Home Secretary Suella Braverman will ask if the international agreement is ‘fit for our modern age’.
Politicians need to consider whether international refugee rules are “fit for our modern age”, Suella Braverman will say as she struggles to hit her pledge of stopping small boat crossings of the Channel.
In a keynote speech Ms Braverman is set to describe the UN convention as “an incredible achievement of its age”. Home Secretary Suella Braverman walks with British Ambassador to the United States Karen Pierce in Washington “Nobody entering the UK by boat from France is fleeing imminent peril. None of them have ‘good cause’ for illegal entry.”The Home Secretary is also expected to use her visit to seek closer ties with US authorities on tackling illegal migration and people trafficking.
But the Refugee Council warned the UK should be “addressing the real issues in the asylum system, such as the record backlog, and providing safe routes for those in need of protection” rather than tearing up agreements.
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