Refugees – and civil servants who’ll have to effect this cruel policy – will both suffer. That’s why proper scrutiny is essential
- Mark Serwotka is general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union
This government’s despicable assault on asylum seekers and refugees – and the distress caused for our union’s members in the Home Office – is seemingly endless. From pushbacks in the Channel to shipping people off to Rwanda, the cruelty is unimaginable, but as so often is the case with this Tory government and those that came before it, the cruelty is the point. In the face of this inhumanity, I am incredibly proud that my union, PCS, and others are taking a stand.
Clearly this is an annoyance to a cynically vote-seeking prime minister and his allies, as is evident from the front page of today’s Daily Mail, which warns of the plan being threatened by “liberal lawyers”. But the plan is dreadful, and there are reasons aplenty to fight it.
Mark Serwotka is general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union
