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🧵👏: On day 1 Report Stage of the #NationalityandBordersBill yesterday, the House of Lords voted with compassion & defeated the Government in order to:
1⃣ Allow British nationality rights for descendants of Chagos Islanders denied #citizenship due to historic injustice (237:154)
2⃣Omit #Clause9 which would have given the Home Secretary sweeping powers to deprive people of British citizenship without giving them notice (209:173)
3⃣Ensure Part 2 of the Bill does not authorise policies & decisions that fail to comply with the #RefugeeConvention (218:140)
4⃣Omit Clause 11 which would allow for differential treatment of #refugees, depending on how they arrive in the UK (204:126)
5⃣Allow people seeking asylum, and their adult dependants, the #righttowork after waiting for a decision on their claim for 6 months #LiftTheBan (112:89)
What's next?
There are two more days of Report Stage: 2 and 8 March
We are calling on Peers to continue standing up to #injustice and:
🚨1. Reject regressive methods of age assessing young asylum seekers
🚨2. Reject measures making it harder for survivors of #trafficking to be identified and get support
🚨3. Reject Government attempts to re-interpret the Refugee Convention, particularly tests in clauses 31 & 32 that will make it harder for survivors of gender-based violence and LGBTQI+ asylum seekers to gain protection. Joint briefings w/ @4refugeewomen: bit.ly/3hvb4Dn
🚨4. As well as defeating the above provisions we, along w/ @hrw @AfghanAgencies @SulhaAlliance @womenforwomenUK @TheHALOTrust @lhpiron, urge members of the House of Lords to support an amendment expanding the Afghan Relocations Assistance Policy (#ARAP): bit.ly/3McKvkE
🚨5. We join @amnesty and @PRCBC1 to support an amendment for looked after #children and victims of historic injustice to register as citizens for free, & to stop the Home Office from charging prohibitive registration fees that restrict citizenship rights: bit.ly/3C7bbie
🚨6. We, along with @safepassageuk and 40+ other organisations, are also calling on members of the House of Lords to vote in favour of @AlfDubs' amendment to open a new safe route to #familyreunion for #refugees in #Europe: bit.ly/3tkMQS0
🚨7. And finally, along with @refugeecouncil and 50+ orgs, we urge the Government to commit to an emergency programme to provide #sanctuary to people fleeing Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine: refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/go…
🚨8. In addition we urge peers to support an amendment to reinstate the original Overseas Domestic Worker visa, to be debated on 8 March. Joint briefing with @Kalayaan, @kanlunganuk, @JCWI_UK, @libertyhq, @thevoiceofdws: bills.parliament.uk/publications/4…

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🧵Great news! 👏👏On day 2 Report Stage of the #NationalityandBordersBill yesterday, the @UKHouseofLords voted to defeat the Government 8 times, on several important counts, in order to👇:
1⃣Remove Clause 15 which would give the Home Secretary powers to deem a person’s #asylum claim ‘inadmissible’, denying them access to the asylum system unless there are exceptional circumstances, if they travelled through or had a connection to a ‘safe’ third country (221-172)
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Details: Wed 23 March, 5-6.30pm on Zoom

Sign up here: bit.ly/36HFTTv

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This event is an opportunity to answer all the things you've ever wondered about #strategiclitigation but been afraid to ask.
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The explanatory memorandum is here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl….
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