Amendment 116 to the nationality and Borders Bill
Tom Nguyen, Parliamentary Lead, Together With Refugees - 9 February 2022 reported that on 9th February 2022
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12 Feb 2022
Tom Nguyen, Parliamentary Lead, Together With Refugees - 9 February 2022 reported that on 9th February 2022
Last year, the lives of too many women, men and children were lost at sea as people tried to reach safety in the UK. As a fair and compassionate nation, we should be understanding of what leads people to take such desperate measures and do everything we can to help save their lives.
If given the power, will Priti Patel send children - along with everyone else seeking asylum in the UK - to hidden offshore camps, in distant countries?
Channel: Macron Calls on UK to Offer Safe Routes, Home Office Prioritises Crackdown on "Illegal Migration" and Mothballs Afghan Resettlement, Squatters Protest French Policies France says it wants to strike a deal with the UK on Channel crossings that would combine returns and resettlement. UK officials continue to focus on combatting "illegal migration" via deterrence and criminalisation of people on the move. After promising to resettle 20,000 people from Afghanistan, resettlement spaces are being filled with people already in Britain as the Home Office faces criticism for high accommodation costs. Activists in Calais are occupying a 10-storey building to protest the persistent French evictions of makeshift camps. In parallel, 32 NGOs have denounced ongoing "mistreatment and violence" against refugees resulting from Franco-British cooperation.
UK hotel bill for 37,000 migrants actually £4.7m a day, Home Office says - BBC News
Responding to the news that Home Secretary Priti Patel is now investigating a humanitarian route for Ukrainian refugees without family in the UK, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said: