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Afghan refugee children at a protest over Taliban persecution in Dublin
AFGHAN evacuees living in Britain could face destitution and homelessness because of delays to the renewal of their visas, lawyers have warned.
The Home Office promised last August that Afghan refugees evacuated to Britain would be granted indefinite leave to remain after they were initially given temporary visas valid for six months.
However, the Law Society warned yesterday that many have yet to receive new visas, despite their present ones coming to an end in the next few days and weeks.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
The government’s new immigration proposal risks creating a society where rights are earned, not guaranteed, warn feminist groups Project Resist and FiLiA in a joint statement
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