#StopNABB: Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill

 

I've been posting about this for over a week on Twitter:

#UK #StopNABB - The Nationality & Borders Bill could strip people of colour of their British nationality. It has passed its final reading in the House of Commons, and will now go to the House of Lords where it will be debated on 5 January 2022.

Most media have turned a blind eye, focusing on the Party's "parties"...

Here is more, and below some action we can take.

Amnesty UK refugee and migrant rights programme director broke down the clauses in the Borders Bill as follows:

'Under a new draft clause added to the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill, which was proposed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, people in the United Kingdom could be stripped of their citizenship without warning. The bill also aims to rule as inadmissible asylum claims made by undocumented people as well as criminalise them and anyone taking part in refugee rescue missions in the English Channel... Immigration lawyers say the bill breaches international and domestic law.'

The website Media Diversified has been reactivated to post about the issue and been very active this past week. More here:

https://mediadiversified.org/2019/02/06/there-is-a-war-on-black-people-in-britain-if-youre-complacent-youre-complicit/

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Link to my Twitter account for updates: https://twitter.com/melissachemam

To Media Diversified on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WritersofColour

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An article by Byline Times:

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/12/13/the-nationality-and-borders-bill-is-a-legacy-of-empire/

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ACTIONS:

Sign the petition: Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/601583

Under provisions in Clause 9 of this Bill, individuals could be stripped of their British citizenship without warning. We believe this is unacceptable, and inconsistent with international human rights obligations.

Clause 9 of the bill, “Notice of decision to deprive a person of citizenship,” which was updated earlier this month, exempts the Government from having to give notice if it is not “reasonably practicable” to do so, or in the interests of national security, diplomatic relations or is otherwise in the public interest.

We believe these provisions should be removed before this Bill is enacted.

Protests in London: Sunday 19 December, from 1:30pm, Downing Street, London

Oppose the Nationality and Borders Bill - Sunday @ 1pm, Downing Street

https://www.facebook.com/events/424827725787673/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A983766215827433%7D%7D]%22%7D

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