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Ask your MP to support Lord Dubs’ amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill

June 2, 2023 /
Lord Alf Dubs, himself a former child refugee who arrived in Britain via the Kindertransport, has tabled two important amendments which soften the cruelty of the original bill. The amendments
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British attitudes to immigration have become much more positive, research shows

June 2, 2023 /
Opposition to immigration has significantly declined, according to Heather Rolfe of British Future. Recent research indicates that 42 % would like to see immigration reduced, compared with two-thirds of the
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Write a letter about the Illegal Migration Bill to your MP

May 11, 2023 / ,
Dear [MP’s name] I am deeply concerned by the Home Secretary and Prime Minister’s plan to further dismantle the right to asylum in the UK with their ‘Illegal Migration Bill’.
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Dorset police and council leader attack plan to house refugees on barge

May 10, 2023 / ,
    The Home Office proposal to host 506 refugee men on a barge off Portland in Dorset is facing opposition from the local police commissioner and council leader, both
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Let asylum seekers work to help themselves and the UK

May 10, 2023 / ,
A letter to the Guardian spells out the simple answer to issues with refugee accommodation. “The list of suggested alternatives to hotels for asylum seekers (Boats, barges and big bills
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Trenchant criticism of Government’s refugee policies, plus a solution, from a political expert

April 11, 2023 /
The Government should set up overseas centres to process asylum applications, says the Sunday Mirror’s political editor, Nigel Nelson. He suggests that the UN High Commission for Refugees could administer
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UK government’s poor treatment of refugees continues to shock

March 10, 2023 / ,
Tens of thousands of refugees are waiting for more than a year for a decision on their asylum claim, with hundreds waiting more than five years, according Home Office data
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New legislation to further curb refugee rights.

March 6, 2023 / ,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64848101 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/05/small-boats-rishi-sunak-plan-how-will-it-work Rishi Sunak has announced plans for a new bill to make asylum claims from anyone reaching the UK on a small boat inadmissible. These refugees will either be
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‘Illegal’ refugees to be deported ‘within days’, says Sunak.

February 3, 2023 /
Rishi Sunak has said that people arriving in the UK without documents will have their asylum claims rejected, and will be deported ‘within days or weeks’. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/02/rishi-sunak-says-people-arriving-in-uk-illegally-will-be-deported-within-days   In an
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Home Office accused of “catastrophic failure” to protect child asylum seekers

October 24, 2022 / ,
Ministers have admitted that they have no idea where 222 vulnerable, unaccompanied refugee children have gone, after they disappeared from Home Office-approved hotel accommodation. Seventeen vanished within a day of
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