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Scottish and Welsh governments call for urgent talks with Home Office over its asylum policies
People take part in a protest outside the Home Office in Westminster, London, demanding an end to deaths in the Channel
THE Home Office has been approached for urgent talks by the Scottish and Welsh governments to address significant concerns over asylum policy.
Ministers from the SNP and Labour devolved administrations have said reforms of the asylum dispersal scheme and national transfer scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are gravely needed.
In a wide ranging letter, Scotland’s social justice secretary Shona Robison and Welsh minister for social justice Jane Hutt also raised the issue of the Nationality and Borders Bill, asking for discussions to help prevent further loss of life in the English Channel.
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