Source: Routes

Illegal Migration Bill Resources

In the light of recent developments in the UK government’s asylum policy, including the Illegal Migration Bill, Routes has put together a list of resources explaining the changes, and links to actions we can take to challenge these cruel policies.

Explainers:

ILPA Briefing on Illegal Migration Bill for Second reading in the House of Commons on 13 March 2023

https://ilpa.org.uk/ilpa-briefing-on-illegal-migration-bill-for-second-reading-in-the-house-of-commons-12-march-2023/

UK in A Changing Europe: The Illegal Migration Bill

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/the-illegal-migration-bill/

Alasdair Mackenzie - Twitter thread

https://twitter.com/AlasdairMack66/status/1634965280962265088

Institute for Government - The Illegal Migration Bill: seven questions for the government to answer

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/illegal-migration-bill

Jon Featonby - Twitter thread

https://twitter.com/jonfeatonby/status/1635046457865797632

Refugee Council - Understanding the Government’s problematic new asylum bill

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/understanding-the-governments-problematic-new-asylum-bill/

A recording of a recent roundtable held on 13th March on the UK Illegal Migration Bill, hosted by Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research will be posted to the below link shortly:

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/schrr/

House of Commons Library briefing - Illegal Migration Bill 2022-2023

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9747/

An interesting take on Lineker’s analogy to language under Nazi Germany

https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/gary-lineker-twitter-bbc-chatgpt?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Main&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1678713742

Actions:

Amnesty International email campaign

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stopthecruelbill

Petition to UK Parliament

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/634311

Additional related petitions:

https://party.coop/modern-slavery-watchdog