Last modified on Fri 30 Apr 2021 05.25 EDT
Almost 200 organisations have branded a government consultation on fundamental changes to refugee policy âa shamâ.
A total of 192 refugee, human rights, legal and faith groups have signed a public statement condemning the six-week consultation on the governmentâs New Plan for Immigration as âvague, unworkable, cruel and potentially unlawfulâ.
The Home Office states that the consultation, which ends on 6 May, is about plans to make the asylum and immigration system fairer and more efficient, to deter illegal entry and to enable the government to more easily remove people they say have no right to be in the UK.