Safe Routes

We believe that the UK Government has undermined that commitment through their failure to provide safe routes for asylum seekers and by deliberately failing to process claims quickly, effectively and humanely, leading to deaths at sea and un-necessary misery amongst already vulnerable people seeking safety.

Effective management of the asylum process would allow processing to take place prior to reaching the UK, in a third country such as France or at British embassies or consulates abroad. The creation of an online programme which shows an indicator of a likely outcome for an asylum application would also help to manage this process.

We recognise that there has been an increase in major conflicts during the past decade, including those in Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza, which have globally increased the number of displaced peoples.

We believe that those people affected by conflict, or through persecution in their home country, are deserving of our help and support.

Once here, we believe that responsibility for asylum seekers and dispersal should be proportionate across the UK.

We support a family reunification scheme for those caught up within the conflict in Gaza, with a clear right to return to their homeland when possible to do so.