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It doesn't matter if an asylum seeker is from Afghanistan, Albania or anywhere else. Without making it safer and simpler to access the asylum system, something voted down yesterday multiple times, it remains inevitable "deterrents" will increase exploitation. 1/ #RefugeeBanBill
All this bill does is increase the ability of traffickers to prey upon people, including children. It doesn't offer alternative ways to seek asylum in the UK. It doesn't tackle gangs at source. It doesn't make processing asylum claims faster and more efficient. 2/ #StopTheBill
It's performance politics. Multiple studies, including the @ukhomeoffice' own analysis show that not only do deterrents and harsher asylum policies not reduce people using irregular routes, they actually increase the number, and the number of people who are exploited. 3/ 
It's astonishing (and heartbreaking) that not a single Conservative MP voted against #IllegalImmigrationBill last night. This is the most draconian bill against refugees in our country, ever. It is against every value we've stood for. It is a stain on our international reputation
What #IllegalImmigrationBill means is that no vulnerable (women/child being trafficked) or desperate asylum seeker fleeing persecution (e.g. Afghan women under Taliban regime) can claim asylum in UK if they arrive through an irregular route. But there are few/no safe routes to UK
And one of the worst things about the introduction of the #IllegalImmigrationBill is that it will embolden the far right in this country. It will increase hate crime - not just against vulnerable refugees in temp accommodation, but also against BME people who *look like* refugees
