An Amnesty International campaigner wearing a Boris Johnson mask tears up a 'Refugees Welcome' placard opposite the Houses of Parliament in London
MORE than 200 leading charities have signed a pledge to continue the fight against the Tories’ “anti-refugee laws” after peers finally voted through the reforms.
A Westminster stand-off over the Nationality and Borders Bill came to an end on Wednesday night after the legislation was passed by MPs and peers.
The widely condemned legislation was passed just hours before Parliament’s end of session deadline, with the final result met with shouts of “shame” across the House.
Now set to pass into law, the Borders Bill will legalise asylum offshoring and the creation of mass reception centres in Britain, while further criminalising asylum-seekers and creating a two-tier asylum system.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum