📣 Right now MPs are debating the Government's Anti-Refugee Bill in the House Commons
As they discuss the proposals, we're urging MPs to:
❌ scrap the cruel plans to punish refugees
✅ back new proposals to open safe routes
#SaveRoutesSaveLives
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We must not turn our backs on Afghan refugees in their time of need.
@BorisJohnson + @pritipatel can and must do more.
Join other refugee supporters and tweet your support for #AfghanRefugeesWelcome. Tagging in your MP if you can.
Proud that one of our Grassroots groups @SWR_HandInHand & Stafford Town of Sanctuary presented their first award to St Austin’s Catholic Church, given ‘Church of Sanctuary’ status today.
@theodoraclarke presented the award in recognition of the warm local welcome to refugees
@theodoraclarke without this amendment children like Tekle's brother will not be able to reunite with their siblings in the UK, please support Lords Amendment 4b this afternoon and retweet your support. https://t.co/RkNJ7VGnnT
Later today the @HouseofCommons again votes on #LordsAmendment4 to save family reunion before December 31st.
This is why it matters. Without this amendment, children like Tekle's brother will lose their safe and legal route to sanctuary.
Join us at Parliament Square on Monday at 1pm to protect refugee family reunion in the run up to the Lords voting. RSVP now → https://t.co/3Fla8ZoyNj #scrap37#RefugeesWelcome#EUWithdrawalBill
@GreenJennyJones I have sent you an urgent & important email about child refugees issues, which have been now forced to the Lords due to Government withdrawal bill. Deeply appreciate you taking a look and getting back to me @safepassageuk @SWR_HandInHand
@natalieben I have sent you an urgent & important email about child refugees issues, which have been now forced to the Lords due to Government withdrawal bill. Deeply appreciate you taking a look and getting back to me @safepassageuk @SWR_HandInHand
However the gov tries to portray it, next week's Lords vote isn't about technicalities & negotiating tactics.
It will send a signal to children living in the most horrendous conditions: that the UK knows they are waiting & wants to help; or that family reunion is not a priority.
Kate from @KEVIStaffsSch chose to volunteer with @SWR_HandInHand
for her Bronze Bronze Award.
Kate says "I feel like this was one of the best things I could have done for volunteering because this cause has truly helped many people"
To read more visit https://t.co/0byGF9z2Jv
With so many amazing volunteers in one place at #StaffordintheWorld recently, we couldn't resist handing out some #VolunteersWeek certificates. Here are just a few of the fabulous groups we bumped into!
80yrs ago today Parliament voted to relax visa rules that lead to 10k child refugees fleeing the Nazis to be given refuge in the UK
it isn’t enough to just commemorate our history if we fail new generations of child refugees today. It’s #OurTurn to act
https://t.co/feNBdR9KFb
Listen to @itsanitarani's discussing with Cate Blanchett on the art of storytelling, and how telling refugee stories can build "a road to empathy and understanding."
2-weeks ago we delivered 33k signatures to @theresa_may asking her to grant safe passage to 10k child refugees, just like our country did 80yrs ago for children fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe
Britain has the capacity, It has the will. Our Gov. now needs to show compassion
80 yrs ago today a delegation of Jewish leaders met with Prime Minister Chamberlain a week after Kristallnacht. That meeting led to the rescue op which became the Kindertransport. It’s a real honour to host the commemoration of it today - in the company of so many who were saved
@carolinenokes It was good to see you speak at #Kindertransport commemoration today. Thank you for speaking up. We hope the government will see just how important it is to stay on the right side of history again 80 years on. #safepassageuk#refugeeswelcome
Urgent!!
You've got only 24 hours to tell Theresa May you care about refugees! Theresa May, give safety in Britain to 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Europe and the crisis hit regions.
Please sign and share —> https://t.co/rChHGsJssM #safepassageuk#OurTurn
Just back from Calais after volunteering for @HelpRefugeesUK at their Warehouse. They need feet on the ground there and donations to keep them going. Please donate here: https://t.co/RAyqs2BD3u or sign up to volunteer #HelpRefugeesUk#refugeeswelcome