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Syrian refugees must not be left stuck in ‘asylum limbo,’ Amnesty says
Members of the Syrian community in the UK gather at Piccadilly Circus, central London, to celebrate the fall of president Bashar Assad's government, after 13 years of civil war, December 9, 2024
BRITAIN’S “deeply worrying” decision to suspend asylum applications for Syrian nationals has plunged thousands into renewed uncertainty, according to Amnesty International.
Following the ousting of the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the international NGO’s refugee and migrant rights director Steve Valdez-Symonds said: “Historic as it is, the fall of Assad’s brutal regime provides no guarantee of safety whatsoever in what remains a complicated and volatile situation in Syria.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
