Vindictive, inhumane policy towards asylum seekers reinforced against all the evidence
JVL Introduction
A Bedfordshire pilot scheme funded by the Home Office to trial better ways of handing refugees and asylum seeker proved effective, humane and cost less than half what it currently takes to keep them in detention.
It appears to have been rejected out of hand by the Home Office, clinging to Suella Braverman’s desperate narrative of ‘invasion’ by ‘scary migrants’.
Surely it is time for Labour to adopt a principled opposition to government plans on asylum, one based on compassion for human beings and a commitment to ending the Hostile Environment.
RK
This article was originally published by Observer on Sun 20 Aug 2023. Read the original here.
Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’
The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill
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three cheers for worthy Caroline Nokes MP of Romsey for her humane approach.