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STOP ‘INHUMAN’ RWANDA FLIGHTS

The SVP is reiterating its opposition to the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, and the Society applauds the ruling from the European Court of Human Rights to halt the first flight...

Published on 16/06/2022

Digital poverty risks losing a generation’s talents

Like food, warmth and safety, education is a basic need. It has the power to lift an individual out of poverty, to empower, to build self-esteem, and to open doors to a whole new world of...

Published on 12/05/2022

Dark day for human rights and humanity, says SVP

The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) has described the passing of the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill into law with no amendments as a “dark day for human rights and humanity.”The SVP has...

Published on 28/04/2022

SVP brands plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘inhuman’

Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing are “inhuman” and a punitive move for people that have already gone through so much already, says the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP...

Published on 18/04/2022