On the 17th of October 2023, Barry introduced a Westminster Hall debate on the subject of Safe asylum routes for Afghan refugees.
“We had 540 government staff working on the Homes for Ukraine scheme… the number of full time staff handling the Arab scheme was just 36… I do not want the Ukrainians to get fewer resources, I want the Afghans to get as many”. The government must explain this disparity, Barry argued.
“The government know how to decrease small boat crossings… establish safe asylum routes for Afghan refugees”, Barry stated, as he made clear that in the first 8 months of 2023 1/5 people crossing the channel in small boats were Afghan.
You cant watch Barry’s full speech and Minister Robert Jenrick’s response below: