The representative for the United Kingdom of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Vicky Tennant, described this Wednesday as “very worrying” the bill presented by the London Government to deny asylum to immigrants who arrive in the country of illegal way.
In statements published by the British chain BBC, Tennant alluded to the plans exposed yesterday by the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and the head of the Interior, Suella Braverman, according to which immigrants who enter the United Kingdom in small boats will not have the option to request asylum in the country and will be arrested.
“We are very concerned, as this effectively means closing access to asylum to the UK for those arriving in the country irregularly,” said the UNHCR representative, adding that the proposal “is a clear violation of the Refugee Convention.” because even “people who have very compelling claims simply won’t have a chance to present them.”
Tennant considered that the migration problems that London alleges can be addressed by improving the system and controls, and urged the Sunak Executive to “make the asylum system work” with “fair, efficient and faster” processes.
Among his plans, which have begun to be processed in Parliament, Sunak revealed that immigrants who arrive illegally will be deported in a matter of weeks, “either to their own country, if it is safe, or to a safe third country like Rwanda” and ” nor may they make spurious claims about human rights.”
Braverman defended today that the controversial project “does not break the law” or breach the international obligations of the United Kingdom. The Minister of the Interior argued that the Government has made it “very clear” that it believes that this country complies with all its “international obligations, for example the Refugee Convention, the European Convention on Human Rights and other conventions to which we are subject.”
