Find out more about the New Plan for Immigration and the Nationality and Borders Act
Get the latest news about the Anti-Refugee Act that was passed into law in April 2022.
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April 28, 2022
Nationality and Border Bill: cruel legislation becomes law
Thousands of people fleeing extreme situations of war and persecution will now find it harder to…
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March 22, 2022
MPs vote on Anti-Refugee Bill: Refugee Council response
Today (Tuesday 22 March) saw the Nationality and Borders Bill return to the House of Commons…
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March 9, 2022
Nationality and Borders Bill: The House of Lords stood up for refugees…
In the same week that Russia invaded Ukraine, precipitating the biggest refugee crisis in Europe since…
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February 14, 2022
Brutal anti-refugee measures in the Nationality and Borders Bill to cost £2.7…
The taxpayer will pay an extra £2.7billion a year to fund schemes to block people fleeing…
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January 25, 2022
Government plans will “all but destroy” main safe route out of conflict…
Up to 17,500[1] mainly vulnerable women and children who have become separated from loved ones…
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December 9, 2021
As the Nationality and Borders Bill leaves the House of Commons, what…
The Nationality and Borders Bill was voted through by MPs this week and will start being…
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November 12, 2021
So-called ‘scientific methods’ for assessing age are unproven and risk harm to…
The Nationality and Borders Bill is nearing the end of its stages in the House of…
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November 17, 2021
Why the Government’s approach to Channel crossings fails people in need of…
The issue of people crossing the Channel in small boats has received increased media and political…
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November 17, 2021
New Refugee Council analysis shows most people arriving by small boats across…
A new analysis published by the Refugee Council today reveals that the men, women and children…
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September 24, 2021
What have we learnt about the Nationality and Borders Bill this week?
The next stage of the Nationality and Borders Bill ended on Thursday, with a series of…
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July 27, 2021
Government fails to address the concerns raised by thousands of people in…
Last week the government published their response to the consultation on their New Plan for Immigration,…
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July 23, 2021
Nationality & Borders Bill – what we learnt from the second reading
In the last week before the summer recess, the Nationality and Borders Bill had its Second…
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July 19, 2021
Proposals to further criminalise and imprison people seeking asylum to cost more…
Thousands of people who come to the UK seeking safety could be imprisoned for up to…
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July 6, 2021
The Nationality and Borders Bill – A devastating day for refugee protection
The recent publication of the Nationality and Borders Bill this week has marked the latest…
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July 5, 2021
Thousands of refugees to be turned away under new anti-refugee Bill
The new Nationality and Borders Bill being introduced in parliament today will mean more than 9,000…
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June 1, 2021
Women and children abandoned by proposed refugee rules, reveals new campaign coalition
Two in every three women and children that the UK would accept as refugees now, would…
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April 1, 2021
What is the New Plan for Immigration?
For 70 years, the UK has had a proud history of welcoming refugees. Now the UK…
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March 24, 2021
Refugee Council responds to the Home Office’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’
The Home Office has launched a public consultation on their ‘New Plan for Immigration’. The…
