Meeting of the CPG on Migration Date: 26 April 2022 Location: Zoom MSP attendance: - Paul Sweeney MSP - Bob Doris MSP - Lorna, on behalf of Mark Ruskell MSP Non-MSP attendance: - Anne McLaughlin MP - Maryhill Integration Network - VOICES Network - Govan Community Project - Safe in Scotland - Glasgow Asylum Destitution Action Network - Refugee Survival Trust - Justice and Peace Scotland - Freedom from Torture - Community Infosource - British Red Cross - Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment (MORE) - No Recourse, North East Partnership - Refugees for Justice - Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts - LGBT Health and Wellbeing Refugee Project - The Welcoming - Mada - Gladys - Esra Kaytaz - Una Lees - Narae Bello Apologies: - Mercedes Villalba MSP - Multi-cultural Family Base - Migration Policy Scotland - Challenging Violence Against Women Topics discussed: • Nationality and Borders Bill o A presentation from JustRight Scotland on the impact of the Bill including criminalisation of unlawful arrival in the UK, inadmissibility of asylum claims, lower standard of accommodation for people claiming asylum. o Impact on the recognition of survivors of human trafficking and age assessment. o Rwanda and UK asylum deal. • Children and young people in asylum accommodation and access to education.