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| 16/05/2025 | Leave out all after 'That this Assembly' and insert:
'rejects the Prime Minister’s plans to reduce legal migration to the UK; recognises that the term illegal immigration is dehumanising and dismissive of the difficult and often traumatic journeys that migrants, including refugees and people seeking asylum, experience as a result of being forced into unsafe routes to safety; appreciates the valuable contribution of migrants to communities here, including those who work in our public services; further recognises that the unsustainable pressures placed on basic services, including access to GPs, dentists and the provision of school places, are a result of decades of underfunding of public services, driven by neoliberalism and austerity; opposes the scapegoating of migrants for problems created and exacerbated by the state, including the housing crisis; notes an analysis carried out by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research which found that granting asylum seekers the right to work would save the UK Government £4.4 billion; calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to write to the UK Prime Minister, placing on record their opposition to the UK Government’s White Paper on immigration and wider hostile environment policy.'
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| 15/05/2025 | Leave out all after 'legal migration to the UK;’ and insert:
‘regrets that international conflict, persecution, the impact of climate change and the lack of safe, legal routes are forcing people to seek sanctuary in the UK via irregular journeys; expresses alarm that the estimated cost of accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland, which is often unfit for purpose, has risen to £400 million, as detailed in the National Audit Office briefing on the Home Office’s asylum accommodation contracts; recognises that people who come to Northern Ireland from other countries make a significant and positive contribution to our economy, health service and communities; notes that the majority of owner-occupied, private rented and social homes are occupied by people born in Northern Ireland; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to work with the Minister for Communities and local councils to deliver sustainable levels of high quality housing for all, including through reviewing the Strategic Planning Policy Statement and capping Houses in Multiple Occupation in tightly-defined areas.’
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| 16/05/2025 | At end insert:
‘; and further calls on His Majesty’s Government to ensure that no provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol undermine the implementation of an effective UK wide immigration policy.’
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