Refugee rights groups intensified efforts to defeat the government s Nationality and Borders Bill with a mass rally outside Parliament on Wednesday. More than 800 people attended, chanting, Say it loud, say in clear, refugees are welcome here. They included representatives of the Jesu.
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i was not allowed to do anything within my community. how was that? it was really bad, i felt like i was in a country where i came to seek safety, but it was worse than i was before. this part of west yorkshire has long welcomed those seeking sanctuary. for more than 20 years calderdale has taken in asylum seekers and it volunteered to resettle syrians during the war. the council says it is ready to step up again, but the leader says they must have support. we want to be open and welcoming, but we need proper support from the government to enable us to do that without it having an impact on local people and services. in halifax town centre there is empathy for the plight of afghans and awareness that public services, not least housing, are under pressure. half of me says, yes, we should help out, which is what we are doing. the other half is rightly saying, well, there are obviously people in this country who are british