Refugees
Total 28 Posts
"Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. They often have had to flee with little more than the clothes on their back, leaving behind homes, possessions, jobs and loved ones." (UNHCR)
Revealed: Government to legalise ‘hazardous’ accommodation for asylum seekers
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Housing and migrants charities blast ‘shameful’ plan to relax licensing rules around HMOs for people fleeing danger.
Illegal immigration bill does more than ‘push the boundaries’ of international law
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The UK government is introducing a bill to deter small boat migration and remove those who arrive illegally. It violates international law, overriding domestic laws, the Refugee Convention and Human Rights Law.
Asylum claim rejections show the UK government has little understanding of what people are fleeing – and it’s costing lives
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Many asylum applications are rejected on grounds that dismiss the dire situations in applicants’ countries of origin.
UK-France migration deal: How does Brexit factor into the plan to stop small boats?
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The new deal with France provides clear and compelling evidence that the way the UK chose to leave the EU actually meant a reduction in the ability to control irregular migration.
How Canada plans to break records with its new refugee targets
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If the Canadian government sticks to its new plans for refugee resettlement, the next three years could have significant implications for refugees and refugee policy beyond Canada’s borders.
Creating a spectacle around people seeking asylum generates fear and chaos, not solutions
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Recent scenes at Victoria Station and Manston immigration centre are one way the government drives anti-migration sentiment. 12 years of Tory governance has pushed narratives that dehumanise vulnerable people, and turned the border into a spectacle.
The state we are in 2022
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With the Conservatives in government, the UK is very firmly on a trajectory to more cruelty, more demonisation of the poor, the weak, and the vulnerable.