University students and staff oppose the Illegal Migration Bill
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP and The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP
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This government’s Illegal Migration Bill will essentially ban most people from seeking asylum in the UK. Be it the lecturer forced to flee the Taliban, the young woman attacked for defending her rights in Iran, or the student who fled human rights abuses and conscription in Eritrea - under this Bill, people who come to the UK hoping to find sanctuary will be punished and prevented from exercising their fundamental right to seek protection. We think that’s wrong.
Universities in the UK have a long history of supporting people who have fled war and persecution to rebuild their lives. They have been places where people have been able to seek sanctuary - to think, learn, and act on ideas to make the world a better place.
As students, academics and university staff, we are coming together to ensure that our institutions remain places of sanctuary and that the UK is somewhere people can find safety from war and persecution.
We stand with all people seeking sanctuary. We stand firmly against the Illegal Migration Bill.
Students, academics and university staff call on the government to scrap the Illegal Migration Bill.
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The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP and The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP
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We, the undersigned, call on you to scrap the Illegal Migration Bill.
Universities in the UK have a long history of supporting people who have fled war and persecution to rebuild their lives. They have been places where people have been able to seek sanctuary - to think, learn, and act on ideas to make the world a better place.
We write to you as students, academics, and university staff, representing the university communities that we are part of. We stand with people seeking sanctuary.
We oppose the Illegal Migration Bill.