Instead of trying to build fortresses we must focus on tackling the drivers of displacement, increase safe routes, and secure people’s right to claim asylum
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialEvery death in the Channel is heartbreaking yet avoidable.
Hostile border policies based on securitisation simply push people to take more dangerous routes and will ultimately lead to more people losing their lives.
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At least 270 people have died in UK awaiting asylum application decisions since 2015, figures show
Migration charities told Sky News that the deaths are of people who have often "fled horrors such as war" and "undergone treacherous journeys to seek sanctuary".