Stella Creasy says Home Office decision ‘erects more barriers’ to refugees integrating and contributing to communities in UK
In his Substack post on the new Home Office policy saying refugees arriving on small boats won’t normally be allowed citizenship (see 9.22am and 9.35am), Colin Yeo, the immigration barrister, says this is a breach of international law. He explains:
Although this is hardly the main point, it’s also in breach of international law. I’m wary of making claims for international law but I struggle to see how this could not be a breach of the Refugee Convention. Article 31 says:
The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense of Article 1, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Stella Creasy says Home Office decision ‘erects more barriers’ to refugees integrating and contributing to communities in UKIn his Substack post on the new Home Office policy saying refugees arriving on small boats won’t normally be allowed citizenship (see 9.22am and 9.35am), Colin Yeo, the immigration barrister, says this is a breach of international law. He explains:Although this is hardly the main point, it’s also in breach of international law. I’m wary of making claims for international law but I struggle to see how this could not be a breach of the Refugee Convention. Article 31 says:The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense of Article 1, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence Continue reading…
