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Sunak's asylum plans condemned by campaigners as
'deeply disturbing' and against international law
Organisations that campaign on behalf of refugees have
strongly condemned the plans announced by Rishi Sunak today.
Enver
Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said:
Without safe routes [asylum seekers] have no
choice but to take dangerous journeys.
The prime minister failed to set out any concrete
plans to expand these routes through a resettlement programme or an expansion
in family reunion visas.
Instead this government wants to treat people who
come to the UK in search of safety as illegal criminals.
This is deeply disturbing, flies in the face of
international law and the UK’s commitment as a signatory of the UN convention
on refugees to give a fair hearing to people who come here in search of safety
and protection.
Many people from Albania face real danger and
persecution – we must not turn our backs on them or any other nationality
seeking asylum.
And Sile Reynolds, head of asylum advocacy at
Freedom From Torture, said:
The backlog in asylum decision making is an
inexcusable administrative failure but instead of taking the opportunity to
fast-track grants for clearly well-founded claims to clear the backlog, the
prime minister is recycling unethical and unworkable gimmicks.
Fast-tracking
refusals and removals based solely on nationality or method of arrival is a
dangerous, one-size-fits-all repackaging of a policy that risks breaching our
international obligations to protect refugees …
As we know
from our work with torture survivors, signs of persecution can often be hidden,
complex and difficult to identify.
It is
crucial that all claimants receive individualised assessments and are given
adequate legal advice and access to appeal to ensure nobody is returned to face
torture or even death due to bad decision-making.
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