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This piece has started my morning off all wrong so I'm going to have to do a thread, guys 🧵😊
Extraordinary reactions from Conservative MPs to the CPS finally recognising what we all know:
Entering the UK for the purpose of seeking asylum is not a crime thetimes.co.uk/article/a18256…
Extraordinary reactions from Conservative MPs to the CPS finally recognising what we all know:
Entering the UK for the purpose of seeking asylum is not a crime thetimes.co.uk/article/a18256…
(first, JCWI is a charity, it is extremely odd to refer to us as a 'left wing pressure group' & I hope the Times will amend this promptly)
Several asylum seekers are currently serving prison sentences for actions the CPS now admits should not have been prosecuted. It's not over.
Several asylum seekers are currently serving prison sentences for actions the CPS now admits should not have been prosecuted. It's not over.
The law against facilitating illegal entry has traditionally been used to prosecute smugglers.
People bringing migrants to the UK, often with no regard to their safety, for money.
Only recently has the govt started using it, horrifyingly, to prosecute asylum seekers themselves.
People bringing migrants to the UK, often with no regard to their safety, for money.
Only recently has the govt started using it, horrifyingly, to prosecute asylum seekers themselves.
