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A protest boat passes by the Houses of Parliament
REFUGEES from Ukraine and other conflict zones today condemned Tory attempts to punish people like them for trying to reach safety at a protest against the Borders Bill.
Ukrainian mother Dartsa and her six-year-old daughter were among a group of refugees and celebrities who boarded a boat on the Thames to urge MPs to oppose the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Dartsa, who is being hosted at the London home of actor Juliet Stevenson, who was also on the boat, said: “The changes the government wants to make to how the UK treats refugees like us makes me very sad.
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
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
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE