News
“Braverman must reset Britain’s refugee policy”
In a Times Red Box piece, RAMP’s Principal Baroness Stroud and Refugee Council’s Chief Executive Enver Solomon call for the Home Secretary to rethink UK refugee policy.
“I went to Calais and witnessed our government's cruel approach to immigration policy first hand”
In an article for a local Sheffield magazine, RAMP Principal Olivia Blake MP recounts her recent visit to Calais with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration. Having heard first hand from asylum seekers in Calais about their risky journeys and determination to settle in the UK, Olivia Blake argues that the Rwanda policy will not work, and that ‘deporting people seeking refuge against their will is wrong’.
I joined 25 Bishops in condemning plans to send refugees to Rwanda – here’s why
RAMP Principal and Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, in an opinion piece on the Independent, explains the reasons why he has joined 25 bishop of the Church of England who serve in the House of Lords to sign a letter expressing great concern over the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Disastrous Rwanda plan won’t stop the boats
RAMP Principal Caroline Nokes criticises the government’s Rwandan deal in a Times op-ed. She argues that, in the absence of safe and legal routes the offshoring plan will not succeed in breaking the smuggling model.
Channel crossings can’t be stopped in the water
Caroline Nokes argues that small boat crossings are not a problem that will be solved on the water alone.
Why we need a ‘humanitarian visa’ for asylum seekers
RAMP Principal Tim Farron MP calls for the adoption of a system of ‘humanitarian visas’.