"We welcome refugees" - on the street with the counter-protesters - In-Common - Southampton

"We welcome refugees" - on the street with the counter-protesters - In-Common - Southampton

Joan* can think of many other things she’d be happy to do with her Friday evening. But tonight, as with most other Fridays since early summer, she’s made the short journey from her home and is standing on a street in Portswood, to show her support for asylum seekers in a nearby hotel. “I’m here because they’re here,” she says, gesticulating towards the crowd of around 40 ‘Southampton Patriots’ on the other side of the street, who are playing lou…