Belfast Picket Against Recent Deportations

antrim | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis Wednesday March 23, 2005 15:52 by Davy Carlin - Street Seen

Very sucessful picket against deportations

Over sixty people attended the Belfast picket today, seeing representatives of between twenty five to thirty of the major organisations from around Belfast standing in a firm show of solidarity.

Over sixty people attended the Belfast picket today seeing representatives of between twenty five to thirty of the major organisations from around Belfast standing in a firm show of solidarity.

Those in attendance included various leading trade union, student union, and political representatives.

Also were many of the major human and civil rights organisations who stood with representatives of major solidarity, women’s, community and campaign organisations from around the city.

Several political parties showed their support from Sinn Fein councillors to SWP activists, Anarchists groups stood beside key environmental groups. Human rights organisations stood beside the various Minority Ethnic campaign groups - from the ARN to the MCRC.

Those involved at the forefront in major progressive social projects stood beside key anti poverty campaigners - and many more.

Everyone was appalled at the Deportations and where asking for these protests to intensify.

The representation at the picket was superb and sends out a very clear message.

The phones have not stopped ringing from the media and TV stations looking interviews.

This issue is on the map - big time in the North -with many raising the issue and the comparison of the Southern government with the British Conservative Parties now intensified attacks in relation to Immigration.