This article in The Guardian explains how the Home Office is acting unlawfully in its rush to deport asylum seekers. So depressing. Fortunately there are lawyers and campaigners prepared to challenge the Home Office yet again
The Government's latest figures show that just 353 refugees were resettled in the UK in 2020-21 - a drop of 93% since the previous year. So much for safe and legal routes. Read Alistair Carmichael's 'take' on how Priti Patel is turning her back on refugees
More than 40 human rights organisations have condemned the Home Office's introduction of 24-hour GPS monitoring of people on immigration bail in an expansion of surveillance powers that has involved no consultation process. Read the article in The Guardian here
LD4SOS want alternatives to immigration detention in the UK as explained in our policy here
The Together With Refugees Coalition Campaign was launched last week and the orange symbol 🧡 was spread on social media. Over 160 organisations and individuals posted on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The campaign objectives are to shift the media and public narrative, harness momentum and our support base and develop political support so that in the longer term the system change that is so desperately needed happens.
