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Campaigners call on MPs to ‘stand on the right side of history’ when voting on the Immigration Bill
People housed at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, July 11, 2023
REFUGEE rights campaigners called on MPs to “stand on the right side of history” ahead of this evening’s Commons vote on the Tories’ sweeping asylum reforms.
MPs are preparing to vote on the latest amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill this evening.
A majority of 303 rejected amendment one, which would have added a requirement to the Bill that several key international obligations must be adhered to, and also voted against amendment six to safeguard victims of modern slavery.
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