Today, people seeking asylum in the UK are facing laws and policies that deny their dignity.
Families are kept apart. People are forced into poverty and isolation. Many live in fear, unable to rebuild their lives even after being recognised as refugees.
As Christians, we cannot accept a system that treats people as problems to be managed rather than neighbours to be welcomed.
Together, we can build a society that welcomes, protects and stands alongside people seeking safety.
Together with our friends at Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and other Christians organisations and communities across the country, we're calling on the UK Government to:
- RESTORE THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM so that everyone seeking safety has their claim heard fairly
- PUT DIGNITY AND PROTECTION AT THE HEART OF THE ASYLUM SYSTEM to allow people to live, work and rebuild their lives in community
- END IMMIGRATION DETENTION and support people through their asylum claims in the community