We stand with the RNLI

….. yet there's a new message now, a new caveat that those in power would like to impose on the RNLI. Now we see the RNLI come under pressure to be selective in who they rescue.

If you're a British, perhaps swimming, surfing or sailing and get into difficulties …… you MUST be rescued.

If however, you're five years old for example and in a small inflatable that's sinking in the channel trying to reach a Country for a better life, prepared for the difficulties of being an asylum-seeker….. but you're not British, then you MUST drown, you MUST not be allowed to step alive onto on sacred British shore according to the current rhetoric.

The RNLI has vowed to continue saving anyone in danger at sea despite provisions in the proposed "anti-refugee" Bill that could criminalise picking up asylum-seekers. Volunteers with the rescue charity could face life in jail for rescuing asylum-seekers in the Channel under the Tories' Nationality & Borders Bill, according to immigration lawyers.

But the charity remained defiant against the potential threat, saying in a statement : "We are a life-saving charity and, under maritime law and the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (Solas), our volunteer lifeboat crews will always go to the aid of those in danger at sea."

The Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, seeks to amend an offence under the 1971 Immigration Act for assisting an asylum-seeker. The amendment removes the words "for gain," which previously limited prosecutions under the offence to paid people-smugglers. It would also see the crime punishable by life in jail, up from a maximum sentence of 14 years.

This is the message and policy that the current Conservative government refuses to refute.

This is the message that people like Priti Patel have created.

This is Tory Britain 2021…..

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• Did you know that 86% of refugees live in countries neighbouring their country of origin
• Refugee
  
  The definition of a refugee according to The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is:
  
  "A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it."
  
  In the UK, a person becomes a refugee when government agrees that an individual who has applied for asylum meets the definition in the Refugee Convention they will 'recognise' that person as a refugee and issue them with refugee status documentation. Usually refugees in the UK are given five years' leave to remain as a refugee. They must then must apply for further leave, although their status as a refugee is not limited to five years.
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  Asylum seeker (person seeking asylum)
  
  A person who has left their country of origin and formally applied for asylum in another country but whose application has not yet been concluded. Wherever possible, we prefer to describe someone as a person seeking asylum as we feel that the term asylum seeker is dehumanising.
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  Refused asylum seeker
  
  A person whose asylum application has been unsuccessful and who has no other claim for protection awaiting a decision. Some refused asylum seekers voluntarily return home, others are forcibly returned. For some, it is not safe or practical to return until conditions in their country change.
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  Migrant
  
  Someone who has moved to another country for other reasons, such as to find work.