by Pete Lazenby and Joana Ramiro

ASYLUM support groups and freedom of movement campaigners staged protests against new “xenophobic” Tory legislation yesterday during a United Nations day of action.
International Migrants Day is intended to focus public attention on the growing numbers of people driven from their homes by wars, natural disasters, political conflict and climate change.
But in Britain campaigners made a stand against new policies targeting non-EU citizens that they fear will lead to “racial and xenophobic profiling.”
West Midlands landlords were told this month to check new tenants’ visa status.
And from 2015 non-EU students will be made to pay to access the NHS.
National Union of Students international officer Shreya Paudel told the Star that young people would be particularly affected.
Speaking at a protest outside the Home Office in London, Mr Paudel said: “As a matter of principle, nobody should be made feel like a criminal — neither international students nor asylum-seekers.”
Campaign group No Borders hosted protests in Leeds, where dozens assembled outside a Home Office asylum reporting centre.
Spokeswoman Emily Jennings said: “David Cameron recently announced plans to cut the benefits of EU immigrants.”
She added that the event was also an opportunity to “remember Jimmy Mubenga, who died after being restrained by the G4S guards” as well as thousands of others who have lost their lives seeking refuge.