Board of Deputies: ‘Significant concerns’ over migration legislation

The Board of Deputies have issued the following statement in response to the Government’s new migration legislation.

“Today’s British Jewish community is descended from refugees and/or migrants. We have significant concerns at the potential for newly proposed migration legislation to breach both the Refugee Convention and the Human Rights Act.

“While we understand that small boat crossings to the UK have increased notably in recent years, we believe that strengthening and enhancing safe, legal and viable routes to gaining asylum in this country will be a far more effective way to significantly reduce such numbers”.

 

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