Offshore detention doesn't "deter" asylum seekers. It does put them at risk and undermine the UK's obligations to international law. The mental and physical toll which it places on asylum seekers leaves lasting damage, as well as costing lives. #BordersBill
The "Australian model", and evidence supplied by the Australian High Commission, is not supported by the evidence seen on the ground. Offshoring is ineffective, costly and inhumane. More than all this though, it costs lives.
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"Offshoring" asylum seekers would result in an effective denial of rights and would leave asylum seekers in limbo. More than that though, offshoring has been shown by its nature is not "temporary". It is a denial of status and an abhorrent attack against refugees.
Proposals if offshoring asylum seekers to see claims processed under asylum regulations of countries they are placed in obviously creates significant issues, including potentially inadequate safeguarding and denial of right of entry to the UK once the claim has been processed.
Lord Rosser hammering home the most important part of all this, policies of "deterrence" do not work when people are desperately trying to find a place of safety. When you are out of other options "deterrents" don't work. Only providing safer options for seeking asylum do.
Baroness Williams unable to answer if an asylum seeker who has been offshored is found to have a "legitimate claim" after their application is reviewed in country they are offshored in then they will be allowed to return to the UK. That seems like something you'd want clarified.
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