Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Selby Trust Invitation to Pledge Support for Refugees Welcome in Haringey Campaign
This from the Tottenham-based Selby Trust:
Haringey has been home to Refugees for Centuries, from the Huguenots Refugees who settled in Tottenham and the Refugees from the American War of Independence in the 16th Century, the Greek refugees and the political refugees from Poland in the 1800s to the Eastern European Jews in the 1900s and the many refugees from Somalia, Congo, Albania to name a few that we see today.
People from each one of those communities have contributed to make Haringey, London and our country a better place to live.
As a borough our motto [found on our crest] is ‘Progress with Humanity’ – we want to help those that are in need and we welcome them to Haringey.
If you are a resident, business or organisation in Haringey and you welcome refugees to our borough please sign the pledge and join our campaign.
You can also download the pledge card, take a selfie and email it to info@selbytrust.co.uk or tweet us at @SelbyTrust
We will update this page with the number of pledges and the organisations who have supported this campaign.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Thanks for this posting Hugh. It's good to see HoL and Cllr Ibrahim's name on the list of organisations and policiticians who have made a pledge.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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My understanding is that we've pledged our support. (We're going to have to revive the HoL Meldrew Awards, I can see).
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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No Hugh. It's a serious question. It's all too easy to "pledge support " but when the pledge is called in, what will they do ?
The Selbytrust website gives no indication of what will be expected of the pledgers.
Or is it just a question of saying " I support this sentiment " ?
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Permalink Reply by 1lt1j1e9vpo6f on
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I agree, John.
Whilst there is a logical motive behind leveraging sentimentality to gain support, I think people ought to be told what exactly the plan is.
We are seeing a typically short-term political spat being played out in the media with "I care more" "No, I care more" platitudes being thrown around.
I dont agree with all of the ideas being presented in this article but I do agree that this 'migration' will last for many years, and that it is the result of many different motivations.
I think that whilst Cameron has lagged in the 'looking good' stakes, his response at least shows an awareness of the longer-term implications of decisions made today.
A final point: There has been a huge amount of misinformation about the UK's various contributions to remedying this problem. Again, this has been the result of political point-scoring. Those making the life-threatening journeys to Europe deserve a lot better. They deserve a considered and honest response...not a shortterm fix predicated on emotional blackmail.
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Even the dreadful Paul Mason gets his head around it .
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