{"id":118421,"date":"2023-09-25T21:41:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T21:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=118421"},"modified":"2023-09-25T21:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T21:41:38","slug":"braverman-demands-reform-of-absurd-asylum-rules-for-migrants-arriving-from-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/politics\/braverman-demands-reform-of-absurd-asylum-rules-for-migrants-arriving-from-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Braverman demands reform of ‘absurd’ asylum rules for migrants arriving from EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigel Farage predicts migrant crisis will 'destroy' EU<\/h3>\n

Migrants picking where to claim asylum is \u201cabsurd and unsustainable\u201d, Suella Braverman will declare today.<\/p>\n

The Home Secretary will say that the \u201cglobal asylum framework\u201d – underpinned by the 1951 Refugee Convention – \u201ccreates huge incentives for illegal migration\u201d and must be reformed.<\/p>\n

She will also argue Channel migrants should not be treated as refugees because they have travelled through safe countries, such as France, to reach the UK.<\/p>\n

Mrs Braverman will say during a keynote speech in Washington DC: \u201cThe status quo, where people are able to travel through multiple safe countries, and even reside in safe countries for years, while they pick their preferred destination to claim asylum, is absurd and unsustainable.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody entering the UK by boat from France is fleeing imminent peril. None of them have \u201cgood cause\u201d for illegal entry.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe vast majority have passed through multiple safe countries, and in some instances have resided in safe countries for several years. In this sense, there is an argument that they should cease to be treated as refugees when considering the legitimacy of their onward movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Home Secretary will again question whether international refugee rules are \u201cfit for our modern age\u201d and demand reform, saying \u201cwe now live in a completely different time\u201d.<\/p>\n

She has blasted the European Court of Human Rights, which oversees the European Convention on Human Rights as\u00a0\u00a0\u201cinterventionist\u201d and a \u00ad\u201cpoliticised court\u201d, accusing it of \u201cthwarting\u201d the first deportation flight to Rwanda. And Mrs Braverman will now urge countries to come together to reform the 1951 Refugee Convention.<\/p>\n

She will warn the line between those fleeing war and those seeking a better economic future has been blurred by judges’ interpretation of the treaty.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the\u00a0American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, she will argue: \u201cMore than 70 years on, we now live in a completely different time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAccording to analysis by Nick Timothy and Karl Williams for the Centre for Policy Studies, it now confers the notional right to move to another country upon at least 780 million people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is therefore incumbent upon politicians and thought leaders to ask whether the Refugee Convention, and the way it has come to be interpreted through our courts, is fit for our modern age.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr whether it is in need of reform.\u201d<\/p>\n

The threshold for being granted refugee status has become too low, as judges are often ruling in favour of asylum seekers in cases of \u201cdiscrimination\u201d rather than \u201cpersecution\u201d.<\/p>\n

And national systems will be overwhelmed if \u201cbeing gay, or a woman and fearful of discrimination\u201d is \u201csufficient to qualify for protection\u201d, Mrs Braverman will say.<\/p>\n

Mrs Braverman will tell delegates at the American Enterprise Institute: \u201cI think most members of the public would recognise those fleeing a real risk of death, torture, oppression or violence, as in need of protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, as case law has developed, what we have seen in practice is an interpretive shift away from \u2018persecution\u2019, in favour of something more akin to a definition of \u2018discrimination\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd a similar shift away from a \u201cwell-founded fear\u201d toward a \u201ccredible\u201d or \u201cplausible fear\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe practical consequence of which has been to expand the number of those who may qualify for asylum, and to lower the threshold for doing so.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Home Secretary – who has made stopping the boats her department\u2019s top priority – said the UK will always protect those who are being persecuted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if in effect, simply being gay, or a woman, and fearful of discrimination in your country of origin, is sufficient to qualify for protection\u201d, she will say.<\/p>\n

\u201cArticle 31 of the Refugee Convention makes clear that it is intended to apply to individuals \u201ccoming directly from a territory where their life was threatened\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also states that where people are crossing borders without permission, they should \u201cpresent themselves without delay to the authorities\u201d and must show \u201cgood cause\u201d for any illegal entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK along with many others, including America, interpret this to mean that people should seek refuge and claim asylum in the first safe country that they reach. But NGOs and others, including the UN Refugee Agency, contest this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Government ministers have vowed to do \u201cwhatever it takes\u201d to end the Channel migrant crisis and hinted they are willing to quit the ECHR if European judges continue to thwart deportation flights to Rwanda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Almost 24,000 asylum seekers have crossed the Channel so far this year, after 45,755 arrived last year.<\/p>\n

It has overwhelmed Britain\u2019s broken asylum system, costing taxpayers \u00a38 million-per-day on migrant hotel bills.<\/p>\n

The asylum system as a whole cost almost \u00a34bn last year as the Home Office battles record backlogs of asylum applications and end the use of hotel rooms.<\/p>\n

The Government\u2019s plans to tackle illegal migration were thrown into chaos after the Court of Appeal ruled the Rwanda deportation plan was illegal.<\/p>\n

Ministers will challenge that decision in the Supreme Court next month. The proposal to send Channel migrants to Kigali is a key plank of the Government\u2019s plan to tackle the Channel crisis.<\/p>\n

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Officials believe it will create a vital deterrent to those considering the crossing. But the first flight last June was grounded by an 11th hour pyjama injunction issued by a judge from the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n

And the Home Office is also facing legal battles to house migrants at two former RAF bases – RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and MDP Wethersfield in Essex.<\/p>\n

The Home Secretary is expected to use her visit to seek closer ties with US authorities on tackling illegal migration and people trafficking.<\/p>\n

She will meet US homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and attorney general Merrick Garland for talks on migration and national security.<\/p>\n

Conservative MP Tom Hunt told the Daily Express last night: \u201cIf the European Convention of Human Rights or the Refugee Convention are stifling our ability to control our borders and tackle illegal immigration, then clearly, we need to be open to leaving them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m confident the majority of British people would support this approach.\u00a0 Both conventions were established decades ago when the world was a very different place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In many senses, both have failed to keep pace with the times and the unique challenges of the here and now, particularly when it comes to border control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alp Mehmet, chair of Migration Watch, declared last night: \u201cWe have long been saying that both the Refugee Convention and ECHR are outdated and ill-suited to modern challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Home Secretary is right to call out the conventions but internationalising this in the way she proposes will simply kick the problem of illegal migration into the long grass.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur politicians should have the courage to put the interests of Britain and the British people first and give the necessary notice to withdraw from both the ECHR and 1951 Convention if substantial reform is not agreed. The Government could begin by calling for a referendum on the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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