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To: Dundee City Council
Dundee City of Compassion - support for refugees
We urge members of Dundee City Council to publish a joint statement saying that Dundee is a city of compassion and that it welcomes refugees with open arms. Furthermore, we ask Dundee City Council to call upon the UK Government to do everything possible to assist Dundee in welcoming people fleeing war.
Dundee City of Compassion welcomes refugees.
Why is this important?
The people of Dundee are deeply disturbed by the images of huge numbers of refugees fleeing conflicts and want to do everything we can to help these people.
Scotland has a history of offering shelter to people displaced by war and persecution: in the past Dundee welcomed refugees after WWII as well as Basques, Ugandan Asians, Chileans and Syrian Kurds. These people and their families became part of our city and have made a great contribution to Dundee: socially, culturally and economically.
We the people of Dundee want to keep this tradition of offering safety and shelter to those in desperate need.
The scale of the humanitarian crisis at the moment is vast yet the response from many has been negative or even hostile. As Dundonians, we want to tell the people who have lost so much that they are welcome in our homes, in our streets and our communities – as we would undoubtedly be welcomed by them if we ever need their help.
Dundee has been in the news recently for being the “coolest little city”. But we want Dundee to be known as the kindest little city.
