Refugees tell MPs Bill will risk their lives
FEMALE refugees and asylum-seekers marched into Parliament yesterday to tell MPs that the Tories’ immigration policies would separate them from their children and put their lives at risk.
Dozens of women from countries as diverse as Nigeria and Albania confronted politicians before the third reading of the Immigration Bill in the Commons.
The All-African Women’s Group (AAWG) organised the lobby against the Bill which would force people to appeal their immigration cases only after being deported.
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