15 Mar 2016
So the end of the road for all the work on the Immigration Bill, which will now become law. It has been a long haul, and extremely worrying how it will work out in practice. We are of course very pleased at how Tim Farron's original call for unaccompanied refugee children already in Europe is accepted, even if without the specified number.
Finally, after a number of court cases, and now a ruling from the Tribunal Procedures Committee, the iniquitous and unfair system of Detention Fast Track has to be stopped.
Liberal Democrats for Seekers of Sanctuary remain adamant that the facility at the pre departure centre, Cedars, should not be closing, and should remain, as originally planned to be somewhere for families with children to have safe respite and be prepared for an involuntary return to their country of origin.
A letter has been sent to the Guardian from LD4SOS denouncing the scandal of the Illegal immigration poster vans in London. The letter was sent on 24th July in response to an article in The Guardian on 22nd July.