Teachers Fight Back Against Blunkett 'swamping' Rhetoric
Newham teachers, supported by Newham Teachers' Association (NUT), have
launched a petition affirming that refugee children are welcome in schools
and opposing any moves towards segregated schooling as proposed by the
government.
The petition condemns the comments made by David Blunkett, the Home
Secretary, that refugee children have 'swamped' local schools. The Home
Office plans to establish special 'accommodation centres' where asylum
seeker children will be educated separately from others in remote areas of
the country.
In the past, refugee children have received strong support from other school
students, often leading to highly energetic schools-based campaigns against
any deportation attempts.
The petition is for teachers, parents, schoolchildren and students and can
be signed by people anywhere in the UK. Newham Teachers Association hope
that the petition will become a national initiative to show the strength of
feeling after the Home Secretary's comments. Other NUT branches are being
asked to adopt the petition, subject to approval from local officers.
The petition can be downloaded as a Word file from:
http://www.carf.demon.co.uk/RefugeePetition.doc.
Or as a PDF file from:
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/letters/News26/teachers.html
Newham teachers invite everyone in the world to sign this petition.
It can be freely photocopied and distributed
and needs to be returned by 31 May 2002 to the
Newham Teachers' Association
NTA Office
The Credon Centre
Kirton Road,
London
United Kindom
E13 9BT
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