Pro-immigration campaigners secure one third of funding goal
A CAMPAIGN group is planning a nationwide poster campaign to celebrate the contribution immigrants make to British society.
The group, Movement Against Xenophobia (Max), is seeking £66,000 through Crowdfunder to support its “I am an immigrant” campaign, with the aim of having posters across all Tube and rail networks in the weeks before 7 May General Election. The campaign will also have an interactive social media element.
As well as funding, the group is also seeking 15 individuals to feature as the poster boys and girls, demonstrating “the social, economic and cultural prosperity immigrants bring to the nation”.
The group wants volunteers from a range of occupations and backgrounds. They will have their photos taken by Vogue photographer Philip Volkers.
Max is concerned that “negative rhetoric” has in the past led to increasingly anti-immigrant legislation being passed. One example is the Immigration Act 2014, which Max believes could result in an increase in racism and discrimination.