Six steps towards a more progressive asylum policy...
1: Ensure fair asylum decisions
Michael Bartlet
Parliamentary Liaison Secretary for the Quakers
Rt Revd John Packer
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
2: End the routine use of detention
Alf Dubs
Labour Peer
Harris Nyatsanza
Refugee from Zimbabwe
Felicity Dick
Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
3: Stop making people destitute
Niall Cooper
Co-ordinator, Church Action on Poverty
Louise Zanre
Jesuit Refugee Service
4: Ensure safe return of asylum seekers
John Bercow MP
Fazil Kawani
Head of Development, Refugee Council
5: Help refugees to integrate
Joan Ryan MP
Kevin Belcher
Chief Exeuctive, Pecan
6: Lead an informed debate
Will McDonald
Head of Parliamentary Affairs, Commission for Race Equality
Nazek Ramadan
Migrants Resource Centre
Helen Dennis
CSM Executive
Luke Bretherton
Lecturer in Theology and Ministry, King’s College London
Kathy Galloway
Leader of the Iona Community
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