weekend for a family issue, so I am not going
to be around to help plan much.  We could try strategizing around the
labour day picnic (ie have people there?).  In the meantime, sending the
call-out to our list makes sense to me (I will do this today).

Do others think they have enough capacity this weekend if I ask supporters
to write back if they want to co-organize a small media event or vigil? I
am sorry I am not more available for this, but I'll respond as I can to the
conversation.

cheers,
Caitlin

2015-09-03 19:55 GMT-04:00 Yen Chu <yenbchu at yahoo.ca>:

> Do we want to organize one?
>
>
> On Thursday, September 3, 2015 7:03 PM, No One Is Illegal - Toronto <
> nooneisillegal at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>
> *please forward widely!!*
>
> *Sep 4: Refugees welcome!*
>
> * Aylan, Galip and Rehan should be here.*
> * We want safety and welcome for all.*
> *Freedom to move, stay and return.*
>
> * TORONTO*
> *Friday, September 4th, 7pm*
> *Yonge-Dundas Square.*
>
> Sep 4- 7:A cross-country weekend of mobilization.
> Actions taking place across the country, find one near you or organize
> your own: www.facebook.com/events/1703064886579884/
>
> Let us know by emailing refugeeswelcomeCA at gmail.com so we can help
> promote it.
>
> This is a last minute call-out, and we need your help to spread the word.
> Use the hashtag #refugeeswelcome #freedomtomove to share
> http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/TORefugeesWelcome on Twitter and
> Facebook.
>
> *BACKGROUND*
>
> With images and stories in the media on the migrant crisis from Syria and
> the surrounding areas, the deaths of the Aylan, Galip and Rehan Kurdi has
> shone a light on the complicity of the Canadian governments, its
> corporations and allies in this crisis. Thousands of Eritrean, Somali,
> Syrian, Yemeni, and Balkan refugees are dying on the shores of Fortress
> Europe; as Latin Americans have died enroute to the United States of
> America.
>
> Due to discriminatory restrictions implemented by the federal government,
> the number of refugee claims in Canada decreased by 50 percent and the
> number of accepted refugees dropped by 30 percent between 2006 and 2012.
> These laws and policies have caused untold misery and death. In Canada
> today, citizenship is harder to get, and easier to lose. Most racialized
> and poor migrants can only come here as short-term migrant workers, easily
> deported. Thousands of migrant workers and undocumented people have died
> after being denied services in Canada or been deported or repatriated after
> being injured to their death. Read more about Canadian immigraton policies
> at www.neverhome.ca
>
> The Canadian government in alliance with resource-extractive corporations
> along with their European and American partners have been profiting from
> the wars, environmental collapse and economic depressions of many countries
> in the South resulting in over 52 million displaced people around the
> globe.
>
> At the same time, communities are rising up across the globe. In Germany
> and Iceland, tens of thousands of people have forced open the borders, and
> opened their homes to refugees. It’s time for us to do the same.
>
> Read more:
> On the Syrian crisis:
> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/05/ticking-time-bomb-syrian-refugees-150509062906684.html
> On the migrant crisis:
> https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/09/refugee-crisis-mediterranean-europe-syria-libya/
> On the role of Canadian corporations in displacement:
> https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/bad-neighbours
> On the links between climate change and displacement:
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anika-rahman/climateinduced-migration-_b_6497652.html
>
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