The Home Secretary has announced sweeping new immigration reforms, which have been welcomed by Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage. These proposals undermine fairness, compassion and the basic principles of a humane asylum system.
For years, the debate around asylum has been overshadowed, not by honest disagreement, but by increasingly toxic language. Instead of improving the system, this rhetoric is normalising extremism and stoking fear and division in our communities. It is putting people fleeing war and persecution, and those who welcome them, at risk.
At this critical moment, politicians from all parties need to hear that their constituents expect leadership ...
The Home Secretary has announced sweeping new immigration reforms, which have been welcomed by Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage. These proposals undermine fairness, compassion and the basic principles of a humane asylum system.
For years, the debate around asylum has been overshadowed, not by honest disagreement, but by increasingly toxic language. Instead of improving the system, this rhetoric is normalising extremism and stoking fear and division in our communities. It is putting people fleeing war and persecution, and those who welcome them, at risk.
At this critical moment, politicians from all parties need to hear that their constituents expect leadership grounded in humanity, not fear. Will you join us by writing to your MP and asking them to reject these harsh new measures in favour of an asylum system we can have confidence in? One that is controlled, compassionate and rooted in dignity, due process and common sense.
Please join us by asking your MP to choose compassion, not cruelty and oppose the Home Secretary's harsh new immigation plans.
The debate around asylum in the UK has become increasingly toxic – not because of differing views on policy, but because of the dehumanising language now used to discuss people seeking safety.
This shift does not improve public safety or strengthen our asylum system. Instead, it emboldens extremism and undermines the compassion and fairness that should define our country.
Most of us agree on the fundamentals: we need an asylum system that is controlled, that we can be confident in, and that treats people with compassion.
We cannot accept a system that traps people in poverty, isolates them in poor-quality accommodation, prevents them from working, and exposes them to hostility and hatred.
If we would not accept such treatment for ourselves or our families, we should not accept it for anyone else.
We all deserve to be safe and to feel like we belong.
Please write to your MP, asking them to:
Together, we can – and must – build a system that reflects the values we aspire to as a society.