Amnesty International UK says Labour is ‘reheating’ the previous government’s rhetoric as Yvette Cooper vows to increase removalsToday’s episode of the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast focuses on the UK government continuing to grant arms export licences to British companies selling arms to Israel.On Friday, the British diplomat Mark Smith resigned from the Foreign Office over the UK government’s arms sales to Israel, saying they “may be complicit in war crimes”.It’s dismaying to see the new government reheating the last government’s rhetoric over ‘border security’ and ‘smashing gangs’ even while neglecting the pressing need to provide safe asylum routes and a clear guarantee of asylum to refugees arriving here.People in urgent need - including those fleeing war and persecution in places like Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and Iran - will keep coming to the UK and other countries, and the government needs to establish safe routes that reduce the perils of dangerous border crossings and the risk of exploitation by ruthless smuggling gangs. Continue reading...
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