StatusNow4All: London-based supporters of Status Now 4 All gathered at an event to mark International Migrants Day on 18th December.
The event was hosted by Unite the Union and took place at its headquarters office in central London. The event combined a social gathering (excellent food provided by the migrant domestic worker supporter organisation, Waling Waling), with the opportunity to review work done in the past year and expectations for campaigning work in 2024.
Status Now 4 All’s co-chair, Mariam Yusuf, was able to join the event by video link. She said that International Migrants Day gave people the opportunity celebrate the advances made in securing rights for migrant and refugee people, and also to set down the fact respect was due to them because, first and foremost, “We are also human beings whose basic human, social and economic rights ought to be honoured by the authorities of the countries in which we live.”
She set the theme for the evening: the need to strengthen the bonds between migrant and refugee solidarity organisations and the trade union movement.
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