The London Parliament condemned the new citizenship law recently introduced by the British government, describing it as “racist”.
The new law includes a provision that has sparked widespread criticism, and allows the Minister of Interior to withdraw citizenship from citizens of immigrant origin even without informing them, under the pretext of the public interest, which was considered targeting Muslims mainly.
The bill was passed in the House of Commons and is now being debated in the House of Lords before a vote on it.
The City of London Parliament called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to rescind this law, and said in a declaration that it was voted on by a large majority (14 votes to 8); The law “positions Britons from ethnic minorities as second-class citizens”.
The law also includes tougher prison sentences for refugees who try to enter the country illegally.
“If the law remained unchanged, two out of five persons from ethnic minorities would be at risk of being stripped of their citizenship without notice, and six million people in the United Kingdom, of whom a significant proportion are Londoners, would be at risk of being revoked,” the decision of the Parliament of London said.
The city parliament emphasized that the controversial law undermined the equal citizenship of the Assembly, making Britons of ethnic minorities second-class citizens, and that the law constituted an assault on the rights of refugees who could face up to four years in prison if they did not enter the United Kingdom directly from the country in which they are persecuted.
