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B1: Defending the Nation of Sanctuary

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Metadata of the motion
Consultation:Winter General Meeting 2026
Agenda item:3. Motions of Policy and Organisation
Proposer:Charlie Aldous (Green Party)
Status:Published
Submitted:01/15/2026, 11:39

Motion text

Insert the following into the Young Greens record of Policy statements :

The Young Greens note:

  • The rise in the far right has led to the legal right to seek and be given
    asylum coming under routine attack across England and Wales.
  • In Wales this has led to cynical and misinformed attacks on the Nation of
    Sanctuary Scheme over the course of the recent bi-election in Caerphilly.
  • While the Nation of Sanctuary Scheme in Wales overwhelmingly helps and
    supports Ukrainian refugees the rhetoric attacking the scheme has been
    near solely targeted members of the Global Majority.
  • Left unsupported the Nation of Sanctuary scheme will be abandoned by other
    parties.
  • The Nation of Sanctuary Scheme provides a template by which various
    disconnected systems of refugee can be married together, supporting both
    service improvement and cost reductions.

The Young Greens believe:

  • The right to seek asylum and freedom from violence is a fundamental Human
    Right.
  • People who seek or receive asylum have as much right to be integrated into
    the community as someone born within that community.
  • The attacks made by the Far-Right on the Nation of Sanctuary and asylum
    processes must be opposed, both legislatively and rhetorically.
  • The Nation of Sanctuary Scheme is not only morally valuable for Britain,
    but economically valuable as well representing a valuable investment for
    the tax payer.

The Young Greens resolve:

  • To work with both the Green Party in England and The Green Party in Wales
    to defend the Nation of Sanctuary Scheme
  • To support efforts to introduce a similar or improved version of the
    Nation of Sanctuary scheme in England.
  • To continue to condemn attacks on asylum seekers as a group, and continues
    to condemn the misinformation around the Nation of Sanctuary Scheme being
    put forward by far right Groups.
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Supporters


  • Zaynab Greengrass (Gwent Green Party)
  • Gabriel Harris (Camarthenshire Green Party)
  • Amber fae Lewis (Ceredigion Green Party)
  • Aiden Dempsy (Gwent Green Party)
  • Elias Eccelstone (Chester Green Party)
  • Rowan Stanger (Cardiff Vale and Valleys Green Party)
  • Takunda Chinowona (Cardiff Vale and Valleys Green Party)
  • Kian Issacs (Cardiff Vale and Valleys Green Party)

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