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European wildcats – historically also known as woodcats – were once widespread in Great Britain until human persecution and the loss of woodland and rough grass habitats saw them disappear from England and Wales.

Last year, it passed a new law designed to bolster the legal rights of the Cassirers and other families in California to recover valuable property stolen from them in acts of genocide or political persecution.

"Successive UK governments have failed to deliver an asylum system which treats those fleeing persecution with dignity and respect," she said.

“Many who have stuck with Labour so far will be repulsed by these attacks on vulnerable people fleeing war and persecution,” said Richard Burgon, a Labour lawmaker.

"The persecution of Tadjadit is based on his poetry and peaceful activism, making his continued imprisonment a violation of his fundamental rights," the statement added.