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Home Secretary Suella Braverman
POTENTIAL plans by the government to fast-track the removal of asylum-seekers from countries designated “safe” have been branded “unworkable” by campaigners.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman is said to be drawing up a list of countries deemed safe, including Albania, with claims from its citizens presumed to be “clearly unfounded.”
Under the plans, reported in the Times, people arriving to Britain in small boats from listed countries would be detained at reception centres, where their asylum claims would be expedited.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
