Our joint letter to the Home Secretary on the crisis in Afghanistan

We, along with over 100 other charities and human rights organisations, have sent a joint letter to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, urging that the UK extends a compassionate welcome to Afghan refugees.

In particular, we set out the urgent need to:

• Abandon 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

You can read the full text of the letter here.