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Campaigners pressure Tory ministers over Nationality and Borders Bill
Emergency services attend to the fire at Napier barracks in Folkestone, on Friday January 29

TORY ministers are facing pressure from campaigners and the opposition benches in Westminster over the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill. 

The SNP has taken action to stop the Tories’ proposed anti-refugee law in its tracks, which is set to punish vulnerable people and refugees seeking asylum.

The Nationality and Borders Bill, discussed in Westminster today, would strip many refugees of rights to a family reunion, support and to settle permanently, as well as criminalise many for seeking protection in Britain with sentences of up to four years. 

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