Everyone has the right to seek, in another country, asylum from persecution in their own. There’s no requirement that this be in the nearest country or any particular country. This comes from Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1/5
It is not permitted to penalise someone, still less punish them, simply for exercising that right by crossing one or more borders without prior permission. This comes from Article 31 of the Refugee Convention. 2/5
It is especially absurd to complain at this while pretending to take pride in providing or having provided asylum to some people & yet make no provision at all for anyone to be given permission to come to seek asylum. In fact, it’s plain disingenuous. 3/5
No amount of pretending that other countries have sole responsibility for the asylum you refuse to give can disguise that. Worse, when the countries you most point to are already doing far more than you in providing asylum, you’re only exposing more how disingenuous you are. 4/5
So rather than bemoaning unsafe journeys & exploitation to which UK Government has abandoned people, who are entitled to seek asylum here, better would be focus on providing people alternatives & demanding our asylum system fairly, efficiently & properly decides their claims. 5/5
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