PCS responds to PM's "people smugglers" speech

Safe routes are the best way to solve deaths in the Channel, says union

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “While we welcome the government’s commitment to tackle people smugglers, the best way to deal with deaths in the Channel is to adopt our Safe Routes policy that would create a safe and legal route for refugees to come to the UK and here begin their asylum claim.”

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