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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.
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
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
