Refugee plan ‘unjust and discriminatory’

en staff, Evangelical Alliance  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Feb 2022
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Refugee plan ‘unjust and discriminatory’

Refugee children in northern France | photo: steviesmudge at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/IAmHope

Controversial legislation on asylum, immigration and refugees would create an ‘unjust and discriminatory system’, the Evangelical Alliance has told en.

Alicia Edmund, the EA’s Head of Public Policy, said the bill – detailed examination of which was beginning in the House of Lords on 27 January – means those fleeing religious persecution and conflict could end up being treated as criminals and deported without a fair hearing.

She said: ‘The UK asylum, immigration and refugee system is in desperate need of reform, but we at the Evangelical Alliance believe this bill creates an unjust and discriminatory system.

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