Deporting desperate people from the UK
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Letter to my MP on deporting refugees to Rwanda, 2022-06-06.
Dear Ben Spencer,
Please do what you can to reverse the policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.
We are breaking our proud tradition of commitment to refugees.
This policy seems to have the intention of preventing people from drowning while attempting to enter the UK. Instead of ruling people’s claims “inadmissable” because they were desperate enough to enter by a dangerous route, we should provide safe routes for people escaping war and harm.
I am sure this policy was drafted with good intent, but immediately it started we have seen disproportionate numbers of Sudanese people being deported to Rwanda [1] verses other nationalities. Even within the parameters of its own flawed morality, this policy is unfair in practice. It should be stopped immediately.
Yours sincerely,
Andy Balaam
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