Thread by @ZoeJardiniere

Tomorrow MPs will vote, one by one, to take changes made in House of Lords back out of the #NationalityAndBordersBill which has rightly been called the #AntiRefugeeBill.
Here, in plain English, are some of the key changes that MPs will consider 🧵 #r4today

Lords voted to remove power for the Home Secretary to strip British nationals of citizenship without informing them of the fact.

Latest in a line of govts widening citizenship stripping powers.

Tomorrow, MPs are likely to vote this power back in. #citizenshipisaright #r4today

Lords voted to remove the power for refugees to be sent “offshore” before we have examined their claim for protection.

This is immediate deportation for almost all refugees, to camps where we’d pay to keep them indefinitely.

Tomorrow MPs are likely to vote it back in. #r4today

Lords voted to remove “differentiated treatment”. This means Home Sec can reduce refugees’ rights, once we have recognised their need for protection.

Most would be denied family reunification, permanent settlement, support.

Tomorrow MPs are likely to vote this back in. #r4today

Lords voted to remove clauses that criminalise refugees simply for ARRIVING in the UK.

Every refugee who reaches us would, under this law, be subject to up to 4 years in prison.

Tomorrow, MPs are likely to vote criminalisation back into the #NationalityAndBordersBill. #r4today

Lords voted to remove clauses to make it harder to prove you are a refugee persecuted as a member of a “particular social group”.

This impacts mostly women & LGBT+ refugees, fleeing countries where they face violence.

Tomorrow, MPs are likely to vote barriers back in. #r4today

The Lords also voted in some positive changes to the #AntiRefugeeBill.

They voted for refugees who find themselves in Europe who have family members settled in the UK to be able to travel here safely to join them.

The govt opposes this & MPs are likely to vote this out #r4today

The Lords also voted in a target for the UK to resettle a minimum of 10,000 refugees per year.

Resettlement can change lives, it is a route to safety. 10,000 is far too low for a country like the UK.

The govt rejects this target & MPs are likely to vote it out tomorrow #r4today

There’s more: protections for victims of trafficking & for child refugees.

The pattern is the same. The Lords voted for basic humane changes. The government rejects these changes, it will whip like mad for MPs to vote to keep their #AntiRefugeeBill in all its brutality. #r4today

While the news agenda has been full of the public’s generosity to refugees in the face of the brutal invasion of Ukraine, very few channels have linked to the #NationalityAndBordersBill, despite it being the govt’s flagship #AntiRefugee policy and going to vote TOMORROW. #r4today

It is everybody’s responsibility to stand up against this barbarism.

There is STILL TIME. If there were to be an upset, if there was a real Tory rebellion, Patel would be under massive pressure to change her approach right now. Everyone is responsible for pressuring MPs #r4today

While media is failing to give people context to understand how Ukrainian refugees will be treated, it is our responsibility to share information. It is our responsibility to WRITE TO OUR MPs & tell them not to vote against the good, humane, decent changes made by Lords #r4today

You can find your MP’s email address here: writetothem.com
All you have to do is send an email saying you expect them to vote on Tuesday to keep the changes made in the Lords. #r4today

Hearing on #r4today about Ukrainians hosted by families in the UK.

The govt is putting responsibility for protection onto the public, who are far more welcoming than we were given credit for. We must defend our right to be a welcoming country to refugees and kick out this Bill.

And now it’s today, today, todayyyyy!