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Celebrities and survivors of war came together on a boat on the river Thames today calling on MPs to ‘vote to protect not punish refugees’ as the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill returns for votes in the House of Commons on the 20th of April 2022, Westminster, London United Kingdom. Together With Refugees is a coalition of more than 400 organisations from across the country spearheading the event to call on MPs to vote to accept amendments to the Bill, including scrapping the proposal to punish refugees seeking protection, who have been forced to make desperate journeys to get to the UK, such as on a boat across the Channel or in the back of a lorry. If the Bill was already law, Ukrainian refugees forced to make their own way to the UK due to the delays and visa restrictions in the UK’s current scheme could be denied their fundamental rights under the UN refugee convention, returned to where they had travelled from, or even imprisoned. (Picture by Andy Aitchison / Together With Refugees)

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Celebrities and survivors of war came together on a boat on the river Thames today calling on MPs to ‘vote to protect not punish refugees’ as the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill returns for votes in the House of Commons on the 20th of April 2022, Westminster, London United Kingdom. Together With Refugees is a coalition of more than 400 organisations from across the country spearheading the event to call on MPs to vote to accept amendments to the Bill, including scrapping the proposal to punish refugees seeking protection, who have been forced to make desperate journeys to get to the UK, such as on a boat across the Channel or in the back of a lorry. If the Bill was already law, Ukrainian refugees forced to make their own way to the UK due to the delays and visa restrictions in the UK’s current scheme could be denied their fundamental rights under the UN refugee convention, returned to where they had travelled from, or even imprisoned. (Picture by Andy Aitchison / Together With Refugees)