US EditionAsylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
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Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
Ajdin Kamber/ShutterstockThe UK government’s latest proposals on asylum rest on an incorrect premise. In announcing them, home secretary Shabana Mahmood argued that “illegal migration is tearing our country apart”. But asylum-seeking is not illegal migration. Asylum is a form of protection granted by a country to a non-citizen who faces persecution in their home country. The right to seek asylum is enshrined in international law, and applies irr…
These measures were detailed by the Minister of Interior, Shabana Mahmood, in the House of Commons, a few days after the announcement of a significant strengthening of the asylum system with the aim of encouraging irregular immigration. The Government also intends to reduce legal immigration, under the pressure of the Reformist Party, a populist party of radical right and anti-immigrance, led by Nigel Farage. "Seting itself definitely in this co…
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