Moved by
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
50: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause—
“Emergency visas
(1) The Secretary of State must, within a period of six months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, amend the immigration rules in order to ensure that persons at particular risk are entitled to enter the United Kingdom and be provided with temporary abode.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “persons at particular risk” include—
(a) a human rights defender who is at an imminent risk to his or her life;
(b) a person who is targeted because of their protected characteristic and is at an imminent risk to his or her life.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This new Clause would allow persons at particular risk to be able to be provided with safety in the UK, in line with the Government’s commitments from 2019.