Thread by @stand_for_all

THREAD: Okay, because I am in a generous and helpful mood, or just hungover it's hard to tell, here's a quick thread on some of the legal instruments we would need to leave to fulfil some Tory MP's wet dream of denying everyone asylum. 1/

The Human Rights Act, a favourite of likes of Secretary of State for Justice @DominicRaab. The reason for removing it, ostensibly, is because it incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights, and who doesn't want to get rid of fundamental rights 1/
legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/…

Which nicely brings us to the ECHR, because who needs human rights after all. This is actually a lot more limited than its critics make out, but it does prevent you sending someone to a country where they can be tortured, which is just not on obviously. 2/
echr.coe.int/documents/conv…

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Being fair the @Conservatives have previously made leaving the treaty which protects refugees' rights a manifesto promise, and subsequently lost that election, but hey ho. 3/

unhcr.org/uk/3b66c2aa10

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, obviously an important one to leave for a country which prides itself on being a maritime nation, but as it prohibits you leaving people to drown it's got to go if you want to prevent crossings. 4/

un.org/depts/los/conv…

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Yep, another bit if pesky human rights legislation, we'll just combine all of those shall we as, hell, who needs international human rights protections. So they can all go. 5/
ohchr.org/en/professiona…

Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yeah, we may all say we want to protect children, but the UK is already struggling to keep in line with this and its treatment of unaccompanied minors, so it needs to go as well if we're to stop asylum seekers. 6/
ohchr.org/en/professiona…

I could go on, but you get the idea. Refugees aren't just protected by one act, or one piece of legislation. International human rights, humanitarian and refugee laws all combine to provide different elements of protection. 7/

Dear Tory MP's calling for removal of the Human Rights Act so you can prevent asylum seekers more easily, how far exactly are you willing to go, and in so doing how much of a pariah state are you willing to make the UK, to get what you want and prevent people seeking safety? 8/