UK: How many more must die before safe asylum routes are established?

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“How many more people must die for the UK and French Governments to establish the safe asylum routes that are so desperately needed?”

Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director

Commenting on the deaths of four people attempting to cross the channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said:

“Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who’ve died in yet another terrible tragedy.

How many more people must die for the UK and French Governments to establish the safe asylum routes that are so desperately needed?

Too many politicians and pundits continue to promote hate, misery and cruelty against people seeking safety from war and persecution. Until that changes, government policy will continue to be a cause for more lives being lost.”