Mission Council in March passed the following resolution which we encourage you to publicise as widely as possible, particularly with candidates in the run-up to the General Election:

The Mission Council of the United Reformed Church calls upon all political parties in the run-up to a General Election to:

1) clear the confusion of the public over the different categories of immigrant, refugee and asylum seeker;

2) stop stirring up the racial conflict caused by their competitive hardening attitude and by the proposed tougher legislation towards asylum seekers;

3) review urgently and frequently which countries are safe for the return of asylum seekers;

4) minimise the detaining of families in removal centres;

5) work urgently to eliminate trafficking of people to this country’.