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In a letter published in The Guardian, Bristol’s Green MEP Molly Scott Cato, has joined other leading Green Party voices in condemning Trump’s immediate ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and all refugees entering the USA.
Dear Editor,
It’s mortifying that the Prime Minister was photographed hand in hand on Holocaust Memorial Day with a US President who, later that day, signed an executive order which places an immediate ban on immigrants from seven Muslim majority countries and all refugees entering the USA.
The order, which is called ‘Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States’, also states that prohibition would not apply to non-Muslims and that Christians fleeing persecution would be prioritised for resettlement.
These measures are a barbaric attack on Muslims in the USA, from the countries which are now banned and on all Muslims around the world. It stamps upon all principles of liberty and civil rights and undermines the value system upon which all our democracies is based.
As Greens here in the UK we are ashamed that the highest elected official of our country visited the USA during this time and then spectacularly failed to take a serious stand against such hatred.
We call upon our Prime Minister to immediately condemn the order in the strongest. Half-baked statements simply aren’t good enough. All who value human rights must stand up against this alarming act, the rise in hatred it represents and these clear stirrings towards fascism.
Caroline Lucas MP, Co-Leader
Jonathan Bartley, Co-Leader
Baroness Jenny Jones
Molly Scott-Cato MEP
Sian Berry AM
Caroline Russell AM
Ousman Noor, Campaigns Coordinator, London Green Party
The Green Party has also launched a petition supporting free movement of people – you can sign that here.