Hundreds of posters showcasing handwritten messages of compassion to asylum seekers are being displayed across the country in the run-up to Christmas as part of a national campaign to create a “welcoming environment for all” in the aftermath of the summer riots.
Conversation Over Borders, a national charity supporting refugee rights, collected more than 3,000 messages of kind words in August in response to asylum-seeker hotels being targeted in “far-right violence” sparked by false claims over the Southport killings on July 29.
