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FEMALE refugees and asylum-seekers marched into Parliament yesterday to tell MPs that the Tories’ immigration policies would separate them from their children and put their lives at risk.
Dozens of women from countries as diverse as Nigeria and Albania confronted politicians before the third reading of the Immigration Bill in the Commons.
The All-African Women’s Group (AAWG) organised the lobby against the Bill which would force people to appeal their immigration cases only after being deported.
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
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY