The #BordersBill removing "for gain" in reasons for facilitating channel crossings isn't just about rescue operations. It means asylum seekers who steer boats can be prosecuted, even if they are not in anyway linked to a gang. It criminalises those seeking safety @UKHouseofLords.
Could someone please explain to Lord Green what population density means. Watching him trying to make out that the UK couldn't take more asylum seekers, despite taking substantially fewer, because it is "full" is just embarrassing.
Lord Griffiths making it clear that the two tier system for asylum seekers proposed in #AntiRefugeeBill would violate Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, basically the UK will be breaking international law and undermining a core principle of the global refugee regime.
Lord Kerr clearly setting out that the idea of two tiers for refugees is incompatible with international law. This is why it has been condemned so heavily by pretty much every legal expert on international refugee law.
And now setting out why the myth of "first safe country" is quite obviously such nonsense. When you consider the number of countries which have ratified the Refugee Convention, none would have done so had it risked them having to accommodate all refugees.
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