Asylum Matters

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Every refugee has gone through an arduous process to prove they're in danger in their country.

So it's obvious their children trapped abroad are too.

Our Government cannot claim to care about children while abandoning children it knows are unsafe.

theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Here's what we know: in every single community in the UK, there are people who are kind, hopeful and welcoming.
This week they'll be making that hope and welcome extra visible - but it's there every day.
What give you hope in your community?

It's chilling to watch people trying to rip up the laws that protect all of us from torture.

Human rights law protects every single one of us. Efforts to undo it in order to create Rwanda-plan-style attacks on the most vulnerable risk harming us all.

theguardian.com/law/2026/may/1…

Yesterday's King's Speech continued the Government's failing approach of attacking people trying to put down roots in the UK.

Denying people settlement and making refugee status uncertain, won't improve life for anyone - and it's pretty clear voters can see that.