According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, adopting the draft clearly violated the organization’s Refugee Convention.
The government’s proposed immigration bill, under which migrants arriving on small boats would not be able to apply for asylum, has sparked serious controversy in the UK.
British Home Secretary Sowella Braverman assured dissidents on Wednesday that the proposal does not break the law:
“No government official has said we are breaking the law. In fact, we believe we are complying with all our international obligations. Now we have to take action that is merciful, but necessary and just because there are people who are so eager to try and break our laws and break them with the generosity of the British people.”
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the adoption of the draft clearly violated the Refugee Convention. Under the plans unveiled by the British Prime Minister on Tuesday, people arriving in the UK on small boats would not be able to claim asylum in Britain, and would instead be arrested and deported within weeks to their own country or, if unsafe, to another country. third country. A country like Rwanda.
