A protest is to be held at Bristol Harbourside on Friday (June 17) against the Government's Rwanda deportation policy. There has been backlash over the plan to fly some people, who have entered the UK illegally, to the east African country to seek asylum there instead.
It has sparked national controversy, with many high-profile critics including the leaders of the Church of England branding the policy as “immoral". The planned city centre event will be staged by Stand Up To Racism and 'Care4Calais' and is due to take place by the fountains.
A statement shared on the organisers' Facebook page reads: "The Government's Rwanda Deportation of Asylum Seekers is one more step in their 'hostile environment' designed to shore up votes for a failing government at the expense of peoples' lives and livelihoods.
