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Government proposals will put unaccompanied asylum-seeking children at risk if they are wrongly assessed to be over 18.

Last week we wrote to the Shadow Home Secretary and Leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, outlining our opposition to the Government proposals

BASW UK and SWU raise serious concerns over Part 3 of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which gives police forces more power to place restrictions on protests and public assembly.

The draft guidance further discriminates against Gypsy and Traveller communities, with it telling police to avoid ‘gold-plating’ the human rights of those using unauthorised encampments.

BASW England has been strongly encouraging members to share their views - and we've also put together our own submission, which you can read here.

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead, provides the last Westminster update of 2021.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities across the UK will face further discrimination as a result of the measures and guidance in the Bill.

This atmosphere of hostility towards human rights and legal accountability in the UK cannot continue.

BASW England wrote to Lords ahead of Tuesday’s Second Reading with a briefing about the key issues within the Bill.