Awful that we had to do it, but it was so heartening today to be with good good people, making sure that asylum seekers and refugees in our beautiful City of Sanctuary (Sheffield) know they are welcome. The police were very well organised and in the end there were very few far right protesters there. By contrast, there were I guess 300ish of us counter protesting. The issues are complex and this isn’t a binary situation, but at the end of the day, if you are seeking asylum we want Sheffield to be a genuine sanctuary for you.