UK’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill, described as the “anti-refugee bill”, has been adopted in the House of Lords, the upper house of Parliament.<\/p>\n
The bill was passed in the House of Lords by a vote of 212 to 157.<\/p>\n
The bill would criminalize entering the UK without a visa, as well as allow the government to strip an individual\u2019s citizenship without telling them.<\/p>\n
The bill, which needs the approval of Queen Elizabeth to become law, includes provisions such as imposing prison sentences on migrants who attempt to enter the country illegally.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt truly is a bleak day for refugees fleeing conflict and persecution,\u201d Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International’s refugees and migrant rights program director for the UK, said in a statement following the adoption of the bill in the House of Lords.<\/p>\n
UN refugee agency head Filippo Grandi also decried the bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UN Refugee Agency regrets that the British government\u2019s proposals for a new approach to asylum that undermines established international refugee protection law and practices has been approved,\u201d Grandi said in a written statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis latest UK Government decision risks dramatically weakening a system that has for decades provided protection and the chance of a new life to so many desperate people,\u201d he added.
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