Illegal Migration Bill: VoiceAbility joins civil society organisations to call for withdrawal
175 organisations have signed a statement of solidarity, calling on the House of Lords to urge government to withdraw the Illegal Migration Bill.
The Illegal Migration Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords today.
VoiceAbility stands with a coalition of 175 civil society organisations representing the human rights, migrant, refugee, asylum, antislavery and trafficking, children’s, violence against women and girls, LGBTQI+, disability rights, health, LGBTQI+, housing, racial justice, criminal justice, arts, international development, environment, democracy, pan-equality, faith, access to justice, and other sectors.
This coalition calls for the Lords to urge government to withdraw the Bill immediately.
This Bill attacks the very core of human rights, which is the fundamental belief that we all have human rights regardless of who we are or where we are from. Instead, it separates people into categories of ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ of human rights. In stripping the most basic rights from people seeking safety and a better life, the Bill dismantles human rights protections for all of us.
We believe that everyone deserves to live safe from harm and to be treated with compassion, dignity, and respect.