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A positive step for asylum seekers: Durham Students Union passes #LiftTheBan motion – Palatinate

In Durham Students’ Union’s most recent Assembly, a motion to support the Lift the Ban coalition, which was proposed by Durham Student Action for Refugees, passed overwhelmingly. Lift the Ban is a coalition comprising of over 240 different charities, unions, and think tanks to protest and put pressure on the government to lift the current ban on asylum seekers being able to work. The motion seeks to support the coalition and actively engage in and encourage governmental change.  Today, people seeking refugee status are banned from being able to work in the United Kingdom, instead given just £5.66 to live on per day. According to the ONS, in 2019 the average household in the UK spent £61.90 on food shopping per week, whereas asylum seekers are only given £39.62. Moreover, this isn’t even taking into account travel, clothing, household goods, and other essentials needed for living.

SU accuses government of empowering Holocaust deniers and flat-earthers – Palatinate

Durham Students’ Union has accused the UK government of “empowering Holocaust deniers and flat-earthers” through its new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which legally obliges students’ unions to take steps to protect free speech. The Bill, which may still be amended before it becomes law, would legally require universities to defend free speech and “help stamp out unlawful ‘silencing ”. This legal duty would also apply to students’ unions which “will have to take reasonably practicable steps to ensure lawful freedom of speech”. The government claims it “has been clear throughout that it is important to distinguish between lawful, if offensive, views on one hand and unacceptable acts of abuse, intimidation, and violence on the other”. But Anna Marshall, Durham SU’s Opportunities Officer, told

Durham students wash up other students dishes for free – Palatinate

Durham students wash up other students dishes for free – Palatinate
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