On Wednesday 18 August, MPs are meeting to discuss the UK’s response to the crisis in Afghanistan. A number of MPs are calling for urgent changes tot the asylum system to welcome Afghan refugees.
At JCWI we are urging the Home Secretary to:

Scrap 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 detention
Expand the family reunion route so that Afghans can be joined by other members of their family, such as parents and siblings
Join the international effort to evacuate and resettle Afghan nationals

Read our briefing to MPs
100 organisations, and over 40 crossbench MPs, have written to the Home Secretary to urge reforms to protect Afghan refugees.
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