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A young family picked up in the English Channel by the Border Force in March 2021
THE number of refugees accepted by Britain after arriving through official schemes has fallen to the lowest level in over a decade, raising doubts over government pledges to create safe routes.
According to the latest immigration figures, published today, only 353 people fleeing war and conflict were resettled in this country in the year to March 2020.
This is the lowest number of refugees offered protection under government resettlement schemes in 11 years, according to refugee charities, and a huge drop from the previous 12-month period, when 4,968 people were resettled.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
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
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
