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Liverpool Echo
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Danny Rigg

Jeremy Corbyn to attend Liverpool demo to say refugees are welcome in Merseyside

UCU Jeremy Corbyn NEU PCS University of Liverpool Merseyside Refugee Fire Brigades Union Chantelle Lunt Ian Byrne

Hundreds of people have signed a petition condemning attempts to divide communities and "to create fear and hatred" against people seeking refuge in the UK.

The petition, organised by a group under the banner of Merseyside Anti-Racists Unite, was signed by more than 500 people, including councillors, trade union officials and activists in Merseyside as well as figures like West Derby MP Ian Byrne, co-founder of Merseyside Black Lives Matter Alliance, Chantelle Lunt, former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, former Knowsley Town Mayor Tony Ely and Ellen Loudon, canon chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral.

It comes after fireworks were launched at police and a police van was set on fire during a protest outside the Suites Hotel in Kirkby on Friday, February 10.

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