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Our thoughts are with the people of Afghanistan.
Right now we are seeing what it means to flee your home. There is no queue, no forms to fill in.
People are running for safety by every route available. We need an asylum system that recognises the reality of crisis.
With the rights and lives of millions of Afghan nationals put at risk by the Taliban, the UK asylum system needs urgent change, so that those fleeing violence are able to rebuild their lives.
We urge the Home Secretary to:
Abandon the ‘resettlement-only’ plans set out in the Nationality and Borders Bill, that would criminalise or deny full refugee status to those who make their own journeys to seek asylum in the UK
Grant immediate asylum to Afghans already waiting for status in the UK
Release all Afghan nationals from detentio…