12 February 2025, 14:40

By Katy Ronkin

If the Government follows through with blocking refugees from being recognised as British citizens, we will be taking a huge step backwards.

This breaches the Refugee Convention by punishing refugees for the way they reach safety, and by denying them citizenship it will take away a key element of long-term stability and protection.

Ever since the Second World War, the UK has been a signatory to international laws that have positioned us as a country that champions human rights. But by imposing this policy change, the Government is cherry picking who is allowed to take part as equal members of society, and who will be excluded from ever really belonging. And as a refugee and British citizen myself, this truly appalls me.

I was tortured in my home country and came........

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