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Gary Lineker has signed the appeal
MORE than 70 high-profile figures including Olivia Colman and Stephen Fry are calling on the PM to change “inhumane” asylum laws that force refugee children in Britain to “live their lives alone.”
Dozens of sports stars, musicians and actors have written an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding he open safe routes for family members of children who have already been granted refugee status in the country.
Under current rules adult refugees are allowed to sponsor close family members to join them in Britain. But children who have been granted refugee status after travelling to the country alone are not able to bring their close relatives to live here.
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
