Fun fact -
The principle in UK law that it is not a crime to enter through irregular means to seek asylum goes back way before the Refugee Convention.
You can find it in the 1905 Aliens Act.
That's the British history this govt is tearing up this week with its #AntiRefugeeBill
The principle in UK law that it is not a crime to enter through irregular means to seek asylum goes back way before the Refugee Convention.
You can find it in the 1905 Aliens Act.
That's the British history this govt is tearing up this week with its #AntiRefugeeBill
History nerds, there's a fun one for you.
In the mean time, the government will be in court again next week, trying to lock another man up for exercising that very right.
Thanks to the big legal brain that gave me this tidbit when we were discussing the case this morning :)
In the mean time, the government will be in court again next week, trying to lock another man up for exercising that very right.
Thanks to the big legal brain that gave me this tidbit when we were discussing the case this morning :)
Priti Patel's attitude to refugees is, in the most literal sense, practically Victorian.
Throw the whole woman away.
Throw the whole woman away.
Here you are.... 
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