The United Kingdom passes a law limiting asylum to illegal immigrants

he British Parliament Immigration Act passed today Restrict asylum for immigrants They arrive infrequently in the UK. The initiative also states that they should be Immediately arrested and expelled to their country of origin or a third country, after European and British justice had halted the original plan to send them to Rwanda.

This is a major initiative for Prime Minister Rishi SunakConservative party leader who promised Reducing the arrival of immigrants from the English Channel. Last year, more than 45,000 people reached the British coast irregularly in perilous boats, and so far in 2023, 13,000 people have already done so, most of them Afghans.

the United Nations Organization (The United Nations) rejected the initiative and warned against it violates international refugee law. According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, the project will have “dire consequences for people in need of international protection” as long as it “creates Widespread extension of new detention powerswith Limited judicial oversight“.

In the same vein, the Refugee Council, a British NGO, confirmed that this law marks a black day for the UK. “The government is in trouble and trying the old way They blame immigrants for their failureslament Michael Rosena refugee rights activist who was demonstrating this Tuesday in front of parliament.

This is not the first time the UK has looked for a way to limit migrant arrivals. Last year, the country reached agreement with Rwanda to send migrants in an irregular situation there, but no expulsion has been carried out so far Judicial intervention: The first flight scheduled for June 2022 has been canceled by order of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

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