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We are deeply concerned by the growing anti-Somali hostility surrounding the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, including the targeting and vilification of the Labour candidate.
From Minneapolis to Berlin to London, Somalis have become the target of choice. They sit where three prejudices meet: anti-Muslim, anti-Black and anti-migrant.
A Somali-Irish woman's grace at the Rose of Tralee, and a false rumour in Belfast, show how online hatred against Somalis now moves freely across these islands.
A new Prime Minister inherits policies that weigh heavily on British Somali families. They are owed clear answers, whoever sits in Downing Street.
Councillor Faduma Mohamed arrived in Southall at 11, fleeing war and unable to speak English. This week she became Mayor of Ealing.
The councillor who arrived in Camden as a child refugee now leads one of London's most prominent boroughs.
Councillor Yassin Mohamud has become Lord Mayor of Bristol, and in one sentence he has captured what integration looks like when it works.
Today's local elections decide who runs the services that shape British Somali lives most. That makes this the most important vote of the year for our communities.
Two Jewish men and a Muslim man were stabbed in London on 29 April. All three deserve to be seen, and no community deserves to be blamed.
British Somalis have lived, worked and served in this country since the age of steam. They are still too often discussed rather than heard. BSPAC exists to change that.