# Activist’s GoFundMe page hits £50k in two hours in response to far-right’s fundraising efforts to thwart refugee sea rescues - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/05/activists-gofundme-page-hits-50k-two-hours-response-far-rights-fundraising-efforts-thwart-refugee-sea-rescues/ - Published: 2017-06-05T12:14:48+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **A GoFundMe campaign launched in response to the news that far right groups are fundraising for boats to stop refugees reaching dry land raised more than £50,000 in its first two hours, and has now reached over £63,000.**   [Unite Against Terror](https://www.gofundme.com/uniteagainstterror) was created by activist and journalist Caroline Criado-Perez on Sunday (4^(th) June) following a [story in The Observer](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/03/far-right-raises-50000-target-refugee-rescue-boats-med) that reported how members of the anti-Islam and anti-immigrant ‘Identitarian’ movement had raised over £50,000 to enable them to target rescue boats and stop them from helping refugees. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)   On her GoFundMe page, Criado-Perez says:   > “You wouldn’t try to stop a victim of a terror attack fleeing from danger. Don’t > let the far right do this to refugees. Don’t let the far right’s hatred define > us as Brits, or as Europeans. Now is not the time to give in to fear and hatred. > “I do not pretend to have the answers. I do not pretend to know how to defeat > this hateful ideology. But I do know that letting desperate people, who are themselves > fleeing terror, drown is categorically not the answer. > “Let’s fight back against hatred. Let’s not let terrorism kill off our humanity.”   The page raised more than £50,000 in its first two hours, and has a target of £100,000. The current total is just over £63,000, from 427 people, with all finds raised donated to [MSF search and rescue teams](https://www.msf.org.uk/country/mediterranean-search-and-rescue).   https://twitter.com/CCriadoPerez/status/871433094951317504   According to the MSF, in 2016, there were 355,361 arrivals by sea to Europe, with 5,096 people reported dead or missing at sea. 43% of the people making the journey by sea are women and children. * **[Diane Abbott care package GoFundMe page raises over £5,000 for Hackney charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/14/diane-abbott-care-package-gofundme-page-raises-5000-hackney-charities/)**( 14 June 2017) * **[Injured Liverpool fan’s fund nears €2 million](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/24/injured-liverpool-fans-fund-nears-e2-million/)**( 24 June 2019) * **[Plumber launches GoFundMe campaign to help keep elderly warm this winter](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/28/plumber-launches-gofundme-campaign-to-help-keep-elderly-warm-this-winter/)**( 28 November 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)