Activists Hold Remembrance March for Refugees Killed Trying to Reach UK

Novara - 11 November 2018

Activists wearing pink veils marked Remembrance Sunday by laying lifeboat-orange wreaths at the Cenotaph to remember refugees who died fleeing conflict and persecution.

Around 40 people marched from the Ministry of Defence to the memorial for war dead on Saturday, carrying candles and placards.

The action, which has happened for the past three years, was organised by a coalition of campaign groups including Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSM) and Black Women’s Rape Action Project (BWRAP)... See more


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