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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

Shabana Mahmood making a speech with the union jack behind her
The letter urges the government to stop pursuing ‘performative policies’ that cause harm. Photograph: Andy Taylor/Home Office

More than 100 charities have sent a letter to the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, calling for an end to the “scapegoating of migrants”.

The letter, sent before her speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool on Monday afternoon, was coordinated by Refugee Action and signed by 105 organisations from a wide range of sectors – including Save the Children, Mind, Oxfam, Shelter, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, as well as dozens of migrant and anti-racism charities. It has also been signed by the PCS union, which represents Border Force workers.

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