London - 17 September 2016

1. Wide of thousands of people marching for protest demanding the British government takes more action to help refugees

2. Wide of people leading the march holding a banner reading (English) "Refugees Welcome Here"

3. Wide of two young men on the protest UPSOUND (English) "Theresa May, hear us say, let them in and let them stay. Theresa May, here us say…"

4. Various of protest

5. Various of Weyman Bennett, member of Stand Up to Racism organisation, leading the protest

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Weyman Bennett, Stand Up To Racism:

"Spending two million pounds on a wall, whether it is in Mexico or in Calais is not going to keep people out. We need safe routes. And actually it is a wall of bigotry. Every brick is one of racism and discrimination. And we should not build walls like they did in Berlin. We talked about breaking those walls down. We should be welcoming people instead of sending them to drown in the sea or die in the deserts. We have space, we have to organise it."

7. Various of Clare Mosley (left), founder of Care4Calais, and others carrying the Care4Calais banner on the protest

8. Close of jacket reading (English) "Care4Calais"

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Clare Mosley, founder of Care4Calais:

"The wall is very expensive. There is a hell of a lot of security already in Calais, so that can't change a great deal I can see. I read a report just the other day that said, it was talking about security all over Europe and refugees and what it basically said is that all the increased security does is increase the risk for the refugees. It said higher walls make them jump higher and it said more security just plays into the hands of people smugglers. It increases the risk of death of refugees and it is not going to stop them coming because they have no choice."

10. Various of protesters march towards the Houses of Parliament

11. Mid of protesters

12. Wide of protesters carrying a large blue banner reading (English) "One Earth, one Humanity, Let's Share this World's resources."

13. Various of protest

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Weyman Bennett, Stand Up To Racism:

"This is a sign of hope for humanity, that people come out. Old, young, black, white, women, gay, straight, transgender, they're all here. We've got the whole cross section of British society here, saying that refugees are welcome here."

15. Mid of people marching into Parliament Square, where a giant screen reading (English) "Solidarity With Refugees"

16. Wide of the crowd in a packed Parliament Square

17. Wide of woman cheering, holding a placard reading (English) "This system has no love in it, it's killing us."

18. Mid of Ahmed Sabor, child refugee addressing crowd UPSOUND (Kurdish) "Thank you for your hospitality, for welcoming me to your nation."

19. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Ahmed Sabor, child refugee:

"I am very lucky but I still feel for those stuck in the Jungle and around the world and I am one of the lucky few. Thank you."

20. Various of protesters

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Vannessa Redgrave, Actor:

"Governments are bound by international law, the Geneva Convention for the protection of refugees being number one."

22. Wide of Vanessa Redgrave on the stage in Parliament Square

23. Various of the crowd watching the speakers in Parliament Square

LEAD IN:

Thousands of people have been marching in London calling on the UK government to take more action to help refugees.

The protest was organised by Solidarity for Refugees and supported by organisations including Oxfam, Medecins Sans Frontieres, the Refugee Council and Stop the War Coalition.

STORY-LINE:

The streets are packed with thousands of protesters.

They've come to central London with a message for the British government: do more to help refugees.

The protest is taking place just days before a United Nations (UN) refugee summit, hosted by US President Barack Obama, which will be attended by the British Prime Minister Theresa May.

The protest also comes just as French authorities begin construction of a four metre (13.12 feet) high, one kilometre (0.62 miles) long concrete wall at the port in Calais at the end of the month.

French authorities have said the wall will improve security following a recent increase in violence from migrants in the makeshift camp in Calais known as the Jungle. Refugees and volunteers in the camp have claimed the violence is coming from traffickers and is in direct reaction to the increase in security.

Weyman Bennett, the joint national secretary of Stand Up To Racism, is one of the people leading today's protest.

He is firmly against the wall.

"Spending two million pounds on a wall, whether it is in Mexico or in Calais is not going to keep people out," he says.

"We talked about breaking those walls down. We should be welcoming people instead of sending them to drown in the sea or die in the deserts. We have space, we have to organise it."

Stand Up to Racism is not the only organisation taking part in the march.

Care4Calais, a charity working inside the makeshift camp in Calais, is also here.

They supply migrants with shoes, clothing, sleeping bags, blankets and tents.

Founder Clare Mosley says the wall is a new danger to the people she works with who will take greater risks to get to the UK.

"It increases the risk of death of refugees and it is not going to stop them coming because they have no choice," she says.

The protest makes its way towards the Houses of Parliament, to take their calls to those in power.

Outside this British seat of power, Syrian child Ahmed Sabor addresses the crowd.

He was smuggled into the UK in the back of a truck.

"I am very lucky but I still feel for those stuck in the Jungle and around the world," he tells the protesters.

The UN Summit on refugees and migrants takes place in New York tomorrow (Monday).