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

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

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

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

    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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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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