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“There is no alternative migrant route but this” says Tim Farron MP
In a piece in the Express, RAMP Principal Tim Farron MP argues that the solution to stop dangerous Channel journeys is complex: it requires immediately clearing the backlog, ensuring a “competently administered” asylum process AND the expansion of a range of safe routes.
Opening safe routes is one way in which the government could stop Channel deaths from happening says Tim Farron MP
RAMP Principal Tim Farron MP speaks to Cumbria TV about the recent death of four people in the English Channel.
More media reporting on David Simmond’s MP call for the government to open safe and legal routes
More media outlets have been reporting on RAMP Principal and Conservative MP David Simmonds’ call for the government to open safe and legal routes for people fleeing persecution and war.
David Simmonds’ question on safe and legal routes to the Home Secretary is quoted in the i
David Simmonds’ MP question on safe and legal routes is reported by the i as contributing to put pressure on PM to create safe and legal routes to claim asylum in the UK.
David Simmonds MP tells Sky News the UK is "not a particularly popular destination for asylum seekers"
After the latest loss of life in the Channel, RAMP Principal David Simmonds MP speaks to Sky News about the reasons why some asylum seekers take the perilous route to the UK.
“Compassion for those crossing the Channel”
In the wake of increasing Channel Crossings, RAMP Principal Bishop Paul of Durham writes in the Church Times about the need for for a compassionate policy response to the increase of Channel Crossings rather than a dehumanising rhetoric of 'othering'.
“Banning Channel migrants from claiming asylum flouts our legal and moral obligations”
Following the Home Secretary’s recent announcement, RAMP Principal David Simmonds MP writes in PoliticsHome that banning anyone who enters the United Kingdom without prior authorisation from claiming asylum is against Britain’s legal and moral obligations.