More than 700 faith leaders have written to the Home Secretary to raise concerns for refugee families.
The government has suspended a vital route for partner reunion and for children trying to reunite with parents, and under new settlement proposals would effectively end the automatic right to family reunion for newly recognised refugees, replacing it with a far more restrictive system that narrows the definition of “family” and puts reunion out of reach for many.
The letter, coordinated by the Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, urges the Home Secretary to reconsider these plans, saying they will “deepen suffering and place Britain at odds with values long central to our national identity and to every major faith tradition in this land”.
In Sandbach we have been aware of the difficulties faced by refugee families lodged at the Chimney House.
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