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May 11 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
How many of them will join those already being incorrectly classed as adults by Home Office social workers? How many risk being sent to Rwanda or stuck in camps? The government rejected amendments to the #antirefugeebill which could have helped. #r4today

metro.co.uk/2022/05/10/mor…
Does the @ukhomeoffice think that increasing the inhumanity of the UK's asylum system will deter children seeking safety? Does @pritipatel think it will stop them trying to reach family members? Because anyone with half a braincell knows it won't.
We are already seeing separated children placed at more risk of trafficking and exploitation because of @ukhomeoffice policies. That's why organisations such as @Love146UK are fighting for child protection to the priority. Please support them today.
cafdonate.cafonline.org/20440#!/Donati…
None of the government's plans put children first. They had the opportunity to put protections in place for children separated from family and loved ones, and @VotePursglove shot the proposals down because they might hypothetically need care and support in the future
That is what we are dealing with here, a government which has more interest in allowing vulnerable children to be targeted by traffickers than actually tackle the traffickers. That's why we need organisations and individuals standing up for children and ensure they are protected.

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The Home Office has been seen to incorrectly age assess children as young as 14 as being 23. No matter what they claim, it is inevitable that children separated from families and loved ones will get caught up in their draconian plans to persecute asylum seekers.
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The @ukhomeoffice has released its guidance and information relating to Rwanda and to say it is a hot mess is offensive to other hot messes. Ignores human rights abuses, dismisses the LGBTQ+ community and gender based violence and more. #r4today 1/ gov.uk/government/pub… ImageImage
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Stand for All is a consultancy. We work with other organisations, push on policy, advocate for refugees and migrants. We aren't a front line service. If you are contacting us then you are desperate. This from M is one of many emails I get regularly. People with no other hope. 1/
Look at the people he has tried previously. @Keir_Starmer, @AngelaRayner, @TomTugendhat, @UK_FoRBEnvoy and Victoria Atkins, who I can't find on Twitter. Look at how hard he has tried to get a response, and for how long. 2/
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May 5
I see @thetimes is reporting Home Office press releases as fact again, even when both their own reporting and a quick Google search would have shown that unaccompanied refugee children are not treated anything like UK children in care. 1/
No experts interviewed in this piece, just uncritically letting the @ukhomeoffice knowingly lie. It wouldn't have taken much to contact and organisation which actually knows something about this, but that wouldn't fit the government line would it. 2/
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So many specialists have been warning about this from the start and every time we have been told to be quiet or "what are the alternatives". The alternatives were always there if the government would have just invested in asylum mechanisms. #r4today 1/
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The benefit of investing in those mechanisms, which bring together local authorities, NGOS and experienced specialists is that they are then there to help everyone, so we can reduce use of hotels for Afghan refugees though. 3/
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Now, you see, because of Neil Parish I actually am looking at tractors.
Could be a good project for the summer
Got quite excited for a second there.
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