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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/ 
The #illegalimmigrationbill goes even further though, by denying protection for modern slavery victims, and detaining children, it puts people at even more risk of being trafficked, and without the ability to come forward. It's a #TraffickersCharter in all essence. 4/
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