The Nationality and Borders Bill, which legislates for changes to the UK’s asylum and immigration system, has been published. One section in particular is causing concern online.
The King’s College London economist Jonathan Portes tweeted a section that suggests helping an asylum seeker to enter the UK will no longer need to be “for gain” to potentially be a criminal offence. He dubbed this the “Nicholas Winton clause” – after the Briton who rescued Jewish children from Europe on the eve of the Second World War by providing safe passage to the UK (on what is known as the Kindertransport).
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