#StandUpForAsylum

Today's #ImmigrationStats show the @ukhomeoffice is failing in its duty to protect those seeking safety in the UK. 1/6 People seeking asylum can't work while waiting for a decision on

Those making the perilous journeys across the channel are living, breathing, feeling, people. Many will be seeking protection from persecution, others fleeing poverty, climate change or violence. They are human

This is immoral and inhumane, not a serious solution to a humanitarian crisis. Offshoring desperate and vulnerable people to "Ascension Island" would actually represent the Home Office sinking to its