Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one other barrier the Government must address is the high cost of citizenship applications, particularly for child refugees, who might have been here for many years? It costs the Government £300 to process a citizenship application, but they charge children, refugees, more than £1,200 to process one. This is profiteering; the Government make more than £2 million a week on these applications. That is one area where the Government could make the process of welcoming people to our country much better.
Refugee Family Reunion
Proceeding contribution from
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 20 June 2019.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Refugee Family Reunion.
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