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Nationality and Borders Bill comes into effect tomorrow: 28th June 2022

Refugees Welcome ! National Day of Action !
Join the protest on Tuesday 28th June
17.30 pm outside the Home Office ! 2 Marsham Steet SW1P 4DF.
on 28th June the Nationality and Borders Bill will come into effect , removing the human rights of refugees and creating a cruel 2-tier system. Say No ! No to expulsions of refugees to Rwanda ! No to criminalising refugees ! Seeking asylum is a Human Right !
Create safe and legal routes for refugees to seek asylum and join family so that they are not forced to rely on people smugglers exploiting their despair.

Stop Rwanda Flights: Tues 19th July 2022@ Royal Courts of Justice

 

 

DEMONSTRATE! STOP RWANDA FLIGHTS!
Tue 19 July 9am onwards – rally 1pm to 2pm
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

📢 NO OFFSHORE DETENTION
📢 Scrap the Nationality and Borders Act
Join this urgent protest – on Tuesday 19 July, following the Care4Calais  & PCS Union’s legal challenge, the case will go to court again for a hearing to decide whether the Rwanda policy itself is lawful.
👉🏿Join, share & invite to Facebook event: here 

 

Hertfordshire teenager arrested on suspicion of far-right terrorism

A teenage boy from Hertfordshire as been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence.

The 17-year-old was arrested at an address in the county on Tuesday on suspicion of encouraging terrorism.

The investigation relates to alleged offences linked to extreme right-wing terrorism, the Metropolitan Police said. Read full article on Standard website here

First Rwanda flight fails to leave today after EHRC intervention

The flight due to leave from a military airfield to Rwanda with only a handful of asylum seekers this evening, 14th June will not be leaving today.

Read about the final legal challenge from the EHRC that led to the Home Office announcing that the flight will not be leaving today on the BBC website here